Sox & Martin Cudas

[Sport Suburban]

I'm working on a pair of Johan 71 Cuda's. I'm not really interested in superdetailing them so I'm keeping all the Johan parts.

As for the kit's it's funny but I bought one kit in the late 80's new at a local hobby store. I rode my bike to get a model and that is the one I picked up. I somehow lost one front rim and broke a rear rim back then. So Only the motor was painted and glued. About two years ago I picked up another built kit from a friend for $8. I wanted just the wheels and the rest was parts originaly. So I decided to strip the paint and see what shape this one was in. Now it's just as clean and restorable. I just needed some glass, the front suspension part and now wheels again. I got resin Modelhaus wheels and traded for the rest of the missing parts. So then I thought I would do one as a 70 and got the Reliable Resin kit to do it.

Now for what I have done. Here is the interior and chassis after the restoration work I did. This is going under the 71. I have only done one chassis up to this point.

When I stripped the 71 body it was real nice and molded in white. I thought that was great and better than the orange the other body is molded in. I also got a set of slixx decals for these. This is where I'm at with the 71 Cuda body. The body is primmed in white and I have some sink marks to fill in along with the scoop seam. I also pulled out my dremmin and hogged out the holes for the exhaust in the rear vallance. The restored car has this vallance and I like it.

When I got the resin kit from Reliable Resin, I got to work. This is a lot more work than most conversion kit's I have used. Most kit's don't require cutting out sections of the body to use there stuff. Just modified peices that replace an item. With this kit you have to cut out the grill and rear vallance and fit in the new stuff. It took a few hours of work but it came out great. The hood was flat and the scoop was a seperate peice so I had to locate the hole and cut it. Then fit the scoop. Here is were I'm at now. I still have some body work to do and rework the front vallance to make it more like a 70 model.

[caine440]

Builds after my own heart!

Looking very nice. Good job on the conversion!

I used the same parts from Don to build the same car. I love the 70 Sox car and you do not see many of them.

Thanks for posting!

[ChrisPflug]

Had the opportunity to see the real '70 car in the garage at the late Ron Slobe's house about 20 years ago

He apologized for the new Corvette parked next to it

[Rob Z]

This is really looking great, the conversion is coming along marvelously!!! I am gonna keep an eye on this one, might give me inspiration to complete the S & M Cuda I have started...

[Sport Suburban]

Here is a small update. I was tipped off that the rollbar hit's the side glass on this model. So I tried to modify it and gave up. I decided it would be easier to scratch build a new one instead. Also you can see my resin cast seats in the backround.

[reb]

Here is a small update. I was tipped off that the rollbar hit's the side glass on this model. So I tried to modify it and gave up. I decided it would be easier to scratch build a new one instead. Also you can see my resin cast seats in the backround.

nice work. I built one of these back in the 70's when they came out. They were all white at the time. I bought 4 more a few years ago when they came out. Love the engine. REB