TFchronos Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) Here is the first of hopefully three entries into this years Cannonball Run over in the Community Builds. It's a '67 Plymouth GTX sporting a 426 Hemi power plant. Painted Rust-O-leum Charcoal Grey Metallic, cleared with their X2 coverage Gloss Clear. There's also a little story behind this build. Some of you may remember that I built a '67 GTX for last years run too. Well I ended up breaking the windshield posts trying to lower the roof. I found this kit on eBay later that day so I bought just in case I could not fix mine. I was able to fix it and so parts from this one have been sitting on my desk since. While cleaning my desk from an earlier build in preparation to work on my original entries I found the body and thought to myself, it didn't get to be in last years run so why not build it up for this year's run? So here it is all built up, it's not perfect I did have to respray the front passenger fender and trunk lid so they are a little darker than the rest of the body. But I think it gives it a nice flawed charm, it's not meant to be a perfect big budget show car just something a relatively regular person could have built to run across country. I did make a few modifications and they are as follows. Smoothed the body removing the trim from the side, fenders and roof as well as all emblems. Recessed the gas cap to make it flush with the body. Modified the stock hood scoop to more match that of the '68 Dart's. Blacked out the chrome bumpers. I've seen a few '69 Super Bee's that had the bumpers blacked out and thought it looked cool. Plus all the chrome from this kit being perfect went on last years GTX. The chrome from last year's GTX ended up on this one lol. Cut out the old turbo style muffers and made some Cherry bombs (my muffler of choice). Also borrowed a que from the boys at GM and made some C6 Corvette style exhaust tips. And last but certainly not least made some purple fuzzy dice at Gene aka Speedfreak's suggestion. Well enough blabbering here it is "over" glass rather than under. Thanks for looking, more pics up in a few. Edited December 27, 2014 by TFchronos
TFchronos Posted July 28, 2014 Author Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) More pics. Thanks for looking! Edited December 27, 2014 by TFchronos
TFchronos Posted July 28, 2014 Author Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) And finally a few of it with last year's GTX. I apologize for the Red one missing it's mirrors they broke off while transporting a while back and I haven't gotten around to putting them back on yet. Thanks for looking! Edited December 27, 2014 by TFchronos
Harry P. Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Those are cool! One of my favorite cars of all time...
om617 Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 That sure is sweet and i love all the detail put into it,the red one is really cool as well.
Maxicoop Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Awesome builds, both are super lookin' rides .....and YES they have "HEMI'S" in them ....... what an engine !!!!
peter31a Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 That's one mean looking machine! Job well done, Jonathan.
DynoMight Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Really cool GTX! The blacked-out chrome is awesome, almost like powder-coating. I'll have to join in on the next year's CannonBall Run... I would've joined, but it was June..
Lunajammer Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 They make a great pair Jonathan. I can't decide which I like more but I'm favoring the dark one. Excellent engine work, wish I could detail that well.
slusher Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Two great models Jonathan. Nice touch on the Viper emblem on the hood...
Dominik Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 like the colorconcept without chrome - thats really cool! looking good!
Speedfreak Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Those cars look great Jonathan! The gray one just screams serious road car! I've alway's loved the '67 GTX, kind of a subtle, classy muscle car. Great job, and fun to watch the build. Gene
DeeCee Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 That is a cool GTX, nicely detailed and top job on the paint. I like the red one too.
TFchronos Posted July 29, 2014 Author Posted July 29, 2014 Those are cool! One of my favorite cars of all time... Thanks Harry, after building two of them it's really climbed up my list of all times. So much that if I could ever own a Mopar (or any muscle car for that matter) I think it would be my car of choice. That sure is sweet and i love all the detail put into it,the red one is really cool as well. Thank you Tommy, much appreciated.
TFchronos Posted July 29, 2014 Author Posted July 29, 2014 Awesome builds, both are super lookin' rides .....and YES they have "HEMI'S" in them ....... what an engine !!!! Thanks Ron! Super NICE builds!! Thanks Larry!
TFchronos Posted July 29, 2014 Author Posted July 29, 2014 That's one mean looking machine! Job well done, Jonathan. Thank you Peter. Really cool GTX! The blacked-out chrome is awesome, almost like powder-coating. I'll have to join in on the next year's CannonBall Run... I would've joined, but it was June.. Thank you Glenn. There's still plenty of time if you want to join this year's, the deadline isn't until Dec. 1st. I'm about to start two more myself.
TFchronos Posted July 29, 2014 Author Posted July 29, 2014 They make a great pair Jonathan. I can't decide which I like more but I'm favoring the dark one. Excellent engine work, wish I could detail that well. Thank you Mike. Both are great looking cars. Thank you Lee.
pturley84 Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Great job on both of the builds. I like the clean sleek look.
DynoMight Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Thank you Glenn. There's still plenty of time if you want to join this year's, the deadline isn't until Dec. 1st. I'm about to start two more myself. Really! Awesome, I'll have to look in my stash to see what I have I can build soon! Thanks for letting me know. I've only brushed over the 25+ pages, and I didn't realize it was something you could still join in on! Thanks again...
MikeBoyle Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Great looking builds. The black bumpers look good with the body color.
TFchronos Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 Great job on both of the builds. I like the clean sleek look. Thanks Paul, much appreciated Really! Awesome, I'll have to look in my stash to see what I have I can build soon! Thanks for letting me know. I've only brushed over the 25+ pages, and I didn't realize it was something you could still join in on! Thanks again... Sure thing Glenn. If anyone else wants to be part of the fun head on over to the Community Builds. You're more than welcome to join, the more the merrier.
TFchronos Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 Great looking builds. The black bumpers look good with the body color. Thank you Mike! Nice pair! Thank you Ray!
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