Husky1943

Hopefully, the water hoses will match up the heads, but I won't worry about that until I have installed the entire body. Give me a little wiggle-room to work with.

Oh, and you might also notice that the pipe doesn't match up to the pipe coming out of the headers. I fixed that easily by pulling the pipe out of the muffler a little, and twisted it till they matched up. I drop of superglue will keep them mated.

Thanks to several days of thunderstorms, I have been able to work on my '48. We needed the rain anyway. So gar, got the frame and engine mounted in completely. I had to use my metal tape to outline the radiator because the gap was so pronounced. It came out much better that way. I also didn't like the way the exhaust sat in the frame AND I didn't want to clean the large seams on both sides of a very delicate pipe. So, I used aluminum wire to replace the pipe and covered the muffler in more metal tape. I am very pleased with the result. I painted the wheels in the body color. I like them better than black. The liquid cement I used on the wheels bled out onto one of whitewalls, and I had to patch it up with white paint and black sharpie. Came out pretty good and looks perfect (from a distance).

Are you sure you destroyed it, or simply allowed in more air and light?

Thanks Gareth! Coming from you, that's a compliment!

Thanks Carl! Revell did it good with this one.

Pico. You, Sir, have HUGE marbles! I would never attempt anything of that magnitude, and if I did, I would never realize the results you get. I salute you!

Randy, all I can say is that it looks like the Gringe-mobile! And I like it very much! When I worked at a paint company when I was young, this one guy had a car (AMC Matador, maybe?) and he would regularly paint sections of the car with house paint that inventory had priced to almost nothing just to be rid of it. It looked like Walt Disney threw up on it! Nothing but all kinds of colors.

I don't know, Gareth! You keep comin' up with these fantastic looking cars! Really nice and absolutely beautiful!

Great job! Didn't know that you were a Florida Gators fan!

Matt, that is just fantastic! Love the car and REALLY love the diorama! All you forgot was the mountain of cigarette butts that accumulated by the pay phone!

Jeremy, I love it! Great job! All you need to do is park that bad boy under a tree with a glass of sweet tea!

Stephen, love it all the way around. You did a really good job on the vinyl roof! Even got the amidship seam just right! Congrats!

Wow, Jim! Seriously....Wow!

It's solenoid. Geez

I'm glad I brought back some good memories for you, Mattias. Don't you wish you still had that car? My pappaw had a '59 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors. That thing was huge and rode like a dream!

Just now remembered; the tape around the spark wiring is "shielding." Also (don't know if you can see or not), but I also installed heat-shielding on the block side of the manifolds. Hope you enjoy. (Off to look up the spelling of "selinoid" 'cellinoid' something)

Okay, just an update- Twisted up the plug wiring for both sides of the engine. wrapped them in tape. Installed them. Now, the engine is 70 percent plumbed. Still need to put the selanoid (how is it spelled?) on the port side of the manifold. Then the ancillary wiring (starter, generator, etc.) What do you think?

Hey Stephen, welcome to the forum. Looks like a truckstop in the room!

Roman, you are going to make this into a masterpiece! Now I want one

Mattias, its looks purple on my computer! That's going to be a sharp-looking car!

Great job, Linc! What's your next project? I look forward to seeing it.

Roman, it's perfect!

Wow, beautiful car! Like the color scheme too

thanks Tom! I just hope my patience holds out! (I tend to get impatient)