MY Fair Lady

Oh....speechless.

That CA looks incredible! I knew right off the bat what it was. I was thinking that it was slightly short for an RB, then AHHHH SWEEET!!! It's a CA18DE-T! You are truly inspiring!

The gold/bronze looks fantastic. Throw some of that beautiful stainless trim on there and kazzow! pure sex!

Thanks guys!

While not my first color choice, the color is starting to grow on me. I got the interior about 80% done. I flocked it with some Martha Stewart flocking I got at Micheals, and semi gloss black for the rest. I spruced the black up a bit with some BMF, brown shift knob, steering wheel, and knobs. These are just a teazer...better daylight pics to come.

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I'm ditching the stock seats and gong with a set of vintage racing type. Thanks for looking.

Jimmy

looking pretty sweet jimmy. the race style seats would look a lot better.

I truly love this color!

As promised, a few daylight pics. I ditched the stock seats, and replaced them from a set out of my spare parts bin...I think they are Porsche, and I really like the look of them in the old gal :evillol: I fabbed up seat belts from 1/8" ribbon, and made the hardware from 0.4mm sheet.

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I'm about 98% done with it...just a few more odds and ends to add at a later time. Now...on to the engine bay...

Jimmy

Real nice interior man!! Looking forward to the enginebay updates!

Nice detailed work. You did a great job. Nice one.

Thanks...it's starting to get there:icon16:

Here's my engine bay update. I plumbed the supply and return fuel lines, made a clutch and brake master cylinders...turning the reservoirs on my dremel out of 2mm styrene rod...and plumbed the brake lines using a factory service manual for reference :smokin:

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I also got about 90% of the crome trim BMF'd

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Jimmy

The BMF makes the car look even better!

Thanks...I'm really liking how it's turning out too :iceslolan

I got a bit more done to the engine bay. I finished plumbing the bay brake, and clutch lines. I turned a fuel filter from 2mm styrene rod, and started to run the fuel lines. I was going to paint them, but I decided to leave them blue to look like silicone lines and give the bay a bit of color. Most of my references show that these cars had a bladder type windshield washer reservoir, so I shaped one out of two-part epoxy putty and added a filler neck that I turned out of scrap styrene rod. On to the ignition. I originally wanted to make a MSD 6AL ignition module. I fabbed one up using the dimensions I got off of the MSD website, but it was too big to fit in the tiny bay. I didn't want to wast the work I had already done, so I cut it in half for a custom space saver model. I wired it up according to the MSD installation manual to a coil that I turned out of another piece of scrap styrene rod.

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That's about as far as I'm going with the bay at this point...just a few more details to add. I will however give a teazer of the engine's new look:

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I have a thing for red heads. You know what they say..."red on the head.....:evillol::evillol::evillol:"

I'd better not finish that phrase, or I might get in trouble :evillol:

Thanks for looking.

Jimmy

Dude you are my idol
love the engine bay details
have you thought(or already done) of doing a LHD dash conversion?
A low-windsheild conversion?

ooohhff, that is looking stellar jimmy.

love it when the carpet matches the draps!! lols. well, no carpet is best..muahahaha..

Okeeee why dont you just make complete kits? :P

I like the motor!

Dude you are my idol
love the engine bay details
have you thought(or already done) of doing a LHD dash conversion?
A low-windsheild conversion?

Eventually, I'll get around to making other versions. I'm just having fun with this one...she wouldn't be street legal in Japan.:nono:

I started messing around with the engine. I added the head coolant line from the water pump to the back of the head. I really don't have a good reference for it, so I based it off of the TC24 BII six cylinder head. I decided that this is a high temp area, so I used braided hose, with AN fittings I made from wire insulation, and 2mm hex beads that I got from Micheals. I fabricated the header from 0.050" silver solder...not exactly the same as the OS header. The original design wouldn't work with my new front crossmember.

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Now, a bit of the big picture:

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It's starting to get a bit tight in the bay...but I think I'll be able to cram a bit more in :devil::smokin:.

Thanks for looking.

Jimmy

looking great jimmy. this one deserves some kind of win at a show. for sure JCCS car show it wouldve done good.

You are doing an excellent work man!

Thanks guys!!!

