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  • Birthday 09/22/1958

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  1. I'd be interested in your tutorial on the shocks. If it's an early 60's car, gasser is the safest class for it to fit into. Here's a HAMB page on shoebox Ford drag racers: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/drag-race-and-gasser-ford-shoebox-49-54-photos.1250342/
  2. First off, I really love the chassis work. This is a great beginning. Are your front shocks plastic built on top of brass? I trust you're wanting to have the car be as accurate as you can based upon the work you've already done. A bit about the rules. In the era in which car would have run, the 1960s, the two main sanctioning bodies were the NHRA and AHRA. Drag News, a weekly drag racing newspaper also promoted classes with a general set of rules for a challenge series. Number three on the Drag News List could challenge Numer One, etc. Due to the relationship with Hot Rod magazine and the NHRA, you need to research beyond HRM to learn about the AHRA classes and Drag News races. There were also local rules that are less known. Unless you scoot the motor back a bunch, this car would fall into the gasser class. That doesn't mean it couldn't run as an altered. Many gasser racers would look at their competition and move their car into the altered class. This was done with some cars by pulling the front end off a flip nose car or pulling out the passenger seat or removing the headlights. A S/X was mainly filled with fairly current cars often used A F/Xers. The car could easily be a gasser or altered. During the early and mid 60's, superchareged cars would be double lettered such as AA or BB/GS. With the weight of the 1949 Ford, this car would more than likely be a BB/GS if it has full gasser equipment or an altered. To be truly accurate, you need to choose a year, and check out the rules. For example in the early years, gassers had to have a full exhaust including muffler. It just wasn't hooked up.
  3. I guess my original 1960 Apache has just lost most of its value.
  4. I don't think the box art is that bad but agree that elements of it are questionable. They REALLY need to have pictures of the built up kit on the side panels. All it takes is a customer buying one or two kits that in no way resemble the pictured car to loose that customer. If I bought the Jungle Jim Camaro and expected it to build like the picture, I'd say never again to Atlantis.
  5. I think the is the price point that should have been retail so those and the Wacky Racers should have been $8.99 to move at a bargain store.
  6. I think you're close but I think the ar was first painted silver. Then a light coat covered the entire body. The top has one or two additional coats. with possibly a light second coat on the lower portion of the car especially the lower rear quarter panels. Then a darker green, maybe also a candy or transparent green was sprayed on the character lines. I think the darker colors as its very even and looks like it was painted in one shot.
  7. A few thoughts. Paint looks killer. I've seen the kit but never expected the decals to look as good. The filling the hole really helps this kit. You've done a really nice job so far. Do what Revell should of done and dump the engine. That motor is an artistic license motor. I challenge anyone to tell me what kind it's supposed to be. The valve covers look like a Chevy 409 but the same basic block was used by Revell for a Ford SOHC. The chassis has always given me fits in this series, the Willys PU, Austin and Henry J all use a lot of the same part for the chassis and engine. NHRA rules dictated a production chassis or a rectangular reproduction. The front suspension is very well molded and the rear suspension is pretty good but it hangs on an illegal chassis. Yours looks nice but is not technically legal.
  8. Round 2 has reissued the old MPC Beverly Hillbillies truck under the Granny's Hot Rod name. I've seen them listed on a couple of mail order sites and eBay. Has anyone seen the kit at a Wal-Mart, Hobbytown or HL? Thanks!
  9. This has the look of the local racer of the 60's and early 70's. Great ob. I'm curious as to what printer you used to print the decals.
  10. Nice collection! Nicely built and great history lesson of the Woods.
  11. Two part question. Have you tried Indycals. Two, are you the Paul Fisher of casting fame?
  12. The Hot Wheels Charger is the PL Charger funny car.
  13. Please don't think I was criticizing your build or suggesting you're idolizing Stepp's non racing activities. Stepp and Freddy DeName both had a bit of fun with their reputations. I think I saw this car run. His Challenger is one of my favorite drag cars that I'd love to find decals for. If we were to start a list of drag racing characters, there were several that spent time with the government for drug running. You're building a great model to celebrate a great race car.
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