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I thought the whole build looked great before Franics.........now after surgery, I can only say it looks even better if that's possible. Cheers, Tim

Love the newest post Charlie. The engine IS gorgeous. Today I was in York Springs Pa. and visited a race car museum. The main theme is sprint cars with some drag thrown in. I took some pics of some cars that I thought you might appreciate. I apologize in advance if I'm hi-jacking your thread in any way. Not my intent of course. The fabricator in Allentown was selling the aluminum body he made many decades ago as an all inclusive car for $925. Yup. Not a typo. Anyways, here are the pics and I'm sure you'll get a smile or two. Cheers, Tim

WOW Charlie..........just WOW! cheers, tim

Dave, you saying I'm all thumbs? ? Thanks Joe....again, bench time has been limited but I'm still pluggin' away. Thanks too Ian.......if either of those body's hadn't been so badly warped I would have been seriously challenged to go with it. The AMT was more stock looking and accurate in some important regards but it would have taken more work to modify it to work. The rear window was separate from the body which I really liked too......more to show. Appreciated Jason........nice to see you poppin' in and checking out the build. Here's the set of 4. Adding the valve stems tomorrow, have lug nuts on the way (for the fronts only btw) and I have to machine a pair of the front bearing caps. Couple hours and onto the chassis......cheers to all! Tim

You're good Steve........REALLY REALLY GOOD. Haven't checked on your thread for a bit and it was nice to get caught up. Like everyone else, that color will look phenomenal on the car. cheers, tim

Dave (comp1839) - Thanks sir. It's been so long since I made wheels that I had to back to the notes you shared a few years ago with me on some basics when I made the wheels for the Bantam. Each is a 3 piece construction. Again, many thanks! Thank you Marcus. Dave (goatguy) I agree on the Maverick body comment completely. I'm not looking back on it now.....sometimes I just get sidetracked. ? Thanks Hakan.......I forgot about the Flea.....too bad they got out of the business. Francis, do it man......I'd love to see what you can do one after seeing all your previous work. It'd be a treat for all of us on the forum. Pete J. - Flattered you'd ask. Let me ponder for a day and get back to you this weekend. I'll send a PM. Dave Willy - saw your post as I'm typing this and LOVE that pic you shared. Lucky man to drive that! Thanks again for the comments too. Today I did 1 of the rears spokes. The rim is not right but was one I had in the parts bin. The rims they provided were of 2 designs. One being smooth from the lip all the way back to the spokes. The 2nd one, and more common in the photos I've come across, is a stepped design. Subtle looking but a few extra steps to get the look. I couldn't help myself and took a couple pics with the car mocked up with the rear along with the front. I do like these better than the Fentons to be honest. Cheers to all! tim

Nicely done Joe. Saw a real one at the Air & Space Museum just outside of Dulles Airport. It's smaller in real life than what it appears to be in pics. If you haven't that particular museum try to get there some day. You won't be disappointed. cheers, tim

Love the stance & look Bruce. Those wheels were a bunch o' work but well worth it. cheers, tim

That's some serious masking you did there Ian. You must have a LOT of patience. cheers, tim

Wonderful updates Charlie as always. You've got some great vision along with the skills to make it happen. cheers, tim

NAILED IT!! That's gorgeous Ian. Can't wait to see the rest, I've no doubt it will be sweet. I was not familiar with the 1:1 car but from the pics you've shared, it is one handsome ride. cheers, tim

I had to chuckle Francis when I saw the Dodge logo. You sir, have now officially crossed over to the darkside. Turned out quite nicely I might add as well. Keep at it, we're enjoying the build for sure. cheers, tim

Saw this on "carbuzz"........a tuner is going to make this car based on their rendering. They've already made a gorgeous convertible version of it.

Hi everyone......a bit of an update. I took a detour on the build and bought 2 (an AMT & an MPC) Mustang 2 model kits as a possible replacement for the Maverick body. That followed a ton more digging and research on what chassis I wanted to do. Don Hardy is the one I want to get closest to. Anyways, the Mustang kits came with warped bodies that I thought I could remedy. Researched our forum and followed the advice of others that had success. For me, not so much. So I'm sticking with the Maverick but the specific year I'm looking at is 1974. More on why later. Wheels, I have a beautiful set of aluminum Fentons that are drilled etc. and ready to go.........except I've become enamored with the Motorwheel "Fly" wheels. The wheel was discontinued in 74' when they got out of the business. The real fronts were magnesium but the rear Fly's were aluminum only. They did make the well known Spyder wheel and it was available in mag. I researched some pics and websites and drew them up so I could machine them. I'll do an entire set of 4 but I'm sharing the fronts which are done (except for the bearing caps, lug nuts & air valves) The rears I hope to complete in the next several days. To my eye they are just that little bit more contemporary for the car as I originally envisioned it. I'll post pics when all 4 are done soon and do a mock-up with the body for reference. The pics you see today have the Fenton rear mags in them but the Fly is on the front. Cheers, Tim

THAT is cool Bob. Thanks for sharing. cheers, tim

Fantastic bodywork on an interesting subject Andrew. She is a beautiful car. cheers, tim

At first I thought I was reliving my childhood and watching Batman with Adam West........."KAPOOWW" was my reaction to the paint on the car. Love it and boy does it jump at ya'......needless to say I like ALL the details you're throwing at this too Charlie. Beautiful! cheers, tim

Fun to watch you and Francis as you assemble/complete your respective builds. Looks great Ian. cheers, tim

You just have to be loving this at this point Francis. The pics of the engine in & the suspension........well, what more can be said. Perfection. Cheers, tim

Some great pics shared for sure. Looking forward to more of your build. cheers, tim

You had me at 72' dodge colt.........an all time favorite. Congrats on the build, turned out well. cheers, tim

Love that red. Good luck with the clear too. cheers, tim

Claude & Chris - thanks to each of you! Chassis planning yet more details soon. Josh - thanks sir. I hope you like the rest of it. I have some good things coming on the chassis I believe. Joe - Joe - Joe - (couldn't help myself) appreciate the sentiment, Francis is a heck of a builder/fabricator. cheers to all , tim

I really like your choice of colorization in the rear frame clip Francis. They really complement each other. Always fun to see all the bits and pieces come together, now all the effort you put into the individual pieces / sub-assemblies pays off. cheers, tim

Love that paint Joe. Looking forward to the final result. Entire build looks super clean. cheers, tim