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Post by Mr.409 on Dec 26, 2014 15:52:47 GMT -5
Santa brought me these:  That Mustang will be built as a Top Street Drag Car powered by Ford 302 with twin Dominators and NOS. And of course as it is a Street class Drag Racer, it runs with Drag Radials. Pickup will be built as a clean and freshly rebuilt Light Commercial vehicle. I'm planning on starting a WIP thread here on the Pickup at least... |
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Dec 26, 2014 17:07:03 GMT -5
Good haul Niko, looking forward to seeing what you do with them, especially the fox.
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Post by harron68 on Dec 26, 2014 17:54:29 GMT -5
Very cool INDEED! Santa a wise gift provider! Brushes, new ones, are always good too!
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Post by Mr.409 on Dec 27, 2014 4:54:38 GMT -5
Thanks!
I'm really interested in those two kits as well and I had to start working on them as soon as I could. I haven't made much progress though as there have been other things to do as well, but hopefully tonight I can post WIP threads of both of them. And yep, new paint brushes were warmly welcome. Now I can get rid of a couple of old ones that are in quite poor condition...
Here are my inspiration sources for that Mustang:
This is 1400 hp '79 Fox with newer Mustang's aluminum nose. 347 Cid Stroker with a Pro Charger. Unfortunately when racing on an airport surface the driver crashed that Mustang. But now he is building another that will have a single turbo setup and much wider rear tires.
And this other one has been running with a naturally aspirated Small Block Ford for a long time (That engine was absolutely pushed to the limit) and for 2014 the owner installed a Pro Charger in the engine bay. This video is from the first race when he was driving with a mild (?)setup. Later on he ran 8.5 ET with it I guess.
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Post by TooOld on Dec 27, 2014 19:59:17 GMT -5
I got a set of those too Ron , and I also thought they looked a little small . But I measured the square decals on my Little T (originals) and they are exactly the same size as these . But the Blue Beetle logo is almost 1/8th " smaller than what was on the restoration I'm working on now , but if I have any problems with my homemade decals I'll still use them as nobody will ever know the difference . These look like very nice decals and it's nice to have them available !  |
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Jan 2, 2015 17:22:44 GMT -5
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Post by harron68 on Jan 2, 2015 19:27:23 GMT -5
Really good job on a '60s traditional old custom! Except for the seam line that shows on the engine underside, it's a very clean model, thanx!
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Post by Mr.409 on Jan 21, 2015 11:37:50 GMT -5
A Glue Bomb of Jo-Han '71 Barracuda Pro Stock arrived yesterday. I have already restored one of these kits and it was a lot of fun. Now when this was for sale with a really reasonable price, I decided to buy it with plans of restoring it as a Super Stock Drag Car. It's missing some parts also, but that might not be a problem. Yesterday I also bought some styrene rod to complete the roll cage on my Top Street Mustang build.  |
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Post by johanfury on Feb 28, 2015 2:34:30 GMT -5
 I don't like the pictures from my tab either. Never seen this kit and had to have it. |
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Post by Mr.409 on Mar 1, 2015 4:07:39 GMT -5
That looks like an interesting kit - I've never seen one either. I bought SMP '61 Chevy Fleetside builtup (In the box of a '60 Pickup) yesterday at a Model Car Contest. It is painted and assembled, but in very good condition and it will be built as a Mild Custom. I also bought a set of whitewall tires on '60 DeSoto hubcaps. Tires will be used as front tires in Drag Cars and hubcaps will probably end up being in a Custom Car. I found a cheap set of valve covers, too, so I had to buy them as well.  More pics on the Fleetside: public.fotki.com/NostalgicDrag/smp-61-chevrolet-pickup/ |
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Post by johanfury on Mar 1, 2015 12:48:26 GMT -5
Love the vintage trucks
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Post by harron68 on Mar 1, 2015 13:34:56 GMT -5
The "glue bombs" found at model/toy shows can be real bargains for anyone willing to put in some extra work. Thanx for the fotos and description.
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Post by Mr.409 on Mar 1, 2015 14:37:01 GMT -5
I like those vintage trucks too, especially Chevrolets. I can't remember seeing one of these before so I had to take it with me. With the price tag it had, it was a bargain for sure. |
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Post by fordrodnkustom on Mar 1, 2015 14:37:24 GMT -5
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Post by TooOld on Mar 2, 2015 17:33:00 GMT -5
Yet another Little T landed this week. It was mixed in with two other vintage build ups and in the auction title it was labeled as a "mini" T. Not a full on glue bomb but it is a little heavy in some critical places. I got it all for what I consider a decent price. Not sure what I'm going to do with it but I did buy can of yellow paint today and found an original gas tank!  That looks alot like the one I rebuilt last year , great score ! I hit the jackpot with a box of parts I received today , enough parts for more than 2 Little T's including the headers ! |
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