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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 16:19:35 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 16:49:52 GMT -7
That's looking good. What are you going to put behind those openings?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 17:03:36 GMT -7
That's looking good. What are you going to put behind those openings? Grille will get honeycomb cloth, like the grille I did on the other VTS. The scoop,....... don't know yet if I want to open it all the way up, or make it a "faux" intake. depends on the powerplant, which is still up in the air. I'm building both the V10 and a Hemi, so we'll see. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 21:09:44 GMT -7
Nice work so far and Mopar to boot. This has good written all over it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2015 23:26:52 GMT -7
Looks like a great project mate, very interesting.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Apr 26, 2015 7:55:15 GMT -7
This is gonna be one cool street truck! When its done, might want to trade ya with my 1:1 ride!!!! two-thumbs-up-smiley-emoticon
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 11:57:30 GMT -7
Thanks guys !
Once I get the scoop to sit down right and fab the rear chassis, should be smooth sailing.
Should be....... running-around-smiley-emoticon
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 13:40:06 GMT -7
NICE work Duster. what did the scoop come from? OR is that something you made? thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon
NICE tho, love the opened up openings...... Specially in the grille!
I have to say, I have 2 of these trucks! SO. one is spoken for as to what its gonna become but the other.............well thats a whole other story, so I'm gathering ideas for the 2nd one!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 14:11:28 GMT -7
NICE work Duster. what did the scoop come from? OR is that something you made? thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon NICE tho, love the opened up openings...... Specially in the grille! I have to say, I have 2 of these trucks! SO. one is spoken for as to what its gonna become but the other.............well thats a whole other story, so I'm gathering ideas for the 2nd one! I whittled the scoop from a slab of styrene, shaped with a Dremel tool. And thats the 2nd scoop, first one is now parts box fodder lol ! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 14:20:26 GMT -7
1st and 2nd ones, same kinda shape or no?
NICE work no less, I say, make it functional........but that too is just me... the "faux" ones, I'm not sure I get (understand).... they look good, BUT, the whole point in a scoop, is to scoop fresh cool air from outside the engine compartment so...........
Just me and how I think, PLUS, you do good work so I would say the extra bit of detail added in by opening it up, well. just add to the build!
I'm still tooling around with the idea you brought out in your Dodge 330 build with the "lace" type stuff used behind the grill on that car...... that looked really good!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 16:40:13 GMT -7
Thanks Hemi !
The 1st try at the scoop wound up looking a lot like a hammerhead shark, head, thingy. Turns out, if the proportions aren't right it changes the whole look. And I had removed too much material to recover, so I figured just start over.
The honeycomb for the grille was actually lace doily (sp?) I got at Michaels. But that was way back in the 90's, no telling if they still have it. PM me your address and I'll send ya a patch. Lord knows I've got three or four 10" circles of it lol !
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 18:05:49 GMT -7
Mike,
Yeah, that makes a bit of sense now on the 1st and 2nd scoop "shape"...... I myself, had to ask to see if you just made one, and didn't like the shape, and went and started over or if you just weren't happy with the first one and thats what it sounded like ya did......
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 18:15:36 GMT -7
As you can see,......... hammerhead !! I figured a "do over" was in order.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2015 22:19:12 GMT -7
I see, I see! I tell ya tho, if you go the "faux" scoop route, the one on the far right would have been the better choice! To have one "opened-up" the left one was/is the better choice, I think...... Not bad in either case tho, all depends on what "look" your trying to achieve!
NICE work tho!
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Apr 27, 2015 6:58:40 GMT -7
I say - screw it all, grab yourself a raisin bran hood and sand it to fit!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2015 15:30:26 GMT -7
Looking Good! Nice work!
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 19:03:17 GMT -7
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Post by gardnerpag44 on May 2, 2015 19:27:31 GMT -7
Looking good so far , and I hear about all 4 setting on the ground some times seems impossible  |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 14:48:44 GMT -7
Looks good, when I built the back for my Prostreet truck the whole back chassis was hand built. Not as good looking as yours but it worked. I have a motor/trans to do and some detail but mine should be done soon. Are you going Rumble Bee Yellow on this one?
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 14:52:41 GMT -7
By the way, I have plans to build a FM3 Pink Duster 340 along with a scale version of my 70 Swinger. I have a whole stable of Mopars to build!
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 15:27:34 GMT -7
Looks good, when I built the back for my Prostreet truck the whole back chassis was hand built. Not as good looking as yours but it worked. I have a motor/trans to do and some detail but mine should be done soon. Are you going Rumble Bee Yellow on this one? Thanks ! I have a Boyds Aluma Yellow Pearl that needs to get used, so it will be more lemony than buttery yellow I suppose. |
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 15:32:39 GMT -7
By the way, I have plans to build a FM3 Pink Duster 340 along with a scale version of my 70 Swinger. I have a whole stable of Mopars to build! I've got a couple bottles of Panther Pink too, but there are only a few bodies that look good in that flavor. The Duster / Dart bodies (Swinger) being one, the 70' Cuda / Challengers being the other two IMO. I've got some old Mopar Muscle Mags that even show Chargers in Panther Pink, but they just look weird to me. I dunno ... smiley-confused005 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2015 9:00:30 GMT -7
Yes it still lives, just got carried away with other builds and forgot about this. Still throwing around the wing idea, but If I do use them, I might lower them to match the roofline. But at the same time, they will throw off the stripes for the rear end, so I dunno.  Since my custom scoop went on the GTX I figured I'd dive in the parts box and find the most obnoxious thing I could ! Considering the intake that might wind up under it, the hole may very well need to be this big.  The engine has gone from V-10 to Hemi and back a few times, but now I'm sticking with the Hemi. Parts box drive pulleys and supercharger and a Lenco tranny I snagged off a parts box glue bomb. Going to need to make my own shift levers though, and shorten the driveshaft, but i won't have to dimple the firewall!  Now to figure out an intake solution. Of all the things I don't have, I don't have a top fuel injector hat, but I think I can snatch one off the bay.  |
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Now to figure out an intake solution. Of all the things I don't have, I don't have a top fuel injector hat, but I think I can snatch one off the bay.