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'68 Dodge Dart GSS

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Post by zenrat Sun 12 Dec 2010, 3:41 pm

This one seems to have turned out to be a Track Day/Amateur Race Car built from two Darts. A Green one that had been sitting in a swamp for a number of years supplied the bodywork while a tubbed blue F.A.S.T. racer got rolled and provided the chassis.
Our racer took all the bits to a local bodyshop to have the rust dealt with and a coat of paint applied but it seems that they didn't do a very good job...
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And this was my intention all along. I didn't paint the chassis blue and the interior brown and then realise that a blue body would clash. And I didn't drip a big dollop of acrylic clear on the body which had to be hidden with rust... Very Happy

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Post by doorslammerfan Sun 12 Dec 2010, 4:06 pm

Just as well Fred, coulda turned out blimmin awful if ya had rolf as is I reckon it looks grouse bigthumbsup
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Post by Bear Sun 12 Dec 2010, 4:12 pm

iagree I think you certainly achieved what you set out to do, again Very Happy
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Post by zenrat Sun 12 Dec 2010, 7:01 pm

Thanks guys.
What I set out to do was a dry run for the Hemi Dart kit to identify any tricky areas.
Only things to watch for are that the wheels are very sloppy on their spindles (meaning weird camber - gluing them on would solve this) and that the chassis isn't symmetrical - one sill is actually moulded wider than the other (well it is in the Mr Norm kit - haven't checked on the Hemi Dart) causing a gap on one side between the body & the sill.
The narrow sill is on the bottom in the above pic.
I also couldn't get the interior & chassis to sit up inside the body as high as I would have liked. It seemed to want to sit with the sills sticking down below the sides of the body but then the front chassis clip didn't fit neatly against the front inner mudguards . In the end I settled for the sills hanging down (this was rather noticeable as they were blue ) and used G clamps to force the front of the chassis up against the radiator support panel.

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Post by dv8v8 Mon 13 Dec 2010, 12:51 am

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Post by allan Mon 13 Dec 2010, 9:33 am

great job on this one A+ badtothebone bigthumbsup
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Post by slowlylearning Fri 17 Dec 2010, 1:49 am

haha neat Very Happy those superlites look beaut! spare some imagination for me please? Razz

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Post by zenrat Fri 17 Dec 2010, 9:07 am

Thanks folks

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Post by Bill Page Fri 17 Dec 2010, 9:23 am

Great work,Fred. The rust blisters up behind the windshield are perfect. Those cars were awful rust buckets. Did you alter the dash? It looks great too. As slowly said,spare us some imagination,sport. Best to you. Bill
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Post by tezza43 Fri 17 Dec 2010, 10:28 am

They didn't do a good job on the rust because they used bog instead of real metal, but that's what's called workmanship these days. Laughing

Great model Fred - as real-looking as can be.

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Post by Kane Fri 17 Dec 2010, 8:41 pm

Even the aerial is aerodynamic too.

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Post by Geoff Sat 18 Dec 2010, 10:42 am

'68 Dodge Dart GSS 238495 Nice build Fred......
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Post by zenrat Sat 18 Dec 2010, 1:12 pm

Thanks folks.
I did a right Hand Drive conversion Bill. Fairly easy as the dash is symmetrical on this one. Instruments from (IIRC) the AMT '56 Vic & steering wheel from either a Nissan van or a Toyota Soarer (80's jap plastic wheel seemed to go with the beige & brown interior colours).
Roll bar is from the Revell '68 Charger.

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Post by Bryce Sat 18 Dec 2010, 1:59 pm

That's funny. Very Happy

I should put a sign like that on my Honda slagging Whitehorse Accident Repair Centre. It's been back four times and it's still not right - probably never will be.
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