Shawn M Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 great motor, just saw a MINT one in Michigan. mustang1989 and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Shawn M said: great motor, just saw a MINT one in Michigan. I like those old school cross ram manifolds. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 These engines are monsters!! I'm going to have a lot of fun building it. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Well, Joe, I couldn't seem to help myself. Here's the particular boxing of the '40 Willys that I grabbed (Hobby Lobby, 40% off;... I love Hobby Lobby). I'll discard the truck parts and just go for the coupe version. I always liked the fuel tank in the grille location, so may opt for that as well, when I do mine. mustang1989 and Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 8 hours ago, LSP_Typhoonattack said: Well, Joe, I couldn't seem to help myself. Here's the particular boxing of the '40 Willys that I grabbed (Hobby Lobby, 40% off;... I love Hobby Lobby). I'll discard the truck parts and just go for the coupe version. I always liked the fuel tank in the grille location, so may opt for that as well, when I do mine. Oh HELL yeah!!! I'll be watching for the thread. Jeff and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 17 hours ago, mustang1989 said: Oh HELL yeah!!! I'll be watching for the thread. I'm thinking gloss black to midnight blue metallic fade, front to back. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Youve got my vote Kevin! LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) Well guys I've been working on this one on and off this week. Engine build is under way. As mentioned earlier, I've decided to NOT go the blower route and go with a dual quad super stock motor. I'll be using the heads, rocker covers, intake and timing cover out of the 68 Hemi Dart kit (which I'll have to replace because I do want to build a Hemi Dart) and retaining the block and transmission from the Willys Street rod kit so as to keep the mods to fit the engine into the frame to a minimum. I had to modify the timing cover and intake slightly to get them to fit together on this engine block. I've been doing a lot of studying on this particular powerplant because I want to replicate the fuel delivery system and throttle linkage. Here's the base build up as of earlier in the week: and here we are with it as of now: another thing that has caught my interest are the two piece aluminum wheels that are available these days. I actually acquired these wheels some time back but the rear wheels were so wide that I didn't have a tire wide enough to mount them in. So I took both of the wheel sleeves into a machine shop and had them cut the sleeve to the depth I wanted and "Walla!" , I've got myself a set of usable Pro Street wheels now. I'll have the wheel studs and lug nuts installed in a few days. Here's where we're gonna go with the tire and wheel set up: Edited July 17, 2018 by mustang1989 Jeff, LSP_K2 and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Where'd the decals come from for the oil filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 11:44 PM, LSP_Typhoonattack said: Where'd the decals come from for the oil filter? I picked those up from the Model Roundup Kevin. They are from Slixx though. Here's the link: http://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/slx-8004.htm LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) I've been messing around with the stance and have gotten this low but want it even lower. I'll have to bust out my bag of tricks on this one. Here's the rolling chassis with the powertrain test fitted. This car is ALL motor and tire!!! Got the distributor drilled a few days ago in anticipation for the orange spark plug wire arrival in the mail. I got the wires yesterday so I went to work on that this morning. I also received my "banjo" fittings for the carburetors so I can run those fuel lines now. My intention was to go with the stock routing and lines for the fuel delivery but this is a custom ride. I found some photos that I took at the San Antonio speedway that may suit this build even better. A nicely built Hemi with the super stock manifold in a Belvedere: BTW..............I'll be saving the stock routing for the kit that I robbed this motor from. Oh but wait................there's no motor in that kit any more. No worries about that......I purchased the replacement kit yesterday. Edited July 18, 2018 by mustang1989 LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 4 hours ago, mustang1989 said: I picked those up from the Model Roundup Kevin. They are from Slixx though. Here's the link: http://www.modelroundup.com/product-p/slx-8004.htm I should have known, as Model Roundup sells some real cool stuff. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 Kevin: You aint kiddin' about that!! Thanks MARU!! I didn't like the hole that was cut in the hood. I'm not much of a fan of that kind of stuff because most of the time it just looks cheap and half done. There are those cars that do look cool with a hole in the hood and a big tunnel ram dual quad setup coming out of the hood but this aint that car. I cut some black Evergreen styrene to match the hole, glued it into place with Tamiya cement, filled in the cracks and low spots with super glue and sanded everything flush nice and purdy. Hemi is still coming along as well: an "in chassis" shot with the engine wire harness installed: It's gonna take up the whole engine bay opening when it's all said and done. Still gotta work on the stance some. LSP_K2 and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Ditto I really like the oil filter. Great detail. mustang1989 and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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