The Franklin/McDowell car.. AKA Mike's race car

[RCMike]

Today, it was prepped and moved into the booth. Full masking applied. Almost ready for color.

Screenshot_20190807-172625_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190807-172643_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190807-172703_Gallery.jpg

.

Color this afternoon..

[RCMike]

Color going on. First will be the dark.

Screenshot_20190807-172736_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190807-172804_Gallery.jpg

.

Tape pulled so we can mask for the light color.. Happy with the look so far!

Screenshot_20190807-172821_Gallery.jpg

.

More tomorrow!

[RCMike]

One more day in the booth..

This morning, tape reset underway, changing over to the next set of masks..

Screenshot_20190809-002209_Gallery.jpg

.

As the tape work finished up, time to mix the color. Since we did not even need a quart, mixed it off the color wall..

Screenshot_20190809-002250_Gallery.jpg

.

Color going on..

Screenshot_20190809-002311_Gallery.jpg

.

And laying out flat..

Screenshot_20190809-002327_Gallery.jpg

.

Clear shot on the blue..

Screenshot_20190809-002349_Gallery.jpg

.

And unpeeled, still needs pinstriping, but we have the base, the Dave McDowell EP car..

Screenshot_20190809-002426_Gallery.jpg

.

It will cook in the booth overnight, since it's kinda hot here right now, then tomorrow we should be ready for striping..

[notoptoy]

Looking great!

[Gregs672000]

Really enjoy the step by step!

[RCMike]

So I ran down to pick up the car from paint. It was outside, enjoying the sun.

Screenshot_20190811-011122_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190811-011135_Gallery.jpg

.

Loaded it up and brought it back to Ron. He said to stick around, it would not take too long. Truly amazing to watch him make lines just appear..

Screenshot_20190811-011154_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190811-011209_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190811-011223_Gallery.jpg

.

He was right, he was finished before lunch, so I loaded up and brought the car out to Kevin's. We are ready to reassemble.

Screenshot_20190811-011238_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190811-011252_Gallery.jpg

Now to wait its turn in line..

[notoptoy]

That looks amazing!

[RCMike]

Thank you all! We are really happy with the progress so far. Really looking forward to putting it back on its wheels!

[2mAn]

Im so happy that I will get to see both of these cars on the track terrorizing others. Way to represent!

[david premo]

The car looks fantastic!

[Mattk]

That look great!!

[RCMike]

This afternoon, we rolled the car out of the trailer, to start reassembly. First step, get it off the paint cart...

Screenshot_20190831-232504_Gallery.jpg

.

We stripped the front end to make assembly easier. First part on, the sway bar..

Screenshot_20190831-230518_Gallery.jpg

.

Left front on..

Screenshot_20190831-230540_Gallery.jpg

.

Front suspensions on and attached.

Screenshot_20190831-230557_Gallery.jpg

.

Rear axle located, connected, and down..

Screenshot_20190831-230614_Gallery.jpg

.

Looked outside, and said we gotta throw the steering shaft in. So we can roll it outside..

Screenshot_20190831-230634_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190831-230705_Gallery.jpg

.

Screenshot_20190831-230720_Gallery.jpg

.

Time to put it away for the night...

Screenshot_20190831-230738_Gallery.jpg

.

Next, to make it a car..

[theunz]

Really looks nice in the fading sun!

[Mattk]

Very beautiful Mike! Happy to see she’s back!

Matthew

[RCMike]

So we had built the chassis. But there is a lot more to the car. Kevin and I got to work turning it into a car.. First, the body came off to make assembly easier.

Electrics going in to the passenger footwell..

Screenshot_20190906-004817_Gallery.jpg

.

Engine bay paneling going in, oil cooler mounted, electrics on the firewall..

Screenshot_20190906-004834_Gallery.jpg

.

Behind the dash.. Steering, brake and clutch masters, dash wiring..

Screenshot_20190906-004849_Gallery.jpg

.

Seat in, fire bottle in, in cabin oiling system in the car..

Screenshot_20190906-004916_Gallery.jpg

.

Dashboard in, hooked up.. fire system hooked up..

Screenshot_20190906-004901_Gallery.jpg

.

Next up is to install the drivetrain, hook up and bleed the brakes, and check the suspension settings.

Hoping to have the car ready to drive next weekend..