Another Super 7

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The interior side panels are made from a perforated aluminum.

They are just loosely set in the frame here.

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Beginning of upper under hood framework. Snaps in since it will mounted after the engine is built and installed.

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The foot wells are built. I was able to attach the passenger side to the transmission tunnel and still be able to snap it in and out of the frame easily.

The driver’s side was a bit more work due to the provisions for the master cylinders and room for the pedals. It “loads” from the top and locks into part of the framework on the bottom of the car.


This upper panel also locks in place.

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Nice progress ScaleMaster, Looks great!!

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Thanks, I've been playing hookey from Jaguars the last few days...

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Some of the principle elements of the pedals assembly and the driver’s side foot well.

I still need to make the faces of the pedals, but I have the geometry set up.

The guide for the steering shaft is installed in the foot box too.

I started making the frame support work for the steering shaft.

The cowl fit and attachment points have been finalized and I started roughing out the dashboard.

All of these parts are friction fit/snap together.

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These are the U-joints for the steering shaft.

Here is a dry fitting of them with the links of the shaft assembly.

I still need to make pins for the cross-shafts…

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I reworked the motor mounts so I could drop the engine in from the top instead of loading it from the bottom. I figure it will make my life a lot easier as the building progresses.


I also added some reinforcement around the steering column.

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Driveshaft is brass with aluminum bearing caps for the cross-shafts.

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I added the weights and shot a coat of black on it.

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The shifter boot was made by machining a mold from aluminum and casting it with the same pliable resin I used for the tires and other boots.

The bezel was also machined from aluminum.

It fits flush in the transmission tunnel.

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The dash is set up for the gauges.

The gauges will be Auto Meter Phantom series. These are the basic housings for the three sizes.

I used brass on the backside for a positive fit when I assemble the gauges with the lenses into the dash.

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I started on the radiator. First I made the outer shell to fit within the nose of the car.

Next I made the frame for the core.


The core is made up of aluminum rod and steel wire.

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Still fitting and fine tuning, but I have the upper and lower hose mounting points done and machined the filler neck from brass.

I’ll finish straightening out the core pieces once the major handling work is done. (The metal is soft and bends very easily.)


At this point there are 80 parts making up the radiator with more on the way.

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Since I was drilling holes for the radiator core, I went ahead and made the pedals; from aluminum.