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Hi guys, I'm going to build an AMT Fairlane GT/GTA. This is my entry for this year's Cannonball Run. The plan is to make it like the one in Fast X. For the engine, I'm thinking of adding a Weiand blower.

Welcome to another of my build threads! I am much better in starting them than closing them! 😁 So here goes an other build thread, but I felt that I am flooding the CBR thread with my details so I thought I separate it. For those of you that haven’t seen the group build thread this year the theme is Cannonball run 1975 so everything available in 1975 or before is ok to use even though it might not have been combined yet in 1975. So I decided first to build a Cuda that I already had since long, I got started band came quite far but something was missing for me and the thought of a Elephant motor on a long distance race felt wrong. I read in mag that when the Gurney Cuda was sold to Europe in 1971 it was motor swapped to a Hemi, and when they later ran a 24h race at SPA, which is a long track, they had to refuel every 9 laps or so. So gas consumption on one of those is ridiculous in high speed. That got me thinking of diesel engines which usually have great MPH. When reading up on diesel engines I found out that there wasn’t much around in 1975 for cars but Mercedes had them in their 300D. So I read up more on them and stumbled across the Mercedes 1968 300SLE AMG Red Pig which has a great stance. Found files for the body but no chassis So I ordered a Italeri 1971(I think) Mercedes 500 SLE as a donor and planed to print a body. After more discussions with my MB enthusiast friend and struggling with making a printable body of the Red Pig I decided to do a flared 500 SLE instead inspired by the Mampe race car. And later I also found the later König and some other that have inspiered me. The stock body has been modified with printed flares that was secured with CA and then reshaped and adopted with CA and baking soda, and to Finnish it of I used Tamiya fine putty. I did remove all the side moldings and such to give it a more sleek look. I also ended up removing the aluminum gills in the rear side windows since that felt more like my style. I wanted that race look like Mampe and I saw that a front and rear spoiler from a 1970 Camaro Baldwin motion would fit with minor mods. I wanted the diesel engine, the biggest diesel they had back then was the OM617 which is a 5cyl diesel with SOHC. There are no such engines in kits or any engine that are close on files, except for maybe the 300SL engine that come closer but it’s a much older design, I bought that file to se if I could use it but I ended up going a different route. I used a couple of different engines from my parts box, mostly Japanese 6cyl that I cut down to resemble the 5cyl MB OM617. Then I scrambled and cut and modified parts to look similar to what a OM617 would look regarding intake and exhaust. And actually the valve cover come from the MB V8 that came in the kit, but yes it’s modified. I also modified a diesel pump in Cad and printed it. First plan was to make a single Turbo Intercooler since that was done at Porsches at the time. But when looking at it and thinking about it I figured that it would have been super laggy with the turbo tech of 1975. And compound turbos had been done since the 50’s on airplanes so I went that route instead. Wheels are same as Red pig uses and a classic wheel on Mercedes of all years. They are 15x10 and 15x12 with big meat, fun fact is that Red Pig actually had super wide tires it ran 285/40R15 in the front and 335 in the rear. I had some tires that looks the part from various kits, rears are from AMT 454SS. Interior was planed to stay mostly stock but the Italeri kit is so basic so I could not leave the interior like that. So I added the piping to the leather seats front and back. Scratched up an armrest for the driver seat as well as knobs for adjusting the seat angle. I also removed the lower part of the seat since it was to straight and long, I reshaped the lower part of the seats and redid the upper and back part of the upholstery to smooth style instead of the more fabric looking pattern that it came with. I also made the armrest and handle for that in the otherwise rather plain back seat. The dash also got a treatment with removing the gauges, adding in brass grosses to the vents and a brass piece to the light knob. I left the middle vent out since I will be placing a gauge there, Boooost. I also added detail in the center console where it was al flat and empty. I cast a radio from an other Tamiya kit and installed it as it should have been. Then I crafted the vent adjusters and glued in the adjuster it self. I also removed the automatic shifter and made a custom from two others I had. the chassi has also gotten allot of work.. it was a simple chassi with very little detail, so I removed the molded in rear end and such and replaced them with a Tamiya 635 CSI unit since it looks very similar. I also remade the front suspension brace since I wanted the engine to come rearward. And it actually came to look more Like The 1:1. The front uprights have also seen some modifications with removal of the molded in disc brake, this so I can adjust the track better. Paint will be black and gold with JPS sponsor decals since I decided that this will be a tribute to Ronny Pettersson the most successful Swedish F1 driver that was active in late 60’s until 1978 when he crashed at Monza and passed away. He drove most of his F1 career for Lotus with the classic JPS livery of Black and gold. I will have a red interior since that’s the best combo I know. I will ad some depth to it so it will be several types of red as shown below. I also added in 2 sections with darker red in the doors to give it more depth as this is some thing g I found at some 1:1. o, and this is all that came in the kit, it’s like one three with black parts a chrome three and a glass three. Thanks for watching and please leave a comment and give some feedback.

I'm building an entry for the 2025 Cannonball community build. The goal is to build an entry that could compete in the 1975 Cannonball. I choose the Johan Pro Stock Maverick which I belief is a 1971. The chassis is an old promo style plate which wasn't going to work. I looked at several kits and found that the Monogram 427 AC Cobra would work by stretching the chassis a little bit. I will be using the Cobra chassis, suspension, and wheels and tires. I'm also considering using the engine. This helps allot in assuring that this project will be done. photo1 is checking to see the frame works. Have a fresh kit to use for the chassis. Photo2 mockup with the tires. More to come.