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Yes I did complete this project and was quite pleased with how it turned out although I always regret not paying more attention to firing order when I wired the distributor and plan someday to correct it but other projects keep getting in the way and with the hood closed it is out of sight out of mind

Impressive video and conversion. Really enjoying your work.

Very well done in all respects. It makes me look forward to building the kit I have in my stash someday. AS many others have said - great colour choice.

Masterfully built and photographed

Very well done. I am sure Mr. Starbird and Mr. Gustavson would agree !!

Thank you Roger. It amazes me too. At the start I figured all I had to do was make it a full bumper, add some flares and a roll cage. I have really enjoyed this build at it has been both very interesting and challenging but I have to admit I now just want to get finished so I can move onto a new project.

Mattias - My comment was just a feeble attempt at humor. I really appreciated seeing your post. I hope I get a chance to have a closer look at the local Alfa SZ as I was intrigued with these cars by a magazine article when they were first introduced. Alfa Romeo cars are again available in Canada after many years out of this market. Your country certainly has produced some great racing car drivers and has a legendary Grand Prix circuit which unfortunately was not able to rejoin the F1 schedule this year due to the pandemic. I can only think of two cars from the Netherlands - the Daf which was the first to utilize the constantly variable transmission which is now very widely used and the Spyker which once owned the F1 team which I believe is now known as Racing Point.

You win. I did not know there was a convertible version.

The interior required a fair amount of modification and fabrication. The rear seat was removed and other areas of the interior were filled and smoothed as required. I separated the door panels from the interior sides so they could be painted separately. The detail on the rear shelf was noted on a 1/32 slot-car but was difficult to see in other images I had however I figured it was worth replicating. The dash was considerably modified with a scratch-built gauge panel with Model Car Garage gauges and bezels. The toggle switches air bits of wire. The roll cage started as an assembly from Plastic Performance Parts but required a fair bit of modification for this application. Now that it is built, I can see it should be closer to the top of the windshield and a-pillars. The racing seat is a modified parts box piece with Modeller’s safety belts. The steering wheel is from a C3 Corvette with the spokes and centre smoothed. A strip of electrical insulating tape was added to the driver side floor as a heat barrier. The gas pedal was enlarged and both the clutch and brake pedals received “expanded metal [wire mesh] for better grip. The shift lever has a pinhead shift knob. I simulated the recess for the exhaust on the passenger side floor because it would be visible. The instructions indicate that the full interior should be secured to the floor pan before inserting into the body. Without gluing the side panels to the floor, I attempted to see if this was feasible. The body would have to be severely stretched to accomplish this. I would be worried of the flares cracking. Instead I first inserted the interior surround into the body. Meaning the door panels and rear shelf attached to the dash with the roll cage back bars through the former rear seat area. Then I installed the floor pan/chassis. It looks like I may have to trim the forward edge of the dash to provide clearance for the windshield.

I had never seen an Alfa Romeo SZ in the flesh before yesterday. I did not have a chance to take a photo so this image is off the web. I assume this belongs to a local guy who has imported a number of cool looking Alfa sports cars that were never sold new in North America. These SZ's have a stubby tough look. If they were dogs they would be Bulldogs.

Very interesting car and paint job

I have done some work on the body like removing the rain gutters and trim on top pf doors. I cut down the stock front spoiler to provide a mount for the "Lexan" spoiler. The rear spoiler was modified for fuel filler pipe, fuel tank overflow pipe and trunk securing pins. Mounting holes for the license plate were filled. The hood was drilled for hood pins. The body is almost ready for its first priming to check for final body work. If you want to see what the actual car is really like, it is definitely worth your while to check out this YouTube video of Tommy Dressy taking the restored Chaparral Camaro for a drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhh3JPGEEK8

I do not think I have ever seen one of these built. Yours turned out very nicely.

These look excellent. Well done.

Hi Steve - Been away camping so getting caught up. Good to see you posting here and looking forward to see the Anglia in 3D.

Very nice to see the Grant King car. Grant was from my city of Victoria BC Canada like a few other racers that got there start on the local speedway and went on to do very well in the USA like Billy Foster and Roy Smith. I just read in the newspaper this morning that there is going to be a late model stock car race with 25 entries at the 4/10's mile oval Western Speedway in September without spectators and be live streamed on the local independent TV station

Great detailing of a very striking race car. I always enjoy seeing Indycar models especially ones I saw race like this one.

Gorgeous Merc. Well built.

Thanks JC. I always enjoy your builds too. Thanks Misha. It has been interesting and fun zooming in on the great set of photos I have of this car and discovering aspects I cannot resist trying to duplicate on the model. Yes Jim Hall was on of the great racing car innovators and was unique in that he combined being an owner, a driver and a professional engineer.

To fabricate the under-hood induction arrangement, I first removed the stock radiator from the forward bulkhead and then added fill in structure that would serve as the air inlet to the hood and a mounting surface for the radiator sourced from the Revell Willys Street Rod. In order to get the shape of the under-hood air chamber I made a template using thin clear plastic which I transferred to sheet styrene. To get the dimensions of the sides of this structure I took measurements from narrow stripe of plastic placed longitudinally across the engine compartment to mimic the underside of the hood. Once the air chamber was formed, it was put in place on the engine with glue on the upper edge to locate it in the correct position on the under side of the hood. Another interesting under feature of this car is the location of the battery. Many other Trans-Am cars had their batteries relocated to the trunk for weight transfer to the rear of the car. The Chaparral Camaro’s battery was moved aft from the stock radiator bulkhead mounting but stayed within the engine compartment in a cubicle in the firewall and protruding into the passenger side of the interior.

Well done. My neighbour had one that looked just like it that he contemplated restoring. He sold the MG and restored a VW instead.

Gorgeous Cadillac. I always was very attracted to this year of Cady. In the mid to late sixties I loaded groceries at parcel pickup at a high end super market facility. Regular customers were a very well dressed couple in a 56 Cady. It was always a pleasure putting grocery bags in one of the very early remotely opening trunks. I loaded many other very cool cars during the three years i worked there as a part time job.

Great looking color combination.

Congratulations - You are doing fantastic work both at model car buildings and producing videos.

Your flip-top is very well done as is your FIA