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That's looking fantastic, so far, Walter!

It's looking great, Chris. Keep up the fantastic work, bro...

What Chris said...

Beautiful work, Rick! I'm looking forward to more updates!

I was wondering how you were going to address the rounded corners on the hatch and in the body, particularly on either side of the hinge. I see that is all in the process of being taken care of... It's looking super, Chris!

I think you did a great job on your build. And even though all your decals are black, they are tasteful and look really good! I like it!

Thanks Rick! The pedals turned out looking good. They have a billet look to them, which might not fit perfectly with the age of the body, but since I'm not really building this as a period correct car, it doesn't make any difference. I appreciate your encouragement Rickard! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work... Thank you for your kind words, Brad. I have always liked Fairmonts. It usually took a while for Ford's new body styles back in the 70s and 80s to grow on me, but I loved the Fairmont sport coupe from the first time I saw one on the showroom floor. I still remember it. Lots of guys dislike their slab-sidedness, but I think that's one of the features I really find endearing, for whatever reason. I've always like square-ish cars...

That is super sharp! Do you happen to have any pictures of the engine or chassis you can share?

Fantastic job, Chris! I love it...

Fred, I agree completely with Dale. Your cage looks so perfect! Do you have any secrets???

Thanks for the kind words, Fred. I think you will be pleased with the refinements I made in this later body. I appreciate the info on the Mirada, Niko, and thanks, too, for the encouragement. Darryl - Thanks for looking in. I'm still in awe of the job you did on your race car build.

Everything looks super, Dave. I love the lightening holes in the motor plate and the bolt detail in your rear wheels. How difficult was it to solder the strut mount gussets? Did you have to do much to fit them to the strut mounts? They look like they fit pretty well.

Fred, Like Ray said, I hope you'll get more pictures posted. Your Pinto looks fantastic from the outside. Will look forward to some detail pics!!!

Boy, Dave did a stellar job on those pulleys, didn't he!?! And you did a remarkable job on the roof hatch - to get it out without having some sort of mishap, either bodily- or body-wise. Those hinges don't look very big, bud, but I'm curious to see how you work 'em. Looking forward to more!

Thanks for the kind words, Tyrone. Hey Larry. Don't overdo the popcorn, you won't want your supper! LOL Thank you, much, Mike. Keep watching! Thank you, so much, Chris. The thing that irks me about my dropping it was that I was carrying it on my arm without supporting it well, and I got distracted by something for just a moment...and there it went! I really wanted to kick myself about then! Thank you, Dave. I'm really happy with the way they turned out. The nice thing is, you can fold the top flap either direction on which the pedal pad mounts, which helps get them visually placed where they look the best. Thanks Mike. I appreciate it. Yes - the pedals are available in 1/16th.

Impressive work, Dave...

Alan - I'll try to let you know when I've got some in. Thanks Marty. Yeah, I know Glidden's '78 car didn't lose a round that season after be brought it out. Thanks for the CompPlus reference. I'm trying to keep up some momentum, Ray. Thanks! Got some more pics I can post for sub-assembly progress. I put together a set of photoetch pedals today and got them mostly fitted to the pan. I still need to add an outer retainer/bracket to finish them up. I used .032" OD stainless tubing and telescoped some .050" stainless on the inboard side of the pedals. I used some .052 OD Beadalon silver crimp tubes in between the pedals and ouboard of the clutch pedal. The brake pedal actually extends through the floor and will line up with a pushrod assembly. Or so I hope! LOL I've also been working on one of my revised 1-piece 9-inch housings. I've got all the bracketry attached. Just need to figure out what colors I'll paint it and need to add brake line/caliper/rotor detail. I've added material to "box" the rear of the brackets. It will be assembled with Scale Hardware threaded .8mm bolts/nuts.

Looks like you're off to a flying start, Steve! Keep up the great work...

Thanks Dave. It's repairable, but because it will be more fragile, I'm not going to address that fix until later when it's closer to being finished. Alan - I do plan to have the chassis available. I'll be working with Ed on it.

Thanks for the kind words, Mike. I've got progress to report, but also, unfortunately, I dropped the chassis before I posted the last pics and ended up breaking the passenger side strut mount off and the front flexed enough to pop the front crossmembers off. Larry - I hope you've finished that popcorn by now. LOL I was able to make progress on several different fronts. I've added more cage, drilled the chassis for some brake line clips I made, got a bit of finish work done on the rear package shelf, drilled holes for a 3-gauge cluster for the dash and got the dash, more or less fitted to the pan and cage. I tried using .080 styrene for the windshield bars, but wasn't happy with them. I found a short section of aluminum tubing that did work for me. You can see the filler panel I've added at the top of the firewall. Low angle shot of the filler panel (sorry for the poor quality) Drilled holes in central frame section for brake clips.

Gorgeous work, Dave. The cage work, the struts and mounts, the motor plate all look super. The front end mounting brackets look pretty good, too...

It looks fantastic, Rick. Thanks for sharing! I'll look forward to seeing more...

Sounds like a good plan, bud!

Hi Randy, I haven't spent much time on MCM the last few days so just saw your question. My pro stock body has lengthened rear wheel wells, one-piece hood/cowl and attached/narrowed bumpers. The car shown in your picture could be built from my current body. As stated, the bumpers would be fitted to the body already, which might be fine for the builder. At some point in the not too distant future, I hope to have my stock body Fairmont sport coupe ready. It will have stock length wheel well openings, stock length hood with separate cowl panel and separate bumpers. That version would lend itself to most accurately build the car above.

Nice updates, Mike. Thanks for sharing!