restoman Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 I had a good bit of fun building this, it's become one of my favourites. A fair bit of mods, such as the rear roll cage, adding some mesh behind and beneath the seat & headrest, adding the seat padding & headrest, protective shield around the QC rear, different steering wheel, accelerator pedal, frame gussets, plug wires, a scratch-built front axle, and substituting some Drag City Casting Halibrand wheels for the kit-supplied wheels. I had to shave some plastic off of the sides of the blower box and the intake pipes to squeeze the engine between the rails. Most of the chrome was sprayed with A-K Super Chrome. Not as nice as real chrome, but it looks good in it's display case. I used some cheap spray paint from Princess Auto. It's a very decent match from what I can see. Comments are always welcome. 5
ColonelKrypton Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 2 hours ago, restoman said: spray paint from Princess Auto Princess Auto ? Canadian, eh? Very nice Mooneyes. I have a soft spot for these 50's and early 60's rails - the Dragmaster and TE-440 ( etc ) chassis dragsters. For some reason I missed your work-in-progress postings so I went back and had a look. cheers, Graham ( in Eastern Ontario )
restoman Posted October 30, 2023 Author Posted October 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, ColonelKrypton said: Princess Auto ? Canadian, eh? Very nice Mooneyes. I have a soft spot for these 50's and early 60's rails - the Dragmaster and TE-440 ( etc ) chassis dragsters. For some reason I missed your work-in-progress postings so I went back and had a look. cheers, Graham ( in Eastern Ontario ) I'm on the other end of the province, in Sarnia.
ColonelKrypton Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 I grew up in Sarnia and Wallaceburg. Still have family in the area. cheers, Graham
Yeah Nah Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 Excellent work Mike! Looks good with the Potvin up front. Been after this kit for ages but hard to find a reasonably priced one here in Australia.
CabDriver Posted November 5, 2023 Posted November 5, 2023 Great work Mike! You nailed making the little changes to make this thing a better replica of the 1:1. Great work!
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