Ok, in the meantime while my CLK DTM is curing up I dedcided to do a project I always wanted to do, a complete modern street machine with modern interior, wheels, suspension, but a classic vintage 60-70's look.
I picked a 1969 Charger, not just becuase it was a star of BLADE movies, but because I always loved large Detroit Muscle body
So here is the kit:
I purchased a bunch of accesories from modelcargarage and made some aluminum bits. and went to work on mocking up the chasis first and decided on wheels.. Here is the wheels I am going to use for this project:
Played around with some V12 modern engines as well.. here is a BMW V12:
But ultimately I have decided to use the vintage 440 magnum motor
Next I turned my attention to the interior and flocked the floor and package shelf with silver, grey charcoal flocking.
next installed center console and a white ball shifter with shifting pattern
now the dashboard. My signature keys in the ignition present, photoetched and billet steering wheel and home made steering wheel column.
ignore the decal on the steering wheel, it will be changed. just temporary measurement for size
photoetch pedals:
modern race buckets with seatbelt harness. Can someone guess where they are from???
Engine started out as this:
turned into this:
and finaly into this:
with all the metal in the enigne it feels pretty heavy. still need to do the belt and then we are done
so what do you think of this project?