The weekend has been foamtuitous with progress!:headbang: I'm about 2/3rds of the way done with the initial foam carving. You can really see the lines now! The green is fiberglass impregnated filler which fills the seams and bonds the foam together. The other is just regular filler. The CAD scan gave me the hood line reliefs as well as the scoop position. No guesswork as to it’s location.

I’m thinking now my plan will be to make molds and then assemble the body as one piece. The nose will be a section, the left front and right front will be two more followed by the doors and rear. That way if I decided to build another (a his and hers version) I could easily make another body if needed. Or, I something happens and I need a repair panel. See? I’m already thinking of my first crash!:confused2::frown::thumbsdown:

I hope to have the body sculpting complete this week!:scholar:

Cheers
Dave

I thought you were sending us airport pictures like you were flying this weekend, how did you get all that done??

Progress looks great. Really starting to take shape

I flew Friday and Saturday getting done at 8am so plenty of time to get things done, Bill! Don't you realize I didn't get the Super Dave moniker coined by Sam for sitting around and doing nothing? :wink::p:p

Be well up there!

Cheers
Dave

Very common mistake to think it was the same car, but here's an interesting tidbit too; Elvis never "owned" the car. It was leased!:hmmm:

Cannot wait to get behind the wheel next year! And since I'm hoping to bring it to MCACN, I hope you all will get a chance to sit in it too!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

I'm late to the party but this is so cool! Subscribed.

So, from one shop to another! I'm relocating the 507 to the big shop for the next two months while I get the Cuda over here for paint. Man, I'm really happy so far seeing it out in the daylight at different angles! While it sits in waiting I'll be collecting more parts including the donor suspension and chassis along with the engine/ trans combo. Love it! :laugh:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

It is looking great, Dave. I'm enjoying following your progress.

Love the progress Dave.

Have you made any final decisions on drivetrain? I know you were considering several BMW power plants. I'm guessing you'll source one from a junkyard?

Thanks, Tim. I’m glad you’re enjoying the progress!:headbang: I’m extremely pleased and can not wait to have a body formed up and move onto the next phase!

Mark, the overall chassis will be from the Mercedes SL unibody like I had previously mentioned, and the engine/trans combo will be a SBC with a 2x2 intake, front mounted distributor kit from Summers Brothers, custom valve covers, and exhaust manifolds all to mimic on first glance, that you’re looking at at the factory BMW V8. The transmission will more than likely be a T5.

The Mercedes donor unibody will give me the 2dr structure I need along with a functioning top. My plan is to make the car functional too with a factory top that actually seals all around the joints. In other words, I don’t want to go through all this and not have correct trim, weather stripping, stainless mouldings, etc. Both front and rear suspension will be torsion bar. The front will be from a Mopar (64-70 style) and the rear will be my own design and use an 8.75 Mopar rear too:biggthumpup:

Maybe the next car I do will be a Z8 for a sister ship! At least I can still buy parts for that one !:worship:

Cheers
Dave