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' pre-Can Am era of USRRC ' Looking at a Group 7 kit and then looking up Group 7 on wikipedia pulled it all together for me. Otherwise I would still be 'in the dark' about road racing. You know.You see a car you like and it says 'blah-blah'' class racing, then the next car you like will say ANOTHER class of racing.All these years it just looked like a big mess with no solution to it. Right now. I discovered what Group 7 is and I know what Indy cars are.I'm holding there for awhile.

UPDATE Ordered Midwest Basswood 1/8" sticks to be 1" square tubing.1/8th scale. Still working on final dimensions and general layout. BODY UPDATE Did get the Van Aken Grey Plastilina 4.5 lb block of clay. Thinking on body shape/design.

Can this Piranha kit be built as a roadster? Kit amtamt900-12 It's no Group 7 McLaren but fits the spirit of the thing.

' still look very nice. ' To say the least.If that is the kind of work he did as a kid he must be wayyy out there now. Did notice he said 1/12 Tamiya.Those are not mess around kits. Can an AMT Cobra be built to look like that or is the body shape not authentic like this one?

' AMT kitted the Lotus 29 and the Lotus 92 ' Plus all the kits you did mention. Very interesting because there are about a dozen racing teams that built cars and different cars they built to investigate. Then kitwise about a half dozen kit companies to follow those trails.Which kits of cars they built or didn't. Like not every kit company came out with a Cobra or a Ford GT40.Trying to organize the system to look at this. Seems like they went to a squarer shape as they progressed.

Here's a Monogram Ford GT Roadster.

Here's are these. Anybody know what model company made that Lotus Ford? ITC?

What kits did they make?

' Photos? ' Sorry.No pictures to post of this project at this time. ' Why not just leave everything in the box...? ' Because, I want to use them on the scale chassis and keep them to build the kit too.

Mr Haigwood You've got me on that one. The carb I am most familiar with is a Holley 850cfm mechanical double pumper annular discharge.A racing carb. That carb you are looking at I only know as something you take off an engine.Rochesters and flat top holleys. My Hot Rod Lincoln would actually be a Model A Roadster. All these years that is how I pictured in my mind. The guy probably went with a coupe to have a little rollover insurance.You know what I mean Vern?

Latest good development is finding this out. Yes.Can use Lindberg 1/8 scale drivetrain parts. Can glue them together with Elmer's white glue. When done building scale chassis.Soak them in hot water to remove all glue and put them back in kits they came from. That removed a big old stumbling block from this project.

Mr Haigwood That top engine. That is not a go fast modification. That is a practical conversion. May even be a 2bbl to 4bbl adapter under the carb. There were probably never any speed parts made for the Zephyr V12.

You're asking the wrong person. I CANNOT make up my mind what to paint anything. Waiting for a bolt of inspiration and it just has not shown up yet! I would say look at some restoration pictures of Lincolns with the ZEPHER V12. Not the big V12. See wikidpedia.Ford engines/V12. Push comes to shove just pick a color and decide.Better for you.

Mr Haigwood Chop off the back 2 cylinders of the one that will be the front. Front two cylinders of the now rear half of V12. Advantage is it will be all AMT. Downside is Zepher V12 was 75 degree and V8 was 90 degrees. Personally I would not lose any sleep over that.

Have been told there is an AMT flathead V8 Guess you could buy a second one on Ebay. Section off half of it or more and glue it to sectioned V8. Probably look close enough to a V12. Might mount easy.Stretch the frame. Lazy man's Hot Rod Lincoln.An AMT coupe kit with an AMT flathead V8.

Here is real modeling stuff about building a Hot Rod Lincoln. Read the logo on his opening MGM takeoff.That's a hoot! I will point out the Hot Rod Lincoln was built on cut Lincoln chassis. This site of his was dedicated to his dad.A hotrodder. So this gentleman can build it anyway he wants and it is okay with me.

Nice story about Charlie Ryan.Thanks. Looks like the Hot Rod Lincoln was a 'get it done' build.Not real showy looking. Might have been a 'sleeper' of it's day. Not built to attract the attention of the local gendarmes.Wise move. That song inspired many a car nut, me included. Keep in mind racing in the 50's was high speed not drag racing.Stop light to stop light. It was rolling along and jump on it until one guy just fell too far behind and called it quits. It was Califonia Dry Lakes racing on the street. Many a story about guys flying by cops at 120 and 130 mph with varying outcomes. Anyhow.Somebody could just build Ed Roth's Tweetie Bird and have a nice 50s hot rod without a lot of parts scrounging. What AMT kit is the Model A coupe if any?

Thanks. Here is some more on it. http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/music/in-search-of-the-true-hot-rod-lincoln/ I always pictured it as a roadster.Looks like it's a coupe. I think somebody could build a roadster and be in the spirit of the thing. Cadillac V8 flathead(if 1/25 model version exists) and OHV 354 Monogram Parts pack could be competitor cars.Those would be neat era builds.

Here's the link for Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Rod_Lincoln Hot Rod Lincoln was an answer song to Hot Rod Race. Look at the link for Hot Rod Race and you'll see why that song fell off the scope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Rod_Race In one of the articles the car is accurately described. The only 1/25 flathead V12 I know of is Lindberg u1948 Continental. I looked at .PDF instructions and it is engine only and it is crude. It would be a foundation for serious kit hacker to start out with. There is the Hot Rod Lincoln story.

Since we just watched The Crusades Cecil B Demille let me put it as a metaphor. We could mount a Crusade to Round 2 like Acre in the movie. Lay siege to Round2 and demand they release all the interesting kits they have. Bring out all the large scale kits from Lindberg and MPC. Brands they are holding hostage. On the AMT side demand they make all the classic kits, drag cars and muscle cars. Then as pennance make them build all the kits they have put out post muscle car era. In the movie that would either make me the Hermit or King Richard leading the Crusade. I prefer to be King Richard the Lionhearted. Anybody want to join the crusade?

I'll take that challenge! Okay. Off I go to work on projects.

Okay. I withdraw from the battlefield. Since nobody is coming up with any suggestions anyway. Okay. Will keep forum conversation to building model stuff only. So be it. I reserve the right to build creative stuff though.

Okay. Back at the ranch. I'm going to start watching Lindberg and MPC to see what they bring out. Might as well go large scale. That's it for awhile. Be nice if somebody spoke up for themselves and said WHAT THEY WANT. I don't think there are any Round2 secret police. "Oooh! We see you have have been complaining. Sorry. No kit for you."

"Sorry, Bob. If you think I am not really grasping what you are saying, then you are.... correct." Let's say we were making fun of somebody that knows all. Let's call him "Steve Smith". We could start a Steve Smith cult. Seek him out for answers about things that are troubling us. "Steve. Please tell us! What is Round 2 going to release for Christmas?!" Get it now?

You don't get it. I was kidding with Gregg. If you think I am really looking for that kit I am a little concerned about you.