Wynnscharger FE dragster, 7-27-15. engine is in.

[Nitrozilla]

Clay, I believe it's time to hand out another one of these.

Nice save. It looks right.

[Petetrucker07]

Thanks Joe. This is a bit of tough kit. Maybe it's just me since I usually build trucks. But I've always like front engine dragsters, figured I need to build a few.

[W117monte]

very cool. big daddy is one of my favorites. cant wait to see the body on it.

[Davewilly]

Glad I saw this thread....I just picked up this kit....and just finished the Young American one...So this will help me out when I go to build it.

And its looking good by the way Clay keep up the posts with the building of it!

[Roadrunner]

Nice fix. I'll have to keep this in mind for my own effort.

[Petetrucker07]

Thanks for the feedback fellas. Finally got a little motivation today, and this build happened to be the lucky recipient of that. I got the steering mounted and the engine put in.

[Petetrucker07]

I almost can't believe it. It's startin to look like a dragster.

[slusher]

I don't know how i missed this build Clayton.

[Petetrucker07]

It's happens Carl. Thanks for checkin in on this one. I'm hoping to finish this one. At the same time get my motivation back.

[10thumbs]

Clayton that is looking like a dragster now.  Man that is a loooong wheelbase.  I really like FED's, don't know why many aren't built.  Cool looking model.

 

[Petetrucker07]

Thanks Micheal. I'm happy with it so far. I love these old FEDs. I'm going to getting a few more and ordering some aftermarket decals, Slixx I imagine. This kit sure has some issues. The directions for mounting points are not clear at all. The chassis can be warped, mine wasn't luckily. There's a little bit of, just stick it there, hope it works, going on.

[vc273]

Hi Clayton I feel your pain as I'm close to finishing mpc jawbreaker and what a nightmare think they are the same kit with different bodies but in saying this if you can overcome the faults these kits have they can turn out really nice as is yours. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

[Petetrucker07]

Thanks man. This has been tough go. But I know when it's done it'll look good. I want to build a few more, guess I'm a glutton for punishment.

[blackbeard]

yes you are looking for punishment looks great clayton

[tim boyd]

Guys...the MPC Garlits FE and MPC Jawbreaker kits are entirely different models from different tools.  

The Jawbreaker is MPC's circa 1968-tooled Ramcharger FE dragster kit, with a new body.  

The Garlits kit is the first version of the MPC dragster tool from 1970 that later delivered (with mods) the Carl Casper Young American, the Carl Casper streamliner kit (which Round 2 is reissuing soon), and an Altered Coupe version with a pseudo Fiat body.  

Having said that, both the Jawbreaker and the Garlits FE share some fiddly assembly issues, as you all have articulated in this thread.  But I think it is worth it to persevere and complete both kits, particularly for 1960's drag racing nuts like us.  

TIM 

[Petetrucker07]

Thanks for the info Tim.

Thanks for comments everyone.

[Petetrucker07]

Now that I've dug this thread out of the depths, I'm gonna try to get something going on it. I'm tired of lookin at the box, collecting dust. So hopefully with my long (not by choice) weekend, I'll get it out and get going.