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Nice to see you hear Dave. Your car is shaping up to be quite nice, thanks for posting pics and sharing. cheers, tim

Enjoying your progress Roger. Your scoop look oh so right too. cheers, tim

Thank you Jim, that comment put a big smile on my face after having been away for so long. Hey Dave, always good to hear from you........and yes, I did know that..........caused some headaches too if I remember correctly. Congrats again on that coverage of your car in "Bangshift"........that was a well covered & attended show. I would like to make that one next year myself. Hello Chris, well, I DID just have eye surgery and the Opti-Visor is a must for me too........but yeah, they're tiny parts! thanks!!! Francis, appreciate it most assuredly. Can't wait to see the final "beauty shots" on your epic build. That's been fun to follow! Ian, thank you too........got a ways to go but I'm now detailing the rack as we speak. Should have some final pics to share this week of that and then onto the next "bits"...........Cheers everyone! tim

Hey Bruce, agree on the Maverick as a Pro Stock racer, one of my all time favorites too. Hope you enjoy the rest of the thread. Today I got some more parts made on the Pinto rack & pinion steering that I'm fabricating for the car. During the early 70's, Pro Stock racers like Don Carlton (Motown & Mopar Missile fame) were looking for any edge they could find. They were one of the early race teams to experiment with titanium parts on their cars. Apollo Welding (eventually known as Trick Titanium) was a pioneer in the field and worked closely with Carlton. I found a great pic of a Pinto rack & pinion on the Gapp & Roush "Taxi" (the 4 door Maverick). Since mine is a "phantom build" I'm taking some liberties and doing some things in different materials and trying to use/fabricate parts that might have been feasibly made of titanium. The first pic is the pic of the G & R car. I will abbreviate titanium with it's elemental symbol "ti" as I'm lazy when it comes to some things. Cheers to all following along!! tim This 2nd pic shows a hi-lited image of the brackets used to attach the rack to the car frame. I machined them in ti. On the mill is a pic of the teeny tiny diamond shaped "cap" you can see on the gear assembly.....there will be 2 and I fabricated those of mild steel. They need to be parted off and tiny bolts attached. The next pic shows the titanium shaft with two tapered aluminum pieces that will be used to replicate the rubber "boots". The rubber washers you see will slip over the alum. pieces........ This was my source for the micro rubber washers, I've found these to be quite useful in many aspects of building....... To replicate the diamond shape bits on the gear assembly from left to right are the ti diamond body, ti brackets and the mild steel diamond caps. All to be parted off yet of course. Last pic is a mock-up of what it's going to look like. The entire "gear box" portion is made of ti except for the caps of course.

Charlie, love those shots of the front and rear suspension mock-ups in particular. Just from my eye amongst all these great pics is the one of the front axle........she's especially sweet. cheers, tim

Panel beaters...........yeah! Much respect Daniel and can't wait to see more. cheers, tim

Congrats Eric on the build & the award! Truly deserved......however.......I can't wait to see what you do with the dragster. With your talents and imagination, it'll be an awesome addition to this one. Cheers, tim

Hi Ian, Francis, Daniel & Chris.......Just saying that I thank you for your posts on the car.....sometimes we all need that little bit of support for whatever the reason may be. Dave, that's a great way of describing the process. I can only hope that the rest of the bits and pieces come along as well. cheers GoatGuy (Dave) - we've got together again sometime soon and get caught up. thanks for checking it out once more! Status on the build, I've got 1/2 of the steering rack made and I'm just waiting on some raw material to finish it. In the meantime I've got the main chassis rails drawn and ready to go (they'll be brass btw) so as soon as rack is done I'm going to machine them. Soon! Cheers one and all, Tim

Ian, super nice job on the new cowling......subtle BUT it does make a difference and the wheels look fantastic. Oh so close! tim

Congratulations Francis, she's a beauty. All of your hard work has certainly paid off and you've every right to be proud of what you created. This is a truly exceptional model and showcases your talents as few others might or could. The documentation you did along the way has been a help to all of us modelers and I know I learned some things too. Cheers, Tim

Love the solution you came up with on the door handles Mark. In aluminum, it really pulls it together. Cheers, tim

