[nascarfreak]

Hi

Starting this build on december 14th 2012.

Here some pics of the original car.













The Tamiya RS500 is a curbside kit, so I decided to take a 2.8 liter 6 Zyl engine of a XR-4i in the RS.

RS500 Engine









Decals from Shunko, if something happend with kit decals...





Texaco Decals from Tamiya.



starting with the engine today...

Eggenberger kit engine...











































































engine almost done...

Transmission parts from a 560 Mercedes SEC...



This is the complete engine after the first round of silver leaf.









Engine and Chassis together....







some complete and painted parts of the Motor...

intake manifold....



...Motorplate..



cooling hoses...and other parts.