RancheroSteve

Sounds like a reasonable plan!

I like to consider myself fairly knowledgeable about these cars and I've never quite figured it out myself! Original Shelby GT-350Rs don't show anything in this area - I think any blow-by just vented from the caps, but it appears some more current vintage racers use the the space for an oil breather/puke tank. A quick collage I just threw together; the more original engine compartment is on the left.

I guess you just need to buy kits of the right vintage that have been stored under "special" conditions.

Sounds like some guys don't want to get their fancy 1:1 cars wet. It's drizzling now!

Oh yes, I've watching & enjoying it with great interest from the start - my kind of project, for sure! Time's been a little tight one way and another for the past few weeks - the run-up to GSL (this past weekend) and some family issues have kept me busier than usual. Trying to get back to some building myself.

Where did that air cleaner (the one on the engine) come from?

That's what I thought of, too - saw those things race several times with Tommy Kendall driving. Now that would be a cool project!

No attempt to be comprehensive here - just a few things that caught my eye: GSL XXVI album And always tough to choose, but a few favorites: Vince LoBosco's Maserati Mike English's Honda Art Laski's Mongoose

Looking forward to seeing it in person! (We're getting there tonight).

Thanks for following along. My model building has had to take a bit of a back seat to some real life stuff in the last couple of months, but I'm hoping to have a small update on this one soon.

The International Model Car Builders' Museum is honored to announce that famed custom car builder and one-time Monogram Models, Inc. Custom Car Consultant Darryl Starbird and his wife Donna, will be attending the Championship. Darryl will be presenting a seminar Thursday night (April 27) on his experiences with Monogram, which issued models of the cars that he built both for the model company and for himself: Big T, Big Deuce, Predicta, Ultra Truck (renamed Orange Hauler in kit form) and other vehicles. Darryl will be interviewed by Mark S. Gustavson who, years ago interviewed Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Budd "The Kat" Anderson. Video and transcriptions of those interviews are archived in the International Model Car Builders' Museum. The GSL News page will be updated this weekend to provide full details concerning the Starbirds at GSL. Also note that The Predicta Project will present a seminar on Friday morning at GSL-XXVI. All persons, including the media, interested in more information on the Starbird's attendance at GSL-XXVI are asked to contact Mark S. Gustavson at msgsl@xmission.com with "Starbird" in the subject line.

Great idea and excellent work so far!

I'm loving this one, JC! I wasn't aware of the discrepancy over the blue colors - I had always assumed Shelby's "Viking Blue" was the same as Ford's, which is the color that my '63 Ranchero was when it came from the factory. It was (badly) repainted by the time I got it, but a few chips of the original Viking Blue present themselves from time to time.

Ha, I stand corrected! Maybe I should have said "well replicated"?

I'm not sure what car the Gunze kit is based on, but I built mine as #CSX2299: I think it's pretty safe to say that no model has replicated #CSX2287 (the first coupe).

Yes, a few - here's my Fotki album of my Dad's shots, taken with some 35mm rangefinder he had. We made a few trips out to that track - it was quite the place! https://public.fotki.com/Roullier/auto_racing/bridgehampton/

Awesome job, JC! You really got the look and the details right.

Just realized that I saw him race on both two and four wheels - at the Isle of Man in 1956 (before I was old enough to remember) and at the Bridgehampton Can-Am in 1966. Rest in peace.

Really terrific, Phil! Pretty quickly done for what went into it, and well worth the effort

I've been spending way too much time getting the Mustang inner fender panels and shock towers to fit the Comet, but I'm almost there. A little more fine tuning and I'll be ready to drop these in: Holes are for the upper a-arms. Top edges will get trimmed to match the Comet fenders.

Thanks for taking the time and trouble to post this, Dave. Now we know! Even if the subject matter was done before, it looks like it would have been a very fine kit, with all the state of the art (for the time) updates. The one I was really excited for was the FIA Cobra - too bad that never made it.

Cool - I've always wanted to do the Yellow Banana. I have the Galaxie and the decals, at least. Following with interest.

Now that the Mustang inner fender aprons/shock towers are cut to the right length, I'm removing the molded in upper a-arms. The Moebius Comet has separate upper arms, so I'll be "bolting" those the shock towers in a more prototypical fashion. While work continues on the shock towers, I've decided on a power plant and closed in on the "theme" of this build. I'm going to be using the 5.0 small block with an AOD transmission from the Revell '32 five window kit, with the modern fuel injection and the finned valve covers. The oil pan comes from the Moebius kit, shortened a little to fit the Revell block. Here's a mock-up for fit: The block and trans have been painted bronze/gold; the heads painted silver (to represent aluminum) and holes drilled for plug wires.The headers from the '32 kit don't look like they'll work in the Comet, so I started scrounging through my un-built parts kits and found that the shorty factory headers from the Monogram '94 Mustang looked like they'd work. And who knew? The engine block and heads in the '32 Ford is the same casting as the Monogram '94 Mustang! Figures, I guess.

I won't do a full detailed review here (that's probably a separate thread), but since you asked, JC: overall not bad, although it certainly doesn't set any new standards (the AMT '67 Mustang engine is still the best early 289 in my book). Dimensionally it looks right, although I haven't measured it out. The valve covers are nice and there are two sets - plain and chromed/finned. The detail on the block, heads and transmission is a little generalized and there are several inaccuracies, especially for anyone that wants to build a replica stock Comet or even a period correct early SBF. I'm not trying to bash or nit-pick the thing here, but I'll list some of my issues: 1. The exhaust manifolds (mentioned in another thread) don't resemble anything I've seen on any SBF, stock or modified. 2. The water pump has the inlet on the wrong (driver's) side for 1965. 3. The air cleaner is too short. 4. The oil filter angle is incorrect. 5. The intake manifold is a later/aftermarket high-rise unit (The AMT has the correct low-rise manifold for a stock 4V or HiPo 289). There are a couple of others, but I don't want to get too "rivet county" here. Some of these things won't matter to most builders and others are easily enough corrected. I'm going to be building my Comet as a "resto-rod" with some updated components anyway - more about that soon.

I used to see that thing all the time sitting outside Dean Jeffries' shop on Cahuenga Blvd.