New build '86 Bob Glidden/Motorcraft T-Bird!

HEY HEY Mitch looking great dude !!!

Thanks folks! Actually mixed yellow & blue to make green for the overhead front roll bar switches; geez, what a detail head LOL. Gotta run a couple wires from the back of that and round the roll bar down to where the MSD hides under the dash. That's where the line lock runs as well. I used yellow at the end of the curled wire to make it look like a button attached to the switch. Of course, I only come up with these ideas AFTER I take the pics lol!

Payday came, so I did a little shopping and got a couple of really inexpensive ProTech parts at Teds - fuel line blocks, a couple of t-fittings, and a selection of rubber hoses. Now I can figure out roll bar padding size and fuel line as well.

BNL had an MSD coil w/wire for this build and an Accell one w/yellow wire for the Shoebox Ford later this year. I also got a couple of MSD 7AL resin boxes with decals and a set of 4 resin drilled rotors with calipers. All that was a little over $25 with shipping, so I held off on the Morgan Automotive distributor with wires and plug boots ($4.95). I really want that set because it comes in so many color variations and the plug boots are a plus. The 428 in the Glidden kit has plug stubs in the heads that would fit those boots awesome. Need to beg the wife more, but it may take until next payday 

Sorry, crummy day today with no sunshine or the Nova would have been in some parking lot type shots. Gotta keep trying. Not only that, I want to shoot the base coats on the T-bird in white. After that, it needs a split color of red and if I mess it up, I'll have time to fix it LOL.

Hey brother man! Let me get this straight: I've primed the entire body, including pre-gluing the front and rear fascia ahead of time. My next plan is to do as you suggested; shoot the entire body in the white paint (including inside). Once all coats are applied and completely dry, I'll tape and prepare to shoot the upper 1/2 of the body in red. So exactly when/where should I shoot the clear prior to painting the red?

Also, instead of tape I've heard of some kind of goop people use to mask off areas to prevent overspray or mistakes. Does that work better than tape? For grins a while back I took an old Nova body, taped it half and half with tamiya 1/4" painters tape, then added more blue painters tape below there to the bottom of the body. Shot the top 1/2 and let it dry. When I pulled off the tape, most of the edging was pretty clean; just a couple of spots with a little wrinkle, nothing a decal strip couldn't cover.

The Glidden kit has striping decal in this manner, but I'd like do a good job and not be left touching up or depending on the decal. Know whut I mean, Vern?

The Glidden build is looking sweet mitch!
Can't wait to see more progress pics on that one!

Gotcha J. I knew you had a trick up your sleeve...

A few more pics, although not much more progress than just adding detail. Using the new bench matt and loving it. Still adjusting to the camera. It worked great outside, but the settings didn't inside. Arrrggggghhhhh! P.S. don't freak about the flat black rubbed off the chassis. It always happens to me; I just touch up where necessaray later in the build. The red isn't flawed on the cage, it's just so vivid, the camera can't handle it! The hole drilled into the rear of the tub is where the braided fuel line will hook up with the fuel cell.

Looking good Mitch .

Truer words never spoken: Patience.

I learned from the master CM

Made a little more progress... The pics were clearer in the viewfinder LOL...

I agree

Thanks guys It's getting to the really hard parts now. I hooked up my 1st fuel line/fitting today and .035 is really small. It was just a simple connection to the fuel cell plastic line that came with the kit; and if you are familiar with these RB Motion 2 piece AN fittings, they're awful small! I used CA glue to help attach the braided line into the red AN fitting. I know there are recommended line sizes for these fittings, but I think a .025 braided line would be better suited for a .035 fitting! I know I didn't make a mistake, 'cause the fittings clearly say what braided line size to buy and I did. I guess I'll just buy bigger because I find it easier to use.

What's nice is I have a couple pics from MCM where a detailed diagram was shown to demo how to hook up the lines. I have a firewall mounted resin fuel distribution block that looks like a lego of sorts; the main line .035 comes in and then the four .025 lines come off of that, two to each carb. While it all looks nice, I think I might try using some alum T-fittings next time so there's only one .025 aluminum line coming to the T-fitting, then go braided from there to the carbs.

I'm ready to put the engine in this weekend, as the resin MSD 2-step and the MSD super coil will have been soaked, scrubbed and painted. The carbs are drilled and ready for fuel line connections; the distributor is ready as well. I'm disappointed the spark plug insulation is just wire and not hollow; I'll have to figure out if I can strip off the black insulator off the inner wire. It would work perfectly that way, but if I gotta buy something specific, I will. I'll just have to save a while for it as I've blown my detailing budget for the next month!

More pics coming!!!

That looks great Mitch! I have all these fittings and wires in my eBay store. I can't tell from the last pic but did you use battery hardware for the battery cables?

Is that a rotary phone between the batteries?? Haha. Just playing. Awesome!

This all looks incredible mitch! I'm really impressed with the fuel line fittings into the distro block. Talk about steady hands!