1/12th Scale 69 Camaro Top Sportsman Suspension and chassis jig.

[Ian McLaren]

Next step , rack mounted and the basic shaft components mocked up.  Have to come up with three covered U-joints, and I think Paul and I are both on the same wave length  for at least one way to accomplish this.

[Straightliner59]

13 hours ago, Ian McLaren said:

Thank you Francis, According the the National Harassment Runaround Association the floor has to be .024" steel welded in on the drivers side only (rivets are out).  Mine is steel, but only .008" but I'm not seeing anyone checking that in the future LOL.  I've been playing around with different effects to simulate the welds but haven't found anything I'm happy with so far.  It's getting painted with the chassis color so I may be over thinking it. Loving your Demon project!

Ian, I knew a guy who "hard-faced" the blade on an AMT bulldozer. He used a brush to apply beads of paint, to simulate weld beads. They were amazing! You can see some of it on the blade arm, here. Sorry I don't have a better picture. That might be worth a try. I made welds for my Supermodified's injection manifold by rolling the knurled end of a cap screw over .010" plastic rod. That worked out, pretty well.

[AmericanMuscleFan]

23 hours ago, Ian McLaren said:

Thank you Francis, According the the National Harassment Runaround Association the floor has to be .024" steel welded in on the drivers side only (rivets are out).  Mine is steel, but only .008" but I'm not seeing anyone checking that in the future LOL.  I've been playing around with different effects to simulate the welds but haven't found anything I'm happy with so far.  It's getting painted with the chassis color so I may be over thinking it. Loving your Demon project!

I really like it !!! ?

Thanks for your explanation for the floor and I'm sure your solution to fixing it in place will be the right one!

[Ian McLaren]

Brake and throttle pedals mounted, steering gear, shaft, and wheel in place. shifter and cable placed. Long block and transmission can now have mounts made and final position determined.. Then the headers can be started

[Straightliner59]

You are really making some great progress on this, Ian! I'm hoping it's not too long before I'm hanging stuff in the cockpit. Excellent work, as always, my friend.

[Tortuga Kustomz]

Nice man, love the steering column 

[Ian McLaren]

Does anyone have a 1/12 scale photo Etch carb linkage detail kit from Model Behavior that they would be willing to part with, needed for two carbs. Or at least a photo of one.

Edited January 14, 2023 by Ian McLaren

[Ian McLaren]

Delay box and mount fabricated and positioned, as well as front and rear motor plates not are the only support for the engine and new style valve covers modernize the model.

 

 

Edited January 15, 2023 by Ian McLaren

[Straightliner59]

That delay box looks right at home, alongside that shifter! This thing is looking, and coming along great, Ian.

[Ian McLaren]

Today was about adding some additional bars to the chassis, rear transmission cross member for one, and working on the interior, as well as trying to fit a stock style dash housing instead of the typical box style race piece usually found in this class of car.

 

Edited January 16, 2023 by Ian McLaren

[Ian McLaren]

Looks like it's time to start the body work on this deal. Wheels and tires fit side to side but they need bigger wheel openings. I'm going to lengthen the wheel base slightly for two reasons, I don't want to mess with the louvers and structural integrity of the body as the front end doors and deck lid are all being made removable, oh and it's less work this way.

[Ian McLaren]

Quarter panels modified and now the differential, wheels and tires fit.  I think I have enough tire now.

[Codi]

So many details Ian........and all worth a second take.   Keep em' coming.  cheers, tim

[Ian McLaren]

Thank you Tim, life is slowing progress right now but I am moving forward  in the back ground and will post another update shortly.

[Ian McLaren]

Building a chassis jig to allow the design and fabrication of the remaining suspension pieces, ride height is set and the wheelbase is locked in at 111" This will also assist in the fabrication of the headers further along.

[Straightliner59]

This is really coming along, nicely, Ian! I don't think I mentioned it before--The floorboards look very nice!

[Ian McLaren]

Thank you Daniel, the drivers area steel panel was a one piece unit but I masked each section and sanded them in different directions to create the illusion of three separate panels. I still have to add the weld beads.

[Rigor]

I like it looks bad axx I would like to ask where did you get the rear wheels and tires

[Ian McLaren]

4 hours ago, Rigor said:

I like it looks bad axx I would like to ask where did you get the rear wheels and tires

Dwayne, Thank you, the wheels and tires were custom made for this car by a gentleman by the name of Jeff Faris. and are not commercially available.  He and I have  done a few projects together, I think he indulges me as I usually have something a little different in mind and he enjoys the challenge.  He is a very talented machinist.

 

[Ian McLaren]

Started on the rear suspension.

[TerryH]

5 hours ago, Rigor said:

I like it looks bad axx I would like to ask where did you get the rear wheels and tires

Ian's full on custom wheels are awesome. For something similar that's commercially available, and you may already know bout these, pardon me if so, but I ordered wheels for my Nitro Nova project car from Dancing Bear Scaled Components.

$90 for the set of 4. 

https://www.dancingbearscaledcomponents.com/model-wheels

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Very good progress Ian, the rear suspension is always a good challenge but it's always spectacular when done right.

I'm not worried about that, you've already shown us what you can do! ?

[Ian McLaren]

5 hours ago, TerryH said:

Ian's full on custom wheels are awesome. For something similar that's commercially available, and you may already know bout these, pardon me if so, but I ordered wheels for my Nitro Nova project car from Dancing Bear Scaled Components.

$90 for the set of 4. 

https://www.dancingbearscaledcomponents.com/model-wheels

Yes those look great but, they don't appear to be polished, but the black is cool. Also I have not seen the wheel Jeff did modeled to this point ( I may be wrong on that).  I finally got a good photo of the wheels, the center is the axle end, there is no centering ring just like the full size wheels. Also these wheels have separate individual RB Motion bead lock bolts ( not installed yet on both front and rear faces..

Edited January 25, 2023 by Ian McLaren

[Ian McLaren]

4 hours ago, AmericanMuscleFan said:

Very good progress Ian, the rear suspension is always a good challenge but it's always spectacular when done right.

I'm not worried about that, you've already shown us what you can do! ?

Thank you Francis, waiting for rod ends from RB Motion to be able to move forward and I hope I can do justice to both the front and rear assemblies

[Tortuga Kustomz]

love those wheels Ian, they look fantastic