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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 !

Hey, Len, what's the thinking on why the clear plastic parts turn cloudy and yellow like that? I realize the ones pictured above may be over a half-century old, but it happens only to some. Is it the specific type of material? Maybe environmental conditions? UV maybe? 🤔

You need to stay away from those shows, Bob. Get some help (I'll bet it was the voices, wasn't it? 🥴)

Ah ha! Can you believe that 💩? Why am I so surprised? They didn't think anyone would notice.

This should be cool, Bob, I'm following! 😀.....but you gotta lose the steering....the steering....device. Well... it's not a wheel, is it? 🥴.

Greg, what are you using to solder steel, silver?

I have the Strat that came in the Magnum but it's just a cheap Chinese copy 😉

Speak of the Devil....and who shows up? Nah, don't look away, Len, start another project. Listen to the voices 😈

Exactly 🤓. This kit has already served its intended purposes. Sort of 🥴

Thanks, David. See above. ☝

Thanks, Bob, I'm having fun with it but it's full of mistakes. The up-side is learning how not to do some things.

Today I was searching for I can't recall what when I ran across this set of porta-walls. Just what I needed. Spent the rest of the afternoon scraping plating. No need to paint the rims since the kit was molded in color 🙂. I added shock mounts to the narrowed rear axle. I would have done this even if I had not lowered it, due to way the kit was designed. It's as low as I can get it without going hydraulic. I may need a shim or two in the rear to level it. Skirts are on the table but flush ones, not the crappy kit skirts. And the kit engine will be used with a liberal application of Marine-Tex to seal up the leaky block ( ever have to do that? 🥴) I just love this kit.

Not yet, it isn't but I appreciate your kind words, Ken.