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Warmer weather slowed me down - lots to do other than play around on the bench. :)

Chassis is just about finished. Put down a mix of black and grey embossing powder for a salt & pepper carpet - almost a perfect match to my real-life '74 Super.

The really sadly detailed engine is in, not too pleased with the intake and carbs, might look for something better. Heck, anything is better than what's on there now...

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I think I have the main body ready, except for lots of scribe work.

Seats are in, look pretty good I think, with the salt and pepper carpet. All the interior upholstery is going to be primer grey.

Found some carbs that might do duty as twin Solex units - better than the junky things that came with the kit. Hacked up some intake runners from a Corvette TPI set-up for the carbs to mount to.

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...Having far too much fun... :(

One side is scribed, a few touch-ups to do but I think it's reasonable.

Next time I'll start with a better kit... cutting in lines where none existed before is not for me.

Spent a good half hour stirring up the paint I plan to use. It's been in my basement since '07 when I used it on a full size '71 New Yorker. Very glad there's only a quart or so left in the can... my arm is pretty tired!

A lot of the metallic and resins had sunk to the bottom but I managed to get it all back into suspenion. It's an awesome colour!

The colour-on-a-stick pic is taken without a flash... the metallic is actually very fine.

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A full day of curing, ready for some pictures. :)

Nice and clean, one speck of dirt on the bed floor. Not bad for spraying just inside my garage with the doors wide open. ;)

After 30 some-odd years of spraying for a living, I made a rookie mistake and pulled the trigger on a part without first testing the pattern against something that doesn't matter. Got some chunks of metallic on the rear apron, looks like a totally different colour. I felt pretty dumb... and then looked around to make sure no one was watching. :)

... But I'm really happy with how it turned out.

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