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Great looking Chevelle. The Cargar wheels set it off nicely.

Beautiful looking finish and I like the chopped top with the removable top insert. Great looking engine.

I was going to suggest that since it would be sort of an OEM touch, but figured you had your color idea already figured out.

Hard to tell without seeing it in person, but in the picture, it looks as if there may be some sort of contaminant under the paint. Was the body cleaned before painting? Were there any other projects that you are working on also on the work bench at the same time? Sometimes moving back and forth between builds you can bring contaminants from sanding or even a slight over spray on to another project and if not cleaned well before painting sometimes you can get a finish that will look like this. My first thought would be a resin body or parts in the work area that may have been handled and then you pick up this body to paint. I will not even sand or cut on a resin part in my build area for this reason since it takes so little to do something like this.

Looks great. Sometimes the ones that fight you the hardest turn out better than you think. Like the paint and the wheels and tires go good with the stance.

Great realistic looking build. Shooting at an old, abandoned car seems like adding insult to injury.

Alway enjoyable to build a model of an old friend. Great looking paint work and clean chrome trim.

Great looking smooth finish. Clean looking interior. Like the Cragars.

Beautiful looking paint and finish. Like the engine detailing along with the exhaust. All very realistic looking.

Great looking paint finish and color. Body trim is all cleanly done. Remember the interior from your build. Same level of finish as the body and paint.

Remember the issue this was in. Really hits my hot button. So cleanly done and understated I guess you could call it. Would love to have it my garage.

We try to attend the Friday night, live band and Food Truck thing at a local winery providing it isn't 90 degrees plus and humidity to match. They will have a different food truck every week, and they all are good eating. My favorite food truck memory has to do with a guy, a Barista actually, who would run through the auto dealerships around Sacramento in the '90's. The guy had a license to print money, that's how good his business was. Imagin being two thirds of the way thru your 14+ hour day and a guy rolls in and makes you a triple shot whatever you want. That is what we were often running on since we didn't always get a lunch break.

I know, but Dan was calling them Pintos.

Check Round 2's web site. Under AMT models go to page 10 and there is a picture of the Sandkat sand rail. This is the one I'm thinking of. May want to change it to a VW or Corvair engine, or not. The basic chassis and suspension are all done, just tweak it to want you're wanting.

The bodies look more like a Ford Fairmont, but still much better looking. Like it better than a Mustang you have to plug in at night.

I agree. Think Revell or was it Round 2 that reissued a Hemi powered sand rail recently. Either way it wouldn't take mush to replace the Hemi with a VW or Corvair engine.

Apologize to the man for mistaking him for a customer, Take the sales crew to the nearest watering hole and have a little of their finest with the deposit he left you.

The transmission may not even be a 4 speed. Looks as if there are only two shift leavers on the side of the transmission looking like a 3 speed. Would need a third shift leaver to engage reverse. Did anyone notice a clutch pedal?

I have seen some of these dash cam videos of pursuits on YouTube. Most of the Chargers seem to top out around 140 mph. But have seen one or two where they have a couple of special pursuit units called in. Impressive to be sitting in a car at 140 mph, at least in the video, and get passed by another unit going over 150 mph. Seems like they are usually using Chargers of various power trains and Challenger sometimes. For those who haven't driven even one of the standard Chargers it may be hard to understand just how stable these vehicles are at any speed.

The paint work really looks great. I don't think any real model A ever looked this good. Cleanly detailed engine and trim. After seeing this chrome work, I'll have to get some of the Revell spray chrome as well.

Great looking paint work and trim. Think the blue color looks better than the white with blue stripes.

Great looking body work and paint. The color and finish are nice and smooth.

Soft easily bendable solder might work for the headers as well as the exhaust.

Nice save on the oil filter. Usually, a good idea to use some sort of a pin mounting on any of these small parts when possible. This will give you a more secure mounting than the kits mounting points. The air cleaners might be best to wait for the paint to dry before spraying another coat of paint, could all turn to goo. You may have to wind up stripping the air cleaners and start over with a different type of paint. Another method to try the next time you're removing paint from bare metal foil. Tamiya, and others brands as well, offer pointed cotton swabs that are on the stiff side that will hold their shape when wetted with a paint remover.

Thanks for the update. I didn't realize these were motor mounts. Your idea of using gussets might be better, at least on a streetcar. You're running a blown engine and if racing the braces maybe stronger. I'm not an expert and would rely on pictures of real cars of the nature that you're building as a guide. Not to add to your work, but I have seen builders of 1:1 vehicles that rely on a mounting plate bolted to the front of the engine and mounts extending to the frame. May be a pain and not what you're wanting, but a thought on how to mount the engine without using up any more space in the engine room.