George Bojaciuk Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 (edited) I’ve had a number of emails from people asking about my junk box rescue, Son of Danger III. After stripping the parts, I started noting some real problems. Let’s face it, this is a 53 year old model!!! One issue I discovered was when I took off the top. I plan on a hardtop. The windshield header crumbled into many pieces! It was toast, broken and glued numerous times. The rear deck of the body had bat cannons added and half a tube of glue must have been used. The front end was still decent. Decided to graft the front of the ‘65 to the back of a ‘63. Deck gas cap can be changed later with P.E. Sounded simple... Problem was that the old plastic was twice as thick as the newer AMT kit was. Took a bit of creative carving to make this mate and match. I did cut in a third tail light. My neighbor had this on his Vette! Today I detailed the original chassis. Had some touch ups on the mufflers. Used a Polished Steel paint. Muffs still need to dry and buff! Guy in my old “hood” had this ‘65. Had cut-outs for the exhaust. He pulled cables and had open road pipes!!! When the gendarmes came upon him, he was quiet as a mouse! These came from a ‘73 Vega built up. Cleaned up the mold lines and repainted them black! So...fear not! It’s not forgotten! Just balancing projects. I’ll do a full write up in my column. Edited May 22, 2018 by George Bojaciuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod3l Lover Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I'm in for the journey sir!! That looks good already! David S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I too am up for the ride... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Looking good! By amazing coincidence, just this week I started playing around with my own '65 roadster glue bomb resto again after laying off of it for a year or so. With a little luck I could have it ready for paint in a couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 GO get 'em George. I have an original annual 63 glue bomb with the revolving headlights to fix up one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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