Speedpro

Small update, Shot the paint on the engine parts. Also worked on the radiator. The front and back of the rad is flat black. The tanks are alclad polished aluminum. Fan was covered with BMF. I'm not going to clear the parts till they are back on the engine block and then clear the whole thing. More to come.............. Speedpro

Thanks Bill, I appreciate your comment. The trumpets definitely added some life to cover. Will see what the paint does for it. I think it's going to look good on the engine. Paul

Great looking willy's! Nice clean work. Speedpro

Nice Accurate looking AAR Tim! Enjoy looking at all the details. That EB5 340 looks very nice also. Speedpro

Beautiful! Nice paint. looks very smooth. Are those Bbs wheels? They look really good on this 911. Speedpro

Nice pair of ferraris. I like the interior on the Sa Aperta. The piping looks good on the seats. Speedpro

Nice, Very clean work!

The engine parts are in primer. Found a parts box distributor and drilled it for wires. Added a little something to the valve covers. The pulley's and carb's will get alclad polished aluminum. If you look at the box you can see that the front was filled in a bit to help hide the ends of the stacks. It was easier than trying to cut the stacks down. On to paint........................ Speedpro

Thanks Tim @Dennis Lacy I was at my wits end trying to find about anything for the induction for this engine. I was starting to look for a alternative engine to build when I came across this. I just got lucky as I never thought to look at this kit.

@Kit Karson, You mean this one. It was made by larsen engineering in the early '80's. This is my inspiration for the cover on the engine for your truck. Good Times, Brother

Steve, The parts came out of the AMT '92 ford flareside pickup kit. And yes , I did see those valve covers in there but chose to use the ones already on the engine as it came to me from @Kit Karson and making them look more custom. I have an idea for the air box that i think will make it somewhat unique and add some detail to the engine. What I'm planning to do is add 8 bellmouth volocity stacks to the air box, 4 down each side. KK sent me some parts to make this happen and I think they will work perfect. The first thing I had to do was to file them to have 2 flats on the center ones and 1 flat for thr end ones. Not too tough to do. To make a template for the holes to be drilled for the stacks in the box I mounted 4 of them between two pieces of tape. Then a small hammer was used to lightly tap on the eyelet's on a solid surface to punch the holes on the other side. This worked perfectly. And the result is a template that was put on the box and the holes drilled for the stack's starting with a .80 bit and working my way up to a size that the stack would almost fit and then filed too fit from there. Did the same thing on the other side. I like the results and think it was worth the effort. I think that the front of the box will have to be filled in alittle to hide the end of the eyelet's. And the intake manifold has to be trimmed some to fit the engine. I can't do that till the heads are painted and on the block. More to come.................. Speedpro Missed a couple pics.......

Very nice RRR! You never cease to amaze me with your builds. That blue is the perfect color. Really nice build man! Speedpro

Great build! Excellent paint color choices and application. Love the details. Top notch work here!! Speedpro

Cool streamliner. Nice work

Very nice!

Have a small update on the engine for @Kit Karson's truck. i must have gone through 100 kits trying to come up with something to give this engine some life. Finding a intake manifold for a blower or some kind of injection that will fit the engine was unsuccessful in my stash. Everything was just too out of scale (too big). Just couldn't believe I don't have anything, or though I thought! This is what I came upon. It's different. Intake that fits and has a pair of Predator carburetors. Period correct? What I really like is the air box that mounts on top of the carbs. Any one know what kit this setup came from? I'v got something in mind to bring the air box to a different level. For now the parts are getting the chrome stripped. @Kit Karson sent some parts to help out my vision................. I think I'm on the right track. Will maybe do something to the valve covers to give some character as they are just too plain looking. Thats it for now. Speedpro

Bill, Your chassis turned out very nice. Great work! So as you know, I have been involved with working on @Kit Karson's 1929 Ford Pickup 80s Contemporary Street- Rod a Tim Boyd Tribute build that i was doing a repaint on for him. Things have escalated past the paint, the chassis, and the interior and on to the engine I go. The engine was put all together when i took possession of this project. I tried working with said engine and it just wasn't working with the truck and what i have got done so far. Here is a picture of the engine as it came to me. Sorry it's not a better pic but it is the only one i have. It all came apart and stripped of paint soon after i got it. I already knew i was going to repaint it...... With the engine apart and stripped, it was primed and ready for some fresh paint. The block will be body color and the heads, intake, oil pan and water pump will be alclad polished aluminum. Bellhousing will be alclad also. The trans will be body color with bmf and and alclad on the pan........ With everything painted the assembly was put together. For the amount of time, effort and material used i thought the results came out ok. Really had to think about this. Is it what should be under the hood. kind of yes. But the intake and carbs must go. Just not feeling it with the induction setup. Needs a more correct intake manifold to start with. After much concideration, I have decided to make some changes in color on the engine. I'm not going to repaint the block but the other parts will get changed. So apart the engine goes again and the parts are being stripped. We will see how things are looking in the next update. Till then..................... Speedpro

What a awsome build! Beautifully done!

Very nice! Good choice for a '32 build and you knocked it out of the park!

excellent build! Very well done!

Very nice. I like the red with the gold strips.

They make black chrome. You must use a gloss black base. Alclad has been such a great addition to my builds. Still figuring it out though.

I'm using alclad chrome ALC 107. Airbrush only. I thought this stuff would be bright looking chrome but it looks almost like black chrome. I think it's just me. Been using it on another build I am working on and trying different spray settings to get more product down to make it to look brighter as there is a fine line before it turns silver. It's looking better every time I use it. I still have the front and rear bumpers plus the exhaust to spray again. Hopefully this will be the last time as I have done them 3 times already.

Thanks Bob, I know the paint color look's blue, but it is actually turquoise. Look's way different in person. Thank's Carl, Alway's appreciate your comments! Thank you , @Dennis Lacy Still up in the air as to who is putting this thing together. I was only hired for the paint work I think. @Kit Karson might have other thoughts though.....hehe Phil, I wish i could call it mine but is actually the property of @Kit Karson and my part was to repaint the truck after he had a tuff time with the first paint job.

Beautiful paint work on the '34. That's the results that happen when one has a great teacher and the right tool's. Awsome work so far!!