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Probably a week till I can finish the intake Henry. I had to send a tool out to be modified. I will post some pics of the Frankenstein mustang i have been hacking on the last few days. Thanks for asking! Cheers

Brad, it's the natural progression I believe. You'll get the brass thing down pretty quickly I'm sure and then you'll be like...hmmm...what's next...a mill perhaps? You're going to get the bug bad I'm afraid. It's a slippery slope. Cheers and THANK YOU for the help on the decals. I'll look for your note. Tim

Hey Brad, glad to hear your taking the leap, you'll find it fun and rewarding. Cheers, Tim

Thanks for the comments guys. Got a little more done on the upper part of the intake.......I've got quite a few operations to execute yet, but so far it's squared up and the proper dimensions. I'm stopping and measuring / checking everything 3 and 4 times before making a cut at this stage as I don't want to mess it up. Here's the round rod cut into the rectangular shape of the intake. The next pics shows some small shaping at the base so it matches up to the bottom portion of the intake that I posted previously and an angle cut which will face towards the front of the car. The last pic shows the front and the size of the throttle body (i've yet to make of course) and it's location will be just a little bit higher on the face of the intake. There are many subtle but important cuts that I've yet to do but I'll make the effort to take more pics along the way and hopefully it will turn out. I enjoy doing these sorts of custom pieces because each one is so different from the others I've done and I have to think it through in advance and at times, as I go along. When I get really stumped, I turn to Dave for assistance as he always seems to have the right answer / advice for me.....if you read this Dave, thanks again!!! Oh, and the sharp edges along the top you see at this point will be rounded in a later operation. Cheers, Tim

Thanks guys. Brad, I might just take you up on your offer.....what would you need from me specifically? Send me a PM if you'd prefer. Cheers, Tim

* Chris, certainly appreciated. I just know your next funny update will be spectacular. * Henry, appreciated sir. * Brad, I'm going to need some help with the decals. My friend Dave has offered some assistance on that front. No hurries to get em' done but they will certainly complete them. *John, Derrick, Michael and Dave - thank you so much guys for not getting totally bored with this build at this point and your favorable comments are always welcome. * Joe - Joe - Joe ----- put the drink down and step away from the pun machine. That new house is really suiting you obviously. Gonna ever build anything again. *Cesar, depends I guess. I either snip em' off with heavy duty electrical snips which give me a particular edge or I'll use a dremel cut off blade for a straight finish. If I'm fish mouthing the ends, I'll use the dremel cut off wheel to put a notch in the the end and then work a round file to open it up. Many times I'll use dremel quick change sanding discs (60, 120 or 240 grit depending) to square up or finish off the ends. Probably more than you expected as an answer. I'm sure there are many more options you could attempt too. Hope this helped. **** Today, I started a revised intake for the car. As much as I like the engine or this car, the intake was made entirely by hand and scratch. With a mill now I can attempt some other things and intake design has really leapt ahead the last several years. Today I got the bottom half of the intake done and I've got the top drawn up. It's a multi facected piece and the top is only 3mm tall. (it'll be a low profile design manifold obviously) The top half is the challenging part and what I'm attempting to make is not the holy grail design I really wanted to attempt for the car. My friend Dave, (yup, comp1839) has offered to teach / assist on that particular when our calendars mesh. In the mean time I'm going to try something new and better than what i have now. It'll have a throttle body that will scale out at 5" too. Comments welcome. Cheers, tim

Really like the stance and color Joe. cheers, Tim

Scott, nice progress on this build. Your brass working skills are pretty good to say the least and it's obvious you're having fun. Will be sure to follow along. Cheers, tim

Hey Jeremy it's good to hear from you and that you're still following along. Tell your dad I said "hi"... The Braille batteries and tray are done. The batteries are made of aluminum, the posts are s/steel, the tray I machined from brass and the top strap is titanium ( I drilled it with 3 small "lightening" holes after I took these pics) . The terminals are brass knurled electrical connectors, bolts and threaded rod are from T2M. Just decals and wiring to complete them. Cheers, Tim A pic of the real deal.

