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Blue for sure. And where did you get the tires from? That's exactly what I need for a build I am working on. I thought I had a set, or at least saw them somewhere before and could not remember where. I really need a pair and a set of solid centerlines. The fronts I have are not as deep as I would like them to be. If someone can point me in the right direction. Thanks.

Masking tape painted black or use a sharpie on it. It has texture like a vinyl top.

Not on a 4 spd car. The inspection cover is black just like the one in the pic. And the trans pan on an auto is steel, different color from the aluminum case.

Not on a 4 spd car. The inspection cover is black just like the one in his pic. And the trans pan on an auto is steel, different color from the aluminum case.

Looks good.

Anyone know where I can find pics of an antique floor jack like the one in the pics? I searched google and came up empty. There's a link below to the movie I saw this jack in and what time you can find it. I know the pics I took are not very good or detailed. It goes with my 36 Ford tow truck build. Thanks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l2WEW2mlo&t=2s Go to 1:11:28 and look at the jack he carries in and tosses under the car.

Yep, your hp figures are a little off. A Stock 10.25 compression ratio 426 Hemi makes around 511 to 528 horse, not 426 as advertised. A NASCAR or drag race, race Hemi at 12.5 to 1 cr made almost 700 hp. Roughly 685 or so. So for sake with modern times it makes only 700. A pair would be 1400. Supercharge em and make 2k. lol

I have one of those in my stash to build one day. If I could get the decals, I'd do a Hughes 500 to match TC's bird. That one is no longer with us. The original owner of the 500 was doing a job for the power company. I think it had a generator hung from a cable underneath, it had a failure banked sharply and he let the cable go and it went down. The pilot and one of the ground crew were both vets from Nam. The 500 crashed into a creek and was deep enough that the pinned pilot was drowning. This huge Nam vet grabbed the frame around the nose of the 500 and picked up up out of the water. They found out the pilots arm was trapped under that frame anyways. They got him and he survived, but the 500 did not. You can find a news story on you tube about it if you want.

Nice build. I have some bodies that I'm going to scratch build a chassis for them. I'm going to save a couple to make a drag car out of with a custom chassis too. Did that hood go one something else? Asking cause it has that notch in it. Turn your air filter around, the shield goes in front. IT does two things, it keeps the dirt or something heavy from hitting the filter. It also helps air flow. IT's proven that air through a filter stuck in the air like that actually reduces hp cause it disrupts air flow into the carb. Sorry, the real racer jumped out this morning. I need to go turn some laps. lol

Hey now. I took pride in my paint jobs on my real circle track cars ..... lol !!! They never stayed that way, it is a contact sport after all. lol

Yours looks great. I'm working on one too. Kind of a street strip car with no spoilers. Sorry for the bad pic. Best I could do with that phone.

Make a great demo derby car. Big heavy gas guzzling tank.

More than welcome.

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Thanks guys.

More than welcome. Looks great.

Nice work. Different body for a drag car. I did notice one little thing though, your valve covers are upside down. The logo and the vent are upside down on both sides.

The headers on that Johan Superbird are very correct for those engines as well. I tried to fin a pic of it on the net, but no luck so far.

The Johan Petty Superbird is the only kit that has the single carb intake that they used on the early Hemi engines. But even that's not accurate for the late 60's early 70's engine. You could take and cross ram intake and make it look something close the rat roaster single carb intakes. Other than that, most any Hemi will work. After all they were just slightly modified street engines back then. They also used a single 1050 Dominator, but not like the ones you see today. They actually had 4 small stacks on top of each bore. Those last 5 pics of that intake is one that I actually own. Nothing will fit on it but a Dominator carb.

Thanks. Yeah, the pics look funny especially at the bottom of the frame for some reason. Thanks, I'll try it your way next time and see how it turns out. Always open for suggestions.

Thanks.

Thanks.