65 Altered Wheelbase Dodge - Sneak Peek

[Altered Ego]

Just a quick sneak peek at my first three Dodges.

[M W Elky]

What color blue did you use on the Virginia twister . I think that the actual car was a sedan . They all look great so far

[Altered Ego]

I used the Testors Icy Blue Extreme Lacquer.  The Twister was indeed a sedan, an A990 conversion.  Virtually nothing from the Moebius kit fit the Fremont sedan body when I built The Virginian, so I decided to go the easy route and just do a hardtop.  You will see this one more time during this series, LOL.

[dragcarz]

Your ambitious, they look great!

[jphillips1970]

can't wait to see them finished - great start 

[Nitro330]

Love the AWB Mopar's.  That's quick work since that kit just came out recently.  Great start to these!

[papajohn97]

Congratulations Jeff! You’re leading the Moebius ‘65 Dodge AWB assembly line race! Wow! Three already painted & decaled and all three look fantastic so far. I’ve got three kits & resin parts orders in process and hoping to also do Dyer’s and Landy’s AWB hardtops and then use the AWB Strickland kit decals to do Strickland’s standard wheel base SS car using the A990 sedan kit.  Are you planning on grafting Torqueflite automatics onto yours or just using the kit stick trans? Also are you planning on doing the match racer version of Dyer’s car (supercharger, no radiator, dragster style exhaust headers)? That car (originally the “Color-Me-Gone” car?) was so fearsome looking back in the day.
Really looking forward to watching your progress and seeing these three come together.

[Altered Ego]

I am planning to use the blower and injector from the Atlantis Fiat and the headers from a Polar Lights funny car on the Mr. Norm's car.  I will probably just use the kit transmissions.  I had the same idea for the Strickler standard wheelbase car, but I have an old set of Color Me Gone decals that may end up on the A990 version.  I am planning a maroon Mr. Norms car as well, but have a Fremont Racing body painted for that build.  I haven't decided if I will go that route yet or not.

[iBorg]

Where did you get the decals for the Mr. Norm car?

[Altered Ego]

Fremont Racing Specialties on Ebay.  They are very nice and work really well.

[Altered Ego]

Finally, making some progress on the Twister and Mr. Norm's cars.  The blower/injector assembly from the Atlantis Fiat kit assembles nicely on the Moebius hemi.

[Altered Ego]

The Virginia Twister has taken the lead today and will probably be done Sunday if it doesn't rain in Talladega on Saturday.

[Altered Ego]

The Virginia Twister is the first one completed.  You can see it under Altered Wheelbase Fun.

[Altered Ego]

Made some progress on this one tonight.  Unfortunately, I ran out of glue.

[Altered Ego]

Here is a sneak peek of #4.  I had an OLD set of Color Me Gone decals and decided this would be a cool build.  If anyone reading this wants to do a similar project, I have one more complete set of 1964 Color Me Gone decals free to a good home.

[Altered Ego]

Making some progress on the Landy car.  I added a small detail as this one is looking like a late season version of the Landy's Dodge.  When Dick ran the new wrinkle wall tires, he ran Cragar wheels.  I came across these tires and decided to put the new wrinkle walls on here.  I will probably post this on a new thread when completed and on the Altered Wheelbase Fun thread.

[gtx6970]

On 10/10/2024 at 12:02 PM, Altered Ego said:

Here is a sneak peek of #4.  I had an OLD set of Color Me Gone decals and decided this would be a cool build.  If anyone reading this wants to do a similar project, I have one more complete set of 1964 Color Me Gone decals free to a good home.

Nice.

I just picked up one of these kits today.

Was gonna just build it box stock

Not anymore

You just made my decision on which car to replicate. 

[Altered Ego]

On 10/31/2024 at 9:56 PM, gtx6970 said:

Nice.

I just picked up one of these kits today.

Was gonna just build it box stock

Not anymore

You just made my decision on which car to replicate. 

Be sure to share on the Altered Wheelbase Fun thread.  And let me know if you want the extra set of decals I have.