Art Laski

Yes, Bernard! I hope to be there with this project, albeit in pieces still.

Seth, John, Richard, thank you all for looking and commenting. I'm so glad you're all following along. -Art

Del, I would have no knowledge of that, but it sounds pretty cool! -Art Thanks, Ron!

Loving the progress, Chris! Keep up the momentum, it's looking great!

Man, I love that double rudder system! Nicely engineered, my friend!

Very cool! Nicely executed too. -Art

Ira, Your creativity is unmatched! What a lot of fun it is to watch these ideas come to life. -Art

Looks great so far!

Man, that thing was rough. Another display of your impressive skills, David! -Art

Continuing the so impressive work, Tim! Amazing stuff.

Del, I really appreciate you looking in and commenting. I haven't had any real trouble with unsoldering, but just in case I do have a big bag of alligator clips on hand for just that purpose. You're right about the engine, except instead of being built by Ed Pink, this one was built by Lee Brayton originally (rebuilt by my dad), and is based on a Fontana block. I looked around a bit, but I don't think I'm going to do much better that the die cast motor. It's pretty close, although I will be putting a Ford valve cover on it that matches my brother's car that I sourced from a NASCAR kit. Regarding the panhard bar, it will be located to the bar I need to fabricate still for the right front shock upright, hopefully in the next day or two. You can see it in this pic: Thanks again for looking, Del, and all feedback is welcome. -Art

Thanks, Randy! It is pretty complex, and pretty tricky (for me anyway) to build and make it working, which is what I am shooting for.

Started on the front axle too... Got the shock tower on. I just have a rod in place of the shock for now, but it will be a coil-over later. Thanks for looking!

Thanks, Brizio! Bob, thanks for asking. I have a small update., Inching along... Not much to really show because I have spent most of my bench time working a few bars on the chassis to get it a little more accurate and eliminate some fit issues with the tail tank later. But I did get some work started on the suspension. The torsion arms from Dirt Modeler that are actually anti-roll bar arms on this build have a bigger hole than I can use, so I drilled it out and then used some tube to produce a smaller hole. Drilled it out so the tube fits. Before and after...

Cool project, Johnny!

Great work, Brad! You put Puffer on my brain. Hopefully it won't be long before another update!

Love that drag version, Johnny. Which one was mine?

Spectacular work, Randy!

Looking good, Ray!

Thanks, Bill! Glad to see you on the board. Hopefully I can get a bit done over the holidays. Would love to see some more of your exceptional work too!

Randy and Michael, Thanks for looking and your nice comments! -Art

Thanks, Cesar! I am using rod, so I don't have to worry about crimping. On the radiuses, I just used my hands and bent it around a metal mechanical pencil that happened to have the radius sizes I was looking for. I probably could have used some drill bits too.

Paint looks killer!

Tim, I haven't been following along for a while, and well, it's been my loss! Your brass work on the frame is great, as is, well... everything! What a pleasure to view this thread. I can learn a few things here. -Art

Thanks, Tim! I Plan to use to use the engine that came out of the die cast. It's fairly accurate, although I will be replacing the valve cover with a Ford valve cover to match the real car.