Hey all,

Here’s my latest build. Definitely not going to outdo last year, going kinda slow. Started out as a gift from a fellow member that I decided to play around with.

Started out as a 1967 Shelby GT350. Now, the GT350 had a 289 which wasn’t a bad little engine.  But I decided to upgrade it to the mighty 427!!!

I added as much under hood detailing that I could muster. I made the headers using solder and some shrink tubing.  Added items like a starter solenoid, ignition box, an electric cooling fan and a wired distributor. I plumbed heater hoses, fuel lines to the carburetors and added wiring for starter, alternator, cooling fan, main harness and ignition box.

I painted it in the Testors color shift paint which goes over a gloss black base coat. An unforeseen problem showed up that I didn’t expect. The body gaps and angles at the seems are all highlighted in white. I attempted to repaint with the same outcome, so I left it alone. It looks kinda cool, but I’m sure judges won’t like it.

I added some small details like wider rear tires, aftermarket wheels, traction bars and a tachometer. All in all I’m happy with the way it turned out.

Jeff