Pierre Rivard

No no no! Don't show me 366 engine pictures. Engine is done. Nope, not changing it! Kidding aside, thanks Larry for sharing these

Dr Frankenstein would be proud of you Alan. Waiting for this baby to come back to life! ?

I installed a level 2 (240V) charging station at home so I always leave home on a fully charged battery. There are also quite a few fast charging stations around in case I need a top up on a long drive. We did this move because the car is a blast to drive and to do our bit with the environment. Electricity is cheap here and all hydro produced. A side benefit is cost. Electricity is super cheap here but gasoline is taxed to the roof. Cost per 100 km is $1.75 electric vs. $18 gasoline!

I would do the same, lighter colors first and the black at the end. I have found that light over dark is almost impossible with Vallejo colors. Do you plan to polish the color coat or the acrylic clear?

Very, very nice. Fujimi kit?

All electric and loads of fun to drive. I'm a car nut and have owned all sorts of rides going from SS Camaro to Miata. This one is special.

Thanks JC. You know how much I admire your engines and this one pales in comparison but I'm ok considering my skill set and the poorly molded parts I had to work with.

Work on the engine so far. For some reason engines are not something I find easy to do and this one more so due to a decision to use Vallejo for metal finishes. The paint seems to remain "tender" so Handling with care is a must. The GTO kit has a very average engine but I have nothing better to put in the car. It's a small block 400 so I decided to keep the block, heads and valve covers and try to make it look like a 366 race engine. I could not find reference pics of the Pearson car so there's a lot of guessing involved. Transmission is from a GM eighties Monogram Nascar engine assembly Front engine cover/water pump housing from the spares (don't know the source) Oil pan is from Salvinos generic engine. I did not dare try to build a dry sump type pan but knowing some GM race engines from the era had dry sumps with conventional looking pans. May not be accurate but there it is. Accessory drive started with the pulley/strap part from the GTO kit but with a fan blade, alternator and dry sump pump/pulley from the spares Intake manifold is from AMT 80's T-Bird Nascar hit. I flipped it around to put the distributor in the back. Oil breathers scratch built. Within for the engine to eventually dry harder to do washes and complete the assembly

I love decal day! Gorgeous body job! (yes...the car)

The choice will surprise you. The new one is to the left. Small, fast, nimble and electric. It's a new world.

Thank you Ian. These types of projects involve taking a very basic road car kit from the seventies and transforming it. it requires a lot of research and a bit of head scratching but it's fun.

Congrats Rodolfo. I have followed your w.i.p. with great interest. It's a beautiful build!

I'll be showing what I decided to do for the engine in the coming days (another mixed bag of parts of course) For now only sharing an idea for rad hoses and would love to hear feedback and other ideas. Trying this for the first time using a small rubber hose from the spares. It's about 1.5 mm OD. 1 mm all wire to simulate tubes out of engine and rad and 0.23 mm wire to simulate retention clip.

Pictures of the interior mock up. Still lots of detail work to do but it's coming along ok for a spare parts type of build.

Progress has been slow since last post 10 days ago. Been busy elsewhere, including buying a new car. ? Completed most interior part fab and mocked up before moving on to paint and assembly. Interior built up from upper side of GTO kit chassis. I used old MPC Nascar chassis driveshaft/trans hump as well as firewall. I decided to use the stock IP. My best guess based on these screen shots from the Motor state 400. If anyone has information to the contrary...too late!

Wow! Mastering black like you do is something we rarely see. Perfect!

Looking good so far. Vallejo primer needs a few coats to build up but I find it helps see the small blemishes needing a bit of fixing. What sort of tool do you use fro scribing panel lines?

Alan, this is great stuff. Seeing different styles of race cars is so much fun so I will follow this one with great interest. I love what you are doing with the Citation body. I started at GM in 1980 and my first car was a Chevy Citation X11. It was a very short honeymoon... ?

Mark, the body looks very, very good. I look forward to learn from the work you do with the liquid mask. I've never tried it so I am quite intrigued. Red, black and white. Is there a better color combo out there? Don't think so.

Mark, I love the way you are doing the fender flares, much better than what I tried. Thank you for sharing this!

Wow, superb detailing work!

One of the best looking rides from the era. I will follow with great interest. I hope you will share techniques for dealing with resin. Thanks.

Chassis rear axle & suspension finally done. I basically started with the AMT Monte Carlo axle but all the rest is scratch built. First pic is the parts as I built them and as I plan to pre-paint them prior to final assembly. The other pics are the mock up of the assembly. Lots of work but it would have bothered me to leave it as a short arm knowing it was not.

No I don't. You have the advantage of making your own decals so just copy what's on the great pic provided by JC.

That one's a challenge. I have both P\S Loennzen and P\S 65-70 contingencies sheets and it is not on them. Taking a guess here. Brown or amber jar with white label and white cap. Pream or Coffee-Mate?