Chuck Most

Tack on some fins, though...

The Pro Street Nova chassis works pretty well under the snap Rambler kit body-

Nice to see Travel Trailer fever spreading. WILL be keeping a close eye on this one, for sure.

Ah, yes, pushrods work as well now as they did 300 years ago. But that buggy-sprung IRS in the Vette was just a terrible design, period. A well-engineered solid axle setup (like the one in the Mustang) will trounce an iffy IRS design at the track, not to mention it's way cheaper to repair and service when needed. Like you said, Dave- quite effective. And it won't grenade if you stand on it, like the Cobra IRS was known to do. I always laugh when I read a review on the Mustang and the writer just has to slag its rear suspension design, because it requires a bit more effort to drive 'in a spirited manner' compared to IRS equipped cars. Weird, I always thought the whole point of a 'sporty' car was to ask for a little bit of skill from its driver. Keep your IRS setups and flappy-paddle gearboxes, give me a stick axle and a stick shift, thanks very much.

Still, I'd rather pay Ford dealer prices than, say, Ferrari dealer prices on parts. As far as the solid rear axle.... doesn't the Corvette still use a freakin' TRANSVERSE LEAF SPRING in the rear suspension? Or at least until a few years ago? Yeah, it's independent, but still, a buggy spring? Like a stagecoach? Come on! That's more backwards than a coil-sprung live axle, if you ask me.

True enough, but who knows what kind of torture a used 'hair-raising' supercar has been through? Add to that the fact the Shelby has better availability of parts and service than anything you could call 'exotic', I'd say that's another bump in its favor.

I've only managed to thumb through it so far- but three of my all time favorites (Hudson Hornet, '55/6 Packard, and Jag XJ 220) are on the cover, and if that's any indicator, it should be a pretty good one.

If you ever do need 650 hp, and don't have it, I'm sure you'll be singin' a different tune. That engine isn't always producing the full 650- Ford is just naturally trumping the top rating for bragging rights. There are more 400+ horsepower cars out now than during the muscle car era, yet you don't hear people complaining about how impractical and undrivable they are because of the power they make. I'm sure this car would be a sensible everyday car.... IF you could keep your foot out of it. I don't think I could do that, so for me personally, no, it wouldn't be a sensible everyday car.

Bodywork has begun- '10 Corvette taillamps are roughly grafted into place at this point.

Quite a serious mill for a dainty little T coupe! Love it.

Know what's funny? There's a local guy who has an early '80's Mopar (Diplomat or 5th Avenue) with the Bullitt wheels on it.

Stretched the front subframe (using another frame from a junk Saleen S281 kit), and got the wheelbase sorted out. Just HAD to see how it looked up on wheels, mocked up with an 8.8 rear axle. Still needs a little finessing, but I'm afraid the 'easy' stuff is already over!

I'd LOVE to see those Mach I wheels in scale.

Making one from lengths of styrene rod would be workable, if a bit tedious.

Grimed up the seats a bit, because now I'm not so sure about my original 'throw a blanket over them' idea...

I need to GET an airbrush!

That isn't a pickup bed camper- it's way too big for that. It can be mounted to a truck chassis in place of a bed or built as a trailer.The only pickup bed camper I'm aware of is the one that used to be in the AMT '65 El Camino, but that was just a shell- no furnishings of any kind for the inside.

Just needs an in-scale Jack Rebney figure.

Yep- the T-Bird had the V6, not the Cougar. Duh! Is 29 too young to be having senior moments?

Why not? It's already got a solid front axle.

The other percieved advantage to a straight axle was weight savings- losing the control arms, sway bar, and complicated steering linkages were seen as a bonus. But it is true that not all had a solid axle, I've seen some mean gasser-style cars with the stock IFS left intact, but jacked up.

Whoops! Sorry! Didn't know there was an overabundance of THOSE threads, too!

OMG!NA(somewhat obscured)GL!!!!

I don't see how a thread getting too big would be an issue- a healthy thread means a healthy forum, right?