mod3l Lover Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Seth, Just love this Mustang, any updates for thenew year? David S.
Metalmad Posted January 18, 2016 Author Posted January 18, 2016 Hello Everyone ! I have finally found a little time to get some bench time in on the Shelby which is that I have finished all the brake line junctions and I also had to shorten the drive shaft a bit also so I cut off the u joints and measured the length I needed for the center and then pinned the joints to the new shaft . I also decided to add a sway bar to the rear suspension so I went to the parts box and modified one from a late Shelby Mustang but it needs to be cleaned up a bit before paint as does the drive shaft.
Metalmad Posted February 8, 2016 Author Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) Was able to get a little bench time in today on the Shelby and I was able to finish painting and attaching the rear sway bar to the axle and I also finished up plumbing the rear brake hard lines and securing them to the rear axle. I also started on the front assembly of the a arms and spindles to make sure everything was setting even with the wheels attached and to see where I would be running the front brake hard lines and also to see where I will run the brake hoses from the calipers to the scratch built brake line brackets. I ended up scratch building two small fittings to attach the soft brake lines that run from the calipers to the brake line bracket that is attached to the frame then the hard line will run from the bracket to the frame rail and up to the firewall. Pictures coming soon ! Trying to get her down for NNL West Edited February 8, 2016 by Metalmad
Metalmad Posted February 9, 2016 Author Posted February 9, 2016 I have installed both front soft brake hose's to the scratch built fittings and I have installed both front brake hard lines to the soft lines and to the scratch built brackets and also started to run the hard lines but I will have to scratch build a three way junction for the hard lines next. This is really time consuming but is well worth the time spent on these little details which i'm shooting for Friday to at least get all the brake lines ran and secured in place. Thanks For Looking !
Metalmad Posted February 15, 2016 Author Posted February 15, 2016 I'm finally getting close to wrapping up this build since I was able to lay down the paint today plus the Pearl clear so next will be to apply the decals to the roof in a couple of days then shoot on a few coats of clear. I have the brake lines ran and a most installed up to the brake master but I have one more line to finish up that runs from the proportioning valve up to the brake master. I'm still not sure yet on how I'm going to run the upper radiator hose since it runs from the radiator straight towards the engine then splits into two smaller hose's that run across the front of the engine and they connect on the outer sides of the super charger.Well thats all for now so hopefully my next post will have finished pictures !
Metalmad Posted February 16, 2016 Author Posted February 16, 2016 Thank You Bruce !This build has been slow but the out come will be well worth it! Tonight I was able to get the roof stripe decals on and the ones on the body that are below the rear glass since the paint dried pretty quick since it has been warm here so I will let them cure for a couple of days then shoot the clear on. Thanks for Looking !
Metalmad Posted February 17, 2016 Author Posted February 17, 2016 Was able to shoot the clear on this afternoon when I got home from work and it went on nice and smooth so I will let this cure for about a week just to make sure it is completely dry and then rub her out then start final assembly.Will try and get pics up tomorrow night of the painted body.
Metalmad Posted February 21, 2016 Author Posted February 21, 2016 Well the paint gased out pretty quick do to the nice temperatures we had here this past week so I was able to rub out the paint today which it went by pretty quick also do to the paint and the clear laying down pretty smooth. So next will be the start of the final assembly but i still need to figure out the upper coolant hose's and the finishing up of some of the details of the wiring under the hood then she will be done.
Metalmad Posted February 22, 2016 Author Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Was able to get a few photos taken today so this is the body with no polish or scratch x applied yet.The little specks you see is the pearl clear then I added the decals then three coats of clear on top to finish it off. Thanks For Looking ! Edited February 22, 2016 by Metalmad
Oldmodelmaker Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Nice model. I'm working on the same one but mine looks nowhere near as good as yours.
John Teresi Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Seth......Dude you are getting way good Brother......nice work so far.....really clean Brother.....hope to see you at NNL West
Metalmad Posted February 22, 2016 Author Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Thank You Art & John ! Yes i will make it this year to the NNL West and I'm really looking forward to seeing you guys next month and all of the fine builds. Edited February 23, 2016 by Metalmad
Metalmad Posted March 5, 2016 Author Posted March 5, 2016 Hello Everyone !Going to try to wrap her up by tomorrow so I will be able to show her at the NNL West next weekend so for right now it's assembly time.
Metalmad Posted March 11, 2016 Author Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Hello Everyone ! Well I just finished her up this evening just in time for the road trip to Santa Clara tomorrow for the NNL West show Saturday so here are a few pictures and I also would like to thank you all for following this build which I'm pretty much happy with but as always there is room for improvement. Edited March 11, 2016 by Metalmad
Art Laski Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 I loved seeing this Saturday, Seth! It finished up great.
Metalmad Posted March 16, 2016 Author Posted March 16, 2016 Thank you Art !It was good to see you and the builds that you brought just wished we had more time to chat.
Art Laski Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 Thank you Art !It was good to see you and the builds that you brought just wished we had more time to chat.For sure. The day went too fast!
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