I finished one of my Mustangs, sorry I didn't post many in progress photos. I wanted to enter this in the COMMIES Fest here in Denver and was in a bit of a rush. It ended up competing with 2 of my other enteries and didn't win anything but I'm quite pleased with it. BTW, my other entries won a 1st and 3rd so I can't complain! So here are some pics of my Ohio George Montgomery Mustang Gasser.
Ohio George really surprised everyone at the '67 WinterNationals when unveiled his new gasser that used a new "67 Mustang body instead of a Willys coupe. He used essentially the same Ford 427 SOHC engine that he had used in his '33 Willys car previously. The Mustang was based on pre-production body specs that were released to make the body before the '67 Mustang car was released to the public!
What I'm happiest with is replicating the fogged blue paint job. I used Tamiya transparent blue over Testor's light metallic blue from their lacquer system. I used a small nozzle and low pressure on my airbrush to spray the transparent blue around the wheel wells and door handles. The clear coat from the Testers Model Master Lacquer System was then sprayed over the two colors. The decals were then applied over the final coat.
Instead of the chrome headlights, I punched out some circles from sheet plastic, painted with Alclad Chrome over Testers black enamel. This was seen in several photos of the car and looked way better than those chrome headlights. All the chrome parts were stripped and where applicable sprayed with black and Alclad. The hardest part in the entire build was getting the white and blue stripes on the seats. I ended up using small strips of masking tape to mask off the seats that had been painted Tamara Pearl White and spraying with Testers Pearl Blue.
I extended the hood bubble back toward the windshield to get a more accurate profile. This seemed like a simple mod but took an inordinate amount of time to get a smooth structure and fix a spot on the left front of the bubble were I sanded thru the plastic!
I used the engine from the '33 Willys Gasser kit as it had better detail and a blower and intake manifold that matched my references. This ended up causing clearance problems with the hood and necessitated shortening the driveshaft.
I cut off the molded coil springs and replaced them with coils I made from wire.
I added spark plug wires and fuel lines.
I didn't like the frame that was provided for the parachute and ended just attaching it to the rear of the car. The wheel bars should attach to the frame but nothing was provided in the kit. If I had planned ahead better I could have made some modifications to the frame and chassis panels. Oh well, This is as good as it's going to be. I think it's a pretty good replica of my favorite gasser. Thanks for taking a look.