LSP_K2 Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 1 hour ago, mustang1989 said: Looks good so far Kevin!! Those headers look good. Glad you found some that worked out! They're really not what I wanted, just what I ended up stuck with. I still may have to remove a pin mark near the bottom that I hadn't noticed until I painted them. Thanks for looking in, Joe. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 I just acquired this in a swap for a car model that I bought rather compulsively, but really had no use for at all. I have about four of these kits right now, and will be adding more as well. It still annoys me no end that I had to pass on a fabulous opportunity to pick up a cherry '70 R/T convertible many years ago. That car, a numbers matching R/T convertible with a 440 Magnum, would be worth roughly $60,000 to $80,000 right now. I still can't believe I didn't buy it. Gazzas and mustang1989 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 With hood opening now widened a tad (roughly 1/8"), blower and scoop fit just fine. Now I've noticed that the headers hit the fender well inserts, so those will now need to be "adjusted" as well. There's also a bit of crud stuck inside the scoop opening, but I'll get rid of that shortly enough. mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 I did something tonight that I had really dreaded doing, scribing the fender join lines on my Willlys. Once I figured out what to use as a straightedge, it was actually a snap. They still need to be cleaned up, but they are actually very straight right now. I'm a happy guy. Out2gtcha, Shawn M and mustang1989 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 Surprise, surprise. This is what happens when you leave a steel axle in oven cleaner and bleach for too long. I won't be doing that again, I can assure you. Gazzas, Out2gtcha and mustang1989 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 This arrived today, along with a giant pile of stuff from Hobby Lobby. HL had a big blow out clearance on some stuff I was after, roughly 90% off, so I loaded up (non-hobby related stuff). Out2gtcha, mustang1989 and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 The Thunderbird is actually supposed to be quite nice, according to the fellas on the model car forum, and might just look quite excellent next to a 1:32 F-102 or some such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Really enjoying your passion for cars, Kevin. That will be one nice gasser when done. Cheers, D.B. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, D.B. Andrus said: Really enjoying your passion for cars, Kevin. That will be one nice gasser when done. Cheers, D.B. I certainly hope so, Damian. It's very important to me that I do a nice job on this for two local shows later this year. The paints and decals should be here in a couple days, then I can run some spoon tests to see what's what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Fresh paints and decals arrived today, so I'm definitely on the march here. D.B. Andrus, Gazzas and mustang1989 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 With wheel well inserts now ground back, headers clear just fine. chrish, mustang1989 and D.B. Andrus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 That’s always the problem with headers! even on real cars! LSP_K2 and RLWP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 While I certainly didn't get these today (my father made regular trips to the dealers to collect brochures during the 50's and 60's and I now have all of them that I could find), I found it an odd coincidence to re-discover the '60 Thunderbird brochure in particular, as I just received the AMT 1:32 kit a few days ago. Pretty cool, really. D.B. Andrus and mustang1989 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Is that Christine? The red Fury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 40 minutes ago, chrish said: Is that Christine? The red Fury? It's a Fury or Belvedere, I can't really tell which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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