Slump buster attempt 2: revell 64 Ford thunderbolt.

[426 pack]

For those who have seen my first attempt: 1960 ranchero prostreet it is currently stuck due to the fact that I’m out of materials to biuld the roll cage. So I’m starting a simpler slump buster with the only modification being a 427 sohc motor. The colour is going to be White with a grey interior. 

Thanks for looking and coments welcom 

Edited February 26, 2018 by 426 pack

[PorkChopPaws]

Great kit I built a lot of those as a kid.Nice upgrade with the 427.

[stevez]

make sure you have plenty of bare metal foil.

[Force]

Cool,
You could use this front suspension setup instead of the coil springs as they did on the 1965 A/FX Mustangs with 427 SOHC were they also shaved off the spring towers.

Edited February 26, 2018 by Force

[GMCMAN52]

looking for your updates on this project

[426 pack]

Thanks guys and Force thanks for posting the pics I’m going to do some more research on that but I am definitely going to run a setup like that. 

I got the motor painted and some other small things.the carbs will be painted gold. 

[fiatboy]

Interesting how the front suspension was 're-arranged'.

[Force]

The coil springs and shocks are mounted above the upper control arms in these cars so to get the SOHC to fit in the Mustang's small engine bay they had to shave off the complete spring tower and did the leaf springs to the lower control arms instead, maybe not optimal but it worked for straight line racing.
The Fairlane has similar engine bay and they had to cut off some of the spring towers and move the upper control arms outwards a bit to fit the 427 wedge engine in the engine bay on the Thunderbolt, and with the SOHC heads you have to remove the towers all together to make room for that engine...so this suspension setup is one option, another might be coil over shocks.

Edited March 1, 2018 by Force