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Scratch-built Show-car designed XRIII


RestoModGuy

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This was my senior year of High School 1979 drafting design project. I drew it, built it from sheet plastic and plastic-wood with squadron green putty.

There are a few kit parts, tires/wheels, interior, engine from an old F1 racer but other than that, this one is all my design and build. I was very lucky to have it survive nearly 40-years and still stay together. 

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I find a new appreciation for you efforts ever time I look at the pics.

Just noticed the steering wheel-did you source that from the AMT '53 Ford P/U? It looks identical to the one I just used in my '29 Rat Rod. Talk about polar opposites......

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Awesome. That's a piece of history right there! I'm so glad it has survived. You did a fantastic job designing and building it all those years ago. The fact that it has opening doors is particularly impressive, considering the materials it's constructed from!

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