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Thanks sir! I'll let you know.. usually eyeball engineering works out for me, this time I went a little far. It's really not that bad. It's just not what I wanted ..

Well I cut too much off the grille, it's ok I think (hope) I have another one. At least I got to get a good idea of how all that is going to look though.

thanks! I'm very lucky to have a friend like Eric for many reasons (awww) but in this respect it does tend to push me to go just that much farther and see what I can do. Especially when we build the same kit. thanks!

And to put it all together for those trying to figure out what I'm doing here. Whipped up a mono leaf that will live behind the grille/radiator and will attach to the front links.

And the other side

Changed it up a bit and finished up the front cross member

Wow.. well done!

Thanks guys, started on that front cross-member today. It should make sense soon

Really glad to see this.. it will be many projects before I think I'll even start this one. And in typical me fashion I would never be this far this quickly. You need to teach me some of this focus you have been talking about. This one is shaping up rather nicely James. Eric is correct. (And so is James we did discover we both enjoyed this one enough to build it) and I did pick up a grand sport and that gasser vette kit for this very reason. I also would do an "inspired" build as I can't really bring myself to do replicas. Part of the fun for me building models is not knowing what the end result will be. ive seen the mongoose car in person, and I like it's funky stance, it certainly does its job bringing your attention to their booth. I have quite a few pictures if you want them I can shoot them in a text or few. Just a warning though I may sneak an emoji or five in ??

Thanks guys! I'm pretty excited about this one

Stated today by trimming up the front of the frame rails to shorten this up a tad, I'm probably going to put the spring behind the axle and that would have ended up pushing the front out to far. I mocked it all back up to start figuring out the front cross-member. Then I got distracted by this gas tank I made for a different project and ended up not using.. Then I just went mad.. why would I do this?? And this... Super scary but super happy with the result. And where I left off for the night

started as a drawing in illustrator, scored on the scrapbook cutter then finish cut and cleaned up. The first ones were done the same way. Just not as well

yeah I'm thinking traditional meets modern. Im leaning towards doing a 302 ford with individual throttle bodies. as for color, maybe brown or mint

Thanks guys

So I can't leave well enough alone.. remade the rear cross-member and made a center one that will double as a transmission mount.

I love this build. And man you work fast!

This one has a deadline, so that should actually help. I work better under pressure

thank you! Rarely does what's in my head come out into the real world, but so far this is an exception. Playing with ride height. Had to bring it up a little to actually be able to drive.

Just wow...

And mockup for good measure. Still playing with the stance a bit, the rear will need to come up a tad still for sure. I'm not sure those are the final rear tires, but I did rob the wheels from a Revell 37 pickup. I like those on here I think.

Progress was made today! It's been a while since I could say that. Started by cutting out 4 pieces out of .040 sheet. Laminated two together x 2 to make a pair of matching rails .080 (2 inches in 25th) thick. I like to weigh those things down so they don't warp while the solvent is drying. Starting at the back and working forward, made a matching pair of cross members for the rear. Progress check

Getting ready to cut the main chassis rails..

right now it's mocked up with the 29 kit tires and wheels. either brown or a mint color..

Chopped the bed, need to get things like that and wheelbase figured out before I can start constructing my chassis.

This is fantastic