Phildaupho

- Made the fin slightly higher and longer - Lower front “lights” opened up as brake vents which will be filled with mesh - Taillight lenses from Revell ’59 Corvette [I lost one of the Mini-Exotic resin lenses] - The seats are modified Revell 427 Cobra. - Rear bulkhead fabricated - The steering wheel was modified to have solid spokes. Center gauge panel came with Mini Exotic kit. Need to find a tachometer to mount between steering wheel and speedometer - The distinctive door panels modified to have recesses which were made from the side coves of the donor AMT Corvette - Head rest thickness reduced by about half and scribed to represent pleats

This project combines the Mini-Exotic resin kit with the AMT 1957 Corvette kit to produce a replica of the blue SR-2. I started this 14 years ago and hope to get it finished before spring. The first SR-2 was modified from a stock 1956 Corvette for Harley Earl's son who wanted to go racing. This car became known as the Earl SR-2. Although originally painted red it later became better known for its blue color. The Earl car started off with a small central rear fin but was modified later to the headrest fin configuration. The second SR-2 was built from scratch to be a racecar under the direction of Bill Mitchell. This car has become known as the Mitchell or the red SR-2. The Mitchell car did not have the small scoops on the top of the fenders and had a license plate recess under to trunk. A third SR-2 was built strictly as a road car. Modifications - The headlight cones were removed to be replaced by the plastic custom taillights from the AMT "50 Ford Convertible. - The front fender top scoops replaced with ones from the AMT '57 Corvette. - The cove scripts and nose emblem were removed to be replaced with Model Car Garage photo-etched items. - The dash required that the top be cut away from the plastic body to fit under the cockpit fairing. An extension was added to the centre part of the fairing. - The headrest pad was cut off so it could be given pleat detail & painted separately - Stock gas filler door lines filled - Filled the cowl vent - A small vertical tab was added to the body between the seats ahead of a fabricated rear bulkhead.

With each photo as I scan down my attraction to this model increases. Very well done.

This is going to be one very tough looking hot rod. I really like the way you incorporated the NASCAR rearend. The Phantom Vickie wheels are very appropriate seeing as you are using the IFS from the same kit. The wheels would look less conspicuous if you painted or dull coated them which would give them a crossover look blending traditional and modern.

Good to see a solid axle C-1 Corvette race car. I have a few on my to build list.

Thanks Bruce, Tony, Bo and Brian. The sixties was such an incredible era of motor racing for the evolution of so many series including Trans-Am, Can-Am, F-1, Indy, GT, NASCAR and more. Cars definitely got more complex in a very short period of time even during the individual seasons. In 1967, Trans-Am and even NASCAR racecars were still pretty close to street cars. After that, modifications started to get very serious.

Thanks everyone.

Thanks for your reply Richard. You have sharp eyes. I ran out of black for the seat belt material but liked the contrast of the blue on the black seats. Maybe I should have posed my photos in black & white like back in the day!!??

Thanks Andre, Snake, Aurf & Ken - I think there might be enough interest for AMT, Revell or Moebius to release a modern kit of a notchback Mustang - with 67 or 68 possibly being more desirable than 65 or 66. A nice 65/66 notchback can be built by converting the 1/24 Revell Convertible.

Very attractive body and striking livery

Thanks everyone for your replies. I found the research and construction of this project very interesting and satisfying and I am personally very pleased and proud of the results.

Under Glass Oct 23/17

The full name for this replica is 1967 Terlingua Racing Team #17 Jerry Titus Shelby Group II Sedan Car #2 Mustang Notchback Trans-Am Racecar I did an On the Workbench post, which documented the construction. To summarize The AMT ’67 Mustang Fastback was converted to a notchback with roof and trunk from an AMT ’66 Mustang Paint a mix of Testor’s enamel with Tamiya Satin Black on hood Fred Cady decals Detail Master hood pins, Owen Craft cast silver door handles [no longer available], Acu-Stion wiper Wheels and Tires Revell C-3 racecar kits

Those wide rear tires sure look great.

I just discovered this post and I am sure glad you solved the photo problem. I am going to bookmark this so I can spend the required time to fully appreciate your fabulous GT40's and text. GT40's are probably my all time favorite racing car. The Thunder Valley kit was the first after market purchase I made over twenty years ago but still have not built it. One of these days I will get to building my ultimate GT40 which is the one raced by the Canadian Comstock Team.

