thanks for the comments. i know i still have to clean up the bodies. i still have to work on the underside of the bodies. i don't have any more room on the underside of the front end to do anything more.
the front suspension springs were rebuilt using aluminum wire. it was the first time i tried anything of the sort (which explains why painting something like that should take 15min dragged on to 1 week
) getting the springs to look right took two rods of aluminum rod stock!
i only have one reference pix for the front end. i found this on the web by chance. i couldn't tell if the lower valence is supposed to stay on or not. it had a small anchor so i just left it on as it helped to keep the front end in place after it was cut. does anyone have any reference pix for the front end details?
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