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Don’t dorget to study Pierre’s GS Build …. He tackled and solved a bunch of kit build challenges …

JC -thanks for posting the link - very helpful I've placed an order for Zero Paints Viking Blue have you seen their "Viking Blue" ?? I'll post a sample before I use it should be good for the Daytona Coupe #10 it won't match what's on the Simeone car - but the Simeone car's finish is old and faded - and I'm certain it was re-sprayed at least once back in the day so I'll have to use some imagination ...

Outstanding. Which kit ?

Enjoy the Sebring Camaro…

Yup - post the kit w box open - glue 2 parts together - or paint a part - and the Penske GS is yours … do you live w/in day trip dx of the Simeone Collection?? - there is a GS engine on display …

Pierre !! more than one ! and I forgot to tell you ... since you finished #1 so quickly - you'll have to choose/build another entry ... which one ?? and you get a "rules bend" - you can choose a second Cobra entry if you want ... we are still a little light on Ferrari entries ...

lets herd some cats: there were 10 - count em - 10 Cobras entered in the '64 race Pierre has posted his build/start of the #1 Shelby team entry for Miles and Morton Vamach has begun the #12 Bondurant car Smilesperhr wants to build one of the Cobras: Smiles - which one ? you can refer to the site w all of the entries at the top of the thread ... MarkJ wanted to do #1 - can I convince you to choose one of the others ?? the #11 Cobra entered for Gurney and Johnson ?? or #14 ?? And we've also got commitments to build - or starts - on: 2 GTOs Randy D and Ace - the #37 Porsche 904 - Gramps the #48 MGB - Misha the #23 Ferr 275P - I think - Ace ? Lotus Elite - RC Lotus Cortina - AndrewMcD I'm doing the #10 Daytona Coupe Pierre has already finished the #3 Grand Sport reminder - you can build more than one entry - lots of good ones left ... is someone building one of the Alpines ? think so - I lost track ... Dave B expressed interest in the Bizzarrini - but then came to his senses lots of entries left ... am I missing anyone? over a year left to complete ... Who else is in ?

Pierre ! In america, when you invoice AFTER you’ve performed your work, its called a greeting card …. In ‘64 - 2287 had blisters riveted to the bottom of the rear fenders - to draw air into the back of the car - other sports cars had this feature - but i think that the Daytona Coupe was the first to sport these - interesting and cool looking - but not carried forward to the other Daytona Coupes ….

Musk? And convention ??

Pierre Just saved me a whole lot of trouble - and so did Gramps …

Dunked for about a minute in very hot water - not boiling - just Hot - then taped to a flat surface - the frame rails straighten out and behave … because we don’t want no kinky Daytona Coupe frames …

Great save, Pierre Great! save … this picture was, i think, snapped by Dave Friedman, who was tabbed by Shelby to document the Daytona Coupe’s development and team racing in ‘64 And ‘65 … and as you can see - the frame rails are as straight as arrows…

Too bad that Musk no longer seems to be interested in automotive design …. Do you think that - say - ten years ago - he had Pete Brock on speed dial ??

.010 Evergreen strip - putty - sanding sticks …

That Cobra replica sitting forlornly in my mechanics shop posed for a shot of its beak…. That subtle curve visible looking down is correct - there is a great shot of 2287’s nose in 1964 in the Doug Morton Collection site …. The kit nose lacks this curve - gotta fix that …

You snuck a pair of stereo speakers into that interior group shot - they do not appear to be photo-etched - tell us more …

Thanks smiles - let us know the kit frame does have a kink in its forward members- i’ve got some ref pix fr Gramps that i can double check … hard to tell fr photos of the eng bay on a complete car…

The fix required razor sawing a slot along the door line to “loosen” the panel - just short of removing it - then I glued the inner door panel and a sill that i made from L shaped Evergreen - this was wedged in under the door panel and forced the rocker to “uncurl” … by doing this i recaptured over two scale inches of body height - this was critical - because of the way in which the body attaches to the interior …

The panels rocker panels have a tendency to curl in under the body … this is a mjor problem for several reasons …. I had tried to straighten them in hot water but they did not hold their shape …

The exhausts are pressed into holes drilled into the cyl heads to check their run and fit - left side Looks better than the right - we’ll see …

Prepping some of the suspension parts - here’s how they attach to the frame - the leaf springs on the front susp assembly will probably have to be re-done …

Second primer coat - not there yet - flat spots fr sanding and some visible pores in the Renshape …. Using some white Tamiya primer to fill in the pores …. and i always carefully follow the directions on the bottle …

Shall we call that packaging creativity or gross design negligence ?? The late Venom was actually able to build this kit with the steering arm wiggling thru the pipes - the added engine bay space will make this a little easier for me … but i can’t believe that Shelby signed off on this …

... because my shot of the engine bay of 2287 - taken when I got lucky at the Simeone - years ago - shows that the added space between the engine and the bulkhead is close to spec and now there is room for all of those fiddly details behind the engine ...

I thought i mite move the engine mounts back a smidge - but my mockup w the engine casting tells me that i should not change this ….