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Post by Dennis on Jan 27, 2012 22:40:22 GMT -5
This is turning out to be a sweet little modified! I like the colors your using. I wouldn't sweat front brakes. A lot of lakes cars went without them. There's more than enough runoff that a car could coast to stop, so rear brakes only are totally adequate.
Is the motor in its final mounting position, or will the front be propped up some? It's on quite a slope at the moment.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jan 27, 2012 22:56:26 GMT -5
...Is the motor in its final mounting position, or will the front be propped up some? It's on quite a slope at the moment. The back end will come down so that the heads are parallel with the frame rails. I didn't notice it when I took the pics. It's kinda obvious in the side shot, isn't it...
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jan 28, 2012 20:27:10 GMT -5
It's only two weeks until the NNL West and "Jake" is thrashing madly on his V-12 powered vintage Dry Lakes Modified to get 'er done in time for the big show... Couldn't get it done without him... I found some nice resin '40 Ford juice brakes in my resin stash. From the packaging and resin I'm guessing they're from Earl Years Resin. Also some vane type shocks courtesy of Replicas & Miniatures Co. of Maryland. The rear suspension is now done. Also got some paint on the headers and the front suspension and steering bits have been cut and painted. Thanx for lookin', B.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jan 30, 2012 11:23:38 GMT -5
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Post by tex34ford on Jan 30, 2012 14:15:28 GMT -5
B., you have a great eye for proportion. your details always look in scale. Check on the 2nd. exhaust pipe on your left side header, it doesn't look like it's been filled in where it meets the main header tube.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jan 30, 2012 19:40:11 GMT -5
B., you have a great eye for proportion. your details always look in scale. Check on the 2nd. exhaust pipe on your left side header, it doesn't look like it's been filled in where it meets the main header tube. Thanks! I consider that a great compliment since I constantly strive to keep things looking "right" with proper scale and textures. In general it seems to mean that things need to be smaller and finer that you might think. It's the same thing with paint where metallics require a finer flake to look "real" and the gloss can actually be too deep. On the other hand, you can never get things smooth enough, straight enough, thin enough or crisp enough. I noticed that in the pic of the header. I'll see what I can do about it without building yet another set of headers (I built 3 in all so far, mainly because of body and suspension clearance issues).
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Post by tex34ford on Jan 31, 2012 8:54:33 GMT -5
B., I think that is called art imitating life, I've had the same problems building 1:1 exhaust systems over the years.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Jan 31, 2012 19:32:04 GMT -5
I continue hammering away on this thing. I've gotten the motor done, including some exhaust extensions made from aluminum tubing. Here are a couple of photos. Thanx for lookin', B.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 2, 2012 8:00:27 GMT -5
On the home stretch now. With the car in final assembly I couldn't resist a quick snapshot and some Photoshop Phun. Next pictures should be On The Freakin' Shelf... Thanx for lookin',
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Post by ronr on Feb 2, 2012 15:41:02 GMT -5
Looking Good! Love the decals.
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Post by Bernard Kron on Feb 2, 2012 18:05:52 GMT -5
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Post by proosen on Feb 7, 2012 11:36:03 GMT -5
That's one cool ride! Put in one word, beautiful!
Niclas
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