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Maybe this style should be known as Rally of Gentlemen cars!!?? I sure like them.

Congratulations on a very productive and creative year. Looking forward to more of the same in 2018.

I appreciated you pointing it out and now that I see it I cannot resist the challenge of trying to correct it. I have already penciled a more correct shape and I am formulating an action plan.

Yes Len I have to agree with you that the Mini Exotic hood is too short and is an aspect of the design I failed to identify and correct although a I think a fix would be very difficult. I had a look to see if I had a '58 Corvette hood but remembered I had sanded off the louvers.

I am not sure if I will be able to finish the complete model before the end of the year but I have got the interior done. The color is a mix of Testor’s Pontiac Engine Blue and Metallic Black. Although Mini-Exotics did provide a nicely engraved resin center panel with gauges, crest and texture detail, I made a decal of the panel in the 1/1 car which had been autographed by two of the renowned drivers who raced the SR-2 - John Fitch and Jim Jeffords. The tach is also a decal of the actual 8,000 RPM unit in the 1/1. Pull straps were added to the inner door panels. [I am still learning about by new camera which seems to be hit and miss in terms of fully focused depth of field]

Great looking HOT rod. Very nice build!!

It is really great to see such a fabulous build of this venerable Deuce. I wonder if those in the know have any knowledge if there is a possibility that Round 2 could do a reissue. I am hoping so as it looks like if combined with a chopped 3-window Coupe you could build a close replica of the album cover Chili Catallo Little Deuce Coupe.

Very impressive model of an historically significant racing car. Well done.

This is a very tough looking Deuce Sedan. I have seen a couple of 1/1's built in this style and have really been attracted to them. You have really captured that look. I am very impressed with how low you managed to get your Sedan.

Another fabulous Ford. Beautifully built.

I think you did a fabulous job with all aspects of your build. I am especially impressed with your Roth figure. The Surfite was a very cool design for its day. I can imagine a seat version being a contemporary urban computer.

Perfect chop and I like the button-tufted upholstery.

Your dash & gauges look great. One thing lacking in the Rev/Mom 427 kits and subsequent builds are the front inner fender/engine compartment side panels. I am not sure if these are available after-market but the Fujimi 427 has them which could be used as templates.

Looks good from here. Seeing fewer and fewer of these in the world. Really quite an attractive car.

I looked back through the posts but could not find [may have missed] any information on the Coupe which is my number one favorite 27 body style with the roadster coming up second.

Very interesting. I liked the AMT kits as a kid but just assumed the newer Revell kits would be better in all ways. I do have a conversion of the Revell Coupe to Deluxe configuration but it will be a street-rod so some of the issues will not be a factor. Thanks for doing this.

I join the others in declaring this absolutely fantastic craftsmanship.

Really - Really nice. I like this very much.

The outdoor photo initially made me think - WOW - its a replica!! Well done.

I have been looking forward to someone doing something like this. Great job.

I was very surprised when I opened this as I was expecting a later day Peugeot as I forgot the numbering order. When I was a teenager my family had a 403, 404, 204,and finally a 304. This is really neat model and very well done for a small scale.

Some very nice customizing and love the fade away paint job.

Thanks. Made a little more progress on engine compartment and exhaust

The engine in the model represents the engine used in the real car during its vintage racing career which was a 327 bored to 333 fitted with dual air flow meters and a custom air cleaner. Air cleaner from the Trumpeter ’65 Falcon Headers from AMT ’63 Corvette which will lead into aluminum tubing side exit exhaust The generator moved to right side MORE HISTORY The real car’s vintage racing career is over and a recent owner wanted to make it more original although a moment in time will have to chosen as it went through many changes in sixty years. The body and interior are in excellent condition so attention was first paid to the chassis and under-body. It was discovered the under-body was originally painted red. I could not find the definitive answer as to why. It has been suggested that red well-wheels were something Harley Earl favored on his show cars but maybe the car started out as red production Corvette which after the body modification were made, Jerry Earl had it painted blue which became a signature color for a number of racing Corvettes that followed. We do know that this SR2 was light blue when it had the low center fin and was painted a darker blue after it received the high driver’s fairing fin. During its transformation to a vintage race-car it was a given a medium shade of blue after a few body medications. The rear fender bumperettes and exhaust outlets were removed with the exhaust re-routed out ahead of the rear wheels. The Corvette crest on the nose was also removed. In regard to the engine, it started off with two four barrels and was one of the first cars fitted with Rochester Fuel Injection. The bucket seats were competition seats from a Porsche. There had been some problems with stock steering wheels breaking so the steering wheel in this SR2 from was The engine in the model represents the engine used in the real car during its vintage racing career which was a 327 bored to 333 fitted with dual air flow meters and a custom air cleaner. Air cleaner from the Trumpeter ’65 Falcon Headers from AMT ’63 Corvette which will lead into aluminum tubing side exit exhaust The generator moved to right side MORE HISTORY The real car’s vintage racing career is over and a recent owner wants to make it more original although a moment in time will have to chosen as it went through many changes in sixty years. The body and interior are in excellent condition so attention was first paid to the chassis and under-body. It was discovered the under-body was originally painted red. I could not find the definitive answer as to why. It has been suggested that red well-wheels were something Harley Earl favoured on his show cars but maybe the car started out as red production Corvette which after the body modification were made, Jerry Earl had it painted blue which became a signature colour for a number of racing Corvettes that followed. We do know that this SR2 was light blue when it had the low centre fin and was painted a darker blue after it received the high driver’s fairing fin. During its transformation to a vintage race-car it was a given a medium shade of blue after a few body medications. The rear fender bumperettes and exhaust outlets were removed with the exhaust re-routed out ahead of the rear wheels. The Corvette crest on the nose was also removed. In regard to the engine, it started off with two four barrels and was one of the first cars fitted with Rochester Fuel Injection. The bucket seats were competition seats from a Porsche. There had been some problems with stock steering wheels breaking so the cut the steering wheel in this SR2 was made from a saw blade!!