Cannonball Run 2016 "The Aussieball" Official Build Thread

[TFchronos]

Jake finally found a use for all of those guitar nut ends

Theres the gd Vice Grips !!

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Gonna role this over to the start line boys,..

Good luck,and  Godspeed 

 

Congrats on the finishing Bruce! That's one heck of a truck you've made. Goodluck in the race!

[JTalmage]

I think I'm going to go ahead and call it.... I'm out. 

Too much going on this past weekend, went to PRI in Indianapolis, then a swap meet sunday... club meet today after work, office christmas party tomorrow after work... cold and rainy weather... resin engine/transmission hasn't arrived yet. Definitely not going to finish. And another Cannonball down the tube for me. 

I'll definitely finish this Bronco though at some point. It's too cool not to.

[Lunajammer]

Bruce, the level of detail you've invested into your truck really shows your passion. I admire that. I don't think there's anything I'd build that could sustain my interest to that extent. It all looks worth it.

Jesse, sure sorry to hear you're out. I've become a fan of your work over the last couple years. I hope when everything comes together you'll finish it up and show us.

[JTalmage]

Jesse, sure sorry to hear you're out. I've become a fan of your work over the last couple years. I hope when everything comes together you'll finish it up and show us.

Thank you Mike. I appreciate that. Just not in the cards this year.

I'll definitely finish it. It's gonna be a cool one. Retro 80's color, modern drivetrain and offroad components... I can't not finish it LOL 

Next year perhaps I'll finish something for the cannonball though. Third times a charm right?

[Pim]

guys im not going to get mine finished to ambitious unfortunately but i am ready for next years build and i am really bringing my a game i think i have the perfect mix of reliability,power and fuel efficiency

[Belugawrx]

I agree Jesse,  you need to keep us posted on your build,...sure sounds like you had a good weekend tho,....

Cheers

[Misha]

G'Day All!

Still in the running....

Entry #18 the Canuck Blazer is getting all the little bits installed. Drivetrain is nearly complete, the raised suspension did cause a minor adjustment to getting the shafts to fit. Fitted most of the external portion of the scratch built snorkel today. Doing a lot of epoxy work tonight too. Windshield gets fitted next. I sawed off the vent windows for a better fit and better scale with acetate vents. Getting close to fitting the rad and battery to the front wall. Also finished off the last of the Alclad work by chroming the Westcoast mirrors from the 53 Ford and the scratch built engine oil breather filter to be fitted to the firewall with plumbing to the valve covers and an oil sump return.

The real test comes soon (besides finishing on time!!!) when the interior comes together with the body to be joined to the frame, for good! Keeping my fingers crossed.

Cheers Misha

 

[TFchronos]

Sorry to hear that Jesse and Brayden, you two had some slick builds going. Definitely keep us posted on them!

Looking good Misha!

All mine is lacking is some engine detail, skip plates and the roo bar. It's upside down right now while the body and frame glue together. Should be done either Tuesday, or Wednesday.

 

Edited December 13, 2016 by TFchronos

[Belugawrx]

Meesh Dude,.. that is wicked Cool man

I'll trade ya my grey felts, for your camel hide seats ?

[Jay's Customs]

I got mine done this weekend. It turned out so much better than I expected. More pictures in the finished build thread.

Good luck to everyone who isn't finished yet!

Jay

Edited December 14, 2016 by Jay's Customs

[Pim]

Hey Guys while i wont finish my model on time i am going to throw up an otw thread to show my pontiac build off congrats to everyone who finished theres some awesome models out there hopefully I will finish next year

[Intmd8r]

Nice work Misha - the Canuck Blazer is develping some attitude!

[MeatMan]

Nice build Jeremy. I love the military theme!!

[bill_67]

Great work to all builders! I was disappointed in myself that I didn't get very far this year working two full time jobs didn't help, but I'll be back next year. The number of finished entries this year was down but the quality of the builds was top notch!

[MLMDesign]

Great work everyone.

It's done! and it will be at the starting line.

 

[Pim]

oh wow that thing is cool

[TFchronos]

Nice tough looking builds Jeremy and Matthew!

Whelp, we're down to the last 12 hours and few odd minutes of the 2016 Aussieball. We've got 4 finished builds and a few still in limbo.

Godspeed and good luck in these final hours to anyone still building.

To those who have completed congratulations! This year was quite possibly the most skill demanding theme to date. The limited pool of parts meant so many of us used the same donor kit but in spite of that each of you made yours unique, be very proud of yourselves and of your accomplishment.  : )

[MeatMan]

Very nice Matthew!! Work or art!

[MLMDesign]

Thanks Brayden. Thanks Jonathan. Thanks Dennis.

[Belugawrx]

I like that Matthew !!

It looks like a fast runner

Cheers

[TFchronos]

With 31 odd minutes to spare my entry is done. I'll get some finalized pictures done tomorrow.

 

I would like to quickly note that you have until 11:59pm in your respective time zones to get your builds done. Misha if you're out there that means you have still have 3 hours and 26 odd minutes to get it done and announced here.

Good luck!

See you all at the line!

 

Edit: Scratch that Misha, just saw your post in the completed builds, nice work!

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by TFchronos

[Misha]

It's done, with three and a half hours (West Coast time) to spare!!!

Thanks Jonathan for the well wishes. Now to relax and examine everyone else's work.

cheers Misha

Edited December 16, 2016 by Misha
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[TFchronos]

Alright everyone with that the 2016 Cannonball run is now closed. 

We've got 6 builds this year, it was a very tough year in terms of skill. Regardless of how the voting goes you are all winners in my eyes, be proud of yourselves and congratulations on completing some very awesome builds!

With that said there are 6 entries. I just got through confirming and polling is still restricted to 5. I can't see the point in two 3v3 choices just to trim 1 car so I'll hold myself to my words and bow out from voting. Mine is still not 100% done, the engine wasn't plumbed and looking at it this mourning I just realized it doesn't have brakes either (who uses them these days anyway right? ). But still it's only sitting finished and everyone's is fully finished so it doesn't feel right to me. One of a couple of curses that has developed for the hosts these past few years I think haha. Though this year instead of being a no-show I'll at least be on the side lines slicing all your tir...I mean rooting for each of you.  

I was going to run it for 7 days starting on the 18th but 7 days from the 18th is Christmas day and I don't want it to end on Christmas day so I'll bump it to 10 days and run it from the 18th to 11:59pm on the 28th. Most votes wins, naturally.

Again major congratulations to everyone on some very fine, and fun looking builds! As we start the final leg of this cbp I would just like to thank Rob for letting me have the honors of hosting this year (scratched off Bucket-list) and I want to thank everyone to joined this year. It was a ton of fun watching your builds unfold and I look forward to what will happen in next years. I know I wasn't the best but I hope I wasn't the worst host either and while I wont end the entry curse (that's Robs duty next year ) I will end the curse of not the host not finishing their duties as host of this fine cbp. God willing I'd love to host again in a later year if the spot is ever open.

Thank you again and good luck everyone.

Edited December 16, 2016 by TFchronos

[Lunajammer]

I give you creds for bangin' out the Super Bee Jonathan. I really didn't think you'd make it but you've got a pretty respectable starter and I like to see the converted cars. I don't see a slouch in the bunch so it's great to see the quality of builds and the modelers who persevered through the challenges. More later.

[Jantrix]

Great job for the guys that finished. For those that didn't I will see you next year. I will start the next year's run immediately following the closing of the poll. I don't want to distract folks with more Cannonball threads until this run is complete.