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When he wrecked this car, the track crew started to cut the window net, the 1st time the F word was on TV at a race. Schrader was concerned that the owner Junie Dunleavy would have a canary about losing a window net, he was known to be frugal. Great build BTW...

The black and white one I see parked outside of the Pistol Bureau over in Yaphank. Exit 57 on Sunrise.

I use other things as a paint stand. Hard plastic bottles with a loop of tape on the top is pretty good. Aluminum beer bottles are great too and fit inside the body most of the time. Old pill jars, I'll tape a couple together. I use water in the vessels so they stay upright.

Micro Mark. Their catalog just came in the mail.

I have to try and channel my next one like that.

I smooth out the firewall and fill the hood "hinge" holes on all of mine. With some surgery I have lowered the rear to match the dropped chrome front spring assembly. I did a '39 sedan and the one side, the rain gutter was 90% gone. I used some 1/2 round .030 stock to make a new one. Looks like your hood fits okay. I like the nailhead in it. I have a '40 in the works with a '56 Ford engine. I HAD to use the stock stubby transmission, but it went together well.

Mixing brands/paint types... like starting out the evening with wine and switching to scotch. Be careful....

Yesterday was cool in the morning and overcast. I got the oil changed. It was already converted to a spin on filter. Interior is vacuumed. I have to clean the rear seatbelts next. I also put new wiper blades on it. Also have new mats on order. The carpet is clean enough and now smells good. I'm waiting on the new sill plates, transmission filter, gasket and 8 quarts of ATF.

Early Corvair down the block from my heart doctor.

I built one maybe 10 years ago. A ton simpler than the 1963 issue

I read something on g-forces in crashes a long time ago. Things like the heart are unsupported, they rely on the plumbing to keep them in place. So things like major arteries can be torn. The brain can be scrambled with the head hitting a hard object or getting a "shaken baby" injury to it. I have had a concussions or 2 and they are slow to heal.

Go slow with it, pin as many parts as possible. One kid I grew up with did one, he was around 11 at the time and it came out excellent. He was way ahead of anyone else I knew back then. He got the doors working flawlessly. Keep in mind that things like plastic stock and using metals was unheard of.

My son's girlfriend works at a library where they design and print stuff. She mentioned Tinkercad, which I tried out to draw something. I have to ask her is they give classes in it.

I cut Norm a lot of slack, he is no spring chicken but seems to be in good health. He used to make a lot of bigger shows, but one good show wipes out his inventory. And he winds up selling me his display pieces at times. This is a natural progression. The casters that used that tan diesel-smelling resin are slowly going away. Guys like Norm started using that white resin that can be cast very thinly. Plus it takes a lot of knowledge to get the masters and molds just right. The molds last only so long. Now we are onto 3D printing, which has revolutionized the hobby. Files can be shared, bought or created with a learning curve.

Anything but tube glues.

I was hoping for something a little better than the old style chassis.

"Every car has one, you;ll see." - Miller

I saw an open kit last week. I was hoping for new tooling. The body was quite nice. The Revell '65 chassis may be an improvement under the body.

Likely not, the BW was originally bought out for street use with the Fuel Injection to give it a healthy 283 HP.

The body shop always caught my eye. I have dined at Sangria71 a few times. There was another Spanish place across the street that had changed hands.

I have enough problems building with TWO hands....

I forgot that AMT did the '56 kit. Not that I'm looking for another kit to add to the stash.... I would hope it is a lot better than the '57 kit. Which was 100% groovy for me back around 1964.

That stuff he makes is SMALL... probably time to break in a new seeing dog... yeah, that's it.

That is an iconic race car that was likely raced on the Daytona beach course. There used to be a Black Widow book or pamphlet around with all details that went into the one Chevy dealers offered.

I pass that area often, up on 25. I have to keep an eye out for the dealer.