I'm working on my favorite parts of my builds...the engine:smokin: The custom header, and engine mounts were in the way of the oil filter, so I made a remote filter adapter, and ran braided line. I also did some work to the carbs. I fabbed up linkages and a throttle cable out of a strait pin, some craft wire, and scrap plastic. I also fabbed up banjo type fuel fittings out of wire and a couple of strait pins. The fuel hose is plumbed up with craft tubing and clamps made out of Radio Shack wrapping wire.

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Hopefully tomorrow, I'll have the motor permanently installed, the oil lines connected, and some better daylight pics :evillol:

Thanks for looking.

Jimmy

At first I thought the header was on the wrong side, then I noticed the crossflow head!
Does the header clear the steering column?
How will you route the exhaust now, with a crossover from driver side then through the stock frame holes on the passenger side?

What a treat to watch, this is awesome!

jimmy, you are out of control! nice touch on the details bud.

At first I thought the header was on the wrong side, then I noticed the crossflow head!
Does the header clear the steering column?
How will you route the exhaust now, with a crossover from driver side then through the stock frame holes on the passenger side?

What a treat to watch, this is awesome!

Thanks dude. Yeah, this is no U20 :lol:. The crossflow OS head has presented a lot of challenges when it came to the L block. The header has gotten in the way of things like the oil filter, and starter that normally occupy the right side of the block. Space has been tight especially since I've added the extra details. I've actually started to run out of space to add things like the battery. Let's just say its got relocated to the trunk ;). I'll have to see if there's room for the steering shaft and gearbox. As far as the exhaust goes...I hacked off about 5mm from the front of the stock exhaust, And added a crossover pipe. I want to keep the stock location for a sleeper look.

Thanks Luis! Just a few ideas for yours ;)

Thanks for looking.



Jimmy

Daylight pics...NO...Update...YES!!!

Stick a fork in her, she's 99% done :evillol: I got the engine permanently mounted, and plumbed up.

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I messed up a little with the fuel line plumbing. When I ran the fuel lines, I didn't realized that I used the schematic for the SU carbs...the Mikuni's didn't have a return line:banghead:. Not too happy with the oil filter lines...the attachment points are not as neat as I wanted them to be. But overall, I'm pretty happy with how she's turned out so far :biggrin:

Thanks for looking.

Jimmy

I find it difficult to believe that you would be AT ALL dissatisfied with that engine bay! it's BEAUTIFUL! Alas, an artist is most usually his/her own worst critic.

I wouldn't have used blue lines, but I guess that's what they use in race cars. (I have blue vac/boost lines around my turbo on my 1:1 240SX because of the heat resistance it provides and they didn't have any black stuff)

if you put some gas...i think that engine starts man!

Thanks guys. It's not that bad considering that it's almost fully scratchbuilt (I did use the kit's radiator ;)) I forgot to paint the tubing for the fuel lines before I installed it. It was going to be a pain to paint it afterwards considering the clamps I made are actually holding the lines in...no glue used. I'm not really feeling the blue either...oh well, the blue adds a bit more color to the bay.

I got the chassis 99% done...I forgot to reinstall the panhard rod that broke off during assembly. Since the header is on the other side, I made a crossover pipe for the exhaust to keep it in the stock location. I used some scrap tubing left over from when I trimmed the air horns for the carbs for the exhaust tip. I also ran and plumbed the rear brake lines.

This one is no trailer queen...so it got a dry brushing of rust, and a nice and thick dirty thinner wash.

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I'm rounding third, and starting to head for home...

Chassis weathering looks killer. Make a car lift diorama to shoot underneath when its done and it could pass for the real thing.

Thanks!

I finally got this one done. it doesn't have all of the details I wanted to add, but time is running out before I have to pack everything up. Pics posted in the completed section.

Thanks everyone for the support thru-out this build :biggrin:

Jimmy

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME:jerking:

I will eventually make a new CA18DET to replace the one that got stolen from me...by a member of this forum no less.
CA18DET CA18DET CA18DET:::::::::::PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE:runaround::runaround:

Just "pretty happy" you say you are? That engine looks amazing! Great job.
After looking at this I´m convinced I build models "just to build cars".
Congrats

Thanks guys! This engine will make a comeback later on...I notice an error on my block master that I just have to correct...nothing major, but it really bothers me. Stay tuned for more of this engine...and it's bigger brother, the TC24-BII...fully scratch-buit of course ;)

Jimmy