Speedpro

Very nice!

Craig, I checked out your scalemates album. Some very nice work. Thanks for sharing

This is a 4 week build I did to have something to put on the table at the final GSL. I had planned on a different powertrain but my idea just happen to be something another builder also had in mind(Mr Mark Weller). So i had to come up with another idea. Ended up building the roadster and kit bashing the Matt Hay pro street T-bird into it. This was rather challenging, being space limited, as the engine from the t-bird is no way just a drop in. But it is a ford. The engine and blower mounts were adapted to the frame and a trans mount was built and relocated. A dog house was built for the interior since more than half the engine was now in the passenger compartment. All the parts for the superchargers were thinned including the drive system trying to get as much room as I could. This really helped getting everything to fit. The front suspension was dropped a scale 5 inches or so by building a new crossmember mount so the radiator would remain in it's stock position. The front axle was also drilled and the drag link was modified to clear. At the rear, The four bar links from the t-bird were used and required new mounting points to the frame. The rear end was narrowed to pull the rear tires inboard to keep the same track width with the front. A drive shaft was also built. Tires came frome the parts box and the wheels were taken from th Bob Glidden Pro Stock kit. Brakes are drums all around. The bottom of the floor was smoothed by removing all the ribs. Then a exhaust system was built using the mufflers from the '66 nova ss kit and round tubing. The system was then alcad chromed. Alclad chrome, polished aluminum, and aluminum were used to finish all the parts for the engine and suspension along with the MCW Nassua Blue Metalic body color. The interior was done with light earth brown and the floor finished with embosing powder. The hurst quarter stick shifter and gauges were used from the t-bird. I added a little something to the front seat to give a little character. Was surprised I even got it done and is missing a few key components. Even so, It was a fun build. Thanks for looking, Speedpro

Happy Birthday Brother! Your lovely wife donna is doing a fantastic job taken care of you?

Mark , Enjoyed talking with you also. I'll have to keep my eye on your future builds to make sure i'm not building the same thing ?. Seeing your '29 gave me a good perspective of what I was going to build without having to build it. It was going to turn out awsome just like your's

Tim, It sure was a pleasure meeting and chatting with you. I'v been in this hobby for over 55 years now and you have been greatly inspirational. When @Kit Karsonasked me for some help doing a repaint on his '29 tribute build, I never thought it would lead up to debuting the truck and meeting you to do so at the last gsl. A pinnacle momment in my hobby say the least. To see the photo of the truck when i opened your post was also exciting as you got to post the first picture of the truck finished on the forum. I'm so glad you got to do that. Again, Thanks for everything you have done for the hobby and it was great to meet you. Speedpro Paul Tolonen

A 29 roadster I'm working on

Very nice! I like the color combo.

Fantastic build! The detailing on them four engines looks great. I like this alot.

Love the old monogram pro stock kits. Great job!

Nicely done. Like the details.

Very nice! Great photos too

Super nice bel air! Nice paint, interior and engine details. Perfect!

Very nice! Clean looking build. One of my favorite movies because of the car.

Really good looking merc! Your effort shows. Those wheels really set the car off.

One of the coolist nova's I've seen. Man that paint look's good! Love the engine detail's. Neat little trick with the license plate. Great build!

Super nice 442! Really like the interior and engine bay. And the paint looks perfect too.

Great looking build!

Amazing how good it looks with just the body and fenders just polished. Turned out great! The surf board is a nice touch too.....

Very nice. I like the color.

"I sprayed just until it started to settle" Sure looks like it was sprayed on to thick. Always apply mist coats first when using clear lacquer

Nice build. Paint looks smooth. Clean work too!

I like the street feaks from back in the day. Pulled it off perfectly. Nice build.

Being that I pretty much have that car in my garage, I have to say you came darn close on the color. Nice build.

Very nice! That's some clean work. Color works really well on that body.