Projects: Done/Not So Done (Page 1 of 11)

More cars from the Sept. 8th practice.
Postby howie » Sun Sep 09, 2012 8:28 am

More nice cars.

Kirk Smith's new Sportsman by Beau.

A new Can-Am by Bob Nak.

by howie » Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:00 am

Project Trans-Am: Building a new Late Model Trans-Am. It is a 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8. The chassis came from a GT-1 that with minor changes will be used for this car. The new pans are yet to be narrowed. The fender wells have not been cut out yet, will do the cutting after the pans are done and the .055" clearence is set. Will keep the ariginal shape of the wheel wells and not just make a round circle. This is a tall car, I did not cut the body to the limit, I wanted to keep the body looking as close to the original demensions as possible, but I came down some as this car would have been way too top heavy. This also has the longest wheelbase of all the eligible Late Model Trans-Am cars.

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by beaufrazier » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:32 pm

This Late Model Trans-Am class is going to be a kick. Good work on trying to make all the bodies as equal as possible. The adaptability of the Scholer chassis makes running all these classes very easy and cost affective. The Ford, GM, Mopar duelling will begin again!!!! Love Bob's Mustang. Looks mean and ready to roll.....Beau

by monte » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:26 am

Those are some great looking cars. I wonder how many laps that great big wing of Bob's will last...

by racerbob » Mon Oct 15, 2012 9:30 pm

Some past true scale and a future one......The 64 galaxie is not mine, it is a vision for the future

A future vision

by beaufrazier » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:59 am

That 64 Galaxy is cool! Hopefully you will promote that body style at your new track. How's it coming anyway? Beau

by howie » Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:05 pm

962 project. I mounted the body on a GT-1 chassis ( formally Monte's ). The front and back tracking was right on. Had to extend the wheelbase about 1/8th. of an inch. I was very careful to cut along the cut lines, I used a Dremel with a sanding drum for most of the close work. Had to turn down new front tires to 15/16th. to clear fenders. I turned down the rears to just over 1.0". however in the enduro I will start with bigger diameter tires if this is the car Beau and I race. I made new and wider pans. The old pans, front tires will be stored with the old GT-1 body. The body came with a full drivers tray and headlight buckets all in one form. I cut the headlight buckets away from the driver's tray. I will add a piece of plastic behind the headlights for strength as these pieces are very thin and weak. Then when it comes to night racing, I will tape the buckets/lights in place.
The driver's tray is really a nice one, three demensional, but there is room for it, it should really stand out after painting it up.

by howie » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:12 pm

Almost complete 962 Porsche. Still need to add detail paint to the body, and finish the driver's tray, add headlights/tailights etc.

by beaufrazier » Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:56 am

Marty, outstanding looking Mustang! The color, the wheels, and those flared wheel wells. Killer!! Can you tell us how you accomplished the flaring?....Beau

by howie » Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:37 pm

A late model Comaro Trans-Am by Gearloose.

by howie » Sun Dec 16, 2012 8:34 am

Some new cars showed up at the Dec. 15th. 2012 race. Gearloose has been busy building cars.

Kirk Smith's new NASCAR by Beau.

I believe this is Gearloose's new GT-1

Team Porsche by Gearloose