Ok folks.....being pretty much unhappy with the air cleaner that I had on the engine I searched high and low and found one more air cleaner in my stash that actually goes on a 440 and shot it with Molotow Chrome through an airbrush. This time the results were pure magic...……
This looks MUCH better to me....
Cross Kit General Lee....ish-Completed-12/28
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Engine Update-12/09
That looks class Joe
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Engine Update-12/09
'Preciate that Stuart.
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Engine Update-12/09
I'm to the point that I'm now working on the grille/ front end of this bad boy. I can't really fit anything into the engine bay as far as the radiator core support (which has now been extensively modified to fit. Don't ask folks....I really don't know what happened with the fit of everything up front. All parts were test fitted prior to even painting and it all fit perfect. Now ...the front fenders have to be spread in the front some to get the brace and hood to fit. Weird.
As far as the grille goes, there's some more mods that I'm doing. Looks like the inserts from the MPC kit turned around backwards fit perfectly in the openings that I cut out of the grille. I've still got some filling and sanding to do to get rid of those nasty ejector pin marks but that's not really a worry of mine. I cut the PE grille inserts out and test fitted. Looks like it's all a "go" at this point. One more side to go...…..
As far as the grille goes, there's some more mods that I'm doing. Looks like the inserts from the MPC kit turned around backwards fit perfectly in the openings that I cut out of the grille. I've still got some filling and sanding to do to get rid of those nasty ejector pin marks but that's not really a worry of mine. I cut the PE grille inserts out and test fitted. Looks like it's all a "go" at this point. One more side to go...…..
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Front Grille Work-12/14
That's some mighty good scratchbuilding ya got going on there, Joe!
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Front Grille Work-12/14
Lookin’ good!
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Front Grille Work-12/14
Thanks you guys. This grille area is really kicking by butt. I'm overly sensitive to it but I really try to put ALOT of effort into this area as it's one of the first thing that sticks out on this car. Gotta get it right.
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Front Grille Work-12/14
That is some beautiful finesse work, bud. Turning the inserts around to fit ‘em is a great idea. You are right about the front end being a focal point, so you are putting the time in where it counts.
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Re: Cross Kit General Lee Charger-Front Grille Work-12/14
It's definitely time consuming I can tell you that. Thanks Bruce.speedgraflex wrote:That is some beautiful finesse work, bud. Turning the inserts around to fit ‘em is a great idea. You are right about the front end being a focal point, so you are putting the time in where it counts.