JollySipper

Thanks a bunch for your interest, guys! Right not I'm trying to figure out where to mount the side tanks on the bug's pan so the wheel bases will line up........ That's most likely what I'll do! I thought of maybe using a 914-6 engine, but that may be too long to fit under the rear bonnet..........

Man......... That '60 Buick.......... The color, stance, everything!

Tom, that looks really good! I like seeing lowriders made from unusual subjects.......

Thanks, Guys! The more I study the parts and assemblies, the bigger this undertaking seems to be..... It will most definitely be worth it in the end, though! The track width seems fine for the rear. I wanted the tires to just barely bulge out from under the fender, and with the backs that I cobbled together, that's how it turned out! I'm waiting for some wheel backs to arrive in the mail so I can sleeve the front wheels and get their track figured out........

So, this is THE hero car for me! The Coyote X from Hardcastle & McCormick....... The only kit that was made of this car isn't very good. They got the body pretty close, but the rest of the kit was leftovers from another car entirely. My goal with this project is to build this car on a VW bug chassis, like the actual car was...... Today began my adventure when the Beetle kit arrived. First off was to see how close the wheel base would be to lining up between the two kits.... The Coyote wheel base measured out to 9.5cm, where the pan has a wheel base of 10cm..... I just cut the front suspension mount from the front bulkhead, removed .5cm of material, then reattached the front axle...... Here's some pics to show what I have going on.... This pic is just showing the size of the pan. This is after I removed the 1/2 cm from the front...... This pic shows ( though not very clearly, sorry... ) that the wheel bases now match. The one thing that bugged me the most about this kit was the very undersized wheel and tire combo. On the real car, the wheels almost have a presence of their own! I was lucky in having some wheel backs from another kit. I removed the web from the center of the wheel backs and just used them as sleeves. Now the wheels ( these are for the rear ) are both deeper and a larger diameter...... Next thing I guess I need to figure out will be the track width! Then I can start trying to adapt the Coyote parts to the VW pan........ Anyways, here's what is on my bench at the moment! I'm sure I'll be having a bunch of questions as I go, so you all keep an eye on this, maybe you can offer some help!

What about slick paint? My Mom's Rogue almost looks like it's melting or something, the orange peel is that bad! It's a nice color, though...... that deep ruby color.

What about the little KIA?

I've been doodling some more...... This time with MS Paint. The first one is done, the unicorn is a WIP........

That new car smell.............

Astronauts used to also like Corvettes....

Did any company ever model the notch-back Barracuda? I've always liked them a bit better than the fastback..........

Like the time I was sitting in my friends car as a teen listening to Wu Tang half baked, when I exclaimed 'I LOVE Wu Tang!"?

The fact that there's entirely too many dogs in the complex now...... I was the first one in this segment of the complex to have a dog. We have a 'no pet' policy, but people have found a loophole where they can be allowed an 'emotional support animal'..... I kinda need an ESA for real, as I spend a bunch of time alone with my schizophrenia. We have pitts running loose off leash, a chihuahua that goes just where ever......... It's crazy now..........

For some reason, I really like this song!

Toronado...... one "high toned SOB"! ( I wonder if anyone will get that reference.... )

That's a real modeller, though......... more worried about the part than the crashed out monitor with paint on it now....

Loose screws do tend to rattle....

On and on this cool game goes..... where it stops nobody knows!

I believe that's a Super Coupe Thunderbird engine......... supercharged V6.......

Why is this guy putting a blown Hemi in a '70s Skyline? Well, let's see where he's from......... Australia? Well that explains it! He's building a burnout car......

This band is from Chapel Hill in my home state of North Carolina...... They're called Ben Folds Five, but there was only three members.......

This song is from an episode of 'Billy and Mandy'..... An evil asteroid lands in Billy's back yard and starts speaking to him...... Voltaire does the song.

I sometimes get a text that reads 'Did you authorize a withdrawl of X amount on this date?' They want you to "sign in" to your account to straighten it out, where they end up with your password and everything........

Try RB Motion......... they have those fittings. I've never ordered from them, but Mr. Teresi uses them a lot on his builds.........

Yep, sure is.............