Fast and Furious Hammer

[stewart]

I have completed painting the wheels.

I have finished the chassis and frame painting. I modified the fuel tank to look more like a racing fuel cell.

I took the front suspension and cut it down to the minimum and replaced the torsion bars, steering, and traction bar with solder and aluminum tubing.

[nybuilder]

I love the work on the dash looks superb! And the overall stance of the car is mean.

[my80malibu]

Although I like the subject . I am not real crazy about the cross ram setup.it is just not modern enough for a build like this. and it looks like the distributor is not at the right angle, very hard to tell without seeing it from the front. other than that what you have so far is going well.

[stewart]

Thanks for your input. According to my reference pictures, the distributor appears to be at the right angle. Here is a shot of it.

I will be using a dual procharger setup on the engine. Hopefully that will not seem redundant due to the nature of the cross ram intake. Tell me what you think of the idea. I might try to change it up for an EFI system or something similar.

Here is a picture of the interior bucket and seats.

Thanks again for the input. I appreciate it.

STewart

[shucky]

Stewart looks like everything is coming along nicely. Great job so far. Look forward to finally seeing it done. Thanks for sharing and updating this.

[stewart]

Thanks shucky. Those superchargers I got from you are really great.

STewart

[stewart]

I have finished the suspension and am now on the way towards trying to get this thing into rolling chassis. I have had a few problems with setting it up to ride on all four wheels but I think I have it pretty well done. Just a few adjustments to do on the front.

I have the interior set up. I need to finish the roll bar but I have the main hoop set up. I did some pin striping on the seats in the interior to add some interest. It is not that great. It is really hard to have a steady hand.

STewart

[stewart]

I completed the roll bar and most of the interior. I painted and installed the shifter, a cassette player, and steering wheel. The shifter is the kit part. The cassette player and steering wheel are detail master parts.

I have the suspension glued in place. I am waiting for the glue to dry to complete it. I used disc brakes from the Revell GTS Viper kit.

Thanks for following, more to come soon.

STewart

[Tonioseven]

This is coming along great so far.

[stewart]

I now have the body painted and ready to go. It is painted graphite metallic with pearl clearcoat. I think it is the best paint job I have laid down yet. I am working on my painting skills and I think I am getting better.

I decided to change up the intake system to a cross-ram as I agree with a post made earlier that the sonoramic intake seems rather dated to be using on this build. I could not find a good cross-ram in my stash to fit the engine so I ended up scratchbuilding one.

I also made the air filter intakes for the pro chargers. The tubing is 12 guage insulated copper wire. The K&N filters are from Scale Dreams.

STewart

[richcrabman]

anymore updates on this build?.......also i would like some info on where you got the dash gauges from.

rich

[stewart]

I got the gauges from model car Garage. It is a PE detail set. I will not have a lot of updates now as school just started. However, I was able to throw together a quick mockup of the car. I completed the intake and now just have to finish up the linkages to the carburetors.

I was trying to figure out how to make an air box to run the outlet lines from the prochargers into. I finally found something that looks good. It is an oblong resin air filter. I will probably end up making a smooth-sided one from styrene and paint it aluminum.

STewart

[Skydime]

Isn't this the same car that is in part 4 aswell or was I not paying attention? either way you are doing a good job on yours.

My copy of part Fast and Furious is in my car's dvd player...and the car has a dead battery so, I can't check it. I believe you are referring to Letty's car and I am pretty sure this is a pic for Fast and Furious (4th Installment) http://images.search...umb=bhVCM9x4L6G . I also found a die cast version of this car. http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=A0PDoYB0yYFO_woA8GeJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBlMTQ4cGxyBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1n?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DPlymouth%2BHammer%2Broll%26n%3D30%26ei%3Dutf-8%26y%3DSearch%26b%3D1%26tab%3Dorganic&w=480&h=360&imgurl=static.upillar.com%2Fpictures%2Fresources%2F294085%2Fscaled%2FDCP05123.JPG%3F1269092474&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.upillar.com%2Flistings%2F113391&size=30.3+KB&name=upillar.com+|+1970+Plymouth+Hammer+By+GMP+NIB&p=Plymouth+Hammer+roll&oid=a7c80b9e91f4581ef1811780cf237a59&fr2=&fr=&tt=upillar.com+|+1970+Plymouth+Hammer+By+GMP+NIB&b=0&ni=30&no=3&tab=organic&sigr=116ufe15h&sigb=13ack7caa&sigi=12b4v1o3v&.crumb=bhVCM9x4L6G . On topic, this is one finely detailed model of a car that is beautiful in real life.

