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Congratulations, that is awesome result in such a top notch event Well done 👍🏻😎

Sunday Night Stance Check

I found some small black elastics on Amazon, apparently hair ties They look like they might work for a fan belt, $7 for a bag of one thousand 15mm resting diameter and 1mm thick

Love everything…and the cat especially 😊

I made these pulleys on a lathe today for the first time. And this shifter handle

Keep an eye on your Facebook market place or garage sales. Old lathes pop up every once in a while. For Sherline if you have some mechanical inclination, you can fix them up or buy new parts. I don’t know about those Chinese metal lathes

Went back out after some lunch and made a fuel filter and the piston shifter top Fuel filter ….because I got diameter too small to be a piston Piston shifter top

Ok, this is a little excessive. Turn away if you have a weak stomach 😂 I despise styrene belts and plastic pulleys. Despise. So let’s try and make some metal aluminum pulleys and use a rubber belt. It is crazy and not needed, but… Aluminum stock measured, marked and inked facing the end hole drilling IMG_9297.mov Check vs a styrene part ‘The three pulleys…top left one with a broken drill lodged in it. I got it out Testing fitment with a rubber belt on the engine That was a fun Saturday morning. There was cursing and a battle with my lathe that has sat unused good year and needs some tune up love

Wow😎 Lower than a snake’s belly in a wagon rut!

Messing with my headers to make them clear the frame and steering and frame stuff Added an adjustable 6mm length of aluminum tube supported with brass rod. I don’t have final engine/frame/body position yet so will leave it adjustable and tighten it up at the end I drill small holes for a living btw

Thanks for asking and answering this question! I have ordered one to try out…I am terrible at bending styrene so hopefully this will work

Paint looks sweet Excellent all around

Another random movie based photo of the true star of American Graffiti …not toad

So sorry to hear of your ailments, wishing you all the best bud Please try to keep posting and commenting, I always look forward to your input Maybe an auto speech program that lets you talk and not have to type?

This is the clearest engine reference photo I can find from a Milner Tribute built car the fuel lines are certainly not similar, yet this is a good find I am seriously considering opening the doors up. The hinges are the issue as they are exposed on the outside of the body. I could just use tiny magnets to make the doors pop on or off with no hinge or do a separate internal hinge🤔

Got my header file printed out in a couple sizes. Need this to get the clearances right. Will have to cut the end and extend it past the door hinges as per movie car Testing Tamiya clear yellow on the green fuel lines…thin it w a bit of MHLT Working on the orientation of the header and alternator which sits quite high near the driver’s valve cover Damn photos….I don’t like that rough fan pulley, will probably just make a cleaner styrene set up there 🤔Yep it’s gone

I have hot rods on the brain-itis went to LHS for some more aluminum for carbs and the bumper and saw this guy…he had to come home

Pretty happy camper here. Finally snagged an old Convoy Van kit from Revell. I built this as a kid and want to revisit it with a more detailed touch now. The instructions have a 1974 date on them so I would have been maybe 8 or 9 when I had this kit back then. Missed out on a couple of auctions on them before I snagged this one off eBay from Canada..which is better for shipping for me. Super stoked.

Found a mirror tape in my goodie box. Not bad, should have sanded the firewall smooth a bit more. maybe I will try some over my aluminum, that might be smooth enough

Working on these in aluminum Lots to refine on them still And made and wired up the rotor as well. Red hair monster in the background vise

Reversed the alternator support to duplicate the movie car location. Black one is original position to the right of the engine, mine will sit left Carbs were primed grey, painted stainless and then dry brushed aluminum for highlights Digging into the box of goodies for detail stuff Green fuel lines will look cool

Dry run of carb location and correcting alternator position..3D print had it backwards vs the movie car imagine tuning SIX carbs😵‍💫

Yep I would agree The functionality of a larger cooling space was emphasized by one clone owner who had a larger displacement engine than the movie car and so wanted more surface area for cooling purposes vs smaller area to look cool. Many put in rear shocks and springs to improve highway ride and overall ride comfort. Cannot argue with that as they have to live with and use the car

I am definitely NOT starting on it yet, I have far too many projects on the go 😉

This in from eBay she looks a little rough but it was super cheap and I will be modifying her into… Likely my next auto project after I finish the American Graffiti Coupe