Speedpro

Well done. Nice build!

Did some mock up to see how things were looking. Next time, Fun with exhausts.............................. More to come................

Looking good steve. Looks like the paint over bmf method worked out pretty good.

Bummer!

The engine cover is pretty much done. The last thing that it needed was the part built around the air box. fits perfect. The floor is finished after filling all holes and slots. The chassis is almost done in this picture. One thing that was done is lowered the front end. No photos of that being done, bummer. Started priming some parts. Made some wheel backs for the rear wheels. To get the track width looking right with the big rear tires, the rear housing required some narrowing. more to come..................................................

Things are beginning to take shape. Finnished getting the body around the engine at the firewall. The next item to be built is the engine cover inside the interior. This was probably the hardest part of the build. And took the most time. It was made out of sheet styrene of various thickness. This part, when installed, requires no glue. The trans tunnel will be glued to the floor, but not the cover. Its held in place by the floor and door panels. I knew there was going to be an interference issue when the air box of the intake manifold was in place. It's going to take alittle extra work to make that work. I'll have another update tomorrow. Thanks for looking and your comments................

As progress continues, fitting of the engine is being somewhat of a challenge. The supercharger has a mount that is part of a crossmember that is to be added to the frame. This mount has to be in a precise location. The problem is, The supercharger is hitting the radiator. I ended up thinning all the parts of the supercharger, moving the drive belts closer to the engine block and thinning the drive belts (all thinning of the parts were done after these pics). The crossmember was then installed to the frame. Things are fitting pretty good now. Moving to the rear end, The 4 link bars from the T-bird kit were used. Made up some mounts to connect them too and modifyed the housing ends to fit the 9". Everything is working together well at this point. I could have done more back here, But frankly, I just didn't have the time Another part that was cleaned up was the floor. Actually, I messed up the first floor by cutting it too much. I was more carefull with the second one. Once the floor was fit around the engine, I got the sanding sticks out and removed all the ribbing and details except a couple support bars on the bottom side. Really cleaned up the bottom side. Looks smooth. It was time to decide on wheels and tires. The Pro Star wheels came out of a Bob Glidden T-Bird kit. I like these wheels because the rear wheel has a center cap. Latter pro stars I found didn't. Front tires are Front Runners also from the Glidden kit. The rears are some BFG's I'v had since the early 90's. Can't remember were they are from. Good looking tire. The firewall was installed and I started fitting it around the engine. Even the headers are mounted to the engine temporarily to make sure things are going to fit and have enough room around the whole engine That's it for now. More to come and thanks for looking.

Nice looking charger!

looks great!

Very nice nova! Perfect stance, excellent paint, cool wheels, awsome engine! Has alot of curb appeal.

Very nice! The color combo works well. Great looking interior.

Looking good Bob. You always seem to hit the rough road when your painting the body. Try shooting your paint alittle closer so as not to get that orange peel. Distance and speed is the key to getting a flat paint job. You know how to paint, Just make some small adjustments and you will have those results you are expecting.

Very different! This thing is going to look really cool with the two mods you have planned. Love those front fenders!

Normally when I am doing a build I'll post my work in progress. I like letting everyone see what goes into a build as it progresses. I have one here that I built in a 4 week period last april that I never had a w.i.p. posted on the forum. The reason I wanted to do this build was to have a car I could enter at the GSL in the '29 Model A Roaster common kit class. So many nice builds. Its was a great time. Like i said, This car was conceived and built in a 4 week period. With the idea I had, it was going to be quit a undertaking, But doable. So the plan was to build a '29 with really nothing special except the engine, wheels and tires and a few details. The engine was going to be alittle pontiac 4 cyl out of a '62 tempest convertible kit. Was going to add a supercharger, like the one in the revell Attemp 1 kit. I thought this is going to be the only car with this blown 4 cyl, So I'll have something alittle different than the next car. Easy enough, or so I thought. I started getting everything together And wouldn't you know it, Someone else happens to have the exact same idea for a car he is building for GSL in the same class. Are you kidding me, I thought to myself. So it was back to the drawing board. Not knowing what to do now, I started going through my stuff, looking for something with a ford engine in it that I could apply to this '29 roaster. Just kept thinking, I gotta try and make this thing different, But this is almost like reinventing the wheel. Just look what what's been done with a '29 in 1:1 and 1/25 scale. So many great ideas out there. But I wanted more. This is what I eventually end up with in front of me, wondering now if I bit off more than I can chew! I'm going to do a kit bash between the '29 roadster and the Matt Hay Pro Street T-Bird. The engine out of the T-Bird was definitely going in that '29! Question is, What's it going to take? All the photo's of this build are already taken of course. I'm going start posting the pics of the build every day. I'v posted the car on here awhile back. Went and found the thread, but the pics were gone. I'll post a few pics of the finished car at the end of the build. On to the build, Started with the '29 frame, added a new crossmember for the trans to mount too. Used the part that was cut off the original trans mount to make the new one. Had to leave the original crossmember in place because the floor mounted to it. It registers where and how the body fits. Got the engine sitting in the frame. At this point the body can start being fit more to come, thanks for looking

There's something you don't see everyday! Nice build!

Very nice!

Very nice work! Great detailing to the engine and underside.

Nice work! Perfect color choice.

Really nice clean build!

Great looking '48. Nice color combo.

Looks good!

Very nice clean build! The paint looks really good. I like the color

Really nice looking nova Kevin! Everything about this build looks right to me. The color of the interior works perfect with the body color. Engine bay and under side detail is spot on. Great build for 1st one being back at your bench. Looking forward to seeing what you'll be building next.

That turned out really nice Bob! Color is perfect and the engine is very shiny. Overall very clean build.

So many cool things about this build. Have never seen a funny car body turned into a street machine before! Engine choice, tilting hood, flush fit glass and those flames are very well done. Your effort shows!