Duddly01 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 While I am waiting for the 2K clear on the 1974 Corvette to cure I decided to see what it was going to take to get a Resin Tran-kit of a 1968 Mustang California Special I picked up a short while back to fit well. It will be a slow build while I finish the Corvette and my wife asked me to build. 1957 Thunderbird next. Now that I have finished the five current family owned Mustangs I decided I am going to build a series of “the ones that got away”. I used to own a J-code (302-4v), auto, PS, AC California Special in lime gold, with standard lime gold interior. The resin body needed a lot of work to make things fit, even the parts that came in the resin kit didn’t fit all that well together. The resin front seats will not be used, they really don’t look good to me. The 1968 GT kit seats look and fit better. I started fabrication to get the front windshield from the 1968 kit and an old AMT coupe back window I had in the parts bin to fit. That still needs a lot of work. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose1129 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Nice body, my favorite ! Will be following this build…. btw, any source for the body? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 Cool project. Looking forward to seeing this one come together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 It's a little rough looking,but i think you have the skill to make it work.👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcaps55 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 22 hours ago, Duddly01 said: While I am waiting for the 2K clear on the 1974 Corvette to cure I decided to see what it was going to take to get a Resin Tran-kit of a 1968 Mustang California Special I picked up a short while back to fit well. It will be a slow build while I finish the Corvette and my wife asked me to build. 1957 Thunderbird next. Now that I have finished the five current family owned Mustangs I decided I am going to build a series of “the ones that got away”. I used to own a J-code (302-4v), auto, PS, AC California Special in lime gold, with standard lime gold interior. The resin body needed a lot of work to make things fit, even the parts that came in the resin kit didn’t fit all that well together. The resin front seats will not be used, they really don’t look good to me. The 1968 GT kit seats look and fit better. I started fabrication to get the front windshield from the 1968 kit and an old AMT coupe back window I had in the parts bin to fit. That still needs a lot of work. Where did you get the resin kit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 6 hours ago, Bainford said: Cool project. Looking forward to seeing this one come together. Thanks. 6 hours ago, kelson said: It's a little rough looking,but i think you have the skill to make it work.👍 Yeah, quite rough. No where near the quality of some of the other resin body vendors, and it was a lot more expensive. I love the bodies I have gotten from Jimmy Flintstone. Much better and less expensive but I really wanted a California Special. 27 minutes ago, rickcaps55 said: Where did you get the resin kit. I am not so sure I would recommend it unless you really want to build a California Special bad. Like was said, it is rough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 Getting back to working on the 1968 California Special. Created the rear window and worked on making it fit well, also took a lot of work to get the kit windshield to fit. Got the small block ford engine that I will be using from Iceman Collections and the c4 transmission from Texas 3D. Even has the trans filler tube. Cut out the grill and installed the kit from facia to the body. Started fitting the hood. This it going to be a lot of work to get looking good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Cool project! I'm following. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I was looking at one of those resin kits on facebook thinking I’d like to give it a go. IF it’s from the same person I’m not so sure now 😂 Yours is looking good so far, can’t wait to see you work your magic with it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 29 minutes ago, Keef said: I was looking at one of those resin kits on facebook thinking I’d like to give it a go. IF it’s from the same person I’m not so sure now 😂 Yours is looking good so far, can’t wait to see you work your magic with it! If I didn’t really want to build a California Special I wouldn’t have gotten it. Not sure who else might be making one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 1 hour ago, FoMoCo66 said: Cool project! I'm following. Thanks, hope it goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuces wild Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Love them California Specials.....😁😉 Here's mine.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musclecarbuilder Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Man this is one of the coolest mustangs! I'm definitely following this one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 7 hours ago, deuces wild said: Love them California Specials.....😁😉 Here's mine.... Me too! 2 hours ago, Musclecarbuilder said: Man this is one of the coolest mustangs! I'm definitely following this one! Thanks, I have a lot of hope in making this one look good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musclecarbuilder Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 yeah its gonna look great! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 I'm not a Ford guy per say but I remember when Ford started these special Mustang models years ago. One, Ford did a great job with the appearance addons. Two, they sold like hot cakes. Very smart marketing in their part and a good deal for the buyers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted Wednesday at 12:45 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 12:45 PM This will be a great build, you have my interest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted 22 hours ago Author Share Posted 22 hours ago Started assembling parts for paint. Drilled out gauges for LED lights. Adjusted fit on more parts in preparation. A lot more work to do to prepare the body. Iceman 302 engine, texas 3d c4 transmission and VCG Autolite 4100 carb. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Duddly01 said: Started assembling parts for paint. Drilled out gauges for LED lights. Adjusted fit on more parts in preparation. A lot more work to do to prepare the body. Iceman 302 engine, texas 3d c4 transmission and VCG Autolite 4100 carb. Look'n good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago Wow that resin body looks really good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddly01 Posted 20 hours ago Author Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, espo said: Look'n good. Thank you. 1 hour ago, FoMoCo66 said: Wow that resin body looks really good. It is starting too, taking a lot of work to get it where it is already at. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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