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Here is my sleeper cannonball run build.

A 40 Ford delivery with a Ferrari Testarossa drive line.

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Don't quite fit.....yet!

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Removed all the floor pan, including the molded in exhaust system.

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Modified the rear chassis and fabricated some front engine mounts, she now fits..

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Edited by DeeCee
Posted

Nice job fitting that engine into the chassis looks great. Not easy to go from 1/24 engine to 1/25 car, I'm finding it difficult.

Posted

Thanks for the interest guys,

i pulled out the Ferrari wheels, and thought they look cr#p, but i need the size and width, so i cut the centres out of them,

and inserted a set of chromies, so, old school look, but with the Ferrari 18" rims and tyres.

Got to keep with the sleeper look.. :)

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Nice work on those rims Dale . Have you picked a colour yet?

Thanks Dave, yes, as it will be Ferrari powered, it will have to be bright red i think mate. :)

  • 3 weeks later...
Posted

Thanks a lot Bill, got a small update,

I had to cut the rear off the chassis, as the wheels would not fit inside the guards, but when i moved the rails in, to fit the wheels, the engine would rub the rails,

and there was NO WAY i was going with smaller wheels, so, back to the drawing board.

Here is what i ended up with, and the great news, it WILL sit this low. :)

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Should make more progress now i got the chassis sorted, but now need to hang some suspension. ?????

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Somebody that thinks like me!!!!!!!! I like it!!!!!!!! :D:rolleyes:

Thanks very much guys,

Kerry, i like to build as far outside that box as possible mate, and in over 20 years,i have never built an OOB yet.

Posted

Im just guessing that the fuel tank will be under the hood ?

Sure will be Dave, and maybe in the shape of an engine, just to throw the authorities off the scent.

Posted

Thanks very much guys,

Kerry, i like to build as far outside that box as possible mate, and in over 20 years,i have never built an OOB yet.

Now now, everything I build is out of the box!!!!!!!! What does it matter that I take a few from this box, few from that box, etc. etc.!!!!!! :D:D :D

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Out of box, some from this box........some from that box, ha ha, well I did compete in a strictly out of box contest once, Audi R8, but MAN was it hard for me NOT to add anything, no wires, no seatbelts, not even flocking!!!! I just can't do it, I like doing things my way, not out of box! Of course I haven't seen a kit of a '40 Sedan Delivery with a flat 12 mid mounted in a box yet, do it YOUR way, way cool!!!!

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted

Thanks guys, well, back to this one for a bit, i redid the wheels, painted the ferrari sleeve red, it looks a lot better now with the red wall look.

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No room for the Ferrari suspension, so doing a solid diff set up, and now need to work out some sort of spring set up too.

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Exhaust was the easiest thing to make work i think.

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