Gunze Sanyo Cobra Daytona Question

[Ralph Henderson]

I see photos of kits, and folks talking ABOUT them, but has anyone actually BUILT one?? 

I REALLY have a hankering to get one, I'm not afraid of the photo-etch and metal parts, But I have NEVER seen a built one...

Show me yer Daytonas!!

[vamach1]

Here you go.  Built maybe 25 years ago. 

[Ralph Henderson]

Nicely done Rex..

Are those the pieces that HRM uses for his full kit? Did you ever figure out which chassis number it most closely represents?

I know it's a curbside, and I will likely open the hood and add engine detail.  What I need is another science project. lol..

nice looking model..

[vamach1]

9 hours ago, Ralph Henderson said:

Nicely done Rex..

Are those the pieces that HRM uses for his full kit? Did you ever figure out which chassis number it most closely represents?

I know it's a curbside, and I will likely open the hood and add engine detail.  What I need is another science project. lol..

nice looking model..

The Gunners kit is based upon CSX2299.  Gramps posted this picture on another post about the Daytona Coupes.  For a car that only six were made it did have a great track record and had the GT40 not come along it would have probably won even more races but Ford wanted a car to do over 200mph at Lemans and that was the end of the Cobra in Ford’s eyes.  I’m reply sure Brad used some of the Gunze kit as a basis for the HRM kit but given how the Gunze kit that came out in 1986 is pretty hard to find I’d say the HRM kit is they way to go if you want to build one with an engine and not have to piece together parts from other sources.

Edited October 18, 2020 by vamach1

[Ralph Henderson]

man, those are just pretty cars... in a very utilitarian way

 

[Paul Payne]

I have an unbuilt kit to which I plan to add the 289 engine from the AMT kit. Unfortunately this is on a very distant back burner- possibly a stove in another city! BTW, I seem to have lost the instruction booklet- could anyone provide a photocopy?

[vamach1]

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On 10/20/2020 at 10:53 AM, Paul Payne said:

I have an unbuilt kit to which I plan to add the 289 engine from the AMT kit. Unfortunately this is on a very distant back burner- possibly a stove in another city! BTW, I seem to have lost the instruction booklet- could anyone provide a photocopy?

I was unable able to find my Gunze kit instructions.  Sorry about that.  I do have an unbuilt HRM kit though.

Edited October 22, 2020 by vamach1

[Len Woodruff]

Here is my Gunzo-Sanyo kit that I built after I did the HRM kit. 

 

[cobraman]

That's a beauty !

[Ralph Henderson]

Thanks to all for the responses.  Beautiful Car Len!  and your HRM is stunning!

Len: is the HRM kit based on the Gunze??

I have found one locally, should pick it up the 1st of next week...

I have wanted one since they came out.  shoulda snagged one when they were 50 bucks...  lol

[afx]

12 hours ago, Ralph Henderson said:

Len: is the HRM kit based on the Gunze??

Yes the HRM kit is based on the Gunze kit, allows you to build a full-detail Daytona Coupe.

Edited October 22, 2020 by afx

[randyc]

Feel free to do a WIP post on it.  Would also love to have a kit in 1/24 but prices....

[afx]

For your reading interest if you are so inclined:

 

[Ralph Henderson]

8 hours ago, afx said:

For your reading interest if you are so inclined:

 

Thanks JC, Great thread for anyone inclined to build a Coupe.  I too believe the Gunze is far closer to 1/25th than 1/24th. we'll see in a couple days. 

I have always liked the AMT. actually a great kit considering it came out in 1962??  I wonder who did the original modeling and patterns..

I like the Sunny, also.  all you need is a nice rack and pinion and some side louvers and you can cover a lot of cars with those two kits..

I have a guy working on some 3d louvers for the fenders, IF I can get him to do it...

[Ralph Henderson]

10 hours ago, randyc said:

Feel free to do a WIP post on it.  Would also love to have a kit in 1/24 but prices....

I hope to. I have a couple things to finish before I start another science project...

[vamach1]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftcbdXFPx4

What I rode in six years ago.

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by vamach1

[Ralph Henderson]

YOWZA!!

[RancheroSteve]

In answer to the original question, yes:

[vamach1]

6 hours ago, RancheroSteve said:

In answer to the original question, yes:

Very nice and raw Dan Gurney decals are a nice touch.

[RancheroSteve]

3 hours ago, vamach1 said:

Very nice and raw Dan Gurney decals are a nice touch.

Thanks - decals are from the excellent VRM sheet.

[Ralph Henderson]

On 10/31/2020 at 1:36 PM, RancheroSteve said:

In answer to the original question, yes:

Very nice Steve!!  They do build up to a nice replica...

[1959scudetto]

On 10/17/2020 at 9:25 AM, Ralph Henderson said:

I see photos of kits, and folks talking ABOUT them, but has anyone actually BUILT one?? 

I REALLY have a hankering to get one, I'm not afraid of the photo-etch and metal parts, But I have NEVER seen a built one...

Show me yer Daytonas!!

Hi Ralph, just saw your posting incidentially - well, here are some pics of my Gunze-Sangyo Daytona Coupé (built 30 years ago).

As far as I remember, the chassis made some problems to line it out and get it straight - it consists of white-metal parts that can be brittle, and you must glue them with 5min.epoxy or cyanacrylate (super glue).

Very delicate are the tiny photo-etch parts that add to the look of the completed model - the decals come from several sources (only the white stripes and the # 13 were included with the kit) - I wanted to look the car at least close to a '65 Sebring participant. The pics have been taken almost 15 years ago (the car needs kind of restoration now because several tiny pieces have fallen off, and I will add 2 windshield wipers which have been missing, too)

 

[vamach1]

22 minutes ago, 1959scudetto said:

Hi Ralph, just saw your posting incidentially - well, here are some pics of my Gunze-Sangyo Daytona Coupé (built 30 years ago).

As far as I remember, the chassis made some problems to line it out and get it straight - it consists of white-metal parts that can be brittle, and you must glue them with 5min.epoxy or cyanacrylate (super glue).

Very delicate are the tiny photo-etch parts that add to the look of the completed model - the decals come from several sources (only the white stripes and the # 13 were included with the kit) - I wanted to look the car at least close to a '65 Sebring participant. The pics have been taken almost 15 years ago (the car needs kind of restoration now because several tiny pieces have fallen off, and I will add 2 windshield wipers which have been missing, too)

 

Very nice build.  I scored an extra photo etch set from Ebay just in case I lost parts on my build which will probably happen at some point.  The wipers were not on chassis 2299 when it was photographed so that’s why they did not end up being included in the Gunze model.

[1959scudetto]

I did not know that - but: 1965 Sebring without wipers - the ultimate nightmare....

[Ralph Henderson]

That's cool Helmut!.  I just rescued a builtup on ebay that somebody did a rather poor job of trying to "full detail".  By the time it got from New York to California, it was pretty beat up, but I'll get it fixed up, and fix some of the stuff that the other guy monkey'd up.

I shoulda known better, but you shoot somebody a question and a "Best offer" and they take it. Gotta follow thru..