Mattilacken

2025 Cannonball Run Entry list: 1. '62 Chevrolet Bel Air (W-409) 2. Ford Escort MK2 ( stitchdup) 3. ‘74 Mercedes 300TD SLC (Mattilacken) 4. ‘69 Chevrolet Camaro (atomicholliday) 5. WV type 1 Van (Fat Brian) 6. ‘69 Dodge Dart (Tim08) 7. ‘67 Ford Mustang (JimmyRiggins) 8. '70 Plymouth Superbird (Keef) 9. ’71 Renault Alpine A110( White Rabbit) 10. ‘75 Chevrolet Monza 2+2 (MeatMan) 11. Dodge Super Bee (Slusher) 12. ’70 Dodge Super Bee (Sam I Am) 13. Lamborghini Espada (Tooltime-fan) 14. ‘70 Chevrolet Malibu (KWT) 15. ‘75 Volkswagen Golf (oldcarfan) 16. ’60 Ford Starliner (blue303) 17. Shelby G.T. 350R (xbazzarex) 18. ‘73 Mercury Cougar (bill_67) 19. ‘64 Corvette Grand Sport (beans) 20. ’71 Porsche 911 T (Misha) 21. ’73 Dodge Charger (Pat Minarick) 22. ’71 Ford Maverick (bobthehobbyguy) 23. ’70 Ford Torino (kromolly) 24. ‘63 Renault Estafette (camaro69) 25. ‘73 Dodge d300 (53gmc)🏁 26. ‘71 Ford Interceptor (spencer1984) 27. ‘74 Ford Gran Torino wagon (iamsuperdan) 28. ‘58 Plymouth sports fury (Rescued Customs) 29. ‘66 Chevrolet Malibu (Chasten) 30. ’66 Fairline GT/GTA (geras24) 31. '69 Ford Galaxie (Stavanzer)

Nice progress there! I will also try to get hands on one of these big 1:16 Italian cars, probably the Ferrari 288GTO

Was looking for the right tire sizes and went to the Red Pig and looked up that they ran 285 front tires and probably countach size in the back at least in 71. Which would have been a 315 tire. and when browsing my tires I found two that had good width and height an also right inner diameter! So it will definitely look like a 70’s custom build so metallic red would be cool on it! a pic of the underside as well.

I have been attacking the chassis with removing the remains of te molded in reare axle and prop shaft and I also went ahead and added some structure to the floor pans out of stretched spruce. And I also went ahead and closed of the gap between the front splitter and flare for a better flow in the body. also opened up and started mocking radiator and IC. for some reason it reminds me of hoonicorn when the wheels are not attached.

Nice to see this one taking shape! Just give me a PM of you want to trade some files or parts.

Hehe right! 🙂 and there fore I used 2 in sequence 😉

Was looking at the turbo yesterday and thought that it’s a huge turbo for a engine producing 80 hp out of the factory and the lag should be immense! So this team, Banks maybe 😉 decided to use the aeromotive technology used since the 50’s compound turbos, which makes the 2 turbos to work on top of each other which boost efficiency and HP as well as torque. To much rule bending or just creative thinking? What air filters would have been used for this kind of build back then? I was looking at the Porsches but they seem to have no filter. I have some small round filers that could work or the stock one might do it. thoughts?

Been doing some more work on the new generation racer. Engine have gotten an intake and exhaust as well as a turbo and waste gate. Also swapped a transmission that looks similar to what MB used, a 5speed ZF transmission. Also made modifications to the block and valvecover to represent the OM617 engine. I also replaced the suspension crossmember with one from a bmw that gave me the possibility to move the engine further back. I also opened up the rear side windows since I think it looks better and less grandpas car. The Mampe also have the windows like that. I also removed the molded in rear end and prop shaft, and replaced with parts that look the same from a bmw 635 thanks to @stitchdup. new transmission

Have been working that bodywork to sculpt the flares and spoilers and it’s looking better I believe. For beeing a cross country car I believe the ride height is okay.

I agree! Here is the latest mockup. I have this splitter made for an other car. I will narrow it and print a new to morrow.

