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Thanks Carl. Ok I'm back with today's update. Folks I had to ditch the front wheels as well. First off , I just didn't like the way they looked. Secondly , these things, no matter how much I cut them down on the back of the wheel where they mounted up to the axle just stuck out way to far outside of the body. Here's where I started at this morning when test fitting the body onto the chassis to see if everything was going to work out ok. I'm glad I did because I wouldn't have been very happy with this.......... After cutting the backs of the OOB wheels down it wasn't too much better........... So I scrapped the OOB front wheels and went with some Cragar SS's I had in the spares bin. Now THAT'S more like it!!!!!!!!! The engine? Well it's probably the most primitive Hemi engine I've seen but there aint no way in HELL I'm going to use my Ross/Gibson Hemi on THIS build! lol I painted the engine metal flake blue , drilled some holes in the rocker covers for ignition wires and while I was on the rocker covers , applied a little Tamiya Smoke to them. Engine progress for this morning....... After looking at it for a while I don't know if I'll use this 426 Hemi or another OOB Hemi from 30 years ago. Will be thinking on this part....

I managed to work on my "OOB" build this morning. I didn't like the front tires from this kit because they were just too wide so I used the skinnier one's from the AMT '67 Chevelle kit. I chucked a 12mm socket up in my cordless drill and mounted each of the four tires up, one at a time on to the socket and spun the tires up on some sandpaper to rough up the tread araas some. I also treated each of the wheels to a coat of X-22 Smoke for that true metal/ chrome look. After that I installed all four wheel and tires. Here's the progress so far:

I'm a bit late to the game but I'm in. God Bless you Harry

I saw on the "I am in the Hospital" thread where you thanked God for us which to me means you are a spiritual man. Bob's got it right with the gratitude Harry, and through God is where it happens. I'll be sending prayers up for you and hope that whatever path is laid out for you that you'll walk it hand in hand with Him one day at a shot. Serenity prayer is key. I hope and pray the best for you and your family brother, Joe

Man that is one fine truck you've got yourself there Tom!!! Five star build man!!

Man did I totally miss this one!!!!! Wow!!! Modern art masterpiece pal! Way ta go................

Cool build! I love how these cars look.

Whadda paint job!!!! Man that car looks nice Jim!!!

Awesome detail, great color and spectacular building! There's nothing wrong from where I'm sittin'.

Nice work on a great subject!

I love these old Firebirds and don't see enough of 'em. I like the way yours turned out here. Nice work.

Yeah it seems like that scoop says it all alright. Nice idea and good work.

Nice lookin' Stang and cool classic look. As a kid all the cool cars looked like this it seemed like.

I appreciate the comments Randy and John.

You're gonna need twin fuel tanks to feed that hungry beast! Wild motor!

I'll check 'er out.....

I love the creativity you bring to your builds Kerry! More please..............

Great detail going into this one John!!

Anthony: I know right? Thanks for the good word. Joe: That sounds like a good plan but I wouldn't be able to hide the seam line if I extended it. I like your way of thinkin' though.

Well..............not quite as big as the rest of it. lol I received my fuel cell yesterday for the XL version that I'm building. This is gonna work out nicely is all I've gotta say.... aaaaand I got the inside of the OOB body shot with gold this morning and that's gonna work out well also! I've got some work to do on the top though. There's those to optional cut out impressions for adding....................antennas???????????? I've got some sanding to do to get not only those to look right but the ejector pin marks all over the inside of the roof as well. No problem.....................we'll get there.

Thanks Dave. Yeah it is pretty funky aint it? Folks I'm not falling down on the job or anything it's just that the updates are still in the theory and /or unsubstantially visual progress that photos would be a waste of time. Still working on the OOB part though.

Interesting spread of markings you've got there Anthony.

I'm in there with the rest of the gang on this one James. Really good detail and graphic work.

Thanks Carl. Dieselhead: Man I really appreciate the suggestion. I may be able to trim a little bit but it's pretty much going to be a direct connection between the tranny and the differential so there's no place to go there. I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve though. I'll say this, that engine is a lot further back than it would have been with that Lenco transmission behind it. lol I went out today to pick one of these up from Hobby Lobby because I wanted to one to build OOB (yes.....it's going to happen) just to display my modified one next to an OOB version when finished and got that 1 in 12 that's supposed to be green. Cool color is all I've gotta say. I'm happier than a pig in slop!

I'm so immersed in theory and planning right now I don't know when this thing'll ever start to progress. I'm hanging in there and taking it one day at a time and sooner or later I'll end up making a bus out of it one way or another. Here we are right now with the engine/ transmission with the cylinder heads installed, seating and center cluster pod test fit into place so I've got an idea of how this is all going to turn out and what I still need to do to get things to "behave". As you can see, there's a lot of work and "repositioning" left to do concerning the seating arrangement : This is about where the transmission tail housing is going to wind up. Hopefully I can scoot it all to the rear another 1-2mm but this is a good spot for now. and I'm currently working on relocating the steering column over towards the drivers door to line it up with the drivers seat.