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Post by jeff on Jun 21, 2020 17:21:49 GMT -5
Yup!
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Post by CrazySwede on Jun 27, 2020 14:55:51 GMT -5
Yeeea!! The bubble top look gives the ride that perfect look!!
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Post by chepp on Jun 30, 2020 14:16:45 GMT -5
Some would-be auto stylist I am. I wouldn't have thought of a bubble-top version on my own in a million years but once spex84 suggested a filled wheel-opening idea as a sci-fi variation it just came to me. Just in case you didn't see this pic on the previous page, here it is again. Since several like the bubble-top idea, should it keep the regular wheel openings or should they be filled in like the image above?
IF, and it's a big IF, I put on a bubble where would I get one? Bubble tops came in several AMT '60s convertible kits such as the 1963 Ford Thunderbird.
There were a couple in the Revell Custom Car Parts C1151 pack but the two I can see in an old photo look too small (they might be from the Roth Beatnik Bandit).
The chances of finding one the right size to fit my narrowed '66 Riviera are probably pretty slim. The interior opening width: At the windshield: 54mm The widest part in the middle: 55mm At the base of the rear window: 51mm Around the opening is 2mm on the upper part of the doors on each side. The length of the bubble could range from about 90mm to 110mm.
Does anybody have one or more bubbles that they could measure?
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Post by jeff on Jun 30, 2020 17:57:13 GMT -5
I would do the skirts, complete the look. You may need to find a bubble from a blister pack. Dollar store trip should produce some toy with something close to the shape you want. Throw the toy or whatever out and use the packaging like we all know we have done before.
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Post by spex84 on Jul 2, 2020 11:52:38 GMT -5
I second the blister pack idea...the Roth bubble is way too small. The Parts Pack bubbles are larger, but more difficult to find...and I don't think they'd have the length you need to create that fastback look. I did some searching online and found that headphones sometimes come in clamshell blister packs that have an overall rounded shape. The closest match was this one, intended for a golfball/baseball (there must be different sizes available?):
That suggests to me that maybe a tennis ball or baseball package might work, if you can find one that's an oval rather than spherical. The problem is you actually need a "chopped" version that is somewhat flattened to work with the lines of the car.
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Post by chepp on Jul 2, 2020 17:15:17 GMT -5
Posted by spex84 5 hours ago I second the blister pack idea...
Maybe... I'm wondering if the custom bubble from the old Monogram (then Revell) '58 Thunderbird might work. Maybe the width would be OK if the full-width T-Bird is about the same as my narrowed Riv.
Or, maybe put the full skirts on the re-jiggered stock roof version.
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Post by chepp on Jul 29, 2020 14:03:46 GMT -5
Maybe I should have left the quarters full width and only made the front fenders separate like on Rick Dores' Illusion.
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Post by chepp on Apr 8, 2022 15:13:46 GMT -5
The makerspace that I belong to bought a new 3D resin printer a couple of weeks ago so I'm monkeying around with making the reverse-flow intake (see pages 2 and 3 of this thread) fit into the extended wheelbase/front fenders chassis. I'm mostly learning by doing -- in this case I oriented the 3D print vertically (left photo) when it should have been horizontal so both pipes would have full supports to keep them from distorting during the printing process. It had other dimensional problems so I cut and glued the manifold so I could take measurements then modify the 3D drawing to match. One "mechanical" problem with this design is that the blower would be powered by a shaft (not shown) from the water pump and not from the crankshaft. Since it's a radical custom and not a race car I think that it might be OK. What do you think?
If I go with the full skirts and bubble top shown in an earlier post, can anybody suggest a kit with a bubble top that might fit and look good? The interior opening width: At the windshield: 54mm The widest part in the middle: 55mm At the base of the rear window: 51mm Around the opening is 2mm on the upper part of the doors on each side. The length of the bubble could range from about 90mm to 110mm. Although I haven't looked too hard for one, I don't think that a clear blister from a package could be found but I'm still open to the idea.
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Post by Dave from Pleasanton on Apr 8, 2022 18:37:11 GMT -5
I just found this thread since you posted today. Started at the beginning and followed all the way through. My two cents. Go with the roadster and the full fender skirts. It's what I saw first and it certainly has the cleanest, sleekest lines to my eye. Certainly hope you pick up the build again. Curious on the reverse flow intake with regard to the exhausts exiting the engine bay. Should be a challenge.
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Post by chepp on Apr 8, 2022 21:40:02 GMT -5
I just found this thread since you posted today. Started at the beginning and followed all the way through. My two cents. Go with the roadster and the full fender skirts. It's what I saw first and it certainly has the cleanest, sleekest lines to my eye. Certainly hope you pick up the build again. Curious on the reverse flow intake with regard to the exhausts exiting the engine bay. Should be a challenge. Good idea! Thanks, Dave. With the magic of Photoshop, here is how it might look. I was thinking of running two or four exhausts high on each side of the engine compartment side panels, mostly hidden by the front fenders, then down somewhat like on the late '30s supercharged Cord.
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Post by Dave from Pleasanton on Apr 8, 2022 22:20:55 GMT -5
Charlie, a flex tube like the Cords and Auburns could be pretty sweet tucking from the side then down the fender gap and under the body to mate up with a regular exhaust.
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Post by 41chevy on Apr 9, 2022 8:25:15 GMT -5
Go in to a Best Buy or other store that sells computer items and look at the blister packs that Mouse's (meeces?) come in. The shapes are very close. This one from a Logi tec would have been almost perfect before I modded it. To break up the rear pods, how about Tucker style air intakes on the front of the rear fender pods?
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Post by mack2856 on Apr 10, 2022 15:26:16 GMT -5
Glad to see this back on the burner. It's uber cool.
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Post by spex84 on Apr 23, 2022 0:33:15 GMT -5
Yeah, this is such a cool and crazy project. I hope to see more updates eventually!
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Post by chepp on Mar 2, 2023 18:56:11 GMT -5
Well, here it is in the harsh light of day. Apart from widening the rear track so the tires would look better in the wheel wells it's the same mock-up as it was 9 months ago. There were lots of excellent suggestions then about how to solve the styling problems. So, instead of viewing my quickie Photoshop images we can see what the actual model looks like outdoors.
All comments, pro and con, are welcome.
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