Pullin Gears Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) Purists may not like me, but I had a lot of fun stuffing a big block chevy in a foxbody mustang! If you look near the grill, you can see I painted a chevy bowtie stabing the ford logo. The engine and headers came from a Revell 69 Camaro kit. I had to scratch build the front cross member and motor mounts. I added down bars to strengthen the unibody and used a resin electric fan setup as well as a resin MSD box. Paint is Testor's gloss red with clear. The tail-lights and trim were challenging to paint! I built a tach and simple roll bar for the interior. The seats are from the parts box, with ribbon seatbelts. Edited October 10, 2012 by Pullin Gears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57peppershaker Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice ! I'm a Chevy guy that used to also drive a Fox lol. Love the rubber up the rear arches. Looking at your avitar pic, is it based on your 1;1 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I like this build. The only criticism I have is that the rear tires are too shinny to imply that they just left chunks of rubber in the rear arches. I would have dulled them up a bit to match the race used look. Other than that, awesome job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUSIONBOY Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Looks like it should be at a track, Very nice build up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyCoupe41 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Very nice lookin Mustang! Color looks very good and engine choice is perfect. Nice Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozono Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Very nice job....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 You're right. I don't get the Chevy motor part but the rest of that thing is bad to the bone! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbuzzed Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice original build! Even though I'm a "purist", I like it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice Fox body, wish we could get 'em as cheap in the UK as you can in America. Great paint, and I am interetsed in the rubber specks behind the rear arches, I have been wondering how to recreate rubber on bodywork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 You're right. I don't get the Chevy motor part but the rest of that thing is bad to the bone! Nice job! I don't get it either--a Chevy motor in a Ford is soo wrong. But the execution and paint is very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57peppershaker Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice Fox body, wish we could get 'em as cheap in the UK as you can in America. Great paint, and I am interetsed in the rubber specks behind the rear arches, I have been wondering how to recreate rubber on bodywork. You can ! Just sold my clean 91 GT for £1650 ! (tho didnt have a BBC in front lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pullin Gears Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 Haha thanks guys! Steve, I actually own both a ford powered 93 mustang coupe, and a 86 Camaro that I am building a small block chevy for. I built this model before I bought my 1:1 Mustang, It just so happens they are both torch red. Simon,the rubber was created using craft store sponge paint brushes and some flat black paint. If you let the paint get tacky, and apply 2-3 layers it begins to look like built up rubber. Steve is right, I think i'll have to go back and sand the tires to make them look more used! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) A very nice detailed build. very nice work...l would leave it as it pictured... Edited October 10, 2012 by slusher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hey, wrong or not, '32 Fords get SBCs put in 'em all the time! Not the first Ford to have a Chevy engine...Great model!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragfan Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 my kind of mustang, cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfjunke Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Really nice build. That is one sweet Stang. Nice color choices & finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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