charlie libby

the fractal vise is andrews fault ,he showed it to me. my wife got it for my birtheday,71 tomorrow. YIKES! the exhaust i have built dozens of times 1to1 on nascar cup cars. they are unofficially called boom tubes. working on suspension front and rear ,then i will get back on the engine. headers are a real hassle so far. i will continue to work at it. hi Todd. Trevor ,first time for me as well. very well made tool.

cant keep up with you or Francis . hope you are doing well. nice to hear from you all. this is a big project. much thanks to David Bantoft for the chassis drawing. i got a good start on it. still building the 55 also. got to keep an old mind and hands busy. here is a few pictures. to make all the uprights the same and make sure the fish mouths were in line on both ends. i fished mouth one end and soldered them on a piece of tubing so i could clamp them in the vise to fish mouth the other end with a .150 ball endmill. this way all would be the same. i started on the front fascia with the grill opening. i am doing alot of research. found a lot of picture but no technical drawings. measurements are hard to come by as i am sure David knows. sorry noel,cheetah was always a favorite of mine . stay with me, it might grow on you.

Thank you dave for the pm .

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hi david . if i send you a stamped self-addressed envelope would you send me the chassis drawing i would love to have it. your cheetah looks awesome i have really enjoyed your post. thank you charlie

fractal vise, firewall is fitted and the new cage is going well

back so soon.glad to hear fromm you .this will be another big project. got a little start on the body today ,this is 1/12 scale. in between working on the 55. outside half of the front fenders are next them soldering . i am going to practice a little first.

just get started . going to be a long project.i promised after the Bugatti no more long projects an here i go again.i am going to attempt an aluminum body this time . we will see how this goes.i will post pictures tomorrow. i forgot to send them to one drive

thank you all for watching and commenting as it went together. i will post it on underglass soon

continuing on front suspension and rollcge.hi anton ,i did the cage with .125 tubing and to me it just looked wrong so i did it in .187. i didnt like it but i liked it more than the .125. after i read your comment and i had not decided what to do with it. i did it again in .155 and i am calling it good. i cant make myself do it a 4th time. i dont build to any rule books ,this is all fun and fantasy. if i had a rule book i assume the novi would be out of the question. my next project will be held to a stricter tolerance' i am going to buid a cheetah and try to get close to the original. heres the new roll cage and headers. the exhaust is almost done. the door panels and the rearview mirror. i will take more pictures this week and post again.

I dont have one but i will in a few days.thank you.it will be my birthday present from my wife.what a great lady.

what happened to my spell check. good

i have been working on the front suspension and the exhaust.the headers have been a nightmare . nothing but a bunch of wasted tubing so far , but i will get it right eventually. hi mark thanks for your comments. its very different working with almost all plastic but i like it. if i do another car like the Bugatti it will be a cheetah. ihave been looking for some good drawings or blueprints to help with a body buck like the bugatti buck. any help would be appreciated.if you see or know of any ,please let me know. most of what i have found have not been very ggob

thank you all for looking and for your comments. taking the bugattii to the ipms show in pompano beach on the 23. it seemed to me it took forever to finifsh but i am excited that its done. i will put it on underglass next week. thanks to all of you followed from the begining, now to get on the 55

Hi tim ,fuel system is just unbelieveable, like the wholeproject. I wish i had your incredible talent and patience. Im with you ,i turn 71 next month . If i dont get these projects done soon they wont happen.