Dennis Lacy

This looks like it will be an interesting model to watch come together. I never knew that AMT had their own O’Connor Eclipse. Did they do any of the other movie cars? I’m not a F&F fanboy but I was 21 when the original movie came out and I saw it in the theater with my friends (and we left making non-stop fun of it because of the awful dialogue and we were all 5.0 Mustang guys!) ? Now 20 years later I look back on the first movie with some nostalgia and enjoy watching it from time to time. These tuner cars had a certain style and charm in the late 90’s and early 2000’s that I enjoy now too (but also made fun of at the time!) A few months ago I randomly came across Craig Leiberman’s channel on YouTube and have watched almost every episode. Getting the back story on all of the original Hero cars and the movie in general was really fascinating.

Your creativity when it comes to nostalgia drag cars never disappoints. This thing looks bad ass from any angle!!! ?

No. The engine also includes a dual 4 barrel carburetor intake, carbs, small round air filters, standard timing cover with water pump, belt drive and fan.

Thanks man! For such a simple kit I sure keep finding a whole lot more work to do on it! ?

I’m really surprised you got that engine in there without carving on the firewall!

@ModelcarJR The Hemi engine in the Revell ‘32 5-Window IS a first generation Chrysler (a very accurate one at that) which had the distributor in the back. They can’t call it a Chrysler unless they are willing to pay Big $$$ for licensing. The big 4-speed attached to it is also Chrysler.

I did mention it in the previous update but a picture is worth a thousand words.

UPDATE! Happy Halloween everyone! Before taking the kiddos Trick or Treating tonight I had a productive afternoon at the workbench. The first order of business was to come up with a solution for the rear seat. I don’t have anything that would make a proper looking bench that would match the front buckets in any kind of way which is why I mentioned in my last update the idea of replacing the rear seat with a custom stereo enclosure. If the car was a 2-door I would have done that no problem but given it’s a 4-door I really wanted it to have rear seating. Digging through my bin of interior parts I came across another pair of Speedwagon front seats. I grabbed them then spent some time studying how to best make them fit with the step in the floor and around the wheel wells. After some careful carving I made them fit nicely. Continuing on, out of the box the door panels have some almost indiscernible engraving “detail” which worked to my advantage since it was easy to sand smooth. Before doing that I scribed all of the door panel gap lines that didn’t exist. I also filled then sanded all of the seams for the floor patch. Borrowing a detail from @Katsusauce recently finished and very cool ‘63 Wagon, I opened the spare wheel cover in the cargo area to display a matching Centerline Champ wheel. I used a small Dunlop tire from Revell’s 32 HiBoy Roadster which I had to cut in half and then sand down around 3/4 of its circumference to fit. Here’s some mock up shots with all four seats in place. I tacked them in so that I could also get a look with the interior up into the body. I’m very happy with how the seats worked out. Next will be to finish the door panels with some 90’s looking inserts, billet handles & cranks and making a subwoofer box for the cargo area.

Man, this came out awesome! Love the paint scheme (just now noticed it carries over onto the frame side rails) and the car looks super aggressive thanks to the stance, wheels & tires and injected Nailhead.

@Kit Karson Nice work on the sectioned header pipes! Shame about the paint job but at least now you’ve had some warming up and the new paint will go better.

I’ve always loved the ‘34 Pickup kit. The possibilities are endless! Will be following along for sure.

Thanks for the nice words, brother!

Thanks a bunch! This project took a hard turn away from its original direction of just sticking an engine in, lowered with some American 5-spokes. I’m really having a lot of fun with it. I find now as I’ve entered my 40’s that I’m feeling very nostalgic about the 80’s and early 90’s street rod trends that I remember so fondly back as a kid.

Thank you so much!

I haven’t shown that yet because I ran out of the rod material I need and have been forgetting for months now to get more. I’ve even been to my LHS twice in recent times and had that nagging feeling that I was forgetting something! ? But, yes, I will be making stub axles that engage with the kits wire axle holes (although in the front I need to drill a set of holes higher than the existing ones to get the stance I want.) The wheel backs are set up for this already which I’m pretty sure I showed. Once I get the rod size I need I will absolutely show how the wheels get mounted.

UPDATE! Sorry that this project went stale for a while. I haven’t been able to work on models for a month which starts to feel like forever! All is good, just had different priorities for a bit. Anyway, I did finally get some model time yesterday and got started on modifying the stock interior to bring it into the early 90’s with the rest of the car. I started out by removing the entire center section of the dashboard by scribing around its shape on the backside until it was cut free. Did some clean up around the inside perimeter then trimmed a piece of .040” sheet to fit in the hole. Glued the heck out of it on the backside and on the front I will take care of the seam with filler. The dash will then be finished out with a photo etched gauge panel and stereo details. From there I carved out the molded in front bench seat. This leaves a huge hole that needs to be filled as well as some notches on the sides. I took care of both with some more .040” sheet. I needed to add in a section of driveline tunnel so I rummaged through my interior bin and found a Revell 1940 Ford floor that had a tunnel that was good match in size. From there I cut everything away until the tunnel patch was a nice fit and then glued it in place. I’m not concerned about removing material from the floor patch to actually expose the tunnel underneath as with the flat “curbside” chassis pan the tunnel does nothing functional. That’s as far as I got yesterday but it’s a good start. Here’s a look with the dash and bucket seats in place to get an idea of where this is headed. The seats are from Revell’s 1932 “Speedwagon” Woody. They are a classic 90’s aftermarket street rod seat design. I’m not concerned with the floor patch not being textured as I think I’m going to try my hand at using flocking or embossing powder. I will, of course, be filling and blending all the seams. I haven’t come up with a definitive plan for the rear seat yet but I’m leaning towards deleting it and building a subwoofer enclosure in its place? We’ll see. I’m also going to be addressing detailing the door panels and other areas so there’s plenty more to come.

Bitchin!!!

Yes please!!!

Can’t wait to see how that turns out!

@Kit Karson Nice to see that fancy new paint booth getting broken in! @alan barton Chassis is looking good. Cool to see those Enkei directional wheels getting put to use.

That’s one way to make a first-gen SHO look tuff! Looks killer , Roger!

I didn’t get a Harrumph out of that guy… ?

Tuff looking Mustang! Especially with every inch of the under hood filled with 427 Cammer.

Bitchin! I love the AMT Double Dragster kit and this is a great looking box art build of the twin engine rail. Looks dead-on!

Great group of Double Dragster builds! I especially like the T Roadster. I did one of those years ago and screwed up because I didn’t move the engine back so there’s a huge gap between it and the firewall. I have a couple more so one of these days I’ll do a redemption build.