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I'm interested in how this gurney turns out. I may have to get one and try it. I have this same Ambulance project in mind and it's very close to your build. The gurney I got off of eBay is chrome plastic. I'm sure it's a parts pack piece or something from another kit. Problem is, it's too wide to fit in the back of the Caddy. Either I cut the side out of the interior to make room, or I'm going to have to split my gurney in half and down size it. Or get the one you have if it fits.

Thanks. I've seen the shackles before, but these springs are too short. I really need at least one set of risers if anybody has them and don't need them. I'm sure I'll have something to trade. Really need that bench seat for the Firestone Ford 4x4 too. I might have to walk Hobby Lobby for some of those beads or something else if I can't find some factory spring risers. Thanks.

Does anyone have two sets of leaf spring risers that they put in some kits, so you can run tall wide tires? One kit that has them is that 69 Dart with the Hemi in it. Usually, two small, short ones and two long ones for the rear. I need two pairs of each if anyone has them. Also need a truck bench seat for the 78 Ford 4x4 Firestone truck.

Sorry about that. I should have proofread it. I fixed it. My smart phones auto correct is not that smart. lol Outside phone wire works good too. Outside wire has solid copper wire in it so it's bendable, where inside wire is wrapped stranded wire, and won't take a bend at all.

Outside phone wire works good too. Outside wire has solid copper wire in it so it's bendable, where inside wire is wrapped stranded wire, and won't take a bend at all. You can buy a 50 ft roll of outside wire cheap, and it lasts a lifetime. Plus, it has 6 different colors inside the gray insulation. It has red, black, yellow, blue, white, and green. So you are set for plug wire colors as well as colors for wiring up ignition boxes and other things under the hood. I jsut looked office max has a 50 ft roll for 12 and Home Depot for 20. So Lowes and Wal Mart will have it cheaper. Has to be the 6 wire outside wire though. Not the 4 wire inside wire.

Great looking cars so far. As for wired dist. get one from MAD. They make a great pre wired dist. Mopar and chevy use the same firing order. 18436572. The dist. rotate clockwise so does the firing order. Left cylinder bank is 1357, right cylinder bank is 2468. Once you start wiring the cars with the factory firing order, every time you see a model that's not wired like that you can tell it without even counting out the firing order. It just looks out of place. CabDrivers right too. Don't use too big a wire and bend the wires so they droop over valve covers and intakes and in places where they should lay. Also keep them as short as possible just like on the real cars.

I'm, sorry to hear that. I had no idea. I was just trying to help you out. If it was a simpler roll cage, and I had the time I'd offer to do it myself.

It's easy to make you own if you want to learn how to do it. Just buy some evergreen rod of the correct size for your scale. Then get this file set from Harbor Freight. You need these anyways. Only 6 bucks. It has a round file, round taper file and a half round with flat bottom that is perfect for making fish mouth joints so you can glue the tubes together the same way the real ones are welded together. Needle File Set, 10 Piece (harborfreight.com)

Only one slight color issue. AFB carbs are aluminum, not bronze like a holley. That's what the name stands for AFB = Aluminum Four Barrel. Tq is a better carb though. lol And if you want, there are two brackets that hold each end of that valley plate down and they are black. It's starting to take shape though. I had too many of those Road Runners over the years.

I know, it's soooooo slow. Just get to the point if there is one. lol Just fast forward to the end and watch the drag race down Mulholland Drive in the hills on the edge of the San Fernando Valley. Steve runs the 356 Porsche Speedster and Cal runs the 'Vette. The movie is loosely written about Chris Banning, who owned and raced a heavily modified Porsche 911 and Charles "Crazy Charlie" Woit, who owned and raced a vintage, 427 'Vette. In 2006, Chris Banning wrote a book entitled "The Mulholland Experience" detailing his experiences, what it was like being a part of that street racing community and being the inspiration for the film. Hopper is crazy nuts in that film. That was a perfect character for him to play. And for the heck of it, watch the Holley throttle on the 'vette. It does not match the sound track. lol

The Daytona used the Charger 500 body. They had time to do those and only had to build 500 of them. The rules changed after that car was built. They did not have time to build the required cars before the season started. They barely had enough race car bodies too. Pic just for you. lol I bet not everyone gets that.

