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This is gonna look good! cool paint job on those.

hehe.. was that good or bad manners you were referring to?? sorry.. I couldn't resist that - forgive me Bob. I respect what you say about it handling .. there weren't many that did back in the day. nice looking car.

Great idea! It's been about 45 years since I built a drag car .. think was an AMT Fiat and defiantly a 64 Fairlane and a Riviera that I actually have a photos of! Gonna have to thing on this for a suitable donor. Meanwhile, here's the photos just to get the mood going... and remember.. these are 45 year old builds when I was just learning about plastic tube glue!! heheh These would ACTUALLY qualify, but NOT in the running. Will be thinking of a new (old) build

...so you've never built a 57 Chevy before,Lyle??

I like it

Follow up to randx0's suggestion ... after I used it! I didn't have a larger tube to fit outside but easily rolled the same size together with the air cleaner and slipped a 1/4" drill bit matching the ID down and a few twists by hand ..... a BEAUTIFUL dimple in the top!! This ends with at least a method for this particular situation that worked well. Don't anyone stop thinking.. thanks for all the suggestions!

The 928 was the first production car Porsche EVER built from a clean sheet of paper. It has always been highly underrated for the automobile it was. I would just never want to do any repairs OR pay for repairs on one. That V8 engine bay .. the whole car actually, was just crammed full of pieces and all had to make way to get at a repair. That's my vote ...

Welcome to the forum. I have no plans, but I'm only the first responder ... my money would be on the next person replying based on the helpfulness of everyone here.

This is awesome!! Love the concept and how it's looking!!! Couldn't figur HOW you were gonna do a grill.. till I got lower in the post.. FANTASTIC!

I live in the mountains (ok, hills) of New England .. pretty much same as Michigan. I've had rwd cars all my life all four seasons .. my last 7 were 5 Porsches and 2 recent Infinities .. a G35 and G37 Coupe. I have NEVER put any car up for storage during winter months. What you do is equip the car for winter driving. All had summer tires as normal gear. When it turned cold and snowed, yes, these cars became eels. That's why winter tires were invented. I live up a steep hill with very steep driveway. I always got home. This is just common sense and I don't understand why people don't properly equip their cars for winter. My wife has an Audi and previously 4 Subaru Legacys ..ALL wore 4 snow tires in winter. I don't want to turn this into a FW/RW drive argument.. just want people to keep their rides safe and keep it the typical Mustang/Dodge argument !! heheh

that's how I made the base for the part, one tube inside another. .. see photo above. In the end, the problem was there was enough slop in the tubes that the final solid one in the center wasn't in the exact center. When I drilled the the small center tube it visibly off center. I need a dip in the center, not a hole. The tip of a large drill will give what i need if I can center it.

That sure looks the color of AMT Putty there.. ehehhe

That sure looks the color of AMT Putty there.. ehehhe

hmmm ... make a skirt flush with the bodywork? Carry the rolled bottom edge of the body straight through.

You really nailed it ... everything about it. The paint, a few little rust spots.. SO nice!

The sad part is they felt it had to look like a 911 .. that just doesn't work. The roof had to be compromised considerably for people heads. yeah.,. the engine is in front

that looks great! ... I think you could haul cattle on that continental kit! :D

Bah on the grill. Maybe a small pin or two in over sized holes if there's enough room? Or a thin brass splice plate across the outside edge. All bonded/glued with thin epoxy. That Miura body IS luscious!

that looks good .. nice and smooth

This is really looking good Chris! The carbon fiber against the red is fantastic. I'm curious about the underside trays.. is there good suspension detail hidden there? I want to leave all these pans off every time I run into them for the sake of viewing and ###### reality.

OMG!!!! is that George's???????? goes to show there are no new ideas left.. (( ehhe so maybe we need a Woodstock or Bust APC van ... ... or above with 41 chevy truck waterfall grill and 56 Packard tail lights

OH! great idea! ... will have to check the BIG drill set..

Sorry George, this one is under glass. It was done some 15 years ago and joking around here about armor got me thinking about it. This is a specific rare vehicle I got personal with and it has to remain. Now, that being said, you all are making me think .. a dangerous proprosition at best! I can't hack this one, but another APC.. hmmm.. chromed wheels ... baby moons?, defiantly an engine swap.. hemi or there seems room for that allison. Gold tracks .. wonder if Candy Apple Olive Drab is actually possible? Now ideas are assaulting my brain... I'm NEVER gonna finish anything on my bench!!! oh my ...ehhehe (and don't any of you even MENTION hydraulics!!!!)

you understand exactly what I'm trying to do, drill a centered hole in the end of a rod. I've been using you trick quite a lot when the tube-in-tube trick can work. I actually have a carb air cleaner that was created in just this manner. the outside diameter is about 3/8" tube and it was build up solid from progressively smaller tubes ending in a small, solid piece. Here's a pic of the piece before chucking in the Dremel and turning it to shape on the top. My problem is I have to use a large drill point to create an indentation in the top where the wing nut goes. Due to the slight differences between ID and OD of the tubes, the solid rod in the center is NOT centered .. enough that creating this indentation using that is visually off center. This is the specific task that prompted this, but it is defiantly a general question that comes up over and over for everyone I'm sure.

That's cool Olle .. that tool is based on the same principle as the centering tool.