Eric Stone

Looks like he used the Lambo wheels and brakes.

You can use eBay if you ignore the inflated prices that are still listed for sale, and only view the completed auctions. Example- Forget about the three Something-or-others listed for $50-75, and take note of the five Something-or-others that sold for $15-20...

I'm trying to find sources for early Ford four cylinder speed parts. It seems most of the kits I've seen with early Ford fours either have a stock four, or an OHV or Hemi V8 to swap for the hot rod version, including the AMT '25 roadster, '29 roadster, and '32 roadster I have. I do know: The AMT '27 T Vintage Police Car kit has a Frontenac DOHC conversion including the head/intake, cam covers, front cover, header, and maybe a Winfield(?) carburetor. The Revell 3n1 Rat Rod pickup kit has a Winfield flathead, Ansen side plate, header, intake manifold, distributor, and what look like (to my untrained eye) Stromberg carburetors. I asked this on another board and was told that the Revell '31 sedan and '31 Woody also have a Riley 2-Port conversion, with other supporting mods, and the old AMT '29 roadster/Ala Kart combo also have a Riley 2-Port and supporting mods, but the newer '29 I have doesn't have them. If anyone knows of any other good bits, kit-sourced or aftermarket, please post in this thread where they can be found. I'm looking for stuff like Riley 2-Port and 4-Ports, Fargo 4-Port, Cragar OHVs, Winfield OHVs, etc... There were lots of folks making speed parts for the fours by the time the flathead V8 came out. I'm just wondering how well represented these parts are in scale, and hope all of y'all with a more extensive kit collection than I have can add your input.

I joined another board (but not THE other board) to get an answer to a nagging question I couldn't post here. And I'm starting a project, trying not to start five projects...

Yep, Mark, that would be the one I was referring to, I think. I recognize the name Star, and I know I have it bookmarked at home. I thought I had seen just the tank offered in resin, so you could scratch the frame and everything else. Again, I think I have it bookmarked at home.

I'm flipping through this copy of "The American Hot Rod" by Dean Batchelor I picked up last week, and it's chock full of vintage photos from the '30s-'50s of dry lakes and salt flat racing, and I'm not really seeing any artillery or milk truck wheels... Most of the cars in here are running Kelsey Hayes wire wheels, or steelies, with or without trim rings and caps. It was explained that this was because most guys would upgrade to hydraulic brakes, and took the newer wheels along with them because they fit properly since they had different backspacing than the standard Model A or '32 wheel. Maybe the steelies and caps have become such a classic style, they're "normal" for old cars (or overdone in some people's eyes), so guys nowadays are trying to do their current rods up differently while still trying to be old school. Kinda like how everybody runs primer nowadays, when back in the day it was pretty standard to go ahead and paint your car and keep it from looking like junk...

Thanks, J. I signed up. I found a resin kit a while back for a belly tanker... Might have to find the website again and pick one up. I've got the fever for early dry lakes/salt flat stuff because I picked up "The American Hot Rod" by Dean Batchelor last week. EXCELLENT book! Good stories and info, and awesome photos. I'm ready to get back home and start building some roadsters!

I haven't been building much lately, as in the past couple of months, and I haven't been home in two weeks- been staying at my gf's house across town for the holidays since she lives much closer to my parents than I do. I can't wait to get back home and get back to building.

Best of luck with the new gig.

The work is very clean, nicely done, but the thing looks silly with the turbo plumbing all wrong, IMHO.

Got a friend with one (a GNX like in the story, not a regular GN) that has 4,000 and change miles on it. It still has the sticker in the window.

I'm not sure that it was necessarily in a thread if it appears in the gallery... I thought the gallery was a separate place to put photos. When you get into it you can click the New Album button to start one yourself. I guess if you can see the username of who uploaded the image, then go to their profile and view their topics, you might find a thread for the build featured in the images.

Not handy... I'm thinking it's just something I saw once that had stuck in my mind. I don't know if I saw it in a book, SAE, or Model Cars, or if I own a copy of it somewhere, or just read it on a newsstand at some point.

That's pretty cool!

I've never personally done it that way, but I've seen that exact method shown in a book. It also included adding a few scale inches to the back of the raised part to lengthen it toward the windshield to compensate for the bit of length lost by bending the middle up.

Nope. Closest thing you have is the IMSA racer kits that have the 85-86 nose, or the 84-86 SVO. Other than those, there weren't any 85-86 Mustangs kitted, at least by the big kit companies (Revell, Monogram, AMT, MPC).

Thanks, Greg, Tony D, and Bradley. Tony, your T-tops are looking good so far. I like the detail in the trim around the openings. That looks better than most kit T-tops I've seen on other kits. All this work is making me want to dig out the MPC 79 Cobra I started a while back and get it done. Maybe after I'm back home after Christmas...

Greg, here's the box art (and my finished version) of the Cafe Racer kit that Tony D is working on.

Here's a little Foxbody sight and sound for inspiration... This is my 1:1 on the rollers this morning. 235 hp, 333 lb-ft torque- Not crazy numbers, but it's more stock than not.

Shucky, here's a '95 Cobra R I shot in Birmingham at the Mustang 45th Anniversary thing. And here's an exhaust install article from Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords with pics of the belly of a '96 GT. LINK

Well it's obvious she's not an enthusiast because she let the car get into that condition in the first place. Her motivation for selling is to clean the property, not to make a deal on a classic car. She hasn't done any transactions on eBay before, as her feedback shows. She didn't even make the effort to get the VIN or mileage, and I guess made those up. I'm guessing she probably just pulled that $ figure out of her- I mean, out of the air. I'm sure the price will go down after it doesn't sell this time. I'd be surprised if she's heard of Barrett-Jackson.

I dunno if any of these would work for you, but Autoart sells slot car wheels. http://www.autoartmodels.com/product.web.ViewProducts.do?st=dcm.title&field0=*&field1=pb.productBrandId&field2=ps.productScaleId&field3=pgs.productGroupId&field3_compare=in&key3=3%2C4%2C5&key0=wheel&key1=&key2=5&x=53&y=8

The '79-'80 Cobras were available with the 2.3L Turbo 4, and they made Turbo GTs in '83 and '84. The SVO had a different turbo 4 entirely. The Cafe Racer kit doesn't seem to replicate any particular prototype, but is more of a mild customization based on or inspired by the McLaren nose as Mark mentioned. There were a few cars (3) called Enduro GTs that were basically like the McLaren M81, but with a V8... (LINK) Those might be what you were originally thinking of with the McLarens. I bought that Cafe Racer kit around thanksgiving last year and built it about this time last year. I enjoyed it, and have been buying up more Foxbody kits since. Here's a link to the one I finished. (LINK) I called mine an '81 Cobra, since the copyright was 1981, but I think I read somewhere that the sales literature for 1981 showed a turbo 4 available in the Cobra, but they didn't actually build any.

I remember seeing the first movie in theaters when it was out. There were lots of ricer boys in the parking lot afterward, and when I got ready to leave, they were egging me on to do a burnout in the Chevelle. I obliged, there was lots of smoke, and they were surprised, then impressed. Good times...

I think I read last night that the fourth one actually has made the most money in the franchise. I don't know if it's because it was that successful, or if movie ticket prices have gone up that much in ten years... There are plenty of things that are perfectly realistic that aren't boring, and I think a well done movie should strive for realism. Realistic and ordinary aren't the same thing. I don't have a problem with some big "wow!" stuff happening in a movie (I agree, that's what makes the movie), but I don't want to see something so far out there that I feel insulted- "They want me to believe that THAT really just happened??"