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[Jantrix]

Quick update. 4.5 inch chop in the works. Third photo shows a real good reason to have the top off. Those are some wicked ejection pin marks.

[CorvairJim]

Sean: Dale would certainly approve of your memorial display... and so do I.

Edited by CorvairJim, 25 April 2011 - 07:50 PM.

[highway]

actually i dont think it was done by toby keith it just doesnt sound like him at all in it!
i may try to dig something up here after bit and see who actually does it!
i have that same song from the same used to be site!
got it from a friend that had it!

Yeah, like I said I wasn't sure, that was just how it was listed when I downloaded it, so who knows!

Sean: Dale would certainly approve of your memorial display... and so do I.

PSSSST Jim, that was my pic, Sean just quoted it!

[highway]

I was looking through YouTube trying to figure out who actually sang "The Ride" for the Earnhardt tribute and still not sure, even though I found a couple Tim McGraw videos of the regular version. Anyway, I found this good video of the Earnhardt version, and since Friday would have been his birthday, a little tribute to the legend.

[bandit1]

I was looking through YouTube trying to figure out who actually sang "The Ride" for the Earnhardt tribute and still not sure, even though I found a couple Tim McGraw videos of the regular version. Anyway, I found this good video of the Earnhardt version, and since Friday would have been his birthday, a little tribute to the legend.

wow when that first riff hit chills just went up my spine!
i and im sure of most everyone that watched that final race remembers it like yesterday!
it sounds like to me it might be a guy named "Tim Wilson"!

[diymirage]

id hate to speak ill of a great driver but i cant help but wonder what would have become of his legend if he had died an old men in his bed


as far as im concernced he is still the second or third best nascar driver who ever raced though

[bandit1]

id hate to speak ill of a great driver but i cant help but wonder what would have become of his legend if he had died an old men in his bed


as far as im concernced he is still the second or third best nascar driver who ever raced though

i know that hes at least second to the king richard petty! but the other driver you say is even better would that be cale yarbrough?
PLEASE DONT TELL ME "JEFF GORDON"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[diymirage]

i know that hes at least second to the king richard petty! but the other driver you say is even better would that be cale yarbrough?
PLEASE DONT TELL ME "JEFF GORDON"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

im pretty sure if i were to buy my son a nascar he could run circles around jeff gordon...and hes only 14...months
no, i was thinking jimmy johnson
he is carving out quite a legacy and may still have many good years ahead if him (but right now, its a toss up between the two)

and yes, richard petty tops the list (and not just cos he drove a mopar )




(i was temted to throw in dick trickle just because of the awesomeness of his name but decided not to mention him)

[CorvairJim]

Yeah, like I said I wasn't sure, that was just how it was listed when I downloaded it, so who knows!



PSSSST Jim, that was my pic, Sean just quoted it!

Oops... Sorry, buddy!

[evilone]

im down
im going to do a 59 hearse desrcibed in this song


lol no one said anything about the music not being rockabilly lol

ps viewer descresion advised

Edited by evilone, 26 April 2011 - 03:19 PM.

[DiscoSpud]

Hey guys update from me.

I finally got a kit, It's an 86 ford bronco by the looks of it. I'll be raised up on 2009 Lego Technic wheels and tyres with a crazy modification to the suspension and more ideas will come soon.

[Jantrix]

Kevin that was seriously funny. Go for it.

Edited by Jantrix, 27 April 2011 - 04:59 AM.

[CorvairJim]

Kevin: You're in with the hearse... I gotta agree with Rob: That was one SERIOUSLY funny video! I built a similar model about 5 years ago because my younger brother is into hearses. Either version of the "Ecto 1" (AMT or Polar Lights) would be a great starting point. I found the P.L. to be kind of crude because 1) it's a curbside and 2), the grille detail isn't as good as I'd want for a show-quality build. Check out this photo of a 1:1 '59 Caddy Hearse, taken from the filming of the movie "Harold & Maude" This is the car I based my model on:



I woluldn't be surprised if it was this car that the animators of the video used as well. This is how my model turned out. I call her "Elvira":

Edited by CorvairJim, 27 April 2011 - 11:50 AM.

[evilone]

Kevin that was seriously funny. Go for it.

you dont know how hard it was to find that video lol

Kevin: You're in with the hearse... I gotta agree with Rob: That was one SERIOUSLY funny video! I built a similar model about 5 years ago because my younger brother is into hearses. Either version of the "Ecto 1" (AMT or Polar Lights) would be a great starting point. I found the P.L. to be kind of crude because 1) it's a curbside and 2), the grille detail isn't as good as I'd want for a show-quality build. Check out this photo of a 1:1 '59 Caddy Hearse, taken from the filming of the movie "Harold & Maude" This is the car I based my model on:



I woluldn't be surprised if it was this car that the animators of the video used as well. This is how my model turned out. I call her "Elvira":

sweet i'll get started with my ecto 1a kit tomorrow then

ps the build looks sweet bro

[CorvairJim]

you dont know how hard it was to find that video lol




sweet i'll get started with my ecto 1a kit tomorrow then

ps the build looks sweet bro

Thanks for the props, Kevin! I just had to play with the ride height a little and slap on those Cragars, just to be different. I've never been one to leave well enough alone! I'm still thinking about making up a set of the world's longest Lakes Pipes for it...

[Justin]

Id like to give this a try but does the build have to be 1:25 or 1:24 scale? For the song I was thinking about my best bet would be to go with a 1:64 truck I have and then change it up. Would that be acceptable?

[sobpinstriping]

I haven't heard the nekromantix in a long time, I used to really like them but man its pretty cheesy, they do put on a good show though.

[CorvairJim]

Id like to give this a try but does the build have to be 1:25 or 1:24 scale? For the song I was thinking about my best bet would be to go with a 1:64 truck I have and then change it up. Would that be acceptable?

Go for it, buddy! As far as I'm concerned, as long as you didn't buy the basic "kit" at the local used car dealership and have to sign the title, it qualifies!

[charlie8575]

so when someone mentioned "the vehicles from ides of march" i started thinking...there aint no vehicles in that song...better yet, there aint no lyrics to it PERIOD

"Vehicle" is a great song; one of my favorites.

To build a car to represent that, it begs to use something like one of these:

1965 Lincoln with one of Missing Link's outstanding resin sedan bodies.
A Jo-Han Cadillac 4-door.
A Modelhaus Cadillac, Buick or Olds from the early 1960s, or 1962 Chrysler Newport.

Charlie Larkin

[CorvairJim]

"Vehicle" is a great song; one of my favorites.

To build a car to represent that, it begs to use something like one of these:

1965 Lincoln with one of Missing Link's outstanding resin sedan bodies.
A Jo-Han Cadillac 4-door.
A Modelhaus Cadillac, Buick or Olds from the early 1960s, or 1962 Chrysler Newport.

Charlie Larkin

My thoughts exactly: Something vaguely menacing, very shiny, and VERY dark windows. If the builder wanted to update the theme, how about a Chrysler 300? My other thought would be the old AMT '70 Ford Custom 500, but fully blacked out, bootlegger-style. I have to agree with your basic premise though - Early to mid 1960's, and mid-to-high line.