Edited September 27, 2011 by Skydime

[richcrabman]

I got the gauges from model car Garage. It is a PE detail set. I will not have a lot of updates now as school just started. However, I was able to throw together a quick mockup of the car. I completed the intake and now just have to finish up the linkages to the carburetors.

I was trying to figure out how to make an air box to run the outlet lines from the prochargers into. I finally found something that looks good. It is an oblong resin air filter. I will probably end up making a smooth-sided one from styrene and paint it aluminum.

STewart

thanks for the updated pics STewart.........just luv this car.

rich

[richcrabman]

My copy of part Fast and Furious is in my car's dvd player...and the car has a dead battery so, I can't check it. I believe you are referring to Letty's car and I am pretty sure this is a pic for Fast and Furious (4th Installment) http://images.search...umb=bhVCM9x4L6G . I also found a die cast version of this car. http://images.search...umb=bhVCM9x4L6G . On topic, this is one finely detailed model of a car that is beautiful in real life.

'of a car that is be beautiful in real life' i totally agree with you on this one.the car is something of beauty and if my time comes to own a car like the 'hammer' then its meant to be.

i though 'Elinor' was nice but the Plymouth is just one awesome looking car...............

rich

[TheCat]

Looking good.... Can't wait to see it done.

[shucky]

Stewart nice work! A lil advice, you'll want to make a nice topper for the carbs and plumb the superchargers into there. Unless your running an intercooler than that will be between the blowers and carbs. Keep up the good work!

[LAone]

sweet looking build. dig the engine, twin charge FTW!

[stewart]

Thanks for the advice. The air filter I mocked up on the carbs is just to get an idea of what the air box will look like. I plan on make an "aluminum" airbox out of styrene and run the outlet pipes from the pro-chargers into there. I think this is the best-looking way of doing this. I get what you are saying . I have not forgotten about hooking up the chargers to the carburetors. Thanks so much for the helpful advice though. It is always welcome.

[stewart]

Got a little done tonight. Not as much as I had wanted to. Unfortunately, while I was trying to adjust the intake plumbing from the prochargers, they both broke off . That usually means more super glue which ends up with glue buildup and makes the part look bad. Aaargh!!! Oh well. Still working on that part of my modeling skill set. I now just have to figure out how I am going to hook up the pulleys to the belt. Anybody have ideas? The prochargers are to far back to put another pulley layer on the engine. Have to find another way. Here are some pics of the radiator with a Machined Aluminum Specialties electric fan PE set and the intake I made for the engine with two laminated pieces of styerene painted with Alclad dark aluminum.

the plubming is .125 solder,

the blue connectors are heat shrink tubing

The wing bolts on top are made with Detail Master's valve cover t-bolt set and 2 Model Car Garage hex nuts from their nut and bolt PE set.

STewart

[Skydime]

Stewart, Sorry to hear about your intakes breaking on the prochargers. I'm sure with the skill you are displaying on this one that you'll get them fixed as good as new. That radiator assembly looks crazy good.

[richcrabman]

STewart.I'm speechless mate this is going to be one sweet build.then engine is a work of art.instead of using super glue try using clear resin what you find in automotive shops.it come in a two part syringe and is super strong and clear,ill try and get a pic up for you to show you what im on about.

rich

[richcrabman]

here you go STewart,the stuff iwas on about that i use insead of super glue.

rich

[Skydime]

There ya go Richie.

Edited September 29, 2011 by Skydime

[stewart]

Thanks guys, I do have some epoxy I could use I just dont really like using it because it is rather cumbersome to have to mix it and use it before it hardens. It also tends to get places I don't intend because of its consistency. However I will give it a try and see. Thanks so much for the input.

STewart