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Thanks for the comments everyone! I did a little more work on the plenum, a finned cover, some 1/2 round along the edges to simulate where it would bolt together, a square block is the start of the throttle body and the snout is a 1/8" tube that I crushed at one end to make an oval out of it. The 1/16 rod sticking out is to mount the intake tubing. I also started filling in the top of the frame rails, and added to the motor mounts to give the engine more clearance as the stock location had the back fo the block right up against the firewall. I also pinned the trans under the frame so it will sit solidly while I work on it.

Looks like some sort of nostalgia drag car, and I bet they're having fun with it. Racing with out taking yourself so serious.

Hey Pat, I'm guessing the standards on who they let in must be pretty low.

The kit I ordered from ebay came in and I dived right into working on the engine. I know most people would've put a small block or big block in this thing, not me, I'm gonna modernize the stock engine a bit. I started with making a header out of 8 pieces of .080 Evergreen. I made the flanges out of 1/8" tube that I bored out slightly to fit the .080 rod. It needs a little sanding, but after four different ideas I like how this one came out. Next up was an intake, again, .080 rod was used for the runners, and some square stock for the plenum with a .030 base drilled to hold the rods. Putting the flanges on the block was easier than putting them on the manifolds. I left the intakes a little thicker, just to add a little interest. Here's what they look like mounted to the engine.

Grand Prix has much more of a story to it and I think that is why it's more entertaining.

Is on TCM Saturday at 6pm EST. Just thought some here might be interested. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067334/

Try the straight pins for doing the curves, hold the pin close to the pointed end for more control. You could try making a tool with the description I made above, just leave out the pointed edge on the right. File the flat edge at an angle so it could scrape the plastic. I don't know for sure if it would work, but it's worth a try.

What if you took a piece of brass stock and cut it like this. I I I I I __ I I I \/ I__I The leg to the left would ride along the edge of your opening, and the pointed part to the right could cut the groove.

I have a BMF scriber and have tried using the back of the #11 exacto blade. The scriber works great for straight lines, but I have a hard time doing small radius curves. The Exacto blade and I just don't get along at all, it never goes where I want it. I recently found a very inexpensive tool that is readily available, a straight pin. It cuts great and to me is very controllable, you just need to find one that isn't too soft as these will bend easily. Just drag it at about 30-45 degrees to the surface and it will cut through pretty quick and doesn't take out much material at all.

I'm waiting for another kit to arrive from ebay, there is more missing from this one than I thought. I was hoping to get further on this by now, but the frame is still in the pond and taking forever to releave itself of the thick layer of black paint. I did mange to slightly tub the rear wheelwells and start hinging the doors.

I love the definition of Jesus Built My Hot Rod, which BTW, is a KILLER song! If you don't know the song, it won't make any sense.

Tell me about it! Not only did it look like the surface of the moon, it had bits of clay stuck in it here and there. You can see some of it along the bottom edge in this pic.

You should've seen it before I sanded the main part of it smooth.

I'll probably get shot for this by the purists, but as the Strombecker body this was cast from is so out of proportion I decided to do a modern street car version of it. This body is very wide. I couldn't leave it alone and had to play a bit to see if it would work. Once I decide what I'm doing as far as a rolling chassis and interior, I'll start a thread on the "Workbench". For now I thought I would post it and see what everybody thinks. I hope I don't get run off the boards on a rail! I extended the rear panel a 1/4", the taillights will need to be raised, I added a splitter to the front, and plan to add some simple skirts to the sides along with a molded sidepipe covers.

Well as I've been told I'm an idiot plenty of times in my life, that should be pretty easy.

Where the heck were you when I was trying to find pics of a door open on this? I could always make new hinges, but as this is a custom, does it really matter? Plus as I said before, I hate making hinges.

It's really a disaster, I should've just waiting until I had more money to spend and got the Modelhaus one. I looked at the kit from HRM at NNL East and it was very nice, but at $175, it's not for me. Please be sure to post pics of your kit when it comes in.

I just got a resin Cheetah body. It is a very poor casting, but it only cost 20 bucks shipped. It's from an old Strombecker slot car body and looks to be way to wide. Also there is so much sanding that needs to be done to take the lumps out of it that without rescribing some of the panel lines, they will disappear. As the body is in such shape and out of proportion, I'm going to modernize it a bit and make a custom street car out of it. This is after I sanded most of the hood and sides smooth.

I really hate making hinges! But I do like things that open. This is my first attempt at making the door fit into the opening rather than swinging outside the body.

Oh HELL yes! You have such a great eye to see that combining variuos body parts will make a car that no one has produced is uncanny. If this gets cast, I want one.

Lots of good suggestions, I knew you guys wouldn't let me down! Thanks everyone.

I cut the door panels out of the interior and mounted the kick panels and rear panels. I also started on the filler pieces for the sides of the dash. I'm also toying with the idea of using some of the stock parts and making a bulkhead behind the seats. I'll have to wait till the replacement kit shows up to see if I like the idea, my bag kit is missing the seats.

Thanks Harry. What did you type into Google to find those pics? I tried 1953 Corvette interior, 1953 Corvette doors open, and 1953 Corvette door jambs among others. The best I found was a 1/18 scale diecast.

I sure did.