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jim unger
Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 45 Location: Rhinelander WI
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 4:11 pm Post subject: 1960 starliner |
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Hi everyone, continuing to work on my 1960 Curtus Turner Starliner and have some questions. Where would the gas filler tube be on this beast and is it open or under a door? I also need to know where the exhaust tubes dump out to on this car.
Thanks for any help.
Jim _________________ On the bench:
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jpeter
Joined: 03 Feb 2018 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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The fuel filler on the 1960 Ford is behind a dor in the center of the taillight panel. NASCAR teams removed the door and exposed the fuel filler so the cap could easily be removed to fill the car duringpit stops. I just finished mine and I cut out the fuel door and made a tube and gas cap out of sprue. |
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67 Fairlane
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 125 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: 1960 starliner |
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jim unger wrote: | Hi everyone, continuing to work on my 1960 Curtus Turner Starliner and have some questions. Where would the gas filler tube be on this beast and is it open or under a door? I also need to know where the exhaust tubes dump out to on this car.
Thanks for any help.
Jim |
Here you go FoMoCo Bro!
This is the #90 Junie Donleavy Galaxie. Note the open gas filler and the trunk-lid bungie.
Here's the Curtis Turner Daytona car for 1960. I assume this is the one you're building. From the single pipe ducking out from under the car I'd say the exhaust dumps exit both sides of the vehicle.
Exhaust set-ups can be track and team specific. Teams were always experimenting to get the best flow-through on exhaust and often they would take into account the type of driving each track offered.
Hope this helps
Jerry |
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jim unger
Joined: 18 Feb 2018 Posts: 45 Location: Rhinelander WI
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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:14 am Post subject: |
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Thanks to both of you for the info. Gerry, I'm building Curtus's short track car as the Daytona car has a white roof according to Tom Moody and I like the all-blue paint scheme. I'm waiting for my model club guys to tell me that the interior is the wrong color. LOL
Again, thanks for the help.
Jim _________________ On the bench:
Daytona 500 winners
Bobby Allison Dark Side rides
Petty/Wood Brothers tribute |
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