Tommy Kortman

The show was pretty good. The new Lamborghini Aventador is AMAZING. Here's a link to the rest of the photos from the show. http://public.fotki.com/El-Tanque/car-shows/2012-philadelphia-a/

Today was the Philly Boyz annual end of winter get together otherwise know as THE BIG SIT!! It was held at Main Line Hobbies in the Plymouth Meeting Mall in Plymouth Meeting (duh!) Pa. This was a new venue for the event and the turnout was good. Here's a couple of pics. ...and a link to the rest of the pics. http://public.fotki.com/El-Tanque/the-big-sit/the-big-sit-2012/ ENJOY!!

Wow! There are some very nice Mercs here. I built this one in 08. It's a curbside. I needed the motor for another project. I call her Gold Rush. The flying eyeball here is a tribute to the great Kenny Howard. (Von Dutch) I just twisted it a bit with the bat wings. The grille bullets are the masterful craftsmanship of Mr. Bob Dudek. Thanks again Bob!

Here's some pics of the restored car. (or a clone) Hope they help.

Here's a couple of mine.

No problem Bro! We miss seeing you too. Hopefully we'll catch up @ next years NNL East.

I went down to the Simeone Museum again yesterday. They were doing a tribute to Shelby. The special guest this time was Chuck Cantwell. Chuck was the project Mgr for the Shelby GT350R as well as the street cars from 64 to 68. (Ford took over in 69. Here's some pics: And heres a link to the rest of the photos: http://public.fotki.com/El-Tanque/simeone-foundation-/legends-of-motorsport/legends-of-motorspo-3/

Yo! Went to another car show at the Simeone Museum yesterday. Hed a good time. The count was still what I would call light, but there were more cars than last time. And...one of our own board members, Lyle Willits was there with his lovely wife Lee, and won a trophy for his 55 Dodge (1:1 car) I guess you can own a winning show car and still drive it. Here's a link to the pics. http://public.fotki.com/El-Tanque/car-shows/kustoms-cruisers--c/ Here's a link the the Museum http://simeonemuseum.org/

Very cool pics Tom. Looks like it was a great show.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I proudly present for your viewing pleasure...THe photos I took today at the car show held at the Simeone Museum (07-30-11) Here's the link http://public.fotki.com/El-Tanque/car-shows/rods-rats-rust-race-11/ I hope y'all enjoy them!

But Ed, if your trying to complete a Chaparrel collection...what do you do? I wouldn't pay it, but if you gotta have it...you gotta have it.

Went down to the Simeone Museum here in Philadelphia again a week ago for another one of their "Legends of Motorsports" Days. This one was honoring Jaguar. The guest speaker was Brian Redman. Man, that guy had some great stories. He was a really nice guy. Anyway, here's some pics and a link to the rest. E-Type SCCA Race car 1963 E-Type The 12 hours of Sebring Pace Car The C type The D Type Mr. Brian Redman More Photos Legends of Motorsports - Jaguar

Hey Doc. I cant wait to see what you come up with, but seriously...seek help!

68-69 Novas share a similar front subframe with the Camaro of the same years, however...when the bigblocks were installed into the Novas, the torque on launch caused worse spring wrap than on the Camaros.This would cause sketchy handling. The Novas of those years only had monoleaf rear springs and the rear shocks were mounted on opposite sides of the rear axle from each other.(one was mounted in front of the axle, and one was behind). Additionally, when the 427 was installed the lack of frame connectors would allow the body to twist so bad on a hard launch that the windshields would either crack, or even pop out of the body. This is why they were considered so "lethal".

The pastel powder I was using just would not stick to the chrome.

Always loved the Gulf cars. Great job, you have definitely done them proud!!

Adam, I'm not sure what your "normal" comfort zone is but it sure looks like you were pretty comfortable is this zone. Nice job.

Nice clean build, Great stance!

Very cool!!!

Sweeeeeet!!!!

For everybody who may not have made it to NNL East this weekend, here are some shots of the coupe; complete with it's intended base. Did pretty good with it. Enjoy!!!! Thanks to everyone whose followed along with me on this build, it was a blast.

THE ORANGE AND THE BLACK!! Fear the Fist!!

Hope I'm not too late to the party. Here is a link to my Fotki album and yesterdays NNL East pics. ENJOY!! NNL EAST #25 (2011)

Nice photos Phil.

Here are some engine pics for you. The engine is from the Revell 49 Merc coupe with an aircleaner and valve covers from Replicas and Miniatures Co. of Md. I LOVE NORM'S STUFF!!