Reeves Racing Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 This is a Testers rebox kit. I don't remember the actual maker. The car is one my all time favorite IMSA cars and unfortunately is curbside.
slowbird Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Nice! I love the IMSA cars. You really made this one shine.
meaneyme Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Awesome job on this my friend, details are very cool.
voljeepx Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 That is way cool! I've never seen one of these, but I must say I will be looking for one now! Good job!
sfhess Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 I think Gunze Sangyo issued a kit of the IMSA Cobra. Not sure if that's the one Testor's used.
James Flowers Posted October 8, 2009 Posted October 8, 2009 Great looking build you have there. Looks like the picture in the back ground.
RodneyBad Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 Great looking Cobra. Detail painting really brought a simple kit to life. Great work.
Reeves Racing Posted October 12, 2009 Author Posted October 12, 2009 Thanks guys. Here is some info on the real car and why I thought it was such a great subject for a build even with a lame Gunze kit. "In 1976, Charlie Kemp built a Mustang II racing car for the IMSA All American GT (AAGT) class. He looked at the rules carefully and decided that he could get away with taking the body panels for a Mustang II and draping them over a tube-frame racing chassis. The common method of building a racer in this class had previously been to take a production vehicle and add the tube frame reinforcement to it. Kemp's method did away with the design compromises inherent in the more common practice. Unfortunately, the IMSA inspectors did not share his liberal interpretation of the rules and placed him in the Le Mans GTX (GT Experimental) class. Eventually he was able to modify his Cobra II racer to satisfy the IMSA inspectors. Kemp also intended to sell production Mustang II's wearing his fiberglass body panels in cooperation with his sponsor, Dobbs Ford in Memphis Tennessee. The cars were to have performance upgrades limited to suspension improvements (a sign of the very restrictive emission regulations of the period). I have been unable to determine if any of these production cars were built, or if the body panels were available as a kit." On my build I used a scrap piece of P/E for the lower grill, I drilled out all of the air holes in the back of the car, cut the spoiler out on the trunk with a very thin saw, and of course used all of my Alclad colors as much as possible. I would like to point out that the kit come with no chrome at all so the chrome you see is Alclad or BMF. Mitch
MikeMc Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Well done Mitch!!! As you rarely see this racecar anymore who cares if it a curbside!!!Thanks for bringing it back!!!
bsoder Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 Don't know the kit but you did it justice!...great info about the car to
Nick F40 Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 Oh yeah, IMSA....you can't go wrong! I love this. This is how a Mustang II should look this is the fastest one too
3men2s Posted October 14, 2009 Posted October 14, 2009 ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS CAR THE RIGHT WAY YOU DID AN EXELENT JOB. I HAVE THIS KIT ALSO, AND I AM WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO BUILD ANOTHER IMSA CAR. MINE I AM GOING TO DO THE FULL CHASSIE WITH ENGINE USING THE 86 MUSTANG IMSA RACE CAR AND GETTING THE MANIFOLD WITH THE WEBBER IN RESIN. THANKS FOR SHARING DO YOU HAVE MORE BUILS LIKE THIS ONE?
torinobradley Posted October 16, 2009 Posted October 16, 2009 ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS CAR THE RIGHT WAY YOU DID AN EXELENT JOB. I HAVE THIS KIT ALSO, AND I AM WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO BUILD ANOTHER IMSA CAR. MINE I AM GOING TO DO THE FULL CHASSIE WITH ENGINE USING THE 86 MUSTANG IMSA RACE CAR AND GETTING THE MANIFOLD WITH THE WEBBER IN RESIN. THANKS FOR SHARING DO YOU HAVE MORE BUILS LIKE THIS ONE? This is an awesome build of this curbside! It prompted me to do a bit of research for a possible conversion to a full detail since I have the kit and am on the lookout for my next high detail car. What puzzled me is the rear end. The front appears to be of one version and the rear of another... Anyone else come to that conclusion? I hadn't found any pictures that matched the configuration of the model. 3men2s: How close is the '86 IMSA Mustang chassis to the Kemp chassis?
3men2s Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 I think that this chassie is a great platform and off course it needs to be modify more, This are pics of someone else build, sorry I don't have his name. but he did a great job combining both kits. I will push the engine back more, will see when I am ready to start. around what time you think you will start yours, maybe we can start at the same time and help each other along the way.
3men2s Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 (edited) this 1;1 photo shows how mush the engine needs to be move back and you could give it more attitude with this tail Edited October 19, 2009 by 3men2s
torinobradley Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 this 1;1 photo shows how mush the engine needs to be move back and you could give it more attitude with this tail You can see in the pics both the differences in the cage as well as the rear bumper area having more of a stock type facia. I think this will be like any racer in where you would need to pick a date and/or race to model the car after as it is clear that it has gone through some changes. I like the idea of getting a head start with a chassis from another kit. Did I read he was racing a 351 cleveland? It would be fun to work on a project simultaniously as it would be bennificial. Lots of sharing of tips, tricks, sources and ideas... But, I believe my next project will be an extreeme detailed Corvette GS.
IMSANUT Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 ONLY A FEW PEOPLE HAVE DONE THIS CAR THE RIGHT WAY YOU DID AN EXELENT JOB. I HAVE THIS KIT ALSO, AND I AM WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO BUILD ANOTHER IMSA CAR. MINE I AM GOING TO DO THE FULL CHASSIE WITH ENGINE USING THE 86 MUSTANG IMSA RACE CAR AND GETTING THE MANIFOLD WITH THE WEBBER IN RESIN. THANKS FOR SHARING DO YOU HAVE MORE BUILS LIKE THIS ONE? The induction for the motor was fuel injection. You picked the correct kit for the chassis basis though!.
IMSANUT Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 There is a lot of good information on this car in a book called Fast Mustangs by Alex Gabbard.
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