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Here is what it looks like on the truck, still need to add some mesh and the chrome bullets to it.

Alright guys, thanks for the kind words. Worked on the rear grille area again. Took an old license plate out of the parts box added plastic to all sides did alittle shaping added the "wings" to both sides. Once I put the wings on I put a piece of plastic to the back of the it to make it stronger, the wings are very weak without the back support. Hope you like it.

I ran out of CRANKY VITAMINS, maybe thats why building this model is taking so long

Been awhile since I had an update. So I did a little work to the truck managed to do the tail lights and work on the grille. Tail lights I made 2 diferent grilles which looks better. the first one is similar to the drawing I still have to put mesh behind everything. The second one is a modified elcamino unit. I will have to fix the grille opening to accept this grille.

Done a little work to this last night so there is not much progress but thought I would share what I did. Fisrt I completed the firewall adding brake lines and some wiring, also made a rear bumper out plastic stock. Thanks for looking. Firewall. Rear Bumper

David I will be at the heartland, but I do not know if I will have anything ready for the show. I am building 4 cars right now and of course nothing I build is out of box lol.Hope to see you there.

Nicely done David, I really like the ghost flames on the hood and top of car. What roof did you use.

I have had a few people ask me about the Pontiac Banshee, rather if it was a real car or not. Yes it is real. But you have to remember that I am not building mine as a replica of the real car. The real Banshee was not based on the corvette. I found this article on the net. The Banshee project, known internally by its styling code, XP-833, began in August 1963. Designed by Roger Hughet and Ned Nickles, it was a compact fastback coupe, looking something like a miniature Corvette Sting Ray. It used a fiberglass body with a steel floorpan, although it borrowed most of its running gear from the new A-body Tempest. The OHC six was to be the base engine, although the second prototype was powered by a Pontiac V8. DeLorean conceived it as an inexpensive sports car, a competitor for the new Ford Mustang. There were two running Banshee prototypes (not counting earlier non-running mock-ups), a coupe and a roadster. The coupe was powered by a base one-barrel OHC six, while the roadster was originally powered by a 326 cu. in. (5.4 L) V8, which probably would have been optional if the Banshee had made it to production. (Photo © 2009 EvThoMcC; used by permission) GM management was unenthusiastic about the Banshee, preferring Pontiac to join Chevrolet's new F-body sporty-car program. Estes and DeLorean still believed the XP-833 was a viable concept, but they realized that the corporation would kill it if they continued developing it through normal channels. DeLorean assigned Advanced Engineering chief Bill Collins to oversee the project, which proceeded with great secrecy. In the summer of 1965, DeLorean was promoted to general manager of Pontiac. Seeing his opportunity, DeLorean had Bill Collins show off the two fully finished XP-833 prototypes to senior management. Collins made a thorough presentation, describing the Banshee's expected market position, tooling costs (a modest $20 million), and projected sales (about 32,000 a year). With a starting price of $2,500, the Banshee would compete directly with the Mustang, and it would help to bolster Pontiac's sporty image. Unfortunately, GM chairman Jim Roche and president Frederic Donner were not interested. They thought the XP-833's lack of rear seats would limit its sales potential, and said it would cannibalize sales of the more expensive and more profitable Chevrolet Corvette. DeLorean continued fighting for the Banshee until the spring of 1966, but Ed Cole, GM's executive vice president, finally ordered him to forget it and develop a Pontiac version of the F-body, which became the 1967 Firebird. To DeLorean and Collins' great annoyance, not long after rejecting the XP-833 project, Roche and Donner approved production of the conceptually similar (and similar-looking) Opel GT, based on the European Opel Kadett sedan. The GT was roughly the same size as the Banshee, but it used a steel body and four-cylinder engines. To add insult to injury, it was sold in the U.S. through Buick dealers, not by Pontiac. I hope this helps.

I have got to agree with you guys, I am building a concept car that Pontiac might have made and not a custom car. Thanks Guys

Nice looking truck. Color combo is excellent Black with red interior.

hey David, It looks like it came straight from the American Chopper series. Nice Job

Now thats different. KOOL build space

And now another dilema. What wheels do I use. Pontiac Rally II. A custom wheel Or maybe Shelby series one wheels I am still leaning toward the pontiac wheels but the shelby wheels look KOOL.

Did some work over the weekend. I made new exhaust out of copper wire. I attached the engine and radiator to the chassis, also added heater hoses and radiator hoses made from wire insulation.Made some rocker molding to break up all the space under the doors.Also modified the front of the car to look a little pontiac-isch. Critics welcome.

It's been awhile since any work has been done to this model,but I finally got to do a little work to it.Only thing I have worked on lately is the motor but at least it is near completion, only thing left is a little wiring and pick which air cleaner I want to use. Maybe you guys can help me with that dicision. First off this is the engine out of the Revells 66 GTO. scratch built throttle linkage, fuel lines, power steering and alternator brackets. I took apart the kit supplied belt and pullies, separating them into individual pieces, made fan belts out of masking tape. added an aftermarket distributor and wires. Made plug boots out of wiring insulation, oh well you get the picture.So on with the pictures. Here are pictures of the air cleaners which one do you think I should use. The first one is one I built that is just a normal air cleaner, The second one is one I made to mimmick the GTO hood scoop that I used on the corvette hood. This is what the motor looks like in the car with both air cleaners used. I will have to paint the second cleaner to match the color of the car.

awesome as always. kool truck

Thanks.

Got a little primer on it to see what it looks like, need to clean up a few areas.

Update. reworked the front suspension a little and added motor mounts.Made frame horns longer.Added a little bracing to underside of hood Fab up a hood latch and striker.

I'll Play,heres a few that I like.

I am kind of partial to this T-Bird,not because its one of my builds, but because it is something you dont see everyday.

I will use the 409 out of the elco,but it will have to be modified to look right.Or I might find a donner 409 that will work, either way it will be big block powered.

finally got to do a little work on the truck.I started working on the front and rear grilles the one on the top in the picture is the rear.I also sectioned the radiator out of the chevy truck to fit. I also made a battery box in the fender well, And made my hood hinges out of brass, I will add inner struture to to hood. And last I do not like the molded in front a arms on the 59 elco frame, so I use my dremel to cut away the unwanted plastic. I still have to clean up the front end but this is how it looks after a little tlc. Before After

come on Dave, lets see some color on it. Nice build.

As always very nice build