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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!!

Very impressive chop job. Putting that extra piece in really helped. You also did a great job blending it in and making it disappear.

The Chaparral 2D may have been the most modified racecar over one season ever. It still is owned by Jim Hall in the final configuration that it raced and won in Europe. Do a Google image search for Chaparral 2D Daytona and lots of photos of all configurations will come up. I did a conversion to replicate the final configuration which I took to the Monterey Historics the year Jim Hall and the Chaparrals were being honored. I was pleased to have Jim Hall autograph the bottom of my model. Before all the Chaparrals were set up for display I managed to get this photo of my model and the real 2D.

Not sure how I lost your text but I agree an Ardun equipped V-*-60 is a very cool looking engine and would be an excellent choice for a '27 T track-roadster

As suggested by Matt and Tim Boyd, I for one would love to see new '26/'27 turtle deck T hot rod kits both as a Roadster and a Coupe with the option of building full-fendered with hood or not. The only styrene kits I am aware of from the past were the AMT '27 Phaeton and the Revell Buttera Sedan/Delivery. I am also aware of a few resin 27's. I think a '26/'27 turtle deck T kit would be very popular. Maybe if enough of us post our desire for a '26/'27 turtle deck T kit, it just might happen. ‘26/‘27 turtle deck T hot rods? With period-correct drivetrain and suspension? Oh yeah. " ***************************** Matt....not this weekend, at least, but I'm pushing this one really, really hard with one of the kitmakers. Others are doing the same. Recommend you (and anyone else who agrees with Matt) to let the kitmaker of your choice know of your desires now.... TIM

Not only do you build fantastic models but your photography is outstanding. How do you make the background disappear?

Definitely a very cool wheel and tire combo. Tell us more.

Geez. I was just going to comment how much I admired and liked your stretch!!

I really like what you did with your Deuce 5W.

Beautifully done model of a very attractive car. I currently drive a 2007 MX-5 retractable which I love but every time I see one of these new ones I like them more and more.

I have to say I am very impressed with these new Revell NASCAR kits and you have done a tremendous job building them.

This would be a great project for you. The Earl car originally had the low center fin and rear fender bumperettes with exhaust exits like this road car. After the Mitchell car was built, the Earl car received many of the updates although the elimination of the bumperettes and change to side exit exhaust came much later. Since raising and lengthening the fin I have been looking closer at photos of the real car and think the headrest/fairing/fin on the model should have been narrower and taller overall but I am going to stick with what I have. I have a very close Humbrol Metallic Blue for the body and I am thinking of darkening down Testor's Pontiac Engine Blue for the interior.