bobss396

It finally rained yesterday for a few hours. I did some food shopping and gardening before the rain. Today 73 at 6 am and super sticky, RH is 83%. I'll take a dip in the pool, feed some plants, go back into the AC and do some housework. Maybe some wash.

You are off to a good start. I'd try to find some pictures with the hood up. Tiny Lund ran a similar class Camaro. Bobby Allison had a Mustang.

I'm sure most Trophy Series kit engines have the same mounting points. I did put the '53 truck hemi in an AMT '32 Ford, do not recall if I used the '32 transmission or not. I've done a couple of other V8 swaps into the AMT '40 Ford. I had to use the '40 transmission.

I've got some that are 20+ years being BACK IN THE BOX!! I lose interest, hit a block with something minor that derails me. I have around 25 stalled projects boxed up. Some are very close to completion.

Ready for a Brie overload? This is one of my girlfriend's 2 cats. The other is less social.

I was up in Rocky Point at a JR Steakhouse. I think it poured for 15 minutes, thunder but no wind. Smithtown I heard had severe weather and power outages. Back home on the south shore looked like it had a little rain.

One of a very young Ivan playing on the kitchen floor.

Me and my wife were given tickets 🎟 to one of his shows around 1984. Not our thing, but a good performance.

76 and still sticky out there. We went to the ocean yesterday for a few hours, a nice 10 minute ride. The water is warm and a tropical color. Back home we hit the pool and had some drinks. They been saying rain for days, and nothing.

We had a letter carrier who constantly got the mail mixed up. I believe she got the axe 🪓 early this year. I put whatever I got in error back in the mail box with a post-it nite attached.

We had a couple of days with low humidity, a nice break. Still no real rain that we really need. Besides the dead AC unit, we lost power yesterday for a few hours. I came inside for a beer... thought the 'fridge light burned out. Outside it was better than inside.

I definitely want that one. He also has a Mustang bodied one, with an offset chassis.

I will admit, I have a large styrene footprint. I buy a kit here and there if they are discounted or something I see at a show. At the NNL East, I wound up with 11 stock car donor kits, plus 4 3D printed stock cars. I jumped into buying 3D printed parts, etc a few years back. With summer I have slowed that down. Like others say, there are worse habits out there.

63 with an RH of 89%. I got some weeding done early and enjoyed the pool a few times yesterday.

65 F and muggy. AND my big 18k AC unit bit the big one yesterday. I'm putting a window unit in until I find a replacement. Still almost zero rain, we had 20 minutes last evening.

Thanks. I'm down to choosing a chassis color and getting the roll cage ready to drop in.

69 F this morning and sticky... again. The forecast says rain... but no rain for about a solid week. I did some weeding early yesterday, gave up by 9 am and hit the pool. I went back out at 7pm and got it all done. I have to hand-water my veggies, the lawn sprinklers are not keeping up with the heat.

This would be Ron Woodard from WFC Motorsports. Ron Coon sells some of his items on his site. The roll cages are hard to beat. Check back often, he does runs of other stock car bodies which are quite good.

Mean Machine has some great wheels and tires. I shop Hooligan too, he also sells on eBay. Foggy Cypress on Etsy is also jaysresinwheels from eBay. Ron Coon sells there now and then.

I have looked into lathes, agree that Sherline would be best for me. I'm holding off on buying one...it would engulf my summer quite easily.

I did some work on it last week. Another guy in the club is doing a Jarzombek Vega and we compare notes. Coupes started to be phased out when the smaller bodies like the Pinto and Vega were available as wrecks around 1973, give or take. Therevwas a movement to get the cars lower and incorporate newer chassis innovations. There was a transition where things like Corvairs, Studebaker Larks, even the Chevy II were used. Rules varied from track to track. I'm not sure what year the pavement modified came under NASCAR sanctioning. This unified the class, almost any car was legal at any NASCAR track. Rule books were made on a typewriter, reproduced on a ditto machine and given out by the track office. They did a good job at giving car construction details. Your best source is old photos. FB is full of vintage racing groups. There are photo collections like LaSheefs who covered the NE racing scene. Circa the 1950s, just about any race car was home grown. Common high tech shop tools were an arc welder, an acetylene torch, angle grinder, bench grinder and a drill press. Very few had tubing benders, or used one from work. Rollcage bends were accomplished using the torch and wrapping the tubing around a tree or telephone pole. Heavy black pipe was prevalent and cheap, some of it was salvaged in scrap yards. Around 1962, at least local to be, hand crafted cars started to emerge. They came from local farms that were tooled up to fix equipment. Those cars were usually the fastest and often won a lot of races. A handful of racers had friends with shops that sponsored the cars, they built the car and cherry picked someone to drive for them. There is information out there, you need to dig it up. Race tracks often have history books that are available. I'll post some sites if I run across them.

73 F and 93% RH at 6 this morning. They are saying possible rain, which we need. I will water everything outside by 10 if there us no rain.

Yesterday the high was 94, also still 85 at 11 pm. 74 at 5:30 am, I need to water and pick cucumbers and tomatoes, dig up a shallot to see if they are done.

I'm doing Paul's Corvette modified. With the engine and chassis being single piece construction, detailing becomes a challenge. I have another kit, a street stock Olds, I cut the engine into pieces, not sure if it was worth the work. The Corvette is coming along. Those AK acrylic pens are pretty handy for getting into tight spots.

I've had ghosting happen MONTHS after paint/clear was applied. Too many solvents too soon.