Straightliner59

This is a very cool project! Very nice work, sir!

Thank you, JC! I hope I can keep it rolling! It's time to start sorting out the pedals, and how I am going to mount them...

I got the toe-board made, along with the front section of floor. I couldn't figure a satisfactory way to fill the front floor area using the strips I made most of the floorboards from, because a couple of pieces would have no support, in the center of the chassis, due to the trans/shifter. I used .022" Midwest plywood to make the toe-board and the front floorboard. I think I will add another layer to the floorboard section.The toe-board will fit beautifully, once i have replaced the pedal hanger bracket. I'm pretty happy with it! Questions, comments and critiques always welcome!

It's just east of the International Date Line! ?

Not since Logghe, Steffey and Rupp...that was one bad small block.

Thanks, Mark. I knew that was the stock type starter setup. Yeah, I'm not so fond of the alternator, on this one. I'll be using a generator, in case I want to race it at TROG!

Thank you, Bill! That's the only way that I could figure, as to how it works. Thanks for confirming my suspicions! ?

Super nice scratch work, Francis! Going to keep an eye on this one!

I am trying to sort this thing out, and I am having a time finding out exactly how this is set up. My best guess is that the rod, coming from the tube from the starter solenoid cover simply runs to the back side of the starter foot switch, and depresses a switch inside the housing, which actuates the starter. Does anyone know, for sure? I can't find text or photos that illustrate exactly how this works. Thanks for any advice!

Thanks, Bob! Thanks for looking!

Thank you, much, Larry!

Thank you very much, Bruce! I appreciate that! It's nice to have it finished. One other new technique I used on this model was the front wheels, which are scratchbuilt using a fairly simple method I developed some years back, and had posted on the old StraightLineModeler website.

I finished one, this year. It was nearly 20 years, from the time I began work on it. I'm not worried about how many projects I complete (ya' think?! ?); What's most fun and satisfying, for me, is trying new techniques, and pushing the limits of the skills I have acquired, through the years. This model features my first real use of parts I scratchbuilt, then cast (the injector stacks), and my first all aluminum body. I am very happy, with it! The build thread is here:

Thank you, Alan. It looked to me to be the easiest way to make it look right! Thanks s0 much for your kind words. Thank you, Danno! It's been good, to get back to it!

That is sweet, Bernard! Those front wheels are beautiful. I may have to spring for a set of those. Congratulations on finishing it up!

Well, after about a month of "idle" time, due to a slip/fall on some black ice, which made it too uncomfortable to sit anywhere but the recliner, I was finally able to get some work done on this thing, in the past three or four days. I cut out the molded in boards from the kit's floor, then cut a sheet of .005" Evergreen sheet, to create a flange (visible in the photos of the prototype) to support these strips of basswood. They are a tad narrow, but of the proper thickness, and, I think they look okay. Now, to figure out exactly how to deal with the slat I had to cut for the shifter. I also made new trans crossmember plates that now incorporate the bracket for the radius rods. Also visible are those radius rods. Questions, comments and critiques are always welcome!

I got this for $40, shipping included. I've been wanting one, for a while. It's all there. Some of it's (obviously) painted, but, other than that, it's in fine shape! I didn't see the penciled notation on the box lid, before I got it. I happen to have Hot Rod Magazine's Yearbook #11. I opened it up, and there's a great article on this car! That was convenient! These photos are from the auction...

I'm out. I have just finally been back to the workbench, for a few hours, over the last couple of days. I fell on black ice (the real deal--that concrete looked perfectly dry!) the day before Thanksgiving, and haven't been able to use the shop, or the computer, without pain, since. Enough about that. I did get a couple of little things done on the Model A, yesterday and today, so, I'm on the rebound. The paint mishaps with the Firebird took it from about a day from finished to, "To hell with it! It can sit a few more years!" ? Seriously, though, I'll throw back in, for the next round. It's sitting right in front of me, on the bench, so, one of these days, I will figure out a lazy way to deal with the paint, and finish it up, and call it good.

Thank you, Bill. I appreciate that! The only difference I see between these and the originals is that these are 1/8" longer. They're great for kingpins!

Thank you, Alan! I've loved them, since they were introduced. Here is a link to the build thread, if you'd like to see what I did, with it:

I built this '75 from a promo. I have a couple more of those, and a Street Spyder, and the AMT kit, which really looks "off", to me. The first Monza I ever built was a then brand new'75 annual.

This is how I would do it. Who am I kidding? I would most likely rebuild the whole the whole suspension, but, that's just me! Given your desire and circumstance, David's suggestion is how I would do it.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Lot-3-Packs-Northeastern-Scale-Models-Nails-023-x-1-4-023-x-3-8/183900463201?hash=item2ad1526061:g:GJUAAOSw-DJdO80G

Nice one, Tom!

That sounds about like what I think will work, for what I want to try/ I'm looking to kind of flow it into the joints on my four banger. There are a couple that need filling, and some I'm hoping to do some tiny fillets. I think it may work better than super glue, although I'm not sure why I think that! ? Thanks, Chris! Thanks, Steve! That's definitely heavier than I can use, for this. I am sure the thicker viscosity has plenty of uses, though, as well.