"Mary Stuart" look extended ducktail....look at the ~ '73 racers of the time.........

Subscribed. Thank you!

Here you go - back from Powder Coat with sanitary metallic silver/clear powder job on the bottom, trunk, engine compartment and interior:


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And, work has begun on the Mary Stuart collar:

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nice alignment with the ducktail...

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stage one, rough shape is going well! We're re-living our art school days around here.

Keith, don't you mean "sano"? Are you an ex BMX'er?

Oh, and I got the template yesterday, thank you sir.

Ah yes, sano, indeed.

stage 2:

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coming along...

Looking good. Here are a few shots of the real thing for inspiration. Thanks to Moorespeed in Austin TX for letting me take pictures a while back.



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thanks! that's helpful.

From Amelia Island '07.


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one thing is certain, this car will not be subtle... nice work fellas.

hmm. after chewing on the proportions a bit, we decided to revise the shape:

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- this should be better. stay tuned.

True artistry!

Really interesting to see the progress. What is the procedure after you get the foam formed the way you want it? Looks gorgeous so far.

Wow! Why the shape change? Just going by the pics, it looked pretty close to perfect. Oh, BTW, hate to inform you, but the original still has its gutters:p

Wow... mine are going to be 17x13 and 17x10.5 :eek: If those look huge I can't wait to see mine.... :eek: I am using the same tires, I hope those tires work well with the wider wheels...

Ahh, yes. Subscribed! Oustanding work as always.

Dammit! I'm off to the dumpster... :p

Great work and project. Just curious, i assume you guys are going to make a glass mold from these shapes... what are you going to use for you final layer before spraying your PVA? My buddy and i went from thishttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1210193736.jpg
to this
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To finally this
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using a quick-dry plaster which could be sanded to a final shape and smoothness over the foam. However, it did 'spider crack' easily, was not perfect. Just curious what you 'pros' use. Thanks

"pro" may not be the best term - but we both have art backgrounds (I'm a sculptor, even), and we did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night..

For this quick plug work we're using the foam with the drywall plaster for shape, then we'll paint and wax it. I used to bondo, but the foam suffers a bit and it ends up being additional work to get it back to where you want it.

I've never really liked PVA - I'm unusual in that way, I suppose.



Here is where we are today - the shape is a LOT better, IMHO. Considering that we can't pull molds off of Kitchak's car (and it has wider fenders as well), I feel like the overall shape and proportions are pretty good - nice and vintagey! good lines.

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and, the prototype for the hybrid 3.6/3.2 RSR fan shroud that we'll be using for that era-look:

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