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Philip, The paint is Duplicolor deep emerald metalic over Tamiya bare metal silver. Another problem I noticed, after looking at the carberator I was going to use, it almost looks like a thermaquad witch doesnt make sense as it wouldnt have been available in 68 which is the year of the kit the engine came in and also, a holly would be a better carb for this application. I got the following from http://www.carbkitsource.com/carbs/tech/Carter/pages/tqguide-Vaanth.html "The Carter Thermo-Quad is a four-barrel carburetor with a spreadbore throttle bore configuration. It was designed as an emissions capable carburetor that retained or surpassed secondary throttle performance of earlier Carter carburetors, while delivering superior primary fuel economy. The Thermo-Quad consists of three main sub-assemblies, an aluminum fuel bowl cover, a phenolic resin main body, and an aluminum throttle base assembly. The Thermo-Quad derives its name from the phenolic main body. Due to the material of the body, the carburetor bowl can stay 20 degrees cooler than an all metal carburetor in the same environment. The Thermo-Quad was used by Chrysler Corporation in cars and trucks 1971-1984. Aftermarket versions were also produced by Carter." I guess I could dig through my stash for a holly but I need to order some distributors anyway so I will probebly just order some from Morgan Automotive Detail's website.

Dave- On the roadster that also comes with this kit there is a second tank up by the fuel tank, I wonder if that's what that is there for? But they would still have to run a water pump right? Thank you for the info, time to re-think this.

I got the intake made and body painted, radiator mostly made, and started detailing the motor. Now there's nothing left but make headers, motor mounts, starter and ignition wires, order and install distributer, research colors, strip and paint carb, run fuel line, coil, radiator hoses, mount radiator, install fuel tank cap, polish paint, make and apply decals, install body, and make and install some sort of air filter or velocity stack, or maybe just modify the blower hat from the kit. Other than that, its all done.

Didn't get as much done as I wanted on the body work but got the controls in, brakes and wheels on, and started on the engine. I'm using the 440 with the 727 torque-flight from the 68 dart kit. I made an adaptor to shorten the tail-shaft on the transmission. The trans that came with the kit would have fit better but in the spirit of a guy on a budget just starting out I think the 727 would have been a good choice. I'm undecided on running a radiator although I am leaning in that direction. Tomorrow I hope to get the body work right and start on paint, and make a motor mount, and figure out what I'm going to do about an intake. Right now I am thinking about a single four barrel carb on a single plane high rise intake.

That is the coolest yearbook ever. All mine had was the football team and ROTC drill teams.

Today I got the body mostly sorted out and the chassis cleaned up, painted, and the front end and fuel tank mounted. My engine choices are down to either the 440 or the Hemi out of the 68 Hemi (as a Mopar guy Hemi is always capitalized) dart kit. I think I want to try to build a tunnel ram for it and I imagine this guy would want a radiator on this thing since he is a local racer on a budget. Tomorrow I am going to try to get the wheels on, all the controls in the cockpit, finish the body work, and start on the engine.

Wow, your car looks more realistic than the one on the cover of the magazine!

Where's the "like" button on this thing? Oh well, looking good, I like this.

I got this kit for one of the engines to use in a future project but I wanted to try my hand at making an old slingshot style dragster. I'm not a drag racer so this is a bit out of my wheelhouse but that just plays into my plans for this. My plan is to build this according to this little fictional story in my head. I figure sometime in the mid sixty's this guy got a good deal on an older dragster and decided to go racing at his local track. He tries to update the chassis a bit and maybe runs a less exotic motor for reliability. Since he has never gone drag racing before some of the work on the car may not be up to professional standards but hopefully it will all work out for him. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I'm adding almost 2 scale feet to the chassis, removing most of the body work except the shell around the driver, adding a firewall, and I haven't decided on the engine yet. Most likely something Mopar. And maybe some homemade zoomies. What year did they start running zoomie headers anyway?

Looks good, this is a great subject. You may want to consider removing the heater blower moter from the firewall, I believe these cars came heater delete with the "for racing use only plate on the dash. I don't remember how they covered the hole from removing the blower motor though.

Nice job! I just got this kit with because owned a couple 67 baracuda's and I was wondering if the dart chassis, fenderwells and firewall would work, thank you for posting. I guess i need to order a couple darts now

Welcome to the forum Derick, if your anywhere near Mobile the Hobby Town USA at Airport and Shillinger has a decent selection and one of the employees is a retired Coastee that builds some of the most realistic armor I've ever seen.

Do you use the aerosol hair spray or the pump stuff? If you used the pump stuff would there be any advantage to brushing it on?

Nice job but now your going to have to get her some matching wheels!

Cool idea, I've seen that roll-back bed on e-bay and was wondering if it was worth the price. I will be following this build.

Alumilite resin casting kit with 40% at HL.

Thanks for posting this, I wasn't able to find a picture of the cover in the left rear of the bed and just made something like I've seen on other trucks. Yours makes more since considering how close the gas cap is to the corner. Nice job so far on this, I hope you get back on it so we can see the finished product.

I just discovered this one, I like it a lot. The finish on the tool box is spot on but the A/C is over the top!

I just ordered this body but since, as Tom Gieger pointed out, the hinges on the van are so much nicer than the truck kit, I am going to leave the doors closed. I will be following this build, can't wait to see where you go with it.

Thats a sharp looking color combonation, I love it! And the pinstripes really set it off.

Tom, I thank you for all the information and advice. On your recomendation I ordered the resin body, another little red wagon kit and a lindberg dodge kit. Of course the plymouth is a good looking car so I had to order one of those also. I'm thinking of doing one as a stock 6 cylinder and the other as some sort of high school kids hot rod from the 70's with jacked up shackles on the rear and maybe some cragers and cherry bombs and the obligatory thrush stickers in the rear quarter windows. But I might want to put a blower on one so I ordered a Revell Tony Nancy 22Jr double dragster kit. While I was at it I picked up a 70 R/T challanger for a vanishing point build (the first one), and a 69 barracuda to see if I can turn it into a 67 like one I had when I was younger. I don't know how all this happened, I just wanted to build a van.

Very nice! How did you do the carbon fiber drive shaft?

Sweet!

I was thinking about casting a few parts for myself and was wondering if putting a sander (like a mouse sander, not a da) against the mold right after pouring the resin would help the resin settle into the mold and reduce air bubbles. I have cast small cement pieces in the past and this works well for that but maybe resin sets up to fast?

Tom, thank you for the information. Would you advise just opening the back doors, or putting windows in the back instead? My plan is to detail the engine on a crate in the back along with some other parts. Have you looked at the Ross Gibson slant six?