Thanks guys for all of your positive comments. I'll have some pics to post soon of the new batteries and box. Cesar, sorry for the delay in answering your question, I'm not quite sure exactly what you're asking me however. It seems a straightforward question but could you let me know specifically what you'd like me to share? Cheers, Tim

Stunning.

Great car you picked to build Art. I picked up a HiroBoy 917LK and was curious how you found working with their white metal chassis parts. I'm considering just doing it in brass. It's a big kit (1/12th) and it will certainly weigh quite a bit when done. You're dong a really nice job constructing on this one too. When might you pick your midget back up btw? Cheers, Tim

That is so well executed Tim. Nice results. Cheers

Thanks JT. I must say, that's the first I've seen of your rig. Very very nice I must say and your taste in cars is great too! Gotta love the mustangs right? Cheers, Tim

John, it'll be a turbo car then. single or double? cheers, tim

Appreciate ALL of your comments on this "beast". Tyrone, completely agree, it does look much more aggressive and integrated. The one area I want to change yet is the front end.......specifically the wheel opening shape and size and narrowing the actual width of the front end too reshaping the front wheel flares /lip. The hood scoop needs to be shortened at somepoint so it fits up against the windshield. But you get the idea. Len - yeah, after cutting and soldering and machining metal, it was nice to just hack up and work with plastic. Simple and quick. The whole thing took me about 90 minutes to effect. Granted, there is a LOT of bodywork refinement that needs to be done, but the bones are getting better on him. Cheers

Kevin, either way, I know it will be fantastic based upon the build so far. Cheers, Tim

Bruce, just love that 2nd pic of the side profile of the car and of course, pic 4 of the rear / wing. That was always one of my favorite gran prix cars of the period. It just looked "right". And it was quick to boot. You're doing this build justice. I remember going to the gran prix in Montreal in the 70's on a few occasions and just had the time of my life. Cheers, Tim

Just a BIG ol' smile on my face Ray. Anxious to see your results once you start "pouring". Cheers and my fingers are crossed for ya'. Tim

Hey Michael, Dave (comp1839) pointed out twin chutes are mandatory for any car over 200mph......so.........dual it is. I'll be making them from scratch, the cording I have is from after market model rocket chutes that I picked up cheap. I'll use medical tape for the outside material of the chutes. I made one up already and it looks very realistic. But I'm not quite ready to share pics yet. Cheers

Congratulations Joe. If one believes in Karma, well, all I can say is you must be living right. Enjoy! Tim

Thank you fellas. Bob & Clayton, on page 27 of this thread I covered joint clean-up to some degree. I think it might be of some help but if you have more specific questions, please let me know. Cheers, Tim

Raining cats and dogs today and wanted a change of pace...so I dug him up (get it?) and worked on the hood and nose today. The nose was never to my liking and was shapeless. The hood was too high so I took it down for a better profile. The front end was an inspiration from Tyrones recent mustang 10.5 outlaw car. I made it more angular and picked up the angles from the headlight "eyebrows". This one is just like my Henry in that I put it away for 8 months or so and started hacking at it just for giggles. It's starting to grow on me. Comments always welcome. Cheers, Tim

Michael & Dave, thank you very much for the sentiments and interest in the car. Today I got the chute bracket and braces done. Sure enough I got all of it made and on the car and the last joint (even with umpteen gazillion heatsinks attached....this thing looked like a porcupine) the dual chute bracket on the very end came off........these spaces are tiny.....but I got it back on and all straight and pretty. I'm slowly creeping up on getting the back half done. Next I'll clean up the ugly joints and add a few more braces and bars that are required. Then it'll be mock-up time again but this time with all hte bells and whistles I've made to see the whole picture. Comments welcome as always. Cheers, Tim

Nice colors you've picked out Keith. I'd personally do the green and white interior to lighten things up inside....with that chopped top, if you do all green, you won't see much detail I'm afraid because it'll just be too dark inside. Cheers, Tim