Stumptown 1991 Ford Mustang GT

While I am awaiting parts for other projects, I went ahead and assembled the engine and the body.  The engine will be painted with grey paint and the body will be painted with Tamiya TS-18 Metallic Red and then weathered to look dirty and unwashed.

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It was pointed out to me that the side skirts were installed wrong and that person is correct!  My Bad!  I was able to remove the side skits and install them on the proper sides.  I removed the chrome from the valve covers, intake manifold and induction system.  After over a day in Easy-Off Oven Cleaner, the chrome and some of the lacquer coating was removed, but not all of the lacquer coating.

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I removed the chrome from the valve covers, intake manifold and the intake system.  The distributor and the cylinder heads have been drilled out for plug wires.  The resin Pony wheels are soaking in Bleche Wite Tire Cleaner and tomorrow I will scrub them with Dawn Dish Detergent and an old toothbrush.

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I got my wires cut and installed in the distributor.  The resin Pony wheels have been cleaned and painted with Tamiya TS-17 Gloss Aluminium.

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Coming along very nicely Mike!

Jim 

Stay Safe.

I'm definitely in on this one. 

Thanks Jim and Joe!  

I did a mockup with the Mustang and the resin Pony wheels that I got off eBay.  The engine is mostly assembled save for the ignition coil and some touchups.  I used the stock exhaust manifolds (which are not listed in the instructions) instead of headers and I may have to extend the front pipes on the exhaust system to reach the manifolds.

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Mr Mike

  I used the stock exhaust manifolds (which are not listed in the instructions) instead of headers and I may have to extend the front pipes on the exhaust system to reach the manifolds.

Stock manifolds!  You are truly a modeling genius.  What a concept, I salute you sir, to dare go out into uncharted territory like this.

p.s. Seriously, good looking progress so far. 

Thanks Steve.  I'm sure that you are are just joking.  Using a ton of sarcasm in your reply.  Believe it or not, the kit instructions call for headers to be used and there is no mention of the stock manifolds anywhere.  And, they are included on the parts tree along with a hood scoop.  The hood scoop I will use on another model.

I kept looking at my assembled Pony wheels and I didn't like them.  I took them apart, cleaned them up, painted them and reassembled them.

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The resin wheels and tires have been reassembled!  I have painted the exhaust system with Tru-color Paint Aluminum.  This stuff is shiny!  I included a picture from the TV series to show the car I am building.

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The chassis is partially assembled.  It is a good thing I have built this kit before as the model I have helps with parts location.  The kit instructions SUCK!  No wonder everything kept falling apart!  Gluing surfaces are almost none existent!  I painted some parts and others are awaiting paint.

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Mr Mike

Thanks Steve.  I'm sure that you are are just joking.  Using a ton of sarcasm in your reply.  Believe it or not, the kit instructions call for headers to be used and there is no mention of the stock manifolds anywhere.  And, they are included on the parts tree along with a hood scoop.  The hood scoop I will use on another model.

 

DUSTER

You are totaly correct, I was laughing with you ( even though you may not have started yet)

 

Over the last couple of days, I have been trying to install the interior onto the chassis.  This has been a bear of a project, but I do seem to be winning!  Right now I am detailing the dash and doing some touchups.

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A mockup to check my work.  I had to remove some of the right inner panel edge to get the body to sit down over the chassis correctly.  

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It was pointed out to me elsewhere that the wheel depth was too far in and I had noticed it before and it bothered me.  Since I was originally concerned with the stance of the model, wheel depth was next.  I had only pushed the wheels on with no glue and now I can control the depth by pushing the wheels out to the edge of the wheelwells.  Here is my Stumptown Mustang GT and my Spenser For Hire Mustang GT.  My Spenser For Hire Mustang GT was built with the kit wheels and tires.

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The Mustang GT got a bath this afternoon in prep for primer and paint.

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Good Job.  an dont forget to dry behind the ears

DUSTER

Good Job.  an dont forget to dry behind the ears 

Thanks for the "heads up" Steve!   

Paint was flyin" this afternoon!  I primed and painted the hood and body of the Mustang GT with Tamiya TS-18 Metallic Red.  When dried, I will "dirty" the finish.

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I added the air intake tube and it didn't fit.  I trimmed the airbox and I tried to make it fit and I eventually removed it.  I will have to make one from scratch.  I added an ignition coil and mounted it on the shock tower.

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I made my air box from scratch.  It's a little bit short, but it's not too bad!

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Don’t worry about the air box. It is a little known fact that in the outskirts of Portland Oregon, There is a Special Vehicle Emissions District part of the Oregon Air Facilities.  So, OAF rated cars can run the smaller, less expensive “Air Box No. Dux”. See? You were right all along.

Did you know that the pilot for the show was shot mostly in Vancouver, B.C. with some scenes being shot in Portland, OR?  The show was to be filmed in Los Angeles, CA and then it was canceled due to the Covid Pandemic.  The show was supposed to be shopped around to other networks or steaming services, but I don't think that happened.

Nice Save!!

Having ignored the Stumptown Mustang GT for a while, I decided to do a mockup to see how the wheels and tires would look like.  Not bad!  

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Continuing to do a great job on the build Mike.  

Jim 

Stay Safe.