bobss396 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 I'm roughing this out for now. Dug an old parts kit out that has 2 busted roof pillars. They will ge fixed once I have the major body work completed. Engine will be the VCG Resins 240/300 straight 6. I removed the front crossmember to make room for it. Based on what I did on the '51 Chevy. I will be using the vent windows, I need more strength for the broken A pillar. Some cars had them, some didn't. I will run a RF safety hub, this depicts a slightly newer F8 build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUSIONBOY Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 That is looking fantast!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 More progress on the '56. Scratch built the radiator and support. The dash needed location help too. The cage is a parts box donation with added bars. Seat is from Ron Coon Resins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Really like these older racers, especially the 6 cylinder powered ones. Had the opportunity to crawl into a 53 Ford Hobby Stock at Hickory Speedway back in the mid 60's. A couple of warm up laps let me know pretty quickly that I made a better race fan than race driver. Looking forward to updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrenchr Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Looking forward to the progress!! Very cool so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 (edited) Thanks, still doing some work here and there on it. I have too many things going at once... the story of my life. I have most of the suspension parts painted.I opened up the inner wheel wells somewhat so I can tip the top of the front wheels in to get the negative camber these cars had. This is the approximate look I am after. This is what we call an "opening day" shot. No body damage. And as the season progressed, more tire clearance would be added. Maybe some door bars or "cow catcher" bumper upgrades too. Edited January 11 by bobss396 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 You're gettin it! Gonna be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 This will probably be the best model of a figure 8 competitor ever built. I will be watching with great interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobss396 Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 Having an off week between painful dental surgery recovery, food poisoning early in the week and seeing my pain management doc yesterday. The '40 Ford project got in the way, I'm also dabbling in the '65 Fairlane stock car. But the '56 is coming along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 This is gonna be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rondo3154 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Interestingly enough, that is my race car from 1973, and at one point we did try a 300 CID straight six, our class rules had restrictions on the V-8 engines, but none on 6 cylinder's. That 6 Cyl sounded so cool, Clifford intake. Holley 4bbl, Clifford headers, ported and polished...just didn't have quite the grunt a V8 had, if I could get out front I was fine, she would scream! Hope you do the old Mickey Mouse car proud! The actual color of the car was International Harvester tractor red, you could buy it in 5 gallon buckets at the time.. Ron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volzfan59 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Looks great so far, one of my favorite body styles. I'm going to check out VSG Resins. I love a Ford 300 straight six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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