So I have decided that the Cuda with the Elephant motor will have to bad of a fuel economy for this run! 😁 so I will be running a Mercedes Turbo Diesel. And since intercooler technology was around within the racing scene as well as the big riggs. Se my earlier post on the Porsche turbo of the day. I was initially thinking of making a 1968 Mercedes 300 AMG Red pig but I won’t take the effort needed to make the 3d file printable so I will go with the kit I bought as a donor. The Italeri 500SLC, but I don’t like many parts of the body mainly the rear wheel arches so some changes inspired by the racing scene in the 70’s will be added. I will probably try to make the noce lower as well since I will try to make the aero better. Regarding engine, Mercedes had released their OM617 (Oil Motor) in the 300d in the smaller 4 door body style. So this would be a swap for the OM motor. There is no files around or kits with this engine so I have started fabricating an engine based out of a Nissan 6cyl that I cut down so it has the right dimensions of the 5cyl OM617. A diesel pump was modified in cad to become a 5cyl pump as well as some other parts. That I might use. wheels are same as the red pig used.

Got starter on hinges today as well as door Cards. Looking good.

Nice build there!

Here is my Golden Retriever

But I might have to drop the nose a bit..

Made some progress, fabed up the rear end with coilovers, panhard and 4link. also made a safety loop for the driveshaft.. probably made a lot of things that I have forgotten but it’s taking shape. Had to try the ride height as well. Sits just as I like it!

Engine looks sharp mate! That tb is juicy!

O man, there’s so many nice movie cars that I like. But the first that came to mind was Eleanor but it has with when it came and what I had seen up to that point. Before that the Vanishing point Challenger from ‘97 was one of my favorite movie cars. Now days one of my favorites are more or less all the Aston’s in the James Bond movies, Especially the DB5 and DBS. And then the Laguna from Cannonball is an other favorite of mine as well as many of the cars in the FnF saga.

Cool builds!

Welcome! You are number 29 Really glad to have so many competitors this year!

I installed the floor and decided to glue the cab as one piece much like the 1:1. So now it’s one huge piece:-)

2025 Cannonball Run Entry list: 1. '62 Chevrolet Bel Air (W-409) 2. Ford Escort MK2 ( stitchdup) 3. ‘74 Mercedes 300TD SLC (Mattilacken) 4. ‘69 Chevrolet Camaro (atomicholliday) 5. WV type 1 Van (Fat Brian) 6. ‘69 Dodge Dart (Tim08) 7. ‘67 Ford Mustang (JimmyRiggins) 8. '70 Plymouth Superbird (Keef) 9. ’71 Renault Alpine A110( White Rabbit) 10. ‘75 Chevrolet Monza 2+2 (MeatMan) 11. Dodge Super Bee (Slusher) 12. ’70 Dodge Super Bee (Sam I Am) 13. Lamborghini Espada (Tooltime-fan) 14. ‘70 Chevrolet Malibu (KWT) 15. ‘75 Volkswagen Golf (oldcarfan) 16. ’60 Ford Starliner (blue303) 17. Shelby G.T. 350R (xbazzarex) 18. ‘73 Mercury Cougar (bill_67) 19. ‘64 Corvette Grand Sport (beans) 20. ’71 Porsche 911 T (Misha) 21. ’73 Dodge Charger (Pat Minarick) 22. ’71 Ford Maverick (bobthehobbyguy) 23. ’70 Ford Torino (kromolly) 24. ‘63 Renault Estafette (camaro69) 25. ‘73 Dodge d300 (53gmc)🏁 26. ‘71 Ford Interceptor (spencer1984) 27. ‘74 Ford Gran Torino wagon (iamsuperdan) 28. ‘58 Plymouth sports fury (Rescued Customs) 29. ‘66 Chevrolet Malibu (Chasten) 30. ’66 Fairline GT/GTA (geras24)

Sweet builds mate! It’s so nice to see those engines in 1/16 scale! 3d printing really open up the possibilities with these big scale builds! Just tires was a pain before when that’s something that I am picky about! I will push on and do some work now as well as I have done some on my c3 corvette with wide fenders and CSB.

After getting inspired by @Mr.1/16th s builds lately I took this one out again. since I fixated the rear cab wall making the interior got tobe a pita which lead me to opening the doors. Also started mocking the interior from a cheap started trans am kit I bought as a donor.

Nice build! There is plenty of nice engines! Texas 3d customs have some nice ones. I have one as well that I printed. A CSB, can throw a pic up in my 1/16 c10 thread that I took back after getting inspired by your builds.