John Teresi Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) Hello......This will be a replica of Rick Dores : The "Illusion".......It will be a Birthday present for my Father......My Dad was watching The Sema car show on TV about 4 years ago and saw this car The "Illusion" built by Rick Dore.......My Dad bought the Car ......and I am going to build him a replica of it........I sent a bunch of pictures to my good friend Keven with "Frankies Hobby & Horror Shop" and asked him to draw up and 3D print the body for me......Keven did a Fantastic Job .....I have been doing Business with Keven for a few years now and his work is just Awesome.......then I asked my good friend Steve A. to 3D print a GM LS3 engine and Trans. for it, thank you Steve for your Awesome work and Decals......I will be using a AMT Bel Air kit as a donor .......I will be doing a lot of modifications and using part box parts.........the guy sitting in my Dads Car is Chris Sobak my good buddy who has helped me with a lot of my models thanks Chris......thanks for looking Edited December 9, 2023 by John Teresi 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Very cool, i'll be following. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 You can count me in too John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullybeef Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Looks like it will be a cool build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 The 1:1 is STUNNING - what a beautiful car! This will be worth watching… 🥸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 I really dig Rick Dore‘s creations! Following... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Payne Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Amazing and beautiful! I definitely will be following! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSchumacher Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Wow, that's going to be amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneyzs Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 John... This is going to be another Amazing Build by you and I know it's gonna turn out Killer!! Looking forward seeing this Beauty come together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 I’ll follow along.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuilderX Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Hi Sir! What a great subject, and we expect your usual mastery of details! Just curious: I suppose the steel body was hammered by a member of the famous Delay family, of Custom Metal fame in Corona? CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Hand Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Great to see you back doing a build thread John. Looking forward to seeing how you work with the 3D printed parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo64 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 On 12/10/2023 at 2:25 PM, Claude Thibodeau said: Hi Sir! What a great subject, and we expect your usual mastery of details! Just curious: I suppose the steel body was hammered by a member of the famous Delay family, of Custom Metal fame in Corona? CT I did some research on the car for John to figure out some details for the engine and decals, and the body was done by Luc Deley of Marcel's, but the body isn't steel, it was made out of aluminum. There are quite a few pics of the car online where it was displayed at like SEMA in raw aluminum. Steve A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
absmiami Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Nice - hi john - are the eng parts drawn and printed - appear to be … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Those are some swoopy lines. Very interesting project. I'm tuning in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo64 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 2 hours ago, absmiami said: Nice - hi john - are the eng parts drawn and printed - appear to be … No, I purchase a file of a 1/10th scale Chevy LS3 and a 4L60 automatic transmission for John, and scaled them to the sizes he needed and resin printed them. I have an Anycubic Photon Mono X6Ks printer. Steve A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo64 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 5 hours ago, Cool Hand said: Great to see you back doing a build thread John. Looking forward to seeing how you work with the 3D printed parts. If you saw John's post awhile back of the Radial Motorcycle build he did with Curt Raitz, I 3D printed the radial engines & some small parts for them, and John did a great job with those parts. You can see details of both their bikes here: Plus, John has used a couple of 3D printed bodies on some of his builds. I don't think it makes much of a difference to John if he is working in plastic or resin. Steve A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 WAIT! Your dad bought the car? Get the F-outta here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Leo64 said: I did some research on the car for John to figure out some details for the engine and decals, and the body was done by Luc Deley of Marcel's, but the body isn't steel, it was made out of aluminum. There are quite a few pics of the car online where it was displayed at like SEMA in raw aluminum. Steve A. Thank you Steve! Indeed, I know the Deley's always favored aluminium over steel, for its ease of hand-forming. Great project. CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Another cool John Tersei project. Will be a treat to watch ching this come together. I'm surprised there are no in progress photos yet. Are you slowing down John?😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 Hello......I modified the chassis to get the right ride height......I made a firewall and mocked-up the engine .....I also made some custom Coil Pack Covers and Top Custom Cover......I will work on the interior next. Thanks for looking. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 Few more WIP Pics..... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted December 14, 2023 Author Share Posted December 14, 2023 and a few more .....thanks for looking 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 Most excellent, my friends! What a neat project, John! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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