66 Shelby GT350H (Pro Outlaw or Pro-Mod ????)

[hOLMS]

Hello all

This is my 66Shelby I started a several years ago and hope to be back on sometime soon, just thought I would share some of my pix I made clowning around w/camera.

This one has a scratch brass and copper chassis, scratch front & rear suspension (w/4-link). The body is heavily modified and somewhat close to final sanding/priming, even though some of the shots look kinda rough. The wheelbase has been stretched to a scale 110".....scratched rear wing.....stretched, lowered and tilted nose......scratched top from back of side windows forward.....very light fenderwell flares with reshaped openings......and rounded lower rear valence for wheelie-bar clearance. I'm not quite sure if this one will be pro-mod or pro outlaw with 10.5 rears. This one has been nothing short of challenging/fun and a complete labor of luv. Thanks for looking......hOLMS.......

ps...everyones work/art at this forum is outstanding, keep it up!!!!

[glenn]

this is coming along nicely,well done.Is it 1/25 scale? what size brass tube/rod are you using?

[hOLMS]

this is coming along nicely,well done.Is it 1/25 scale? what size brass tube/rod are you using?

This is 1/25 scale and I've used .093 brass for lower main chassis rails, .062 brass and copper for all other tubes except .062 square brass that will support the rear motor mount plate and structural sheet metal for the firewall......used .062 aluminum for rear end. Thanks for the comments.

[1320wayne]

From what I can see your chassis and suspension work look superb. The body is no slouch as well. If I may, my one and only suggestion would be is to add a little more of a wedge shape to the profile of your body by adding a tapered section of flat styrene to the lower rocker panels. It gives the body a more aggressive stance. That's just me. Either way it should look just fine.

[hOLMS]

From what I can see your chassis and suspension work look superb. The body is no slouch as well. If I may, my one and only suggestion would be is to add a little more of a wedge shape to the profile of your body by adding a tapered section of flat styrene to the lower rocker panels. It gives the body a more aggressive stance. That's just me. Either way it should look just fine.

I appreciate your opinion, which is exactly why i have not worked on this in about 2 yrs now........Everytime I've studied this body, it always seems a little square or box-like and I did wedge an app 4 scale inches along the lrp's when this was started (should have been more). I do think there are a couple of contributing factors leading to that missing aggression including your suggestion; 1) I think the headlight and grill are still located a bit high and could be narrowed when looking at front view 2) A nice little blend between the rear wing and sides along with the wing starting point being higher and moved fwd into the first radius behind side windows 3) I did scratch the front of the top 5 scale inches lower than stock and also stretched toward frt wheels but the rear of top is at stock height, maybe the whole top could have gone another 2 scale inches lower to help 4) the hood has no bulge yet for top of motor and i'm not sure if that is good or bad yet.

When i get back to this one, i think i want to see what happens when the hood has more character and go from there......Thanks for looking and i do agree fully that the aggression needs a little work after looking thru the pix i've made on this subject. It may be a little late to rework the headlight area as mentioned above, but i think the other 3 plus your wedge idea would help greatly.......hOLMS

[W-409]

Wow, that's nice! Mustang is very good for this, is there in USA a race class called Pro Outlaw? Have never heard about that... Pro Modified is my favourite, and I would built it from this... Here in Finland has been driven PM European record 5.911, 1/4 mile.

But your build looks good to me, I have On the workbench section '63 Impala Pro Street what has a brass frame also... I have to continue it someday too. Keep this going!

[brett]

Hey Jeff, that frame looks awesome man! Between yours and Waynes thoughts I'm sure you'll get the body where you want it to. Nitrous, blown or turboed?

[Speedster]

Lookin' great! That chassis is sweet!