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But slowly, Greg. Very, very slowly. 🐌

Here's a couple of ideas in case it's not written in stone yet. I couldn't help it 🥴

The doo-doo I referred to in the previous post is evident in the photos below but I posted them to show what the final stance will look like. You can see Mr. Surfacer pooped all over the window reveals but sanding will be done later so please ignore it. The engine is what was in the kit and I don't know what it is and, truthfully, I don't care. I painted it with a brush using Tamiya gloss blue thinking it might be a Caddy but who knows. I took the liberty to assume the intake is aluminum. The carbs (which appear to be installed backward but were installed according to the instructions) have been drilled for fuel lines which are ready to go when the time comes. The generator has no visible means of support and appears to be covered with a low-buck item from the J. C. Whitney catalog ( I miss those- it was the only mail I got beck in those days 🤓.) I wonder what it would cost to have that seven blade fan polished and plated at today's prices. I forgot to paint the distributor and may do so but it's already black so....🥴 Thanks for looking and have a great hump day 🐪

Not at all, Paul, but thanks. I've been in much deeper doo-doo that this one. 💩

Thanks, David. These old kits need additional detailing just for a stock build. As a custom like this I feel like I can get away with a lot of "improvisation." 🥴 It's gotten really cold here now and I need to get some paint on the chassis to move it along and get it up on all fours but there's still plenty of body work to keep me busy.

I agree totally. Super clean build 😎

If I may suggest, David, the colors of the 1:1 that Ken posted are really nice.

Yup. I had to pin the front motor mount. It's a big help. Drilling holes in tiny mating parts is usually just guess work. You get one shot at it. You could hear me all the way up north? Sorry. 🤭

I like to use brass rod to pin stuff together and sometimes the result is less than great. Such is the case in the first photo where the exhaust manifolds line up a bit off with the exhaust pipes. This is because A) I didn't drill my pin holes precisely and I didn't drill my pin holes precisely 🥴. You all know the full length exhaust systems in these old-a$$ kits can have behavior issues and my solution is, well, brass pins. The pins help during assembly to hold the pipes to the floor. Here ☝ you see I leave the pins long which allows me to get them easily through their "recepticles". They are glued into the pipes so, after insertion through the floor, they can just be bent over to hold tight. Below is a better view of the gas tank relocation and spare well delete. You can see where I have filled unused holes with styrene rod. Also the "C" in the frame is obviously a tad over done. I may install snubbers; just in case 🙂. Above, I have the mountings for the springs in place. It ain't great but it's more than the kit provided. I have raised the rear a tiny bit to get a rake or, at least, level it up. Thats all I accomplished this weekend. Thanks for your interest (if you still have any. 🥱)

Oooooo Lenny, I dunno...🤔

You could install a set of RF suppression wires 🤓. Just carry a can of WD-40.

Crank up the jams!

Oh... Well, I did read a lot of it again (there's some funny 💩 there.) The work you did with the interior and the firewall, etc was what I thought you were referring to.

I don't recall, Len, I'll have to review it. I'm all about this sort of stuff these days. 😞

Thank you, David, I think it was extraterrestrial intervention 👽

Thanks, Barry, I'm going to put that solution on my short list. 🤓

Yeah, I think that's what happened, Len. I blamed it on lazy but getting away from it is a proven method. I just didn't plan it that way. I kept focusing on the pipes. But there was some lazy involved, the truth be known. 🥱

You may recall that I narrowed the rear axle housing in order to get the car lower. No?...well I did, and it caused some problems. This kit came with a non-ford engine that is set up with dual exhaust and tri-power. Not great but cool enough for my taste. I decided to run with it. Although most of the kit is marginal, I wanted to use as much of it as possible, and that includes the exhaust system. I discovered the tail pipes and the re-positioned springs and all that stuff wouldn't play well together. I let that little issue take root in my fertile(💩) gray matter and after a week it finally bloomed. This was the problem 👇 lp Too crowded. Nothing lining up right. 🤔 .....and then....one week later...😃 an easy solution! Who needs a spare tire? I have AAA! Oh...I guess I still need a spare tire...but not the well. After removing the gas tank, spare well, and trunk floor, I glued a piece of .020 sheet to the top-side to catch the actual floor and fashioned a floor with .030 to mate with the existing floor and hid the seam with some half-round. I patched the tank where the well was sawed off of it and glued it to the new floor. Yay! 🤓. I still had an alignment issue with the drive shaft so I modified the housing at the "pumpkin" to get the shaft centered. I added spacers to my shock mounts, too. The shocks will be re-located inboard of the tail pipes rather than the original mounting holes adjacent to the frame rails. That's it, thanks for sticking around! I still need to detail the spring mountings but it will just be totally uninteresting.

Dont look at me...I didn't say anything 😶

Not just that one, Lenny. 🤓

Yup. You did it👍. Now take the day off, Len. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🏈

That is one bad boy, Greg. The manifold looks totally legit. Coming along great. The stovebolt was a great idea.

This looks like the darkness just before the dawn. You're a brave, brave lad, Mr. B., pushing the envelope. This is where the fun is 😄 !

Oooo....Lenny got a boo boo on his middle finger 😪🖕 Nice color, Len! Nice work on the hood thing. I've seen that on another kit I have, a '57 Chevy.....? Probably AMT 🤔.

This thing is a jewel, Dennis. Great work on the exhaust! Amazing 😛! Edit: I see you use ACME. Love that site. Perfect !