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With the AAM /AF/X body pretty near corrected I have turned my attention to the Reliable body.... Here is the front bumper once again, notice the overhang, of the belt trim versus bottom of bumper... To correct this, I cut the entire lower portion of the bumper off, I then moved it forward and reattached it... This left quite a gap on the sides that will need filled... More later ...

Looks very nice, from what I can tell. It is very hard to see the detalis from those pics, however. Maybe more light and better focus? Different camera setting? Show us more !

Yes. It seems like many people are still interested, as I have had many offers to help work on the project.? However, many of the original members seem to have dispursed, or maybe they aren't checking their PM,s? In the interest of fairness, I'll give it one or two more weeks, and then begin looking for new members.

Yeah almost looks like a decent rendering, now.(LOL) I don't know. I have not decided yet. I'm leaning toward the 'vert mirrors, but that could change.

To date, I have only heard from 2 people about this project 1 a "yay", and 1 a "nay".

Frankenstang in it's first skin so to speak ... As you can see still many hours of sanding and filling left to go...

Ladies and gentlemen, I have information that I must bring to your attention... Frankenstang has a brain (er,..interior). And it is abnormal and twisted just as the body is. The custom hood that Frankenstang will be using, made from the grizzly remains of three aborted resin hoods, and a lot of putty.... In case you've missed the photos of the monster that is Frankenstang :

I smelled the smoke... but I didn't inhale!

I have just finished PMing everyone. Jason Vandergriff is next in line (Pm sent.) TxRat (Fuel Coupe) Pmed. PonyExpress (Greg Cullinan) (Pmed) DaveMikrut. (pmed.) Ictpacman (pmed) Lordmodelbuilder (pmed) Roadhawg (pmed) Matt LeBlanc* (pmed) 1.alternate Showrodfreak (Pmed) Let's get it rolling for real this time, guys 1 month ...lots of pics... NO EXTENSIONS!

Is there any interest in this project still? Shall we keep trying, or just call it a day?

No worries, Harry I won't hold it against you. The cat though he's a different story. (LOL) (edit: I have deleted my part of that controversial thread.)

It's probably a spy, selling coded information...now you've doomed us all.

Here is a picture of Snowball II as of 10/16/2011.

Side note: For those watching or reading the thread that prefer the Hatchback body style AF/X resin cast an LX, it had the AAM/AF/X nose grafted to it. Basically it was a 1993 Cobra body with the Side skirts sanded down, and the rear bumper re-shaped. The rear bumper lacked all detail, and the side panels were not trimmed (read shortened). The body did not come with a set of mirrors, interior, or an LX rear spoiler (though it was supposed to include an LX style spoiler, the 2 that this writer bought both included a Saleen style spoiler.) The bodies while not a bad idea or casting, (both of the bodies purchased had COMPLETE engine bays) are not really useful if trying to attempt a stock LX, as the parts not included made the purchase of a 1993 Cobra kit mandatory, and with minor sanding the kit's body could be made to look exactly the same. They therefore provide NO real benefit, unless making a drag car with no mirrors? These bodys looked so bad, with the shorter AAM/AF/X front bumper, that I do not think I took a picture of a stock one. But here is one with a Reliable Resin front bumper cover on it.. The front bumper that they come with:

I shot some primer on the "corrected" AAM AF/X body todayhere are some comparison shots... Before: After: It's not a drastic change, and unfortunately the pics down play how much better it really does look. I was limited by the shape of the original roof, and afraid if I went to drastic, I would snap the roof in half. I suppose any improvement is a good improvement...

There have been little to no discernable changes to Snowball II in the last year, I will attemp to get pictures up shortly.

Snowball II has been sent to me, and is now in my possession.

I did a little more work to "Correct" the "Correct-ed" AAM/ AF/X body... corrected the misshapen trunk and tried to add some roundness to the flat roof.. Before: After: Still needs a coat of primer but I think it's coming along. So far I've redone the side trim, made new front and rear bumpers, added the newer engine compartment, added new door handles, and now I've tried to address the trunk, and roof issues. The door window trim is still a wreck, but I may just leave that alone. (for now.) (Can anyone guess what the roof was from originally?)

Anyone have pics and measurements of the underside of an LX Mustang Bumper cover? I need some help with this area ...

NEW: there is a third option. if jason's going to keep pestering you you could always just crush the thing. *NM* (views: 6) -- Darin Bastedo (71.9.214.235) -- Sunday, 2 October 2011, at 12:23 a.m. .253.135) -- Sunday, 2 October 2011, Not sure why but some unnamed person wants the project destroyed.

Beautiful! The taillights are supposed to be like that another custom touch, perhaps? I dont dig the hole in the hood, but everything else is great.

Yes, the SVO did get special control arms, but IF I remember correctly, I think that the Tamiya Cobra R front suspension looks close in scale? Much closer then the Revllogram, Again if I remember correctly. (as far as the lower arms go.)

Well, I need something to keep me occupied (LOL!) Some of the plates are more "square" then others. From what I can tell, when they began producing the 1993 Cobra, they modified the chassis plate to a more rounded one, and have used it ever since. The Cobra chassis plate is usable in the older cars but not as "snug" of a fit, it also has the extra locating pins for the dual exhaust.