6bblbird
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Fountain Avenue! That was a scary place! Saw many races on the Conduit but spent most nights at 231, Seaford-Oyster Bay, 109 by the airport. Bethpage Burger King!
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Nice job! But aren't you a bit early with the blue and white livery? I thought that they were still green and white in '72? Ahhh, a prototype!
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This is a fairly recent completion that was built for a Jersey Shore MCC contest. It's based on the Revell '57 Ford Custom. Modified body and chassis with a lot of fabbed parts. Engine is a Mopar Max Wedge with Johan headers. The front and rear suspension was lifted from a Revell Miss Deal. Paint is Tamiya Chrome Yellow and Testors Diamond Dust.
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Ha ha! Never went to either but the car was a killer at National Speedway! Won a lot of trophies. WF
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Thanks! I have a Johan '69 roadrunner in white styrene but.......I think I'm going to do a replica of my 1:1 bird before I do a S&M car. I might use one of those Funky AMT bodies for a S&M road runner. I did build the '67 GTX but I gave it away as a Christmas present. WF
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Another thing thar bothered me about this kit was the engine compartment. It looked like someone took a sawzall to the bottom of the inner fenders and did a bad job at it! The radiator support with the screw bosses also had to go, so I cut it all out ala '60s match basher. WF
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There have been quite a few Model King AWB Funnier Farmer builds here lately so why not join the party? I built this one when the kit was first re-released about 7 years ago. One thing that I had to do was install a Pontiac engine, and supercharge it! The kit supplied headers are grotesquely cartoonish and a major pet peeve of mine so I built my own to fit the Pontiac cylinder heads. WF
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Well the point that I tried to make (I think) was that you can substitute paints for the "correct" paints and still do a credible job. For those that can buy the MCW stuff, that is always an option. Yep, the cost often affects my decision as to whether or not to buy. Luckily for us in the U.S. we have many choices. WF
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Mean stance on that one!
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Looks terrific! I like the tail lights. How did you make them look realistic? The kit parts are junk as supplied. I'm very partial to yellow '68s as my very first car was a yellow '68 road runner. The taxi reference reminds me of the time I drove my car in to Manhattan (1972). I swear that every time I stopped at a traffic light someone came over to the car and grabbed the door handle! Later that week I had a black vinyl top installed! True story! WF
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This one was done with Tamiya spray cans: The colors were pretty close to the MCW bottle paints. I know that someone is gonna ask me what #s I used. I really can't remember. Maybe, in the future I'll remember to make notes on my Fotki album. WF
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Michael, MCW (Model Car World) is an internet based model paint supplier and great resin manufacturer. http://www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com/ Take some time to check out their web site. Very cool stuff there. They recommend their part # 6452 for the Sox & Martin white. I've used it but I prefer a brighter white. Don't want to hijack this thread by posting these pics but they may give you an idea what the MCW paints look like on a completed model. The '66 car with Ford paint codes: The '71 car: Can't really tell the difference between the two in the photos right? Pictures on the internet rarely look like the model! So, should you use any old paint? IMO, probably not because in person, with ambient light, they just look right. WF
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The Ramchargers had a setup like this on their '65 AWB car. According to the book We Were the Ramchargers the electric pump kept the Moon tank always full and somewhat pressurized which avoided starvation upon acceleration. Also helped ease initial start up. WF
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Uh, no, but I was a Boy Scout in 1965. Does that count?
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There is no reason why you could not run a line from a rear mounted fuel cell, through an electric pump, to the tank in the front. I believe that the Moon tank on this car is mainly for a nostalgic look and is not really necessary. Here is how I would plumb it. Rear mounted fuel cell to inline filter and electric fuel pump. Electric pump to Moon tank. Moon tank now supplies engine driven, mechanical pump. Mechanical pump to barrel valve. Return line would run from barrel valve, back to the top of the moon tank or back to the fuel cell. Hope this makes sense. WF
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So many of these have been built. Not many as nice as this one. That color looks terrific. WF
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Since I started this thread over 6 years ago many things have changed but I'm happy to report that my driver is now starring in a major motion picture! Have you seen it yet? WF
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A true labor of love! Great modeling skills here. WF
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Only when I'm not being a jackass!
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You might want to try these if you are looking for accuracy: Paint numbers from MCW: Sox & Martin '64-'67 - 6452 white, 6436 Guardsman Blue Metallic , 6238 Rangoon red (The blue and red are Ford paints) '68+up: 6452 white, 6853 Electric Blue Poly Metallic, 6861 Bright Red (The blue and red are Mopar colors) WF
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I saw that paragraph on the Mopar Hall Of Fame site. Don't know much about Jake's Ford history but somewhere I have a pic of him wheeling a 409 Chevy! I did get the story about the paint from a conversation I had years ago with Herb McCandless. So........ WF
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Yes!
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Do you know why Jake King painted the engines blue and that the S&M team cars were painted with Ford paint up until 1968 ? Had nothing to do with Jake King's "Ford roots". He was a Chevy guy long before S&M's rather short association with Ford. The answer is simply because they had a lot of free Ford paint left over from their previous Ford sponsorship. They just saved money where they could! Chrysler brass strongly suggested that they switch to corporate colors in 1968. Jake still stuck with the blue engine paint until ( I guess) they ran out. I believe that Chrysler gave them the paint at no charge. WF
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The photo of car # 401 was taken at the '69 Winternationals. It has a '65-'67 style Hemi Super Stock hood. The B/MP designation tells me that it's a Hemi. The 440 6bbl package, including the fiberglass, lift-off hood would not be available for a few more months. Too bad that someone at S&M didn't chronicle all of their cars and their customers cars. WF
