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KEN Sorta like Alan, that really puts a smile on my face!!!! You were telling me about as you were building it, but it turned out way better than I imagined!!!!!! GREAT JOB BRO!!!! DJ

That is one very good looking Rig!!! Your attention to detail, and detail itself is definately FIRST CLASS!! DJ

when TRUCKS WERE TRUCKS!!!!! really a super decent looking rig, GREAT JOB!!!!! DJ

I'm with you Larry, GREAT NEWS to see the site back up and lookin' good!!!!! DJ

I "baby-set" a chain of auto parts stores from 1979 until we sold them out in 1992. Those years were pure joy to go to work, and with each transaction, you took care of the customer and SOLVED his problems. I went back into the parts market again in 2008 until retirement in 2018. HOW THINGS CHANGED!!!!! The "quality" of the parts was like rolling the dice..... OEM parts were even BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH in many cases. IE: One of the fuel pumps (mechanical) that I had sold for YEARS to different customers with "mild" small blocks for street/strip use, would barely put up 3 pounds of pressure now, where the earlier ones would put up 5-6 pounds out of the box, and the arm on these "newer" replacement pumps would have a half inch of play, which meant that the lobe on the cam for the fuel pump was lucky to even wiggle the arm on the fuel pump..... The last ten years were NOT MUCH FUN, you "defected out" SO MANY parts, and the folks that once "trusted you" to solve their issues lost faith in you and your products. Simple truth

I grew up spending the summers with my cousins and uncle Ed, going to races at Lions, Irwindale, Half Moon Bay, Bakersfield, and at tracks like Ascot, and at different car shows.... GEORGE KLASS REMEMBERS is such a "step back in time" for me, and having gone to the tracks in Oregon like Madras, Woodburn, tracks in Idaho like Thunder Ridge and Firebird International, and seeing pictures from all the various tracks, definately one of my favorite sites. THANKS AGAIN ROB!!!! DJ

ROB Man, you are the HERO of the day!!!!! At least a way to get back to the site!!!! DJ

Been trying to log in to his site, and some "foreign tribe" has some type of little "toy blocks" all over, and I can't get past them.......... something called PIXEL POSTS..... DJ

ONLY AN EDUCATED GUESS: looking at the 1963 NHRA rules, and taking into consideration that the 57 T-birds were shown to have a 3350 curb weight, the CM/SP class had a 10.00 to 15.99 pound per cubic inch rule........ The most probable engine would have been the 312 it came with. As to the carburation, would take someone with specific knowledge of this particular car..... Hope that helps some..... DJ

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