{"id":624,"date":"2010-03-23T12:43:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T20:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=624"},"modified":"2010-04-03T05:36:47","modified_gmt":"2010-04-03T13:36:47","slug":"ror-preview-pc1966-slice-n-dice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=624","title":{"rendered":"RoR Project PC1966 &#8211; Slice &#8216;N Dice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=624&text=RoR Project PC1966 - Slice 'N Dice\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p><strong>RoR Project PC1966 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Slice \u00e2\u20ac\u0153N\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">See the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=619\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Step-by-Step Project Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Figure 00 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/4457449767\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2706\/4457449767_34cc29588f.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 00\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>1966 Mercury Comet GT Indy 500 Pace Car<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 This turned out to be one of those real intense \u00e2\u20ac\u02dckit bash\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 projects due to the availability of parts. The main components were the donor body and kit from the AMT 1967 Mercury Comet (kit #31761), Comet GT wheels from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missinglinkrc.com\/Parts.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Missing Link Resin Casters\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/a> and resin castings from the original AMT Dealer Promo 1966 Mercury Comet GT. There is also a little bit of scratch building and some fabrication involved but the end results were worth the effort. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll also have to top this off with a set of Fred Cady decals.<\/p>\n<p>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re probably asking; why go to all the trouble of resin casting and hacking two bodies together when you can just modify an old AMT Promo model, right? That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great question. The answer is: cost, detail and the challenge! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to find an original Mercury Comet GT promo car in good shape for less than $75. On the other hand you can get the decals, donor kit and wheels for under about $25 delivered, by doing some careful eBay shopping. Once you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got the resin casting molds made you can make more of these for your friends.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Figure 37 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/4458227804\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2533\/4458227804_3bc20ecf41.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 37\" width=\"500\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nStart Your Engines!<\/p>\n<p>You can almost see yourself sitting there in front of the pack in that big block Mercury on that sunny day in May\u00c2\u00a0of 1966, with the sound of racing engines revving up behind you for the big race!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RoR Project PC1966 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Slice \u00e2\u20ac\u0153N\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Dice See the Step-by-Step Project Review 1966 Mercury Comet GT Indy 500 Pace Car \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 This turned out to be one of those real intense \u00e2\u20ac\u02dckit bash\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 projects due to the availability of parts. 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