'67 Shelby Gasser

[Straightliner59]

8 minutes ago, afx said:

The longnose body cleaned up nicely.

Indeed, it did! That looks great, JC!

[TooOld]

Wow that longnose looks pristine !  Your work on the Gasser is looking great , I really like the torsion spring front !

[afx]

6 minutes ago, TooOld said:

Wow that longnose looks pristine !  Your work on the Gasser is looking great , I really like the torsion spring front !

Thanks Bob.

I've gotten the chassis disassembled but haven't started stripping it yet, hope it comes out as well as the body.

I promised to post info on how I did the front suspension - will do as soon as I can get photos together.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

i built one of these Gas Ronda mustangs way, way back.......Testors competition orange, about a whole can of Glos-Cote. Great work on the gasser!

[mvadrag]

I see you get distracted like me.  I often break for restoration projects, or the "what does this look like after I soak it in the tub of purple stuff" addiction.

I cleaned up and polished the paint on an already built one a friend provided.

Edited May 21, 2022 by mvadrag
added picture

[afx]

17 hours ago, MADmodelDOCTOR said:

i built one of these Gas Ronda mustangs way, way back.......Testors competition orange, about a whole can of Glos-Cote. Great work on the gasser!

Thanks Kenneth.

8 hours ago, mvadrag said:

I see you get distracted like me.  I often break for restoration projects, or the "what does this look like after I soak it in the tub of purple stuff" addiction.

 

I cleaned up and polished the paint on an already built one a friend provided.

Nice work Jose.  I was able to get the longnose build on ebay for what I thought was a good price.

[afx]

Torsion spring front suspension:

Here is my version, as you can see from the photos above there is room for more detail than I chose to replicate if you wish:

• Remove the control arm bracing and torsion bar mounts from the front of the chassis leaving a short section in-place at the front
• I added shims (spacers) to the lower side of the upper A arm this raises the ride height of the front suspension
• I added a similar thickness shim at the mounting point of the lower A arms to the frame
• the white plastic chassis is stock from the kit

• Remove the torsion bar and control arms from the stock suspension

 

• glue the torsion springs to the upper surface of the lower control arm
• the springs should have a slight twist
• The 1:1 suspension uses 2-leaf springs per side.  I chose to represent the springs with a single strip of .020" (0.5mm) in lieu of two strips of .010 (0.25mm) for simplicity
• add mounting detail to the front and rear attachment points of the springs as you see fit

 

• my finished version

 

Edited May 27, 2022 by afx

[doggie427]

Thank you JC for the torsion bar lesson. Your solution is beautiful !

[afx]

6 hours ago, doggie427 said:

Thank you JC for the torsion bar lesson. Your solution is beautiful !

Happy to help Wayne.

[Pierre Rivard]

I'm always amazed to see such clean component fabrication. They always look like they were crispy molded that way.

Thank you from sharing Professor Reckner!

[1972coronet]

Almost one month (27/05) since the last update on this bad boy. Is it in a stalled mode for now?

[Pierre Rivard]

Yeah JC...we need our fix!