Build Up Boy

LOVE the 50's cars with the "Rear View Mirror" off the top of the dashboard. Marty

From one "door car" lover to another, all I can say is WOW! I'm gonna love watchin' this one come to life. Marty

Evening All- I'm lookin' to replocate one of Grump's Monza's. The attached shot is from way back when (approx. 1978) at our local track in Northern, IL. (which is still running Bracket cars to this day, but NOT drawing any match race stuff over the last 15 years), Grump is on the extreme RIGHT & I'm on the extreme LEFT. I'm going to need just about EVERYTHING. Any help & suggestions will be appreciated. I love this car! Thanks....Marty

WOW! The BOYS up in Flint, MI should be looking at this model! I own a 63 SWC and would just love to add one of these to the stable. GREAT work and much more imaginative than the GM design studio personal. I'd like to see more shots of this car. Marty

AWESOME build! Shepherd was a GREAT driver, miss seeing him in action. If ya got hte time build 2 of those 82 Pro-stockers, it would make a great X-Mas present! Marty

Not to steal anything form the previous post regarding the Pro-Mod truck but has anyone out there built a NHRA Pro-Stock truck replica? I've been a NHRA member for a little over 22 years and like Pro-Stock cars alot but could never get into the truck thing. I only watched them cause 'Da Grump" was involved for awhile. Any comments? Marty Pictured below is Grump & 1 of 2 Monza's he brought to Byron Dragway in Byron, IL. back in the mid 70's for some weekend of match racing. He's on the extreme RIGHT & I'm on the extreme LEFT. Ahhhhhh, those were the days! DYNO DON, GLIDDEN, MOTOWN MISSLE, W.J. they were all there.

DAVE- Every aspect of this car, literally every nut & bolt is spectacular! Truely a work of art! 1/8 scale is your choice of scale, but have you ever seen or dabbled with 1/4 scale, especially the 1/4 scale radio control drag cars that are out there? Those baby's are somethin' else. Like I said in a previous post, I look forward to every up date that comes along. Thank-you for sharing all of your knowledge, skills and time, they're much appreciated! Marty (P.S. What color is the "Long" car going to be?)

DAVE- I really look forward to each and every post here with you. I too was a Drag Racer back in the late 60's early 70's and remember cars like this vividly. I ran a door slammer but still enjoy the "long" cars! Approx. how long did it take you to machine one of these wheels & roughly what is the wheel thickness & diameter? Marty

WAYNE- Wow, thahks for all the help and insight, I appreciate it. I've located the Ken Schrader Slixx decal sheet that you spoke of, I ordered the Slixx W.J. olds decals, I'll be getting my hands on an diecast Olds Cutless from a friend in a week or two, so I guess the last on the parts list is that hood decal. I would like to get my hands on that one you have so if you can PM me with what you need for that, I'd appreciate it. THANKS again for your help and advice! Marty

COOL Jason- Thanks for your intrest to help, I apprecite your time! Marty

JASON- I need the AC DELCO decals, not the GM PERFORMANCE PARTS decals. Maybe I missed something on the SLIXX web-site. Do you have the part # that references back to the SLIXX's "AC DELCO" decals? THANKS....Marty

Hey Guys- I'm looking to duplicate WJ's Olds "A.C.Delco" Pro Stock car (in diecast form) from back in the 90's. I've yet to find a company that reproduces the decals for this car (see attached). I'm looking to this knowledgable forum and it's members to point me in the right direction. Anyone out there that can MAKE these decals for me and what would the cost be? THANK-YOU....Marty

Well it took awhile but here's what I came up with after just joining this board a couple of months ago. I want to thank all of the people out there who came to the aid of this novice when I asked for pictures and help, THANK-YOU all! This was a 2005 Grand Am diecast 1/25 scale model converted into the 2002 version, W.J.'s first Grand Am. No details were added by me for the reason I wanted to match the other W.J. factory produced diecast cars in my collection. Marty

Well it took awhile but here's what I came up with after just joining this board a couple of months ago. I want to thank all of the people out there who came to the aid of this novice when I asked for pictures and help, THANK-YOU all! This was a 2005 Grand Am diecast 1/25 scale model converted into the 2002 version, W.J.'s first Grand Am. No details were added by me for the reason I wanted to match the other W.J. factory produced diecast cars in my collection. Marty

That is simply AMAZING! I can't imagine how many years it took to complete all of those differant settings. I would love to see him do a whole series of the mid to late 60's cars and buildings. Although that'd probably take another life time to accomplish. Unbelievable! Marty

Need some advice / help on scratch building a dual exhaust system for a 1/24 diecast 1974 Corvette convertible (converted from a 1975 Franklin Mint vette that has a catalytic convertor on it). I've tried a 1/24 plastic AMT vette kit but the exhaust doesn't come close to the proper length or bends in the piping and I just don't care for the little half "there" mufflers. Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. THANKS. Marty

HAWK- I could've sworn that I saw your L-88 at this years Bloomington Gold in St. Charles, IL. But I could be wrong. As a 1/1 corvette owner and a member of N.C.R.S. I think you did an OUTSTANDING job on this car! From the photo's it looks like you even used the correct Argent Silver on the rallye wheels. Once again........OUTSTANDING! Love your builds, keep em coming. Marty

HARRY- This is what comes up when I try to download from my hard drive. And this is after I shrunk it to "E-Mail" size, the smallest on my size list. "Upload failed. The file was larger than the available space" Marty

I've got maybe 18 pictures stored from my camera on my PC ( for my W.J. Pro Stock) and for some reason when I try to post any of them it tells me that the Upload failed due to size. I've tried resizing to various heights and widths, I've tried compressing the file and still no luck. Any suggetions would be a GREAT help. What is the size limitations here on this board. I mean Height & Width, Percentage and do I need to Compress the pictures after resizing? I've posted a picture or 2 in the past but over the last 40 days nothing seems to work. I can't see tranfering pictures to Photo Bucket and then back to this board, wasted time. I should be able to post a picture right from my stored file. This is not an issue for me when posting pictures from my PC to other Forums. THANKS....Marty

GLENN- Think he'd answer my e-mail? Marty

TOMMY- Just going to highlight the "Goodyear" on the tire. On the Black & Silver W.J. Prostock car I'm doing I recieved several pictures with & without lettered Goodyears on the front. Maybe he was testing differant Goodyear's for roll-out purposes, only W.J. knows for sure. Marty

Lookin' great! My favorite year of camaro, but I'm a bit bias! Marty

Hey Guys- Just picked up the "Gelly Roll" pen yesterday and will try it out over the weekend, so we'll see. The tires are Goodyear "Frontrunners". Marty

MORNIN'- Any suggestions, tips or tricks to getting these letters to stand-out on these tires? This old man with his unsteady hand is having a heck of a time trying to do them with paint. Any other way to address this issue? THANKS for any help / comments. Marty