60 STARLINER

[Speedster]

COOL!

[brett]

thanks Jeffrey , seems to be taking forever to get anything done, but have made a little progress. Couldn't find a later model ford race engine so I built a bbc for it

then remembered I had 2 Glidden thunderbird pro stock kits

got to wire and plumb it up for nitrous now. Had to modify the chassis a little to fit the wheelbase (the middle one)

and a quick mock up

[vintagedragfan]

very cool!

[Dr. Cranky]

Sweet. That color and flames makes it POP.

[Mooneyzs]

Engine and chassis is looking great Brett!!

[brett]

Thanks guys, Finally got the chassis painted, went orange as I didn't like it white so much. Don't you love how mockups everything seems to fit ok but as soon as you go to glue it together nothing fits anymore

[monster]

Great job.

[GoatGuy]

Love the car Brett. I've always liked that flat finned style. I know what you mean about after mockup things not fitting the same. Expecially after painting.

[Dragline]

Awesome Brett! And with Ford power!!!!

You continue to amaze buddy.

Bob

[dimebolt]

That thing is just wicked looking Brett.

Great job so far man.

Corey

[GoatGuy]

Any progress Brett ??

[Dyno Davo]

Very, very cool Brett, great concept to build the car this way. Really liking the build quality.

[brett]

Any progress Brett ??

First off thanks guys, and to answer your question Dave, no. Dont know how much longer mums going to be around so have her as my first priority so apart from a quick box stock Revell merc and a little work on the funnycar decals I havent seen much bench time at all. Been buying though (see what did you get thread)

[slusher]

WOW, awsume paint work. The engine looks great. Great progress...

[Mister Twister]

I love it....That is nice!

[John Teresi]

Brett.......BRILLIANT, love the idea.........you come up with the best projects..........looks really cool man.

[pharr7226]

Very cool subject. How did you determine the amount of body material to remove? Did you eyeball it or use specs? The paintwork is killer. Where did you find the scoop?

[brett]

1st off thanks guys, 2ndly questions, questions, questions , Held up a pro sportsman chassis and measured how much needed to be removed at the rear to fit the floor. Guessed/ eyeballed how much need to come out of the frontal width to set the tyres in an acceptable place (remember at this stage the wheelbase of the chassis is too short for the body of this car). The hardest part is getting the lines straight from the back of the car to the front while going over the roof as the masking tape likes to grab where ever it touches. so again eyeballing to my rescue lol. I'm actually not particularly happy with the paint or at least the flame striping but thanks again. The scoop came from a resin 63 vette from ebay that will be supercharged, one day. I'm amassing quite a collection of resin doorslammer bodies that I'll get stuck into soon, check out my SWC pro extreme if you want to see more but its a few pages back now

[GoatGuy]

Brett you're absolutely right. Family is first. Sorry to hear about your Mom. I pray all goes well.