Finished 1967 Fairlane 2dr post

[Mj-Styro]

Just a weekend bracket car, with no thrills or frills.........cheapo wekend toy........

I was able to save the paint and most of the decals.....something i picked up last week,and decided to see if i could fix the damage it had.......The repairs were made but the paint didnt match which is ok,because of the type of car it is it works out perfect.........

I put in mini tubs,and built a roll bar for it,redid the spindles up front (to make it sit alittle lower)........

Heres acouple Finished pics........

Heres a before pic

[Mj-Styro]

Well lets see ( Good question too) got it on Tuesday of last week, and Saturday morning i started the repairs.........by Sunday night she was done.....

Here's a run down of what i did............

got the A-pillers repaired using acouple different sizes of sheet strips,put the drip rail back in,cut out the rear 1/4 panel (lower) grafted in a new one,Seeings how i was able to save the body i left it as a drag car and next step was to remove the rear inner fender wells,and Graft new wheel tubs in i made from a pill bottle.

Next up was to fix the spindles as it sat either way to high or to low,so i cut out a section of a T- on the sprue tree and adjusted the height from there and mounted the kit coils on top of the new spindle.........Made a roll bar inside and also since the seat (back) was out i made alittle sorta kid of webbing and ran the angled bar thru that to the roll bar.............then just alot of detailing.......

the engine i built years ago and it was never painted,so i went in and detailed painted everything.......

Grabbed some parts from the ole-parts pale for extras........nothing fancy in side just painted nothing detailed....... except for the steering wheel.....which came from the 32 ford revell.......grant steering wheel i believe.....most pricey piece on the car LOL.........

Found a set of mufflers and lead pipes so i heated them up and bent them to fit and made the tail pipe out of plastic rod and angle cut a alum tubing for the tip.........

Next up was to make glass for the whole car (couldnt get any to fit),and everything went pretty well.........the windshield i had to heat slightly on the edges to give it a curve some what which really helped out on the installing (worked on the second try that is) LOL

There ya go the run down!

Pretty mazing now that you think of it eh? LOL( Alot of times things go unnoticed and with out saying what i did it gets over looked so i did a quick run down on what i did......)

Oh the front wheels are cragars that i put in my lathe and cut the outer ring off so i could mate the amt wheel center to the revell outer ring to use front runners on the front, the rear tires are hollow Nascar tires (which to me make the best set of slicks once they are cleaned up and sanded on)

I'll high light the parts done with pictures...

[Mj-Styro]

Continued.......................

Also the taillights are 67 (resin) that i filled the lens area with clear window maker because i didnt have the lens,and painted them Kiln red

[James Flowers]

Nice work on bringing it back. The pillers look great . I have tried that a few times. They didn't come out as nice as yours. I will keep on trying though.

[Harold]

Great resto job (pillars= pain in the &^%). Throw a black wash on the grill and the front will really come to life. You don't see the post sedan often enough.

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

For the most part I don't build anything newer than 1965, but I can sure appreciate the work you've but into restoring yours. You did a great job.

[Mj-Styro]

grabbed some out door pics and wanted to share them.........

[Mj-Styro]

Nice work on bringing it back. The pillers look great . I have tried that a few times. They didn't come out as nice as yours. I will keep on trying though.

I would but i am having trouble seeing now, have to take my glass's off when i go to build and my fingers lately have been cramping up........its a bear!! but i will deal with it slowly.........

Thanks!!

[Mj-Styro]

For the most part I don't build anything newer than 1965, but I can sure appreciate the work you've but into restoring yours. You did a great job.

Thanks for the exsption(sp) to the rule truely dont see enoug of these cars!!! why i try to leabe it as close to the original as i could. then added a few bells and wistles...........

Again thank you.........

[stevegt738]

That is a really good recovery, well done.

[MojaveRacer208]

Very nice MJ!

Great job on the posts. That is a bear to do well. The windows and the rear 1/4 panel look great too. The stance is excellent and the slicks look right too. The pill bottle DID make fine tubs. Those outdoor pics really look like 1:1 scale...VERRY WELL DONE!!!

I agree with Harold that a black wash in the grille would bring that to life. I saw a model the other day with headlights drilled out and replaced with photos of 1:1 lights glued in place and covered with some clear. They looked great.

Richard

[Bainford]

Nice work on the rebuild. The repairs turned out well, and the paint mis-match isn't even noticeable in the pics. The outdoor pics look almost real. I agree with the others, a black wash in the grill would really bring the front end to life. Well done.

[george 53]

Well Mike,I hafta agree with the others,it came out GREAT! the outside pictures 2 an 3 look especially real.The backround for them is perfect,and it makes the car look real!

[Ron Hamilton]

Great Job on the Fairlane. Great minds do think alike. When I restored my '67 Fairlane, I drilled out the headlamps and used clear lenses.

I really like that car. It captures the bracket racing flavor of the 60's and '70's excellently.

Ron