Quiet Eric

Glad this one was brought back up, love it! I built this one a number of years ago. Don't think anyone had done the Veda caps on these wheels before.

The center cap is a nice touch!

I never realized how different the front ends and hoods were between the years. Nice work on the conversion.

Got a little carried away on the '70. I realized that a '70 GTO had a very different engine bay than a '68 GTO or '69 Cutlass. I picked up a built '69 Judge to cut up, which is very similar if not the same to a '70. It's 1/24 but I was able to trim and fit all of the engine bay pieces to work here, including the inner fenders and cowl top. I did still use the Cutlass firewall. The framerails were also filled. I've got the engine fit with a 4-speed from the parts box. The air cleaner and hood duct piece is from Canuck 3d. I'll be using the same pieces on the '68.

Perfection!

I started these two 20 years ago. There aren't many projects I've held onto since then but these have always been mocked up in my display case hoping for their eventual completion.

Looking good Tim! That cover of Street Rodder with Jim Benitez's sedan hit me pretty hard. That is one of my favorite "modern" era hot rods. Absolutely love the that color combination.

Love this thread, just got caught up. Great work!

Excellent work on the conversion and anything with Cragars is a winner in my book.

That thing is killer!!

Turned out really great, the stance is perfect and I love that hood.

Another good one. I like your process of adding bulk styrene then sculpting it to shape. For all of the file/sanding marks...do you sand them out entirely or fill with primer? A little of both?

Some work on the '68 this morning. I added pins to the wheel backs from the Cutlass chassis on the front. Then cut the stubs off of the spindles and drilled a hole slightly down to raise the front end. Out back, I just filled the holes in the molded in upper control arms so the rear end wouldn't drop into them. It still stays located by the pins in the lower control arms. My engines showed up this morning too so I fit one with a 4-speed into the chassis. Had to clearance the front and transmission crossmember a bit, and do some work on the interior tub but it fits pretty good. I have a th400 for the '70 but thats going to be a little harder to squeeze on, so they might both be 4-speed cars in the end. I cut and fit the wiper cowl area from the Cutlass into the '68 too. The angle is all wonky, but thats the only way it would fit between the windshield and the hood and not make the hood fit weird. I think the slightly raised stance is pretty good.

Heard about this guy for a while but only came across it this morning. His home is a self described "Dallas Cowboys Museum" and the entire front yard is astroturfed and painted like the field. Pretty good taste in cars though!

I shared these in the mock up thread, but now the real work starts. I was initially just going to do nice paint jobs on them and build mostly out of the box, but I couldn't leave them at that. The '70 is an original MPC with wheels and tires from Mean Machine. The '68 is the new "Craftsman Plus" kit with a standard grill from Iceman and wheels from Fireball. I'm using the AMT '69 Cutlass chassis for both of these and also have a pair of engines on the way from Texas 3d Customs. Each took a little bit of work at the rear wheel wells and the rear quarter panels to fit but I'm pretty happy with the match up. I need to get the stance on both up a little and work on the track width. Even the firewall is a good fit on both with minimal work. The '70 will be black with a black interior and maybe a black vinyl top, while the '68 will be Verdoro green with Ivy interior.

Whoa! Looks very promising.

Passed this Toyota HiAce on the way home yesterday.

Steve Magnante did a few a while back similarly and called them "funny car folk art". I built a '65 gto altered wheelbase the same way, zero paint. I don't plan to make a habit of it, but it was a pretty fun and quick slumpbuster! Yours are pretty darn cool.

Lots of stuff arrived at the same time today. The Corvette's will become a '66 Bill Heilscher drag car, the Chevelle will be an LS6, white/black stripes with dark red interior, the Cutlasses are chassis donors for my '68 and '70 GTO projects, and the Comanche is a fresh 3d print that will be built as a sport truck similar to a GM Syclone.

This is a great thread, I see a lot of better ways I can organize. I have a small space that is actually a closet, but it's just enough room. Of course there are kits stacked all around me on shelves.

The ebay seller ghosted me after he said he'd send another hood...never showed up, then he "was away" on ebay for a month. But I didn't push it either. Then I cracked the hood -again- trying to tweak it and decided to just glue it all back together on the body, bodywork it in place and forget about any engine. The blower and hat are from a Revell Charger funny car. I cut the hole in the hood then glued a piece of styrene to the bottom side to support the blower. I filed the intake until it sat at the right angle and added a pulley/belt piece from the parts box. The zoomies on the car in the ad are certainly fake (I mean, the blower too I'm pretty sure), so I didn't feel bad about just cutting the ends off of the headers from that same funny car engine and fitting them to the floor of the car. Added shackles to the rear springs. Finished sorting out wheel mounting, but I'm still not happy with the wheel offset or tire size on the front. Might keep working at it, might roll with what I have.

AMT '62 Bel Air built when I was still in my teens. Very slight wedge chop, LT1 engine/trans from the Beatnik Bandit II kit, not sure what Corvette the IRS came from. Revell '32 wheeels and tires. '64 GTO hood scoops and tailpipes.

I used chatGPT to come up with this and have since found and ordered a 3d printed Comanche to build it. Ignore the "syclone" on the side.

This is looking really good. I think the front fender treatment works extremely well on this car, much better than it does on a Buick Sedanette.

Holy cow.