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Randy... WOW you are my new hero. That is some killer detailing on that engine. I love it. Keep up the great work!!

Seth... Thank you I appreciate the kind words. Auistin... Thank you very much for taking the time to go thru all 200 pages. I know it was a lot to catch up on. I appreciate the kind words. I do have to ask where in North Dakota are you from? My family is from there. My dad grew up in Edmore, ND which was a very small farm town about 40 miles from Devils Lake. Joe... thank you so much for the Bday wishes. Love the Minions. I had a great day other being at work it was a good one...lol Next year I will take it off and have myself a 3 day weekend . I am sure the pool looks good.

Tim... What more can I say.. Holy smokes that is some killer machine work. This block is turning out so nice and looks great... You have me totally impressed

Hello Hakan... Thanks, Looking at the reference pics that I had it showed that it had hose clamps and that's why I added them. Here are some straight hose barb fittings that I researched that it possibly could of been what they used. My assumption is that they would of used a -16 (1") or -20 (1-1/4") fitting. I could not find a -24, -28 or -32 fitting with the straight barbed

Well Hot Daymn.... Randy that looks Bad A$$!!! This one cool kit your are building and you are killing it.

Dave... Thank you very much. You getting any bench time on your builds or your real '39?? we will have to catch up soon. Mitch... Thank you on the hose clamps. They sure did.... Here are a couple of pictures I blew up so the quality isn't that good but the original picture quality was crapola to begin with. I have circled in red the hose clamps:

Those are Pretty Impressive... I just may have to pick up a set of them now. I did pick up some of the Archer resin weld decals a while back but haven't used them yet. But dang these Photo-etch welds look pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing this

Tim... Thank you... I originally thought about mounting it to the chassis tube but realized that was the wrong thing to do....lol. I also had to take in consideration that I didn't actually think about the placement of it when I did the chassis way back when and painted it so I had to be super careful when I glued it onto the already painted chassis. But am happy to have it done

Here are a few from California....

Tim... fantastic work my friend. That is some beautiful machining work you got going there. I will be looking forward to your next update seeing he you are doing more of this block. I know ypu will probably have some tricky set ups to do in order to achieve what you want. But I know this... with your talent you will smash it out of the park.

Randy... This some Mighty Awesome work you are doing buddy. Everything is looking Killer!!!! Did that Carbon Fiber decal set come with the kit or was it an after market set. You are doing a heck of a job on this and I can't wait to see more. I am sure you will get this done before I get my funny car done....haha. Makes me want to build something out of the box now

Hey Bob... Not quite sure at the moment. I do have some small photo-etch wire tires I was possibly thinking of using but I need to take a look at them as they may not be the correct style of the ones I am thinking of but if I remember correctly I have a couple stiles of them.

Brad... I love the vintage posters you put up as well as those blue shop towels... They add so much to the already fantastic diorama. I just don't know which poster is my fav... the '34 doing the burnout or the So-Cal poster. totally awesome!!!

Scott... thank you my friend. Brad... thank you very much. I was thinking that the wires needed to be dirtied up a tad. Was thinking I would add a wash to them after I get them installed since I will be handling them and that way I don't rub it off.

Alright Fellas... It's time again for a real quick update. It's not much but I can finally say that the Mallory Ignition box is completed. I ended up making a gasket from a 3x5 card, painted it up. As well as getting a chassis mount bracket made up and glued to the chassis. So this can be checked off the list. I am going to apologize in advance because my little point and shoot camera didn't quit focus on where I wanted to, so the pictures are kind of sucky and I should of used my other camera. Glad to have this checked off my list and I can move onto the next item now. Here is the Mallory Ignition box with the gasket in place as well as being mocked up on the chassis: Here is another angle where you can see the gasket and part of the mounting bracket with the bolts holding it in place: Here is the Chassis mount tab that I had to fab and add to the chassis, This is something that I wished I would of known about way back when prior to painting the chassis. would of been much easier back then but its ok because I will know for next time now...lol. I have used 2 .5mm threaded bolt and nuts holding the ignition box in place. I will have to unscrew the nut and take this off so I can clean the chassis up from all of the handling its had to get finger prints and smudges off prior to when I start the final assembly: Here is another angle trying to show the other bolts that the ignition box has holding it to the mount bracket which is then bolted up to the chassis mount tab:

