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Very good.

Looks great.

Hey Tommy, I don't mean to thrash up your thread ... but if you like that area ... and LOVE old stockers ... you might want to read Driving With The Devil, by Neal Thompson. Its a great book about the bad old days and the start of Stock Car racing ... get it used on amazon. There's a lot of Georgia Boys on this forum ... maybe one day we'll all get together, take the tour of the museum, get a taste of Georgia's finest and grab a burger at the Pool Room. T

A very good build of an elegantly simple little car.

I am very interested! Thank you very much. I was sure it had to have been suggested in the past ... but, no harm in asking. T

This has probably been suggested a million times ... but here goes ... Any chance of adding an Open Wheel Racing forum to the Drag Racing and NASCAR forums in the Model Car section? This forum would highlight Indy & F1 cars, Champ cars, TQ's and anything else that races with open wheels. T

1. Me too. 2. Me too! Best Burgers in NoGa. 3. Hey ... ME TOO! Wait ... which one? The old school building? Don't forget the great museum and free shot of White Lightning over at the municipal building. Small world. T BTW ... if you love stock car racing from back when they were REAL Stock Cars and not this tube and fiberglasS BLAB-BLAB-BLAB-BLAB ... you MUST get to Dawsonville. It's pretty much where it all began.

WOW ... what are the chances ... ? When I worked there, your Uncle Jules owned a green one. You are right about the Cahills, Buddy owned the place and his brother (Tom ... no ... it was Artie ... I think) was the shop foreman. I seem to remember that Jules was related to them by marriage. pm on the way ...

OOOOOOhhhhh yeah ....

Dang. From the title I was kinda hoping for a Hillman Imp. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillman_Imp Welcome, Nice start ...

... AND it's a 2 door. Lot's of possibilities there. Heck, that battery has got to be worth five bucks at the scrap yard.

Do you have a Checker 9 Passenger Aerobus in you collection? During the Vietnam War these were almost as ubiquitous as Huey's around military bases. They would haul servicemen between the base and the airport and I rode in them a LOT back in the day. After the war was over, I remember seeing tons of them in junkyards around Fort Dix, NJ.

Another Great barn find.

Oh yeah ... this is a VERY saveable car ... much, much more than Rat Rod bait.

... and PLEASE don't forget us 1/18th diecast builder/moders ... even the broken stuff that wouldn't be good for charities would be of interest to us. You would be able to sell to us and turn the money over to charities ... and probably make more money then they would get otherwise. Unfortunately, after you posted this, I'm sure your mailbox is filled with stuff from beggers and dealers ... almost to the point you won't even want to be bothered with any of it. What ever you do ... please let us know.

How'd you like to come across THAT on a walk through the woods? Great job on the weathering.

VERY cool! My first job as a mechanic was at a Checker & International Harvester Dealership in Keyport, NJ. a VERY long time ago. Not many folks know that Checkers could be bought as passenger cars and came colors other than yellow. I don't remember any with the exhaust dumping out the front wheel wells! Very rugged and reliable ... the owners loved them. Great job.

I think I seen this car ... it's behind a shed out in the woods on the other side of Dawsonville as you're headed towards Auraria. Just kidding, but it sure is something you could find out that way. Are you sure them bees ain't hornets? There's a lot of them up there too! AND snakes. Nice job!

Thank you ... Sorry for the confusion, but I left out the "1/18th scale". Some pretty odd ducks get built in 1/18th scale. Maybe one day.

Now ... IF the car's body is made from plastic ... and IF the lower cost diecast (Miasto) makers did it, THIS would be very interesting, especially to a builder/mod-er. Chopped, Channeled, Lowered, Louvered and Frenched ... Here we come! But 1/18th scale builders/mod-ers are a VERY teeny, tiney, itty, biddy little slice of the market, barely rising to a "niche", so they wouldn't do it for us ... but if it could drop costs and prices AND wouldn't ever rot ... well, who knows.

Although not a "muscle car", a fellow by the name of Amos Johnson raced an AMC Gremlin with a 231 in-line six and 3 speed trans in both SCCA and IMSA events. In 1973 Johnson drove the car to a National Championship in IMSA's Baby Grand series. I saw this car race a lot back in the day and was always impressed how well Team Highball got this thing to go on short tracks OR long tracks. A lot of BMW 2002 guys are still scratching their heads about getting beat by a GREMLIN. I owned a Hornet wagon for a couple years. Solid reliable little car. I keep hoping (but I ain't holding my breath) that someone would produce a model of the Gremlin, just because it was so unusual. https://books.google.com/books?id=Chd-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=amos+johnson+racing+AMC+Gremlin&source=bl&ots=l_kVFv4ikJ&sig=ihif4fmN_0erSIAWmQq89DnExdU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX5_Pk06vTAhUI7SYKHQ8tDh4Q6AEIVjAL#v=onepage&q=amos johnson racing AMC Gremlin&f=false

This vid?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4XsO-CoRpE

I remember in the 1950's his ad was: "I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $19.95. No ups, no extras." You could probably have done a better job with a can of Rustoleum and a roller, especially if you washed the car first.

I love the flat-top roof ... and those beautiful rear fenders! In the 1:1 world I saw something similar to haul a small sports car racer of some type. A guy used the front half of a 67 or 68 Olds Toronado. It worked out pretty good, the FWD seemed a pretty good solution to some of the mechanical issues.

A good friend and someone I worked with for a very long time has been very sick for over 10 years from breathing in asbestos dust from brake and clutching lining as well as the cast iron dust from cutting drums and rotors. Over the last 3 months, I've been experiencing breathing difficulties that the Docs are trying to get to the bottom of. Although there is nothing definitive yet, when I'm doing the tests and talking with the Docs, I can't help but think about my friend Jim and all the brakes and clutch jobs we did back in the day. Although the plastic and paint you are breathing in may not be, strictly speaking, "cancerous", once particles from anything get in your lungs ... there is no way for your body to get rid of them. Without getting into a discussion particle size and which one is more dangerous ... I'm willing to bet Jim wishes he wore a mask while doing brake jobs ... and anything else involving dust particles. I know I sure do. BTW ... NEITHER Jim nor myself smoked tobacco products.