mirror mirror ...

did the side windows and a dryfit woth the interiour and chassis , luckely everything fitted



the seem on the hood is because its on a bit forward , that seem isnt there when the hood is on correctly

started the exhaust today only used the kit mufflers , the headers already where from my partsbox .. used some styrene tube to bend the front pipe and made a copper heatshield



used real aluminum pipe on the whole rear section and sribed the ends so they looked thinner and made then so the are under the bumper , kind of stealth but still visible







next i will add brackets to the exhauste made from copper .. and run fuel and brake lines and then paint the stuff

first time i did the following >>

adding more detail to the undercarridge / chassis , the idea is it has to look vintage custom like its driven well .. no trailer queen .. so the overal look i want it to look clean and shiney but still maintain the vintage used feel

so when the chassis is done i will paint the exhaust and lines and maybe do a mild wash , not real weathering and no rust but more a used look

started on some brackets , fuelline etc











hmm pretty small brackets around the fuelline haha



some more brackets , not done yet where it runs through the chassis i need to make some and clean it up




when these are done i will make some thinner lines for the brakes

alright in my enthousiasm i ran the exhausts ...over the gastank .. so i got some comments on that .. grrrr i was bummed ...
i'm going to leave them like this .. i can bend these to go left and right pass the tank and i have the spare wheel thing .. ..
if i could do it over i would cut out the spare wheel buldge and then change the gastank so i would had more clearance .
but well at this point i wil leave it like this

i did gave the undeside a coat of matt black to make it more like a real used car .. , did the fuellines chrome , gave everything a first wash .. the middel will also get clamps on the fuelline but i can only do that when everything is assembled due to the way the interiourtub needs to be wiggeled in when fitting everything

the fuelline shot on a more normal distance , looks less thick then on the previous close ups



dit the inside of the pipe black and gave the pipe and edge around the hole with some mild chrome , more like a wash ..
now i want to make some clapms and brakets to make it look like the exhaust is in rubebrs instead of the clamps i put around



dryfit on all wheels







engine (not finished)

painted it black decided that was the best color for the style and feel of the car .. i want to do a nother one in the future more extreme modded and do that a wild color

so this is the base coat of black i will polish this then it becomes smooth as glass and then do clearcoat and polish that as well ..
i think then it will get a deep shine and reflection and the body will really come to life

got a new grille from a corvette m, the previous wheels hmm the chrome came loose and there was red under it .. lousy quality .. so i found some moondisc like hubcaps that shine like a mirror .. theyt where to flat and i found some cool shiney certers from a set of rims and put those on the moons .. and got a custom hubcap





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now when all the chrome is on and the clear coat i think that will really pop .. i almost would leave it semi gloss .. pretty cool like that .. but i will put on clear just because then those lines aremuch more accentuated and i think it will look even better

Lookin' very cool so far. I love these late-40s-to-early-50s Mercuries.

Also, it's interesting to see how you figure out how to make something to work with something you have.

thnx ! just sprayed on the clearcoat and nom nom nom thats just