Scott... Thank you Very much. I have been doing the Clear Red and Clear Blue for my fittings ever since I could remember. I know its not exactly like the Anodize colors but its darn close. Randy.... Thanks My friend. I was pretty stoked on how they came out, Although they probably could of been better but good enough for me

Brad... Thank you so much my Friend. I am stoked to have this little item off my plate and I am just trying to find things in my aftermarket box that will work for certain items and as you see I had to use my noggin and piece some things together for what I wanted to achieve.... lol Bob... Thank you Danno... Thank you. I think you will be more amazed when it is finally finished.... will it be next year??? That is the question Ray... Thank you sir!! Joe... Thank you. I was trying to figure out how I was going to replicate them. They aren't perfect but close enough for me.

Alright Fellas... It's time for another quick update. I did more work on the Main fuel line last night and tonight, So now I think it's pretty much done at this point. And I have to say that I am pretty happy with how it's turned out. It's not perfect but good enough at this point. So here is a bunch of parts that I started with. I used a Photo-etch set of a hose clamp from Performance Detail Products which I found at a local swap meet and I added some tubing from Albion Alloy, hex bot from Scale Hardware and a part of a Dzus fastener from Replicas and Miniatures, as well as some parts of RB Motion Fittings: I first got the Hose clamp material glued in place and wrapped around my fuel line. and then proceeded to build the screw mechanism with the other components: Placed the RB Motion fittings on the line for a visual: Next I got the fittings painted up with some Tamiya Clear Blue: After the paint was dry on the fittings I had to mock it up in the chassis to see how it looked: Here it is from the opposite side and I was trying to make the hose clamp look like the real thing with the extra material hanging out past the screw mechanism:

I am totally digging this build. I am a big fan of El Caminos considering I own one. i really like the look you have gone with, the steelies and white wall look great. Looking forward to more.

That's cool!!

What Ray... No cobra? Haha I am really liking where you are going with this build. It is looking good so far. I gotta say I like Richards idea with the blower.

Tim... thank you my friend. I feel I am only a hack when it comes to weathering and I still have alot to learn with it. Up next I am hoping to get the hose clamps done up for the fuel line and get my ignition mount bracket glued up to the chassis for the Malloy igniton box. I do have one other thing that I want to be of a little surprise. I have a minor thing to do first but with that I will show a teaser pic. Hoping to get to the bench tonight and if I am lucky I will be able to have some pics to post. Dave W... thank you. I am really happy with how the decals turned out with the weathering. I have no clue how many pages this will be at when it done. I would prefer sooner than later...lol Dave R.... thank you very much. I think they turned out better than I expected but my weathering needs some work. Mike... thank you, I didn't make the decals but my friend Brad Norgaard aka Gasser 59 here on the boards did the art work for me from pictures I sent him of the decals on the real part. He did one heck of a job on them for me

Randy.... Your are rocking this one and it looks good. I am loving the Heat shield that you made from tin foil. It looks so great!! Keep at it my friend. I can't wait to see more of those Vallejo metal colors.

Tim... as mentioned it was just a suggestion but it does look killer all shiny so I think that you can't go wrong either way. I was hoping that I didn't offend you with the suggestion. It wasn't to weather the whole rear end bit to add a wash at the seam of the bolt and the body. But thinking about it I would leave it as is because it looks so good. I know a few of my post recently in another thread had offended the original poster and the last I have ever wanted to do here on your thread or anyone elses thread is offend anyone and if I did it was never my intention. So I am trying to be careful how I word things

Bob... Thank you. It's definitely not the time for the A/C to take a dump...lol. wqs hoping the A/C guy would of made it out yesterday but didn't. Looks like I need to make another call today to him. I know he is slammed. Brad... I never thought when I started this build thatt it would end up being over 200 pages...lol I sure hope it won't take a other 100 to finish because I am itching to start a few new projects. I will be honest, I have been half tempted to start them but keep telling myself that I need to finish this funny car before I move on to.anything else. Once it's done I swear I am going to go hog wild and start like 6 builds... lol Mike... Thank you so much. It's been fun adding these little extra details. Now that I am seeing more of it come together, it's making me want to get it done so I can see more of it together. Looking forward to catching up with you. I will be home after work sweating my butt off... haha