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Post by rodburner on Apr 11, 2008 3:52:51 GMT -5
this peice of crap mustang i am working on at the moment has to be done by July for a show. it's a challenge between myself and 7 other guys in Omaha. we all had to buy a real peice of crap junker from the contest/swapmeet in February. each car was to be something that was junk and nobody would want to build and cost $5 or less. when everyone bought a car, we all drew numbers to see which one we ended up with. i ended up with a 83 mustang convertible glue bomb with busted windsheild frame, chassis busted up and paint globbed on , you know...peice of crap! anyways....when we go to the show in July, we will put all of our cars on the table with a ballot box and the people will choose their favorite.... whoever wins will receive $5 from each person that entered. I don't want to lose $5 or the respect they are gonna owe me when i kick their butts! LOL(it's all in fun)  here it is with fixed windsheild posts and mock up with my wheel choice.  top is painted with semi gloss black, looks pretty good.  not a simple build, much detail going into this, stay tuned! |
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Post by geezerman35 on Apr 11, 2008 7:07:12 GMT -5
Sounds like a fun affair.
Good luck with it
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Post by rodburner on Apr 15, 2008 2:34:59 GMT -5
thanks to Bob Valanda for the chassis you see here! I did have to modify it a bit to fit. I shortened it, narrowed the tubs outer edges, removed the front brace and wheel wells. Now that it's tubbed, the chassis is just right! After that i removed the rear seats to accomidate the tubs and it may look rough now....but i will have a nice cover up over that area. I am thinking of laying real aluminum down in the interior floor and where the rear seat was. more to come!  Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki |
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Post by geezerman35 on Apr 15, 2008 6:05:50 GMT -5
Tubs look like a nice fit.
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Post by rodburner on Apr 15, 2008 8:51:24 GMT -5
Tubs look like a nice fit. yeah, a tight fit too ;D |
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Post by rodburner on Apr 15, 2008 23:03:42 GMT -5
scratch built the "rear seat delete" which will be covered in aluminum soon. drilled out gage faces and fit the tilt steering column also.   |
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Post by geezerman35 on Apr 16, 2008 12:16:37 GMT -5
IMHO, you should have let those tubs be visible.
Coming along fine !!
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Post by rodburner on Apr 16, 2008 14:39:48 GMT -5
IMHO, you should have let those tubs be visible. Coming along fine !! i had the same feeling as though they should show a little....so stay tuned.  |
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Post by rodburner on Jun 24, 2008 20:38:58 GMT -5
back to it... to start, i guess i lost the desire to build this thing....so i am trying to get excited lol working on primer stages now, the car had a lot of glue and this would be text book GLUE BOMB restoration/re-build. I won't go through a lot of work to fill and sand....just enough to toss paint on it.  Hosted on Fotki |
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Post by rodburner on Jun 24, 2008 23:34:09 GMT -5
all of the ground effect/plastic moulding will be Platinum metallic as seen  Hosted on Fotki |
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Post by rodburner on Jun 25, 2008 0:17:12 GMT -5
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Post by rodburner on Jun 25, 2008 1:02:48 GMT -5
i am very happy with the clean lines i got! it's masked right where it should be and didn't deal any fits!  Hosted on Fotki |
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Post by rodburner on Jun 25, 2008 3:07:58 GMT -5
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Post by geezerman35 on Jun 25, 2008 4:45:36 GMT -5
keep focused and keep on it. You ain't gonna get their $5 or the respect if you don't finish it!
Lookin good.
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Post by ScaleModelRestoration on Jun 25, 2008 5:41:54 GMT -5
Nice color Bob!!! looks perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!keep going and it will be done soon and out of your hair! and man will it ever look good on the shelf!!!!!
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