satterwhite78

Most of the time you see a car on cider blocks after it been stripped, but in the last two pics all they left was the interior! That one Clean looking Vette !

with the addition of the shock towers greatly improves and enhances the engine compartment overall. Both the 66 Fairlane and 67 Cyclone kits are a joy to build. Great job!

You never go wrong with a Mopar.....unless you post a Dodge Omni/Horizion or Dodge Aries, Reliant....and that looks Right On!

Excellent job. Those big boys didn't just "drive" down the road, they "owned" both lanes

LOL....Just my luck! A day late and a dollar ( with adjusted inflation $1.50) short. Betcha He was a happy camper!

If by chance that fella doesn't make it to your house to claim his "vehicle in question", just shoot me a PM. There's plenty of room on my shelf for that Poncho! Swell lookin build!

Black and White Firebirds I remember seeing most of the time and an occasional red here and there, but a gold Firebird was a treat for the eyes. Sharp looking !

Definitely got that 70's vibe! You sure you wasn't Stateside when those cars were on the road? Great job on all! Being in High School around that time and taking Auto shop, there was always one kid who drove one that had a V-8 compared to several others that were 4 bangers. The V-8 Mustangs were fairly quick but were noisy and clunky in changing gears (auto). 4 cyls were way underpowered. Leaking oil from a 4 cyl valve cover was the only saving grace that kept the engine from rusting & seizing from the outside . I dated a girl that had a Monza 5.0 5 speed M/T and with her driving she put to shame any Z/28 or T/Am. Took a trip with her for a wedding in SC and back home and that Monza got 32mpg! Figured it three times...same 32 mpg. Great power and gas mileage. The Vega...with the aluminum 4 cyl you never worried about having to change the oil or filter. If it didn't leak oil, it certainly burned it out the tailpipe. Thus having to add fresh oil (sometimes daily) the crankcase oil never got dirty or black. It was cheaper to put gas in it than it was to put in oil! Great job on all three and thanks for letting me share some good memories down on Memory Lane

Ya did good! Good to see a classic done right!

How many time while listening to the broadcast of a Nascar race on the radio did you all of a sudden catch your breath and key on every word the annoucer said from then on. Old color photos were recently found at a yard sale that provided a visual to one such incident in Turn Two. "Looks like trouble off Turn 2 with the #98 of Leeroy Yarborough hitting the wall and spinning down into the grass. Flagmen in Turn 2 report hearing the left front tire blowing out from debris and Yarborough's Mercury slamming the wall, apparently rupturing the oil lines and spinning wildly down the backstretch tagging the wall again before coming to a rest on the lower apron of the track......Leeroy is climbing out of the Jim Robbins Cyclone and walking to the infield wall as the oil-splattered Mercury is still smoking, seems to be a small fire developing as the Yellow Flag is out and the leaders are headed to Pit road...... [/url Without the Smoke and Mirrors....... I had the body laying around while I used the chassis as a test fit subject for other future projects. While everybody enjoys seeing a clean rolled off the starting line build, I thought it would be different to see a "fresh run into the wall" wreck . Thanks for looking!.......and now back to the race.... [url=http://s1193.photobucket.com/user/Satterwhite78/media/Stock%20cars/Speedway%20Photos/Speedway%20wrecks/000_0230.jpg.html] To all of those who serve and defend this great country of ours, I extend my deepest thanks and everlasting support! Chuck "Satterwhite78"

Great build .......It definitely cranks up and rumbles Attitude. Feel sorry for the road crew that has to repair the road after those rear tires hook up!

The Do dah man says "Cooooool Daddio...Keep on Trucking!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuyaK0hGxWk

Need to do the #43 and recreate the photo, otherwise it looks like a Checkered Flag Winner!

There's enuff lettering all up and down the side of that car to keep TWO sign painter's busy right up to race day. Sharp ride!

Looks like a Pole Sitter for Friday nite! Sharp looking Build!

Excellent job and definitely woundn't mind having it on my shelf.

Missing Link 70 Charger + MM 1843M Star Spangled Blue = Would/Will definitely buy any product from Missing Link. So glad they give you the option of base/ R/T version. By using the Revell Charger kit for a donor, you get a better detail chassis and interior than if you were using the AMT Charger. A Difference of Night and Day between the two! Chuck

Straight OOB build of P/L kits with Yesterday's decals.

Betcha if you turn the ignition key and rev up that Hemi, we could probably hear the rumble here on the East Coast! Super Sharp!

No Diecast, just the Revell Plymouth Superbird. The Hemi quite possibly from the Revell Plymouth Barracuda while the engine bay and roll cage courtesy of Evergreen plastic and whatever other parts from the proverbial plastic salvage yard. The #40 was actually built about 3 to 4 years ago.. At the moment I don't have any shots of the under carriage but it has the stock K member and rear axle and the wheels actual roll. I used the Monogram solid tires since they matched the 1/24scale along with PPP rims. I believe that I had to wrap the PPP rims with a thin strip of flat plastic stock because the tires were bigger that the rims to make them actually fit. The front spoiler was scratch built and two black decal blocks used for the vents. Fred Cady decals with most of the contingencies from other sources and clear coated with Future. The helmet was something I found in the scrap part box and thought it would look cool hanging from the roll cage instead of glued to the dash or roof. All in all it was a fun build and one of the first that I went into detail under the hood Chuck

Pete Hamilton's #40 Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird Started racing in the Northeast in 1962 and finally winning the NASCAR National Sportsman division in 1967. In 68 he entered the Grand National Division (Winston/Nextel/Sprint Cup) and was the series Rookie of the Year recipient. In the 69 season Pete won 12 of 26 races in the Grand American (Busch/Nationwide) Series and took the series' Championship. Shortly before the start of the 1970 season Pete signed on to drive for Petty Enterprises two car team. The first race being the Daytona 500, Pete qualified 9th. Ford and Dodge swapped the lead throughout the race with David Pearson's Mercury leading the most laps, 82 With 18 laps to go and Pearson leading, Richard Brooks's #32 Superbird spins out from a blown engine. Pearson pitted taking on two tires with Hamilton doing the same. Petty, who blown his engine in the early stages of the race and was in Hamilton's Pit, calls Pete in the next lap around to take on two more tires. Pearson takes charge with the drop of the Green flag and with nine laps to go, Hamilton's four tires hold for the pass of Pearson's Mercury and on for the Checkered Flag. Of the 15 races for PE, Hamilton racked up 3 victories, 9 top 5's and 11 top 10's. Of the 3 wins, Pete was the first to win Talledega twice in one season ( Dale Earnhardt was next in 1999). Due to a neck injury suffered early on in his racing career, Pete retired from NASCAR's top series.