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And an opening in the roof just in front of the leading edge of the rear glass …. This was made with a scribed outline and dug out with an Xacto knife - this feature is unique to 2287 - I think - and was gone by the time that 2287 did its salt flat speed trials in 65 …

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2287 raced at Sebring as a prototype - all of the openings on the bodywork were moved or changed ovee the course of the racing season as team Shelby found better and more efficient ways to manage airflow for the car - the following coupes had these features - so the Bradford kit makes an accurate ‘65 Daytona Coupe - these are the changes to make the Sebring car …

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Pete Brock’s design of the prototype was iconic - and influenced gererations of coupe builders - my ‘86 RX7 had an opening glass hatch lifted straight from his design -  neede a couple of dunks in hot water to get the correct shape - but I got it - 

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17 hours ago, absmiami said:

And an opening in the roof just in front of the leading edge of the rear glass …. This was made with a scribed outline and dug out with an Xacto knife - this feature is unique to 2287 - I think - and was gone by the time that 2287 did its salt flat speed trials in 65 …

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Well, I be darned!  I never noticed that before, but it disappeared soon after.  It does not show up at Spa or Reims.  Good catch.

 

 

 

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Got enough stuff cleared off the bench so I can see the top of it, first time in a long time. Now to put away the in-progress builds I'd left to the dust and spiders, and get some shots of the beginnings of the builds for this thread.   

Came across the perfect set of tires for the Peking to Paris Studebaker in the process, bought last November. Tempus fugit.   B)

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2 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Well, I be darned!  I never noticed that before, but it disappeared soon after.  It does not show up at Spa or Reims.  Good catch.

 

 

 

I found a ten minute race video - the vent was actually cut into the roof with a metal shears half way into the race to promote some circulation in the driving compartment - was probably welded shut when team Shelby went to Europe …

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OK  -  thread just opened 10 days ago

very encouraged by response to date

this is what I've got so far - but I think I've missed one or two 

was someone committed to doing an Alpine ??

field of over 60 - both started and entered - so lots of choices left !

everyone's got plenty of time  to complete their entry - deadline is not til march 2024 

so who else is in ??

see page 1  for some/a few additional rules  -   

    1964 Sebring 12 Hours

TEAM AND MAJOR PRIVATE ENTRIES:

Shelby Cobra team

    #1 Cobra    Pierre / PR
    #12 Cobra/Bondurant   vamach / Rex

Shelby Daytona Coupe prototype

    #10 abs/miami / me

Corvette Grand Sport team

    #3   PR / Pierre DONE!  On the starting grid

Corvette Sting Ray team

Ferrari 275 and 330 P team

    #23 275P Ace / Bill ???

Ferrari 250 GTOs  

    #32 250 GTO   Ace / Bill
    #82 250 GTO   Randy D / Randy D

Porsche 904s 

    #37 904   Gramps / Gary

MG B team

    #48 MG B     Misha / Misha

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ team

Alpine team

    ???

Team Lotus - Elan, Cortina, Elite

    #57 Elan   RC / Rich

Entered / No Shows

    Ford GT40
        no number   RC ???

Mel Kiper’s best remaining:
 

#4  Grand Sport / Penske
#14 Shelby Cobra / Hill 
#20 Lola Mk6 /Augie Pabst
#22 Ferrari 275P race winner  -  note  -  this selection will require a build w engine detail  [sorry]
#59 Ford Lotus Cortina / Clark 

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4 hours ago, absmiami said:

OK  -  thread just opened 10 days ago

very encouraged by response to date

this is what I've got so far - but I think I've missed one or two 

was someone committed to doing an Alpine ??

field of over 60 - both started and entered - so lots of choices left !

everyone's got plenty of time  to complete their entry - deadline is not til march 2024 

so who else is in ??

see page 1  for some/a few additional rules  -   

    1964 Sebring 12 Hours

TEAM AND MAJOR PRIVATE ENTRIES:

Shelby Cobra team

    #1 Cobra    Pierre / PR
    #12 Cobra/Bondurant    65slotcar

    #14  Cobra / Hill    Vmach / rex

Shelby Daytona Coupe prototype

    #10 abs/miami / me

Corvette Grand Sport team

    #3   PR / Pierre DONE!  On the starting grid

Corvette Sting Ray team

Ferrari 275 and 330 P team

    #23 275P Ace / Bill ???

Ferrari 250 GTOs  

    #32 250 GTO   Ace / Bill
    #82 250 GTO   Randy D / Randy D

Porsche 904s 

    #37 904   Gramps / Gary

MG B team

    #48 MG B     Misha / Misha

Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ team

Alpine team

    ???

Team Lotus - Elan, Cortina, Elite

    #57 Elan   RC / Rich

Entered / No Shows

    Ford GT40
        no number   RC ???

Mel Kiper’s best remaining:
 

#4  Grand Sport / Penske
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#20 Lola Mk6 /Augie Pabst
#22 Ferrari 275P race winner  -  note  -  this selection will require a build w engine detail  [sorry]
#59 Ford Lotus Cortina / Clark 

 

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Porsche 904 - Cunningham #37

Even though this kit was released by Monogram I still think of it as an Aurora kit, one of their best.  I had forgotten how many parts it has.  The only thing I see that has changed in this release are the wheels. They are larger than the originals which I can live with though I will change the tires.  I have two big projects to finish so this might take a while.

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