Dragline

A terrible idea only.made worse with that nameplate on it.

RS hasn't been relevant in 30 years. Put another way, Hit Parader had better content a great deal.of the time and that was a rag. Sorry if I don't spout all lathery but it was captured by ideologists a long time ago. And while I get that art and all that are humanities, the bent was far too one way for my liking. That and blatant lying are what take it off the table for me. Good news is I have a pair of earbuds labeled RS and they are primo. The only good thing to come with that name attached in decades.

I would go get gas with my Dad on Wednesdays. That was our day. Uncle Steve would often come with us with his 68 Charger. I was 14 and didn't understand the world then. But I did have a dog in that fight since my 3hp mini bike and Honda 110 ATC didn't run on wishes. I was working on my Aurora VooDoo Vega that year. When we moved it got basically destroyed, never to be finished. Was a real heartbreaker that.

Wild stuff. And convincing. Well played Sir.

Engine is very reminiscent of an NRE with Alien intake. I remember these new. While a bit large for my liking I always had a soft spot for a quick one..in my area there were several. Nicely done.

I'm with below. The JJ car is wild in white.

A stunner by every angle.

Nice builds. My 80s builds look similar.

Fantastic build. I would be proud to call it mine.

I watched that this morning! That car was/is a wonder of current (at the time) thinking at every iteration. Great car and story.

Brass, copper and black just work. Well done.

Both are super tight. Well.played.

I have this kit. Still tempted to paint it a bright color. But I'll be smoked if it doesn't look darned nice in factory color. Well done indeed Sir.

Back in the day when custom cars were the wild West, many builders were shooting for the stars I think. No holds barred, customize every inch and so forth. Today we look at the car and it's lines and move forward from there. There were a few that approached in this manner, but they were the few. Putting doodads everywhere passed for custom. It lives on today in the ricer type cars and the stance scene. Even we of the middle era had our foibles. Guys looking through catalogs and buying one of each. I wonder how many sets of chrome small block Chevy valve covers have been sold just in the 80s alone. The JC Whitney catalog was yesterday's Internet. All in one.place shopping and free shipping over 50.00 bucks. I myself ordered engine kits from PAW as well as Jegs back then. I had the good fortune to have a modicum of taste. My cars tended to be understated. That remains my style to this very day. But others went all out, looks before performance. My cars got paint last. When they were done they were proven haulers. I remember rolling my Vega out for the first time.. I had spent a week tuning and trouble shooting every last bit. It was in half primer, half bondo and sheet metal. But that night I pulled the front wheels off the ground and all there knew it was a runner. Midnight blue metallic and no graphics was the end result. It ended up with a few stickers on the rear windows and an NHRA decal on the back. I knew I would run it on the street, but Dave Baptiste gave me the racing bug and that's were I was ultimately headed. Customs like the above are a bookmark in time. A place you can point at and say for certain where some Hot Rodding thinking was. It's wonderful to still have these cars. Line em up and you can look at the evolution of hot rodding and custom cars. I mentioned the Hirohata Merc. That's a car that is low key, yet is custom in every way. It doesn't yell at you. It sorta nudges you and says "Some of us think this is what a hot rod truly is. No hitting you over the head with a club. But sliding one between the ribs and quietly walking away". To me, that's Hot Rodding.

Not a drag racing car is it? Perhaps it can be moved to the road racing thread? Nice build though.