“BUILDING THE COVERS “ VOL # 41 THE SITES BROS.1966 SKOOTIN CUDA

[M W Elky]

I built this one by starting out with the amt 1966 hemi under glass kit . the chassis and rear suspension was pulled from the revell miss deal kit. I robbed the hemi and the torque flight trans from revell’s hemi dart the injector stacks are made from aluminum tubing. The front axle and leaf springs are from the hemi under glass. I sourced the wheels from the amt 1970 Z-28 Camaro. The front tires are amt Firestone supremes the slicks are the fantastic amt Goodyear blue streaks I made the roll bar from .80 styrene rod. The headers are made from solder and aluminum tubing. Body mods were moving the front wheel wells forward. The gauge cluster box came from amt’s 1968 Shelby kit. The decals came from a eBay seller and are printed with a blue background I did my best to match the shades of blue. I used tamyia paint, but I can’t remember the exact color. I’m really pleased with how this looks just the right stance , and injector high. As always thanks for looking ?,  Mike 

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[Altered Ego]

Wow, nice car.  I have been thinking of building some kind of '66 Cuda, but didn't think of this one.  Very well done.

[JFK]

OUTSTANDING!  GREAT JOB!

[Hmann68]

Very nice! ??

[Scott8950]

Nice job. I'm in the process of building this car now. 

[M W Elky]

7 minutes ago, Scott8950 said:

Nice job. I'm in the process of building this car now. 

Thanks, I can’t wait to see yours when you get it done 

[iBorg]

Always good to see your work.

I have the body and decals to do this car. Does the Tach magazine have any detail photos of it?

Edited March 18, 2023 by iBorg

[M W Elky]

Thanks for the good words.No tach magazine is just a cover photo . I hope your decals are better than what I had.

[Scott8950]

I bought my first set off ebay and was very disappointed at what I got. The second set is made by a lady down in Florida and as you can see the quality is much better. 

[R. Thorne]

Nice work.  Thanks for posting.

[M W Elky]

10 hours ago, Scott8950 said:

I bought my first set off ebay and was very disappointed at what I got. The second set is made by a lady down in Florida and as you can see the quality is much better. 

Scott would you be able to give me contact info for the lady in Florida that made these decals? The blue set you show are what I used. If I can still get the better ones with the clear background I will strip the blue ones off and use those 

[Mopar2]

Very nice Cuda.Cool build