Fat Brian

Finally some progress to show. I've been working on making room in the interior for a second person, the original interior barely has room for one. I cut away the lower bars of the roll cage and added in the door bars from a NASCAR kit, I still need to add a few more braces to tie them into the rest of the cage fully. I also filled the holes in the side of the body where the exhaust originally exited, I'm planning something more stealthy. I'm still trying to figure out the tire situation, I'd like to use the stock wheels but I'm having a hard time finding any street tires that will fit them. Here's a pic of the stock interior. and the changes so far

The Impala would make a nice Cannonball car, room for 3 plus supplies.

I really like the Restomod and Pro Touring style, especially for non original or rare classic cars. I built this 77 Mustang a couple years ago for the Cannonball Run and it very much fits your description. I stretched the wheelbase almost two feet and grafted the wheel openings from a 2008 Mustang onto the body. I used styrene strips and putty to make a widebody kit and the front and rear fascias with molded in decrhromed bumpers. I used the front suspension from the 08 Mustang and the independent rear from a 350Z. To be fair though I borrowed the design from a real car someone built.

Tell her thank you for her vote and I'm glad she liked my build.

I understand that feeling, but in the words of Mitch Hedberg "F*** it, cut 'em up!"

I've never had a problem with Chrome so I don't dullcote it unless I'm going for that look.

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I wonder if there was a transition period where the air ride is okay for an early B but was phased out later or if the transition happened in the same year? Sounds like a research opportunity.

That's the kit I bought to borrow the engine from, I'm probably gonna throw the v8 from the kit I'm building in it if I ever build it. I started to do a 71-73 Mustang from the MPC/AMT that's been out recently I have laying around but after looking it over I'd want to replace so much of the chassis it really didn't fit the spirit of the challenge in my mind.

I feel you there, I spent $60 on the black Mustang before realizing it had a different body than what I wanted, $40 on the Mustang GTP for the 4 cyl engine, then another $25 to get the right kit with the body I wanted and I got super lucky only paying $25 for it. And I might need to get wheels and tires if I can't find treaded tires to fit the oddball kit wheels.

There was only ever one tooling, it started as the A and was altered/updated into the B. If they were able to use it it would have produced the B as it was in the last 90s issue. To produce a B model from the new tooling they wouldn't have to replicate the old kit exactly. They could just have an insert that has the differences in the front of the cab that were mentioned a few posts back and the square headlight surrounds. The engine, chassis, suspension, and wheels could all stay the same.

These look very good.

This is the point I was trying to make last night. If they could have easily put the B out from the old tooling they would have, they obviously recognize the demand for it. So, since they went to the expense of a completely new tooling either they don't have the original tooling or it's in a condition that it can't be repaired.

I'm going to guess the original tooling was ruined. If they could have put the 4070B model out easily from the original tooling they would have done it by now. The fact they had to borrow an original kit seems to indicate they couldn't even get the old tooling to produce a marginally clean test shot without a lot of work. The original 4070 kits shared about 80 to 85 percent of their parts. The major differences are the rear suspension, wheels, and I believe the B version has a single stack. It will be interesting to see if they made any provisions for different versions of this tooling.

Wow, this was a major undertaking. We definitely need to speak with our wallets to show them new classic trucks can be profitable.

I really hope this is the 87-91 Bigfoot kit, there's a ton of great parts in there even if it doesn't make a very good Bigfoot replica.

Wow, they're saying it's the A model, they must have restored the cab tooling. I'm interested to see which suspension it comes with.

Minor change of plans, I'm going to swap this kit for the black car.

This is the kit Roger is talking about. The Night Rider is good though a bit lacking in detail since is's a snap kit. The plastic tires are a pretty dated looking though easily replaced. I actually think it has the best looking grille of all the various versions that have been done. The bed is also pretty simple, it's either one piece or you only have to glue the fenders on.

If you have an older version thats kind of messed up this kit has been in production recently and is easy to find.

I forgot to mention that it's two back bumpers from the Mercury kit, the front bumper was entirely too long. If I had been doing a deep dive on this kit I'd have narrowed the rear bumper by about an eighth of an inch.

Thanks everyone.

A few months ago a 49 Ford showed up at a local body shop and driving past it several times a week got me inspired. I built this as a late 50s or very early 60s custom. I imagine a young fella picking up dads or grandpas old Ford and starting to dress it up a bit. I flattened the paint on the upper surfaces to hint at the cars age and it has a 1960 license plate. Most everything is from the kit, the cylinder heads are from the AMT 41 woody and the triple carb intake, side mirror, and beehive oil filter are from the Monogram 40 Ford truck, the lake pipes and bumpers are from the Revell 49 Mercury. It's not super detailed, just a fun thing to throw together while I was waiting on parts for other builds.

The track width on this kit is about six inches wider than a stock Mustang. You'd have to narrow the chassis plate and the track width plus rework the exhaust. It could be done but isn't for the faint of heart.

The ebay fairy dropped of my entry this afternoon, the Revell SCCA Mustang. I'm going to change out the v8 for a Cosworth 4 cylinder from the GTP Mustang for fuel economy, rearrange the interior to make room for a passenger, and hopefully add the stock headlights from the 90 LX kit. I think I'll add some exterior mirrors as well.