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Time for an update on this. I did some work while under the weather and that wasn't such a good idea. It's a wonder how a good of primer can show the defects in body work and sanding that wasn't done very carefully. Good thing there is a good supply of Purple Power in my shop. I made some fine adjustments to the frame to fit the wheelbase better and re-did the joints between the Willys and T-Bird frames with a new crossmember to support the transmission. I got the 429 block assembled and sprayed with Alclad Gunmetal and I like the way it pulled out the details in the motor castings. I have a resin c6 transmission transmission coming from Competition Resins and will decide if I want to saw the stock stick off or not when it gets here. Here are some pics and other notes.

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The mock-up so far. I got the rear wheel wells cut out with only a few minor scratches. I will probably have to round them out to fit the drag slicks. The top fits the modified interior pretty good.

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I found a Mark Martin NASCAR Thunderbird on the shelf at Discount Models and hacked it up for a roll cage and dash. I used a bunch of scratch styrene rod for the cage and put the instrument panel of the NASCAR on the dash of the 56 and sectioned it to fit with the cage in place. The roll cage required a lot of mod work to tweak it from a circle track to straight track configuration.

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I gave up trying to make the interior panels from the 56 fit the hotrod junkyard of an interior of this thing so I built my own from scratch.

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The 429 Boss Ford Mustang block done with Alclad II Gunmetal.

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I'm redoing the rear suspension and need to extend the shocks, so I used a Dremel and sanding stick as a lathe to turn down the tip of a styrene rod and drilled out the end of the shock with a pin vise and very small drill bit.

Off to the shop!

Dale

<blockquote data-quote="scaledale" data-source="post: 137611" data-attributes="member: 12609">Time for an update on this. I did some work while under the weather and that wasn&#039;t such a good idea. It&#039;s a wonder how a good of primer can show the defects in body work and sanding that wasn&#039;t done very carefully. Good thing there is a good supply of Purple Power in my shop. I made some fine adjustments to the frame to fit the wheelbase better and re-did the joints between the Willys and T-Bird frames with a new crossmember to support the transmission. I got the 429 block assembled and sprayed with Alclad Gunmetal and I like the way it pulled out the details in the motor castings. I have a resin c6 transmission transmission coming from Competition Resins and will decide if I want to saw the stock stick off or not when it gets here. Here are some pics and other notes.[ATTACH=full]42777[/ATTACH]The mock-up so far. I got the rear wheel wells cut out with only a few minor scratches. I will probably have to round them out to fit the drag slicks. The top fits the modified interior pretty good.[ATTACH=full]42778[/ATTACH]I found a Mark Martin NASCAR Thunderbird on the shelf at Discount Models and hacked it up for a roll cage and dash. I used a bunch of scratch styrene rod for the cage and put the instrument panel of the NASCAR on the dash of the 56 and sectioned it to fit with the cage in place. The roll cage required a lot of mod work to tweak it from a circle track to straight track configuration.[ATTACH=full]42779[/ATTACH]I gave up trying to make the interior panels from the 56 fit the hotrod junkyard of an interior of this thing so I built my own from scratch.[ATTACH=full]42780[/ATTACH]The 429 Boss Ford Mustang block done with Alclad II Gunmetal.[ATTACH=full]42781[/ATTACH]I&#039;m redoing the rear suspension and need to extend the shocks, so I used a Dremel and sanding stick as a lathe to turn down the tip of a styrene rod and drilled out the end of the shock with a pin vise and very small drill bit.Off to the shop!Dale</blockquote>

[QUOTE="scaledale, post: 137611, member: 12609"] Time for an update on this. I did some work while under the weather and that wasn't such a good idea. It's a wonder how a good of primer can show the defects in body work and sanding that wasn't done very carefully. Good thing there is a good supply of Purple Power in my shop. I made some fine adjustments to the frame to fit the wheelbase better and re-did the joints between the Willys and T-Bird frames with a new crossmember to support the transmission. I got the 429 block assembled and sprayed with Alclad Gunmetal and I like the way it pulled out the details in the motor castings. I have a resin c6 transmission transmission coming from Competition Resins and will decide if I want to saw the stock stick off or not when it gets here. Here are some pics and other notes. [ATTACH=full]42777[/ATTACH] The mock-up so far. I got the rear wheel wells cut out with only a few minor scratches. I will probably have to round them out to fit the drag slicks. The top fits the modified interior pretty good. [ATTACH=full]42778[/ATTACH] I found a Mark Martin NASCAR Thunderbird on the shelf at Discount Models and hacked it up for a roll cage and dash. I used a bunch of scratch styrene rod for the cage and put the instrument panel of the NASCAR on the dash of the 56 and sectioned it to fit with the cage in place. The roll cage required a lot of mod work to tweak it from a circle track to straight track configuration. [ATTACH=full]42779[/ATTACH] I gave up trying to make the interior panels from the 56 fit the hotrod junkyard of an interior of this thing so I built my own from scratch. [ATTACH=full]42780[/ATTACH] The 429 Boss Ford Mustang block done with Alclad II Gunmetal. [ATTACH=full]42781[/ATTACH] I'm redoing the rear suspension and need to extend the shocks, so I used a Dremel and sanding stick as a lathe to turn down the tip of a styrene rod and drilled out the end of the shock with a pin vise and very small drill bit. Off to the shop! Dale [/QUOTE]

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