bobss396

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.

Me, I would sit in the AC and snack on pain meds and adult beverages... Netflix to the rescue.

I was driving around in my '20 Mustang yesterday while chasing parts. Heated and cooled seats... AC... blue tooth, XM radio... one does tend to get spoiled. Back in the day, if we had an old car with AC.. it was a miracle if it worked at all. So we got to where we were going bathed in sweat.

The top added material looks quite good. Me personally, I would consider the AMT '56 Ford chassis. Maybe on your next one? You have a lot of work in this one.

I had an interior set on order from a Chevy parts supplier (I opened a BBB complaint with them) and the sales guy said I'd have the set by June 15th. Then I get an email, now it is Sept, 9th. I was able to cancel the order and get a refund. The cloth pattern is not factory but looks good. The actual factory patterns are hard to come by and often are made to order. Classic Industries quoted me 10-14 weeks.

Thanks. In 1975 I had a 4-door Caprice hardtop that I got for $75. That was a solid runner.

So I go for an angiogram on 7/18. My heart doctor will be doing it at a hospital that does my infusions. The place where I had my bypass is under construction and is chaotic. There are 2 areas with poor blood supply, so I'm in the market for stents. The bypass areas are doing well, those are fine. I had blood work done too, he even took me off Lipitor. That went from 20 mg to 10 and now I am off it. I hope to have my Belair interior back together before that.

He was riding the adrenaline rush without a doubt. I think and hope that he will be okay. Watching the video, it shows parts coming off the car. These take the crash-energy forces away with them, a good thing.

Imagine some 9 year old kid building one... which was my age when I did my first one. I didn't know what I didn't know back then and had fun with it.

Something like that needs to be restrained. I'll clamp it down to a thick piece of plastic, use a scale as a guide. Then I "chop" it with a sharp flat blade.

I use a Faraday bag now and then. I give them out to friends too. If I go to the shooting range or gun shops... the phone goes into the bag. If we are talking while out eating and don't have bags handy, we park our phones under a thigh while we talk.

Thanks, it has "fixed" rust issues but I'm going to run it. The door cards look new, getting the arm rests done too. I took the rear ash trays out, gave them a citric acid soak to get the rust off. I coated them with 1K clear so they are smooth inside. In just 5 weeks it is a different car already. The gauge cluster is a hot mess on the back side. So I'm looking to do that over and since I need access to the oil sending unit, I'll be doing new plug wires at the same time. I may have to pull the distributor out. The new dimmer switch is installed.

It was a different formula and I could shoot it outside in the real cold, no blush issues.

I have a couple of those, the stock and custom versions. I built the stock one around 1967 and it was one of the first ones I used the old AMT spray paint on. Some sort of metallic red. Of course the chassis and interior were painted with the Testors #49 flat black brush paint. And silver for the accents.

The X22 clear stays soft for too long. I'm lazy plus I don't have a permanent model area, so I use spray cans. I would consider trying the Splash paints if I can dig out my airbrush stuff.

My 1st one I built around 1964, I did another around 1995, I just gave it to a club member for a diorama he is doing. The OG kit WW tires were stick-ons. I have 2 OG kits, one is the big box and the other is a smaller box version. Both are complete, one the tube of body filler is still good. They build up nicely. My one gripe is the kit has no vent windows. But do keep on doing what you are doing. One of the key elements is getting the windshield and frame together with no glue smears.

Tamiya TS cans are the bomb. But they go on thin and if I have to handle things like a chassis, the paint will wear through. I have not used a Testors enamel in maybe 20+ years. I like the MM Extreme Lacquers, the clear is also excellent.

We had a parts store change owners, maybe 20 years ago. They were blowing out the old Duplicolor stock at 99¢ a can. I'm still using some of it. I had a can or 2 go bad over time.

That is a NO from me dawg. I do Instagram only and am careful about what I post.

I worked with a guy who raced dirt bikes competitively. He said that when a racer is hurt bad, the edge is off and they are never as fast again. I have to agree with that. Guys like Waltrip, Elliott and Petty were not the same after a badly broken femur, etc. Force is definitely wired differently than most. I'd like him to race again, to go out on a better note. I have crashed stock cars badly. It was hard to face that fear and strap the car on the next week. A couple of times, my right foot was shaking on the gas when I drove back on the track. Once the green flag flew, I was fine.

I like the wheels and disc brakes. I use both gunmetal paints for the chassis. Another is TS4 German Gray. Getting hot here on the Island, humid too. Model work has slowed with the Belair and stuff around the house and garden.

Chipping away at it. Seats are in for recovering. Arm rests too. New sill plates are on order. So is a seat spring kit for the tracks. Going factory turquoise for the vinyl and something else for the fabric inserts. Inspection and plates are done. Hagerty added it to my existing policy for $95/ year. I got the cruddy pin stripe tape off it and washed the car on Sunday. I had 2 rust holes in the front floor in an odd spot. Dug all that out and used fiberglass to patch it. Looks great. Next is rug cleaning, I vacuumed it out before it got hot.

Brawls in the pits happened often when i raced. I heard a POP POP one night from the other end of the pits. Someone pulled a gun on another crew member. Another guy was banned for life after a knife incident. One thing I learned fast.. if someone runs up to the car when you pull off the track.. it won't be to tell what a great race you ran. Put the helmet back on and turn the top to the window net. I had one guy punch my helmet. I pitted next to another crew, they backed us up if things got ugly.

I saw it like this... EVERYONE wants you on it and to be active on it. A major red flag to me.