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All these years and I'll bet that the hood is still bent! always annoyed me!

You are correct Roger. That was a six pak car. I should have remembered that having run one myself. I believe that car wound up over seas in a Scandinavian country .

Im gonna follow this one to the end! I love when "real" car guys build models. They certainly know how to detail them correctly! WF

That one looks finished! Nice!

Conversion looks great! Have a question ........... do you have any finished models to show us?

Hemi E bodies were not light compared to many other cars. Rated at 425 hp, they had to weigh close to 4000 lbs (with driver) to be class legal for D and E. By comparison, a LO 29 ( Race Hemi) Dart weighed close to 3200 lbs (with driver) and was rated by the NHRA at 500 horsepower. It's all about factored horsepower to weight ratios. 1964 and 1965 426 Race Hemi B bodies were also lighter than the 'cudas and Challengers and ran in SS/B and SS/C. There were no cars that fit into SS/A and SS/AA in 1968 and 1969. No car had a high enough horsepower rating or was light enough to fit into that slot. Eventually, the Hemi Darts and Barracudas did fit into the class and were the sole occupants for many years.

Amazing what you can do with a tube of putty! You turned that Hudson into a very convincing '53 Ford!! Seriously, FANTASTIC! Great color combination ! WF

Well done! Nice work on the emblems and body trim. WF

Actually, a Hemi powered E Body would run in A/SA or B/SA. Convertibles would fall into B/SA or C/SA. Don't get confused with Super Stock classifications where Hemi E Bodies would run in SS/DA or SS/EA. Other cars that you might find in A Stock would include 427 Fairlanes, 396 and 427 Camaros, and 426 Max Wedge Mopars.

Some folks would give up parts of their anatomy for one of those! Maybe we can persuade Moebius to bring that one back as a new tool!

It's cool that you still have your Coronets

Nice job! The stance is very aggressive! WF

Thanks for all the nice comments! Expect to see a bunch more of these from me! Might get boring.

That turned out nice! Great looking engine!

Great job Bernard! Brings me back to my younger days watching the jalopies at Freeport Stadium!

Moon tank is mounted to a spreader bar that I made from tubing. I hope that the board approves.

Thanks! I kept the interior simple. The roll bar is just a piece of aluminum rod. I scraped the chrome off of the steering wheel rim, shifter ball, and the center of the dash panel. The blue piping is just a piece of .024 wrapping wire. Flat white primer covered the yellow plastic very well. The kit windscreen was too thick so I made one out of clear acetate. This build was a lot of fun as it went together without much fuss!

OK, I'm done with this one. I changed the roll bar to something more my liking and tried a half dozen wheel and tire combos. The paint is Tamiya French Blue giving it sort of a Blue Beetle goes drag racing vibe. Not real happy with the decals. Those may change once I get my laser printer set up.

Wow! I hope that I can build like that when I grow up! (I'm 63) Terrific work!

Great job on the weathering/deterioration! If you could get the tires to be flat, it would be perfect. WF

Not too sure about the roll bar. Might be a little too high. Next up....paint!

Nice job on the Nova! Extra points for the Cragars!

I found these cool megaphones in a craft store. They look cool as header collectors! Primered fenders on painted chassis:

You are putting a tremendous effort into this build! Keep it up! Personal builds are the best kind. WF

It's tough to make a collector that encloses all four tubes and does not look clunky. What I do is force a piece of drinking straw over the tubes, It's very thin and conforms to the creases between the pipes. If I heat the straw in boiling water it will slide right over the header tubes. I used that technique on these headers: