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Very interesting and thought provoking thread. It got me to thinking of all the eras and styles of hot rodding. Some of those were simply timeless but just about any car can be made to look current with a change of colour, wheels and stance.

Well done Steve. It is always fun to get way out in left field sometimes.

Great looking up-tops on a couple of fabulous Deuces

Absolutely excellent. The 49 has always been a favourite of mine. This might be the ultimate.

Very good looking conversion.

Agreed. Well done restoration and enhancement of a model of a beautiful racecar

WOW Beautifully built model. I am a Villeneuve fan having seen him race Formula Atlantic at Westwood near Vancouver and F1 at Spanish GP 1979. He would have been World Champion in 1982 if he had lived

Excellent model of a beautiful racing car. Have always liked the Surtees livery

Thanks for posting your ASA projects. I have one of the #84 kits of which I was very pleased with what's in the box. It can obviously be built into a very nice model.

Very good looking interior. Is that back seat area detail scratch-built?

Thanks for posting these pics Tim. I really enjoyed seeing them I haven't build a ski boat model in over half a century but your builds have got me thinking.

That checks all the hot rod boxes. Very well built. Really like the Pontiac engine.

Great looking model in any scale but outstanding in 1/62

I have been planning to get the new kit but would use it to build a 69 Boss 429

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