Six97s

I guess was is another one of those "drive-by" postings where we waste time answering questions and the OP is never seen again...😐

'53-'54 Chevy, I think. The one next to the E-type is a Monteverdi 375L.

I fancied seeing how it would look with some paint. 🤔 Needs some touching up, but I'm quite pleased with the carbs.

That's a '68. 😉 Too many doors, but still, shame about the rust.

Are you thinking of the Triple D?

Steering box added and hooked up. I'll replace the drag link with brass rod; thought I'd get away with the printed part but it's a bit flexible. It kind of works anyway.

It has an Oldsmobile engine, so 4.3l makes it a 260ci... complete dog of an engine from the low compression, smog controlled malaise era. I guess it fits with the rest of the vibe. The black T sedan is presumably a fibreglass replica, given the Q plate. The four stud IFS suggests a budget '70s or '80s build. The pale blue sports car is a Fisher Fury; there's a recent thread about one on Retro Rides.

Thanks. At the moment I draw everything in FreeCAD, but I use Blender to merge subassemblies and preview STL files. I should get to grips with Blender properly, because it's probably better for manipulating compound curved surfaces. FreeCAD is good for "engineered" parts, but complex curves are a pain.

Fugly is what that is. 🤢 I don't see the big deal about missing mudguards, but adding some might actually improve that one.. as would a Viking funeral. It's an Austin, according to DVLA. Humber Sceptre and TR4A for me. 😍

I think these will do. 😶

Made some progress with this one - engine about ready for paint, but still have to sort the bellhousing and gearbox. Not to mention, find the water pump. 🤔 Printed the hood scoop and a jack for the trunk. Front suspension in. I'm hoping to have the steering posable, if I manage not to break something. It fits, after a fashion. Mock up - the front end needs more fettling; it's based on the old AMT '55 Nomad from 1965 and it's a little "off". If I were doing this again, I'd start with the new tool Revell '55 and kitbash it with their '56 sedan. I might even treat this as a dry run and aim to build a better one with the Revell kits.

Quite. There's a bloke a few streets away who always has at least one XJ40 in the process of being stripped and converted into a banger. I know they're not that desirable, but still...

Probably a 7600 then. The 6600 just had a cap over the air intake.

Beat me to it. 🙂

A hangover from a past group build, this one sat because I wasn't happy with the wheels and tyres. I thought I'd started another thread in here since, but I can't find it, so here we are... Original thread: I was planning to use a set of Halibrand kidney bean wheels from an original issue kit, but they looked a bit undersize and I didn't have any tyres that looked right. Since I bought a 3D printer, I've spent many more hours drawing things than building, but it has produced some tangible results. I drew the early lip/bead laced 5.5x15 wheels and 6.40-15 front and 6.70-15 rear tyres, as fitted to the earliest cobras and still on CSX2000. I've printed the rest today and they fit the arches much better than the kit tyres, so I should be able to resume assembly over the weekend.

Looks eastern European to me, but I drew a blank too.

Coventry reg too. 🙂

Agreed - then you can also produce a more accurate tyre. The main problem then is getting it to print... I drew this one last week, but it needs some tweaking. I know it can be done because I've seen aftermarket wires that are 3D printed.

Yes, given the vagueness and inaccuracies in the rest of the description, I wouldn't put too much faith in it. Looking again, I think someone's confused the crossmember supporting the rear spring hanger with a de Dion tube. It does appear to be a Lancia Lambda live axle though. "Australian Maybach" https://primotipo.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_2473-1.jpg?w=1024 Lancia Lambda axle https://images.prewarcar.com/pimg/396239/1569937/1200-800-r2w/axles-rear-lancia-lancia.jpeg

I found a photo of the exhaust here: https://racecarsdirect.com/content/UserImages/138969/802546.jpg?v=4 It has an X-pipe, which has a similar effect to 180 degree headers (think GT40 bundle of snakes) in that it equalises the exhaust pulses vs. separate dual exhausts. Seems odd it would be the only one with that setup, but if the others all had true dual exhausts, it would certainly sound different.

Yes.

As it should be. 🙂

Quite a turnout. There are a few there that I wouldn't mind taking home. Not the Montego, obviously.

Great stuff 🤠

According to this it was built with a de Dion axle from a Lancia Lambda Series VIl. The diff was swapped later for a "power lock" unit from a 1922 (?) American truck, but still using the Lancia housing, so it seems you just have to find reference pics of that, without worrying about the origins of the internals. The 1922 date seems questionable. I'm not aware of any limited slip designs that early... the Dana Powr Lok (probably what's being referred to) didn't appear until the mid '50s.