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look above a few messages to Matt Bacon's response.

Well, there is the Desert Scale Classic in Arizona (closer than Utah..) that turns twenty next year, everyone is invited to help us get started on another twenty years (did Danno just faint?).

amazon sells them under a different manufacturer, the ones in the photo were borrowed from work. doing a google search for "Weidmuller ferrules" will yield several sources and manufacturers.

it looked great in person! One observation voiced by more than one builder at this event, with so much talent on display...no one envied the job the judges had to do (it was rumored that it took eleven hours for the judging to be complete).

thanks for all the comments.

as a fan of phantom pickups, I really like how this turned out, bravo!

yeah, it's pretty special when an "empowered person" plays the "help me Obiwan" card.

that's a really interesting way to say "drama queen" ?

Happy Annual Survival day, it was great meeting you at GSL Finale.

FYI, Will from Kindigit Design was at the GSL for a while... I shook his hand but didn't bother with a selfie.

congrats on the award, it's great to have your craftsmanship recognized

nice replica, Iron Resurrection is one of the few car shows I enjoy.

FYI, Desert Scale Classic turns 20 next year... (nudge, nudge).

using ferrules as a detailing element, here is a photo of Weidmuller ferrules used where I work, this would be 14mm in length and about 16gage (ferrules can be ordered in various wire sizes, lengths and other manufacturers). The upper one has had the plastic collar removed, it can be carefully cut off or heated up and pulled off. The ferrules are plated copper, so can be formed/deformed easily. ferrules were used on the exhaust and carbs.

I used a similar material to make hard brake line detail.

as promised:

just got home to Phoenix from the GSL, ten hour drive....had an awesome time, bravo to everyone that made the final GSL amazing.

more pics after GSL28

Here are the pix I took at the show, it was great to catch up with old friends and "hang out with my people". Here is a link to my Flickr album for this show:

reminds me of Atomic Punk

I can almost hear it run, thank you for sharing the journey and the assembled masterpiece. I am inspired by your work and attention to detail.

I had one of my builds show up in one of the model magazines that covered one of the GSL's a few years ago, they got my name correct but the accompanying text was nothing like what I had written on the "photo card"...a little disappointing but I got bragging rights. ?

received an email that the host hotel is full and the standby list is stupid long, Mark is trying to scrounge up deals with other local lodging

Discord is a great (free) option for remoting in to meetings, similar to zoom, just easier.

IMHO, there seem to be people here confusing "Reality show" with reality. I believe Chip Foose is a very talented person AND has the skills to realize his designs, now, just as other shops/car shows have a whole teams building customs/restorations, with few exceptions we will never see just one man/woman build a complete custom. Most decent designers/builders are smart enough to have other talented people work with or for them, Boyd Coddington comes to mind. I really doubt they gave a Ridler award to Chip Foose just because he's a "nice guy". If you haven't watched his design studies (on Youtube), you're missing out and selling him short. I'm not saying I like ALL of his designs but he and other customizers that share their insights and ideas are real treasures that can inspire others. Imagine if Harley Earl had been alive now (during the interwebs age), would he be sharing his design ideas with the rest of us? His designs gave us some great platforms to explore further custom ideas (but, I bet he had a team of designers/artists that he guided/managed).