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Post by bob29579 on May 19, 2015 14:47:11 GMT -6
I didn't even notice the cowl was missing..... It's going to be front wheel drive then, right ?
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Post by geezerman on May 19, 2015 14:56:57 GMT -6
One more for today. I'm in for the rest of the afternoon. Just want to show what dropping out of high school and forsaking a promising carer in engineering will do for a person. I had to remove most of the firewall ! OK, but I did need that cowl ! I have pieces ready to fill in the sides to the inside of the fenders and will build an enclosure to box in the back of the engine. Yeah, Bob, but all 4 wheels will be heavy duty rugged type. You know, the crappy hollow ones !
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Post by geezerman on May 20, 2015 12:08:13 GMT -6
This morning, just dinked around re-inforcing weak spots on the chasiss pan and fitting it better to the body. My over active brain led me to getting ahead of myself, and heading to the salvage yard where there are a couple of submarine hulks. Trimmed off part of one conning tower that had remnants of a gun mount. Not sure if this salvage seat will be used, but mocked up an idea for a rear gunner turret.
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Post by bob29579 on May 21, 2015 13:18:00 GMT -6
Ha. Now that's pretty cool.
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Post by geezerman on May 21, 2015 14:31:03 GMT -6
Firewall recess in. Now to see how I can fit a dashboard in over it.
Figgered those blobby thingies was the Ferrari's exhaust system ( it is now ) so routed the pipes forward and tucked towards the new rear. Oh, yeah, scratches up a rear gun of sorts.
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Post by dogfish7 on May 22, 2015 8:02:02 GMT -6
Lovin it!
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Post by geezerman on May 22, 2015 10:36:09 GMT -6
Found a dash that fits perfectly and another seat from a late model Corvette.
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Post by geezerman on May 22, 2015 16:11:23 GMT -6
Not something you'll see often from Geezer's Garage.......A sewer view.
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Post by dogfish7 on May 23, 2015 5:55:24 GMT -6
That's some great Imagineering!
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Post by geezerman on May 23, 2015 7:59:35 GMT -6
I'm having way too much fun starting on the body mods. Forcing myself to pull off this morning. I have a few chores I have to do !
The quad headlight housings are being designated for a battery of AOAVs (Anti Other Apocalypse Vehicle) guns. Found a jeep that I robbed the front off of and mated it to the Plymouth front .
No headlights for the Jeep , so I'm using the backside of some Ford hubcaps for the headlight buckets.
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Post by geezerman on May 23, 2015 16:31:56 GMT -6
Did a little this afternoon. Have it up om wheels. Had to radius the wheel wells as I had expected and found the Ferrari chassis was too low for the back of the Ply, so had to raise the now , rear, portion about a 1/4 inch.
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Post by geezerman on May 24, 2015 4:08:39 GMT -6
Rear gunner head pod fairing installed.
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Post by dogfish7 on May 24, 2015 8:27:43 GMT -6
This is incredible! The Jeep grill is over the top.
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Post by geezerman on May 24, 2015 13:46:23 GMT -6
Can't have anything much funner than this and keep yer clothes on !! I have the front end all mated to the body.
Here's a teaser mockup. Parts for an Apocalypse bumper.
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Post by geezerman on May 25, 2015 14:32:45 GMT -6
Wrapped up my holiday weekend playing in the shop !! Gave a go at making the AOAVs starting with drilling some (a lot) of holes in some plastic tubing after changing the front bumper a bit.
Added some more tubing and viola, 4 AOAVs
Mock up in primer. Spent the rest of the afternoon making nerfs for the wheel wells.
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