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How did you make the boot seals for the ignition wires into the valve covers? I need to attempt something similar for my 427 Cammer.

Very nice. I would like to make a replica one days as well.

I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. The rain and the rich soil here permits the farms to grow pretty much anything. I am saddened to see prime agricultural land being covered up with solar panels. Not to mention the toxic heavy metals needed to manufacture them.

Gorgeous! Would be nice to have one of those in my garage.

I like your style in saving other people's builds. If I run out of kitty-proof display space, I may need to donate some of mine to a good home (like yours).

THANKS!

Very nicely done on both.

67 Mustang GT has a decent SBF in it.

The rare 68 and 69 Impala kits are on my wishlist. I shall follow your build.

I cancelled my cable in January. Thanks for all the updates. Maybe I'll get to see reruns if I ever subscribe to a streaming service that carries them.

How much time do you have invested in it? I have been thinking about putting some Snake-Fu on some of my old builds.

I love the sharp lines of these Caddys. Following.

My feelings exactly.

I'm in! Nice finish on the wheels. I need to learn about spraying Molotow.

Well executed build. Congratz.

I like it!

Very nice. Well done.

May God bless you in your recovery.

Very nice re-creation. It seems your tires are struggling to stay tight to the rims. You might want to try this trick in the future. The pic is of a semi truck tire. For car tires I split the backer rod down the middle.

It may not be able to do everything a bigger lathe can do, but I needed portability as I do not have the room to keep it permanently set up. It definitely does what I wanted to do very well. It also has 6 speeds that you can change in about 5 seconds due to the belt drive design. I even made mine reversible.

I was all set to buy one of those for a decent price. The ebay seller told me it all of a sudden was not available and then relisted it for $60 more the same day. It soured me on the whole deal.

Thanks Kurt. BTW I made a serious attempt to move to Prescott. It didn't work out. My wife could not afford my pay cut.

I have been working on this one but have not been posting pics. I have most everything assemble except for the wheels and the air cleaned. I assembled the custom vanity plate with a photoetched Ford license plate frame today.

Most impressive. Sometimes I struggle when the part is already the RIGHT shape.

I build day-two "Streetmachine" versions of Muscle Cars. These typically have wider rear tires and mags all around. Up until this point, I always had to sacrifice some other kit's rims to get deep dish rings to get the look I have been going for. Once upon a time, I ordered some aftermarket rims from Hobby Design for a (yet unfinished) project. They came with aluminum hoops and styrene (or resin) centers. I like the concept a lot. Ever since, I always wanted to make my own aluminum hoops. Especially since I have a boatload of nice rims that do not necessarily fit properly in the full model boxes of tires I have. I came into some extra cash around last Christmas, so I purchased a Taig mini lathe. Lathes are very messy and generally take up permanent bench space. My tight 2 car garage always must have two cars in it and I do not have a shop or basement. I made a fold down work bench and mounted the lathe on a base that can be stored on a shelf. This week I finally got to actually use it. I successfully made two pair of custom hoops for the Magnum 500 wheels for my 1969 BOSS 429 Mustang. I look forward to making more for future builds.