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On this season's first Finnish Championchip Drag Race Event one Super Pro Street category car went out to sand because chutes got tangled to wheelie bars on that 300 km/h speed, the driver started to slow down with cars brakes, but it spinned around (on four wheels all the time) and stopped to the sand. About the '37 (?) Chevy- looks fantastic! That will be cool ride! About the '69 Chevy- Can't wait to see more!

Thanx, Scott! Let's try again. Last time my stupid computer decided to shut down while posting this thing. So I've done a little work with the chassis, I cut the driveshaft tunnel area open, so I can install the tunnel when engine and rear axle are mocked up, and I can see how much it needs clearance. And before I can mock those up, I have to make rear axle wider, so I can test fit it with the body and rear tires, so I know what the ride height will be. Then I have to make that rear axle crossover part for the frame, and after that I can finally mock up rear axle and engine. Tricky, Huh? Also started the work with bondo! Tons of sanding and more bondo left, but here's what it looks right now:

These Old School wheels and tires look excellent, and make this project much more interesting. I really like the look, a lot of work behind already on this one.

I voted for 4, 9 and 14. For group B I didn't like any of them so I just voted for 8, but that's not my honest opinion, since I couldn't make my mind which one was the less-ugly set. Those Centerlines looked really cool!

Excellent progress, John! Didn't know you're building this one until now, needs to start checking this Truck-section more often. Excellent job with the body modifications, you make it look so easy. Keep going.

Wow, just saw this one.... Excellent job with it so far, Corey! Those fenders look really good, I'd like to see how those little bits of burned rubber would fly from rear tires when doing a burnout! Nice color too! This inspires me to get going with my '29 Ford Pickup Gasser again.

WOW, those are amazing Trucks! Can't believe something that nice can be built from Legos. Excellent, especially the engine looks fantastic. You must have huge amount of Lego parts. I too built Legos when I was few years younger. I built a Gasser what was trying to be '62 T-Bird and then I built a bunch of Drag Racing Lego cars with those Lego engines, they were fun. We tried to figure out with my friend, how to make them fast as possible, but still they had to look like cars. Your builds are fantastic.

WOW, That's excellent! Miss Deal chassis is very good basis, I've seen it being used on MANY '50's and '60's cars. I've built a '59 Simca with Miss Deal chassis, it's excellent basis and I'm so glad when they're reissuing that kit. I like your rusting, it looks very realistic and nicely done all in all. Did you adjust the wheelbase to get it right?

So is this kit based on this Monogram kit? If it is, the kit is really great. And if it is based on that kit, I hope there's the convertible top included. Wheels are very nice in that kit, it turns out really nice build. Here's my effort, not the best in the world, but I'm happy with it.

Engine bay needs older powerplant, modern engines don't fit into these classics, IMO. You have nice wheels in it too, and it looks excellent otherwise, so I wouldn't install there too modern engine, either. Why not to put basic SBC or BBC with Victor Jr. Intake manifold and some other little speed parts. Much nicer and more interesting, I would say. But as I said, otherwise it looks excellent, keep it going!

Wow, that's nice and different. I like it. Nice job with the decals. Really like the stance too, nice work! Rare subject too, thanks for sharing.

Thanx for the tip! Just what I need, since I don't like to afford to those Pre Wired distributors. I would need them maybe more than 10 in one year, man that would take my all modeling budget! Now I use Scale Dreams wire, but it's not very easy to get, I mean that the posting costs.... Needs to look if I can find that kind of wire somewhere. Thanks!

Thanks for the great suggestion, Rob! I guess I'm not going to end it completely, but maybe little shortening should work. Gotta try and see how it looks. Thanks! The engine might be that Wedge too, since plastic color is quite close and instructions look quite same too. Nothing beats Cubic Inches, so always better when it's a Big Block. And Thanks! Thanks, Corey, too ! It has been on li'l hold now, since I have a bunch of exams in the school now. Once I get them cleared, I'll continue this one.

Yeah, I noticed the same thing. Dont know about the little details, though, turn signals etc.

Even if there are many Very talented builders on this forum, I'm huge fan of John's work. Harry said it perfectly. Excellent paint job and nice details in every build you do. That's excellent, just like Juha Airio's builds. Everyone knows that both (John & Juha) build fantastic model cars, but every time I see them, I'm really amazed. I guess I should pick up my jaw from the floor again.

One more must have type of kit, needs to put PreOrder in right away when I see this one on Model Round Up. Going to miss Model Express...

You continue pulling these Cool Deals Wheels style builds out, they look excellent! I like the Muddy look, even if I'm not a fan of weathering. Excