Hot Rod Mag Ford Mustang Funny Car

Well, snuck in with my relocated workbench and new cutting mat, I added a couple pics of the 1/2 off Hot Rod reissue of the pretty standard Mustang flopper. I did some research on MCM and it appears that MPC used this kit as the basis for the new Connie Kalitta and the Shirley Muldowney car. I also have the 69-70 Candies & Hughes stored away along with the Chi-Town Hustler reissue for later builds.

Can't wait to see what you've been up to on this one Mitch.

Well, don't expect pics today! As some here know, there are good days and bad days. Today isn't starting out so good. I wasn't able to crawl out of bed until 10'ish a.m. and I'm on the couch now with a heating pad under my butt/lower back. All because of doing some fine tuning adjustments on my guitar last night sitting on the basement floor. That's the only thing I can think of.

I may try this weekend. I have to finish a couple steps beforehand in the driver's area, but in essesence what I want to do is use rubber line from the bottom of the fuel cell to the side fuel pump's left side with a red/blue fitting. From the right side, a red/blue fitting with braided line will head up to a homemade Evergreen fuel block mounted right below the top of the blower. I have some ignition wire looms courtesy of schweck I hope to fashion into a linkage that looks like it attaches to the butterflies. From the rear side of the fuel block an aluminum line will travel back and down to another homemade fuel block behind the blower case. I have rubber line that I'm going to glue from the block to blower bottom, four on each side for the fuel injectors.

Confused yet? Check out these pics:

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Only imagine mine A LOT less complicated! The bottom pic doesn't show where the line comes from the fuel cell, but it's on the front. The top pic shows two sets of rubber lines whereas mine will only have the lines near the bottom where the 'charger & top of the engine block meet. A dab of gold paint will more than make up for any fittings used on the rubber lines there.

If the Lord willing I'm able, maybe tomorrow or Sunday I'll start putting some of my plan into action; however, today isn't going to be productive. Chins up, fellow builders with disabilities!

Well, here are are the few first pics from my build. I've left out the frame, which was pre-molded entirely and just painted flat-black. After the last set of pics updating my pro stock build, these will seem so poor, but it's back to my Casio camera! Sadly, the engine is sitting slightly off kilter due to the oil pan drain plug and not so clear; on the side pictures, the homemade gold blower linkage that goes from the butterflies to the 1st fuel block is actually a few pieces from P/E wire loom pieces together from a contribution from schwack (thanks bro!). Believe it or not, the top and bottom pieces are parallel to each other; it just didn't photograph well. I hope I have some styrene rod on the bench that will fit into the butterfly openings; if so, I'll start in the center and insert/measure/cut and then match the other two sides up. I'll paint the ends red with a black line (prolly Sharpie) to look like a

That's looking good Mitch. Keep it coming.

you bet Ice, thanks bro. I'll get all the black fuel injector rubber tubes in place today and I've got the interior tub/seat and primed for detail painting (red tub bottom/seat with silver on top of compartment ledge and alum parts). They need pre-assembled and fitted into the frame to make sure I haven't messed something up!

It's nice working with a 1/8th scale display of an all built Hemi engine like those Muscle Machines so I can double check my worksmanship!

Man I'm a gunna get one o these just for the engine ha ! You're doing a great job keep em coming bro !

Man, some days you get the bear, some days the bear... well... I finished up the right side of the rubber fuel lines with a LOT of difficulty. I started on the left and decided to do one line at a time from front to back, instead of all front and then finishing up. The rubber line was ending up too thick to bend easily and patience didnt't help.

So, I ended up using a fresh xacto to cut all the CA glued lines, cleaning it up and and repainting the blower. In the meantime, the clean-up took out a couple of braided connections, the fuel pump and some paint. So, all today was spent putting all the detail back together, the fittings, and deciding to even use fuel lines. I eventually found some alum line from Teds that were much easier to work with. It's half-way done and the clean up turned out pretty well. If I had my way I'd look for another exact engine on Ebay or email the manufacturer and beg 'em for the parts for shipping costs & a little extra cash.

I'll add some pics when the engine is done and I may just switch back to the t-bird pro-stock for a couple coats of base before the contest kit arrives. It's gonna be a busy building winter!!!

CM: I stumbled upon your "Tiger" GTO in some B&W photos during some research on the Mako Shark funny car. You did an absolutely unbelievable job on the paint details! Man, I thought it just looked cool reversed 'cause it was a great idea; I didn't realize how realistic a job you did! How am I ever gonna compete in the new contest with you???

No matter what the build (unless it's some form of drag and I don't think they'd do that), I'm keeping any mods to ignition and battery detail. For once I'm going to toss all this 1:1 detail madness and focus on simple stuff: flocking, door handles and gulp, paint job!

P.M. comin' your way...

Last evening was a blessing for modeling; both the Mustang and pro stock (I'll put that in the proper thread). I finished touching up the Mustang flopper motor (again) by adding blower belt decals courtesy of CM's example. Short of the Pro Tech metal cog/belt material replacement set, belt decals are HOT for adding that easy SLIXX ticket to a blown application! All cockpit parts, handbrake, chute lever, instrument gauges are painted and ready to be glued and pre-fit to the chassis as instructed.

I really want to save the Pro-Tech dual oil filter setup for the Chi-Town Hustler, but I find it hard to believe they didn't even include ANY provision for an oil filter on this motor? Maybe something I'll discover when I actually prefit the engine and fuel cell, steering box, etc. I finally used one of my larger resin MSD boxes and it'll hang off the frame near the engine near the nice chrome coil they provided. I'm sticking to my guns with with wrinkled slicks on this one as it will look good with the body propped open. I've decided to do a picture layout of the engine, the completed engine/chassis/cockpit detailing and add in the Ted's Christmas/"need it now" order I made.

Can't wait to figure out where to shoot that one! BTW, propane ran out; no cooking gas right now, just microwave and grill outside. Ever had a grilled pizza? Cheese really absorbs the summer's hamburger odors and tastes quite yummy LOL! Add to that a threat of icy conditions this week over the holiday and it should be fun! We're bucking tradition anyway and having some Angus steak left in the freezer from summer and shrimp on the barbie. I don't care how cold it gets!

Well: up to date - engine done with chrome coil added and valve cover breathers, cockpit done with "borrowed" idea of shift light from CM (no shifting for that genre, but use it for whatever you want!), had the hand made tach and instrument decals in, harness decals, all the brake levers and 'chute lever, roll cage with padding and I mocked it all up on the chassis. What next? Bring it upstairs and promptly drop it on the carpet! The cockpit needed fixing, so back downstairs. It's back together, but no more of that. As promised, pics of updated prostock decals and a few goodies and some piecemeal shots of the flopper for you to critique. They sure didn't include much in the form of driver protection with the sheet metal I can tell ya!

Back together and alive! Check it out. Not sure why they'd put a shift light on a centrifugal clutch setup, but you could use it as a pressure warning light or something. Eh, it was just cool making it. Still needs wiring, MSD box, ignition and mag, but CM got me hooked on the belt decals until I can afford trying out those belt kits.

Looking real good there Mitch.
Excellent detailing.
You mentioned driver protection. If you haven't been, and you get down to Ocala, Florida, you need to go to the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing. I have been there several times, as it is just 40 minutes north of me. When you look at some of those cars all you can think about is how insane some of those guys must have been to get into those cars.