Joe, thanks for the compliment. It's fun getting back into the swing of things. cheers Jason, machining them was a challenge I set for myself instead of making fabricated tubular ones. During the early 70's pro-stock rules stipulated you had to use "stock" (most were modified extensively) upper & lower control arms. Not sure how Grumpy and others got around that at that time. I wanted to mimic modified but STOCK control arms, the lowers will be the same when it's time for them. Thanks for checking it out. Daniel & Ian & Ray - it DOES feel good and I'm pleased that I've not forgotten anything. After that long layoff its fun to get back to it and I'm eager to get onto the next parts..... cheers, tim Francis, thanks sir. To be honest, I only took my dremel with the "soft wire wheel" on them with a few passes and they came out as you see them. I did shape them with a sanding stick in a few places to get the final shape.......cheers, tim Today I parted them off and took a moment to take pics to share. All that's left of them is the ball joints and the 4 (per) bolts on the top ball joint plate. Cheers everyone! Tim

Thanks for the info MIke. I'm not in need of one but it looked so nice I just had to ask where it came from or how you made it. tim

That just looks oh so right JC. Like that last pic especially. cheers, tim

That's a serious looking kit and build Bruce. If the entire kit is like the wheels and tires, you've made a fantastic choice. I agree wholeheartedly with you the Miura was / is on of the finest cars ever made. Enjoy. Cheers, tim

First time checking out this thread Mike, great looking vehicle and details you're capturing. What did you make the luggage rack out of? Well done! cheers, tim

Hi Joe, I just wanted to say that I too am sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. Your mustang in blue caught my eye, but when getting caught up on your earlier posts, I came across the news. Best regards to you and your entire family, Tim

Thanks Jason, now that I'm finally back on the build you should see more frequent posts from me. cheers Today I got one upper control arm done. I've yet to part it off of course and I have the front of it to round off once it's separated. Next to it are the pair of "ball joint caps" as I'll call them for now. They'll be affixed to the control arm at the front of course. I never made these before so this was time consuming for me. I'll share a pic too of the real one upper control arm I was trying to replicate. Cheers, Tim

Great pic Ian.......like how you showed it next to your build. Kudos! tim

Boy do I like that pic of the cab on it.......this thing is STELLAR! Oh, and all the little bits and pieces ain't bad either...... ? cheers,tim

Hi Mark, well, it was fun catching up on your progress and I can get "lost" enjoying all the little details you've fabricated BUT, seeing the body in primer, even a partial shot, after fixing the door.........I gotta say that is just crisp looking. Fantastic as always. Tim

Thanks to JC & Dave and of course Francis for your comments........I was having some trouble posting so this pic is kind of a test to ensure that I can upload pics okay.........so far it seems okay. Cheers to all...........

Good morning Dave, I can't tell you how good it sat down to do these. I got to the point where I was wondering if I even remembered how to do things. But, just like riding a bike it came together pretty well. Thanks for posting and following along. Tim Bruce, yes sir, got my back, neck and other nonsense sorted finally. I won't be able to do as much per week as in years past I'm afraid but I can still keep moving things along thankfully and it's still FUN! cheers, tim Hey Brad, nice to hear from you as always and that you still follow the build. I'll be posting more regularly again should have some good things to share going forward. I'm going to go back to posting more "how I did that" kinds of posts too so as to share how I tackled some of these things in the future. Hopefully it will be of help & interest to others. Chris, ah, perseverance! Great word and really applicable for me. I was getting down a bit thinking I might never get back to finishing this build. I DO feel better now and had fun making those 2 simple parts. The upper & lower A-arms are going to be a bit more of a challenge I think. Stay tuned! cheers, tim

Surprise surprise....5 months later....I FINALLY sat down and made something. It's a modest post but I got the spindles done. The first pic is of a Strange Engineering spindle that was popular in the day that I did my best to replicate. Going to tackle the upper and lower A-arms next in brass. Once I have these bits together I'm moving onto the chassis finally. Thanks once more to all of you that have followed along and with your patience. Most appreciated, Tim

Mitchy, we really must see more pics of the car. That is breathtakingly gorgeous. Any other builds you've done or are working on to share? Again, more pics please...... cheers, tim