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Out-STANDING work John! The second one looks familiar, but I don't remember seeing the first one. Great detail, and the paint on both (especially the Outlaw) is excellent. Great work Sir!! Aaron

Very nice job Tony. Great replica of Bob's car!! Aaron

I second what Bob says. Dave, that is just an awesome build! Very, VERY clean and the paint is phenomenal. Great job on this one sir...! Aaron

Beautiful paint job and very nice detailling on this Dave! My all-time favorite 69 Cuda. Aaron

Man, Jim...That's just outstanding dude! Nice pics of this one that I hadn't seen before. Great attention to detail on this build. Plus, you picked a subject car that doesn't get built much. Great job buddy! Aaron

Thanks for the kind words guys. Brett, here's a few pics of the car I was trying to replicate. Although Mr. Norms cars were based out of Chicago, they toured nationally more than some of the other locals I used to see like the Creasy family and Gary Bolger's Golddigger. Being that US 30 was a regular stop for the Coca Cola Cavalcade tour meant that I got to see a LOT of touring pros. In it's heyday, that was THE midwest track to race at. Probably more so than Rockford, Great Lakes, etc IMHO. John, just let me know when, and I'll be glad to email you the pics I have. Aaron

I agree with John. Real nice fade to blue on this Brett! Aaron

And the parade of my 'older' builds rolls on.... I completed this in '04 or '05. Eugene White body, but a stretched Boss Hoss Mustang chassis. I wished I had some under body reference pics for this one before I tackled it, but to this day can't find any. Oh well, just another one of the 'local' racers I saw frequently at Smokin' US 30 Dragstrip. Hope you like. Aaron

Nice job on this Dave. Always liked this Shirley car. Aaron

Looks great from MY vantage point, Dave! Great wet-look shine, and the stripes look very sharp and crisp. Beautiful job so far, Sir! Aaron

That's a beautiful job, Bob! Love the paint. One side note: On yours, make sure you drill your headers out. Gives it that added realism. Once again, fantastic job on this one! Aaron

Good advice from Mike. Also, the frame of the real dragster was black, or gunmetal in color. If you Google search for Ramchargers, you can find plenty of good reference pics for this car. Aaron

Great job Chuck! Just bought mine yesterday. Looking at yours definitely gives me the inspiration to get that thing started. Aaron

Check out that 'little-known' gasser in the background of Greg's pic.... Aaron

Here's the only pic I have of the original Walts. Hope this helps. Aaron

What 70's car(s) were your going to build? Blower hold-down straps didn't come along until maybe the VERY late 70's if not early 80's. Given what I just wrote, there's probably someone who put straps on their blower in the 70's, it's just that I can't recall any. Aaron

Thanks Jim

Another older build. Other than the rear slicks, it's box stock. This sat on my shelf for ages as a poorly made Prudhomme Army Monza. Tore it down completely more for the paint experience than anything else. Enjoy. Aaron

Not that I'm aware of, but there are still tons of those AMT Garlits kits floating around out there. Aaron

That's beautiful John. Did you make two of these? I seem to remember one posted somewhere else quite a while ago. Aaron

Beautiful start to this replica Shane. I know you'll do this car justice. Aaron

Real nice builds, Travis. They're good by 20 year standards, or todays standards for that matter. Can't wait to see what you'll build next. Build on... Aaron

Ditto what everyone said above. I also like the tan interior. Nice touch to a fine gasser. Aaron

Jim, Nice to see you 'in the groove' again! Man, this looks VERY promising. Great job on the paint and decaling. I hear you on the Tamiya clear. That happened to my Hawiian Charger too. Went thru 3 sets of those and it still didn't turn out the way I wanted to. Keep up the GREAT work on this one. I'll be watching-n-waiting! Aaron

Andy - I did use the Revell frame. I lowered the driver's cage and raised the rear axle mounts to get the car as low as possible. I still think I should've had it at least 4 scale inches lower in the back, but engine position and clearance became issues at that point. Shoe did point out to me that the engine should've had a more forward placement. Perhaps that would've solved the body height problem. Aaron