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welcome back to the hobby, lotta good people around here. DJ

There is another "factor" in the accuracy of your suspension work..... Year span..... A lot of the earliest "trick" set ups (as in early sixties or earlier) with the old gas classes, were not all that trick.... There were TONS of old gassers with ladder bars that were half the wheelbase used with leaf springs..... and yes, there were LOTS of them that would strand straight up coming off the line in 3000lb+ cars with little 265-283 inch motors.... And there were AA/FA with solid mount rear ends and in&out boxes for "trannys"..... When the racers "progressed" (as Bill pointed out) they came out with things like sliders, etc. And things got safer and faster 😊 Lotta good looking work going on there, keep it up!!!! DJ

Absolutely awesome job!!!! DJ

That is just COOL!!!!!!! An old A/FX class car for sure!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!! DJ

Tho I've never had a hand on a 1:1 lowrider, I have always had a VERY strong respect for the craftmanship that went into those type of vehicles. This is one of the very FINEST built models I have seen. Most certainly a potential COVER CAR!!!!! VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!! DJ

First Class Build!!!!! Love the "early vintage vibe"!!!! DJ

All right, definately some first class work!!!!! Ever forward!!!!! DJ

The 1 1/2 inch drum on the Makita tool I use is built for cleaning the lifter valley on full size (REAL) engines... Would be like putting the dremel tool (which I have a pretty full array of) on a truckload of steriods. And, if I was using the little dremel made sanding drums, would take half of forever to cut away any excessive resin. And I love the little router bits, I have one that "lives" in one of my cordless dremel tools, will do a 100 times the work of those sanding drums.... 😊 DJ

Jimmy Flintstone does the 1938 GMC cab, # NB303 which is now on sale for $12 His castings are traditionally a "little thick", and I'm told by a good friend of his, that the reason is so that they do not warp when left setting on a shelf, waiting to be built, for super long periods of time. I've built several different things using his bodies, and have NEVER had one that was warped, the usual plan of action tho, is to take a barrel sanding disc and "remove" a bunch of the excess from the inside of the piece. Small price to pay for some really decent resin bodies that are affordable. DJ

So this is where the B model ended up, FANTASTIC BUILD Brian!!!! A really accurate build!!!! DJ

Like all the alterations, some very serious upgrades!!!! Keep up the good work DJ

Like what I am seeing so far, what was it that you decided on the axle set-up for the container trailer ?????? DJ

What a great save!!!! Watched as you fought your way thru this one, couple of times was wondering...... 😊😊😊 Definately a 👍👍 DJ

😊😊😊 Great Job on all the builds!!!!! DJ

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL job on the build!!!!! Amazes me how people can "nit pick" such a fantastic job over the "location of a rivet"......... Look forward to seeing the next build. DJ

Andy has it right, FE engine from the 34 Ford Pickup (whether in a Lindberg box or AMT) is "supposed" to be patterned after the 61 Ford 390/401 horse engine. ( Get a magnify glass and read the lettering on the valve covers, says THUNDERBIRD 390 ) The 40 is coming right along, great choice on the color combo!!!!! DJ

FOUND (thanks to TOM) PLEASE DELETE THANKS

Looking for Gofer 427 Ford engine kit, or Revell Parts Pack 427 Ford, or Ford 427 engine from the Atlantis Fiat drag car. PLENTY to trade THANKS DJ

😊😊😊 Just received a nice order from Ron Coon Resins today. Ordered last Friday, sent him a USPS money order to cover items (which he received on Monday} and my order was in the mail box this morning!!!! As always, Ron is pleasant & professional on the phone, quick & accurate on filling your order, and the product quality is 100% great!!!! Not everything I build are "roundie-rounders" and as you'll find while looking thru his website, his offerings cover a wide spread of builds. THANKS AGAIN RON DJ

Looking forward to this one Brian, what are you going to use for engine????? DJ

Curious to see whatcha use to come up with this set up...... GREAT JOB thus far!!!!! DJ

😊😊😊 That's gotta be one of the wildest things I've ever seen!!!! You did a great job of fabricating on the missing parts, and a great job on the assembly!!!!!

This whole project just gets WILDER BY THE MINUTE!!!!!!! 👍👍 DJ

👍👍 Great idea on recycling !!!!!! DJ

Now that turned out AWESOME!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!!! DJ