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Since I've had some extra time at home over the past few weeks I decided to get some lingering projects knocked out. This one has been sitting on the shelf as an unpainted, mocked up body and chassis for more than 8 years. This will be the Bud Faubel "Honker" 65 Dodge AFX car. I am doing this build as a modern nostalgia with my own take on things. So that means that I'm not doing an exact replica of what the car looked like when it ran in 65 or what it would look like if it were built as a restored version of the 65 car. It's going to have a mix of nostalgia and slightly modern. The build will feature a chassis with a torsion bar front suspension (which is what the real car ran) but I chose to kitbash the front end using the front subframe from the AMT 70/71 Duster kit as it is better detail than most others and also has poseable steering. The rear tires and wheels are more modern for this era of car but look good overall, I think. The interior will have a vintage seat with a more modern style dash. The actual restored car was done with a 10 point roll cage even though the original only had a 4 or 6 point cage. I haven't quite decided yet how far I'm going with that. The engine is being built as a kitbashed/parts box Hemi with Parts by Parks Hilborn manifold along with Detail Master aluminum stacks. It will be mated to an automatic 727 transmission. So far the chassis is half complete but fully mocked up to check the stance and I was able to get paint on the body today. I am using decals from PDP. With any luck we'll see how much progress I can make before I start my new job and head back out on the road. Thanks for looking. The restored car