That's really cool. After you seeing the cars that influenced your design, I'd say you paid tribute to them, but your design really stands on its own without being a retro/me too/knock off.
Nice job.
98 GL sport (V6 MTX)
The Durable Duratec? - (DMD, Metal impeller WaterPump, Synth & Stinky in the tranny)
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