MY Eleanor 1967 Shelby Mustang WIP

[stump]

Sam, great progress mate.
I LOVE your attention to detail on the motor and gearbox, looks very realistic..
What did you use for the shift linkage and rods..? That just looks fabulous.....

[sam01contact]

Thanks for the nice words! It´s great to know that you are following this thread!

Can I ask what color you used for the transmission housing.....

spideyman, I used Model Masters Magnesium metalizer...I did not buffed the paint, since I wanted to keep the matt finish.

What did you use for the shift linkage and rods..?

stump, In the kit the linkage and rods are used in a single part, so I removed the rods and sanded the linkage parts as thin as I could. Then, I opened holes to use rigid wire (from a Detail Master window net kit)

[stump]

Aah....Great work.
You definitely made it look very very convincing then......a fantastic result for some time spent. Look forward to seeing some more on this soon..

[spideyman]

Cool thanks, everything looks amazing. Keep it up and i look forward to more.....

[sam01contact]

I figured out how to convert the air filter for a single carb setup!!
I used 2 pieces of a photoetched grille to do the metal stripes and some Detail Master pieces to do the ring and wing nut.
I also used styrene to do the lower plate of the filter.

I hope you like the final result:

[klutz_100]

Elegant and effective solution. Nice one

[sam01contact]

Things have been crazy at work, but I managed to finally finish the engine.
I did modern exhaust manifolds with solder and aluminum tubing.

Here´s how the finished piece looks:







Now, on to the chassis and suspension!

[klutz_100]

[spideyman]

WOW those headers are amazing, please show us how you made them!!!!

[sam01contact]

WOW those headers are amazing, please show us how you made them!!!!

Thank you for your kind words guys!

Well, I don´t have photos of the process, but here´s how I did them:

1) Cut 8 pieces of solder (4 per header). The length of the pieces depends on the headers you want to replicate.
2) Glue 2 blocks of 4 pieces of solder each with a little drop of Super Glue in one extreme of the block. You don´t need a lot of glue...this is only to have the solder in place.
3) Make the collectors using 2 sizes of aluminum tubing
4) put a drop of clear epoxy inside the collectors. In the tube with the larger diameter (the smaller tube will connect to the exhaust System).
5) place one block of solder pieces inside each collector (you will have to sand down the solder that will be inside the tubing for a tight fit).
6) After the epoxy dries for an hour, you can easily bend each piece of solder to replicate the headers you want.

Please let me know if you have any question!

[sam01contact]

After finishing the engine, I have spent a lot of time looking at photographs of the real Eleanor and measuring the chassis and kit parts to do the upgrades I want to the suspension and undercarriage.

First, I upgraded the front suspension (the kit present the front suspension in a single piece), and scratchbuilt a rack and pinion steering system:





Then, I converted the rear suspension from a leaf spring to a four link system:







I still need to do a couple more pieces and paint the parts before putting everything together:



I am having a lot of fun with this project!

[sportracer02]

Great stuff, clean scratchbuilding, looks absolutely clean - I can see the fun you have with this project

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by sportracer02

Great stuff, clean scratchbuilding, looks absolutely clean - I can see the fun you have with this project

Just what I would have said

WTG Sam!

[da_ashman]

Awesome Stratch building of the suspension, cant wait to see more!!!

[MoscowDriver]

Very nice!