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My order for some pre-wired distibuters from MAD arrived today. Now I'll get another project off the bech this weekend .

ps , somthing along the lines of this . But I have no idea if they've picked a final color yet .

It's sort of stock looking as far as fenders , grille running boards would have been . Basically a sort of stock looking grille, ft fenders, grille , hood and cowl But all custom frame, driveline, Independent suspension ft and rear, with something along the lines using a Franklin center section with custom axles and outer hubs / brake setup, a 1 off custom stainless exhaust, 1 off custom wheels , etc etc I know the fender shapes will be ever so slightly different , just enough to know they were modified but only by someone who really knows the stock body countours . With custom inserts in the wood side panels. I think there were contemplating going old school induction . something along the lines of an Inglese induction/ EFI setup on a 5.0 Ford I think. But anything is subject to change as ideas and thought processes go forward . This car is probably at least a year out for a tentative completion date. I have a left over Revell 1930 Ford woody kit I may ck to see if I can modify it for the side paneling

Many thanks, Thats exactly what I was hoping to find. I was looking at the 1/1 car yesterday and the only thing I saw that was an obvious difference were the vents on the sides of the cowl near the ft edge of the door opening I want to get started on this one soon,, very soon.

Thanks fellas, I am going to be at this guys shop on monday and will try to snap off a few pictures in secret. (he's not to keen on public viewing til the car is complete ) I'm not sure of the wood part is chopped or not, if it is, it's not much

Sweet, Looks amazing got one to do myself. and it keeps getting put on the back burner.

I wonder what the time frame difference is between these last 2 pictures. There are some subtle difference between the 2 cars. different decals , rocker trim color , different spark plug wiring, different blower . Just goes to show how rapidly the cars changed from race to race

I think all of the cars in the original series were big blocks 383 or 440 Any of the cars worth saving were sold off years ago and are scattered all over the country. And I don't remember reading that any where Hemi powered or small block powered ask here to make sure if you want more info dodgecharger.com

Lack of Pics for you, Me and many on this very board = No pictures is fine. WE know the history and quality. But most new customers they will loose because he has no pictures. Will they loose them all ? imo, No . But I assure you he is loosing customers because of it. If he has all the customers he can handle thats fine and dandy ,, then I say good for him. But, At some point in time , that will change. MY opinion only

Pretty cool build. I have always thought about building on of these, But I thought there were 1/20th scale ???? I remember watching the race when the car debued and from memory it didn't do very well

Not sure if I ever asked this or not. A friend of mine who owns a high level restoration / fabrication shop . ( think Pebble Beach quality type cars ) And he's building an extremly high end 1937 Ford woodie, for the most part from scratch / ground up. He knows I build model kits and asked me if a model of this car is possibile . SO, I'm asking . I see there is a model kit of an all steel car , just haven't found a woodie kit as of yet

John I'm amazed on how quickly you move forward , considering the amount of scratchbuilding you do. It's not my taste but I'll give you credit for thinking outside the box,,,,,,,,WAAAAAAAY outside,,,,,, like across the street from the box .. To all the ones who do all this scratchbuild stuff like brass frames, an engine from chunks of aluminum , making bodies from sheet plastic or a complete car from scratch is awe inspiring yet almost intimidating. So my hats off to you all. My how the times have changed from the days when we used moms sewing thread for spark plug wiring. sorry for the subtle hijak, I just had to get that out

So which is right, the dropped ft axle or A arms ? or is it a matter of which year your trying to replicate ?

converting a charger body to look like a 1970 Roadrunner ( aka Superbird ) would be an astronomical undertaking. Not one single body panel is even close. The only part that would interchange is the wiper cowl and windshield and A pillars. But even the A pillar stainless moulding is different between the 2 cars IMO it would be easier to draw one up and/or scanned in cad and have it 3d printed to make a resin master ps, All 1969 Chargers were bucket seats, bench seat was not avail , regardless of interior trim level. It was buckets with console, buckets with center fold down arm rest or buckets only

Yep, just picked up about a dozen of them for .99 each . each tub will hold two complete kits

Elmers clear school glue works pretty well as well

Good start. I have one of these kits to do . so I'm going to keep an eye on this build

Thanks all, Looking at the pictures I think the ft of the body is sitting to high. Need to re-ck and see if I can get the ft of the body down farther like in the 1st picture. And I think I like the gold wheel centers on the ft better . I may just repaint them,,,,,, again

Sweet, I love it. care to elaborate on issues ?

Finally,, it's on the done side of the case. Only took nearly 12 years. And yes, the date shown on the 1st picture is legit. Thats how long this one has been waiting. It's an old Goodstuff resin body on a Johan Challenger interior tins and chassis . Best I can remember it's painted in testors candy apple red over a gold base on both the body and chassis. Engine just has some of the basic ignition wiring and fuel system on it just for fun. This one was my 1st attempt to make my own accetate windshield. It's not bad but far from perfect. Overall I'm happy with the finished build.. But real glad to get it to the ' finished ' side of the case.

Cool, But never seen a rusted vette before

I thinks it's rustoleum that has a spray called textured black in both a real fine and another one with ever so slightly more texture. I've got some I use to replicate the suede finish on Mopar interior parts It would pass for the ferrairi valve covers shown

If your by changce referring to the ones being sold by rdsxfan they are produced by AFX N Scale he starts a lot of them at $8.99 but it's rare they sell for under $20 , which is stil pretty decent . I have 2 of them and so far no complaints I've got the 67-69 and a 70-71 Firebird bodies

Agreed, and Oh buy am I going to remember this line.

I would be extremely suprised if it was anything but a marketing ploy to gather new sales . aka decals and maybe wheels