Congratulations on the completion of a great project. I always thought the Doug Rice Coupe was one of the all time coolest show and go cars. You did a super job of capturing the look and spirit of that car.

The Island Classic is an all subjects show but the automotive class is always the largest. This year there were over 60 entries in the automotive categories plus many more model cars in other classes and on display. There are only 10 automotive categories and only one award is presented per category for the favorite model as chosen by ballot by other entrants. The overall favorite car model is also recognized. Overall favorite Gord Spruyt Hot Rod Russ Ferguson Custom Steve Hayden Racing Car Gord Spruyt North American Steve Hayden Foreign Gord Spruyt Truck Matt Polley Small Scale Gord Enquist Large Scale Gord Bradley Diorama For all the automotive class photos http://public.fotki.com/phildaupho/2017-island-classic-/automotive-class/

I predict the Foose Cady and F-100 chassises, engines, wheels and tires are going to find their way under many future builds.

Thanks Misha. This one will be in the Racing Car class this year but I do have an entry for the Collections Category - 3x 5-W Deuce Coupes. I think this is a really interesting category so hope it is popular enough to carry it forward to future events. I certainly have many ideas for future entries. See ya Saturday

I am back at work on the Mustang and hope to have it completed for a local model show this weekend. Apparently the paint which Shelby referred to as “gawd awful yella” was actually a Corvette color. I mixed my shade by tinting Testor’s gloss white enamel with light yellow. The hood, fender tops etc. and interior are Tamiya satin black. I have started applying Fred Cady decals and realize how fortunate I am to have had the foresight to purchase a number of Fred Cady decal sets before he retired. I would like to thank Fred Cady for the great work he did designing and printing decals for historic race car model builders.

Somehow I missed all the replies since early September, I guess because I became focused on completing two other projects. I just got back to the Mustang in the last couple of days in an effort to get it finished enough for a local model show this weekend I am putting on. Yesterday I applied the Fred Cady roof and trunk decals so was very surprised to see the photos of the Mustang at NNL West. I would have loved to see that Trans Am class as it looks like grids you see at Vintage car races. On my list of to do model projects is to build a grid of vintage Trans Am cars and have a stack of kits and parts to do so however this Mustang will only be the third one I have done so far. The Chaparral Camaro will be the next one and has already been started.

Bernard you definitely did this one justice. I also love sports cars especially Ferraris and have a number of kits for future builds including an AMT 250SWB. I really like your choice of livery, your description and of course your photography.

Thanks everyone. This was a very enjoyable and rewarding project once I got back into it. A friend is rebuilding his Model A Sedan hot rod with a completely new chassis and running gear. The challenges of getting everything to fit are similar. He is using nuts and bolts where I used glue.

I had started this project almost 3 years ago and even did an On the Workbench post which I have updated recently with the almost ready to assemble parts http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/97042-1936-ford-flatback-sedan/#comment-1326453. I created this ’36 Ford Flatback Sedan by grafting the roof section of a Revell 1/24 ’37 Sedan onto the body of a Revell 1/24 ’36 Coupe. MODIFICATIONS - I was kind of surprised to find that the ’37 Sedan was about 4 scale inches wider than the ’36 so I had to take a corresponding longitudinal section out of the sedan roof. With the center section of the ’37 rear window gone it was close to matching the shape of a ’36 rear window but not quite so I cut in the window from the ’36 Coupe. - Added distinctive ‘35/’36 molding under windows and above rear bumper using Evergreen Styrene half-rounds and lots of putty - Recessed firewall using section from ‘37 kit - Smoothed hood top. - Adapted ’37 inner fender splash panels. - INTERIOR from ’37 Sedan but had to narrow the back seat adapt the dash. Painted Testor’s Leather. - CHASSIS – ’37 Street Rod chassis that features Corvette independent rear end and A-arm front suspension - ENGINE – Chevy from ’37 Coupe featuring tuned port fuel injection, which I always thought was a great looking induction system. - WHEELS & TIRES – Chrome reverse wheels from Revell/Monogram1/24 ’32 Ford - GRILL – Model Car Garage - PAINT – I wanted a color sort of reminiscent of stock ’36 shade so mixed Humbrol enamel white and light brown to get this “café au lait”. Testor’s Chev Engine orange used for engine, wheels and grill.

Here is a better photo of the engine and the TPI which I really like the looks of. The headers are currently pinned in place and I can see by the digital close-up that they also need to be glued!