Vinyl roof could not be an option for these cars. The vinyl covered up the rear window plug and unfinished body work on these cars. I500 or so of these cars had to be built in a hurry to beat the NASCAR rules so the car could be legal for use in NASCAR at the beginning of the 70 season.

Welcome, anytime. This might be what you were looking at under the Sox and Martin. You can find it in the Mopar Performance Chassis manual. You need these floaters to use leaf springs with ladder bars. Less weight going coil overs and ladders though. The floater lets the springs slide back and forth as the ladder bar transfers the rotational motion of the axle to the front of the ladder to transfer weight. If you don't use the floaters on a leaf spring car the leafs load and unload and it will axle hop and smoke the tires to no end.

There's bunch of pics on this site, but even with the wheels up, it's still to dark under the car to tell. Billy "the Kid " Stepp???? - Moparts Forums

Anytime. I can understand wanting to stiffen up your build. I cut two frames to make it longer and did the same thing you did, but it was hidden by the floor pan. Yeah, not a lot of good reference pics of the cars from that era too. I would imagine they left the trunk floor pan in them since they needed some weight back there, but who knows. It's looking good though. My Mom had a 71 Dodge Demon in Plumb Crazy Purple. Only new car she ever owned. Miss that car.

On the factory frames, the front does have a wide depression where you filled that in, it's just not as deep as it is on that frame rail. But the rear frame rails are 100% correct. They are U shaped and just as deep in the inside as they are tall. The only thing that covers them is the trunk floor pan. If you removed the floor pan, by drilling out the welds, you would see that open channel. Not sure if they covered it on the car you are building though. You can remove the two lines on each side of the firewall too if you're not using the fender wells.

More than welcome. I've seen it happen in real cars too. Too short a spring for the ride height and it requires either the right spring or a frame mount relocation. Dangerous to have it facing forward in the real thing. Sometimes I hate to mention things like that, don't want to make anyone mad, but I also know that many want it to look right. I'm not sure if I have built more models or more real cars at this point. lol

I have one of these. The slots in that box are very tight and it makes for a straight cut with a stiff back saw like the one in the pic. Midwest Easy Miter Box Deluxe 83277 | Zoro And Micro Mark has this handy electric one. MicroLux® Mini Miter / Cut-Off Saw (micromark.com)

By the rules, there should be two of them. Both six inches away from the U Joint. The spring hanger on the frame should be slightly in front of springs eye. The way it's mounted now, is backwards. The shackle should angle to the rear of the car, not to the front. It can actually flip over if it's angled to the front on a real car.

Yes it would. I love doing movie and tv cars and such. As well as the race cars.

ooh, I need one of those 'vets. I can do the car from King of the Mountain with those rims it's perfect. A car ole Dennis Hopper would enjoy driving. lol

Like the race car. I built one of the old Lindberg kits into a race car. Asphalt modified with a Thunderbird engine in it. Here's a pic for inspiration.

Looks good, including the lines.

Welcome anytime. Glad to help.

Bottom return, side from the tank, and top is the outlet to the barrel valve and from the valve to the injectors. The barrel valve is controlled by the throttle pedal. on the pics with the injector hat the barrel valve is on the side of the hat. The throttle opens the butterflies and controls the valve at the same time. Your engine looks like it has 8 short stacks. One line to the bottom of each stack and the throttle opens 8 butterflies inside the bottom of the stacks. Hard to see your pic, but it looks like it has a base under the stacks. Your injector lines could go in there. Trying to keep it simple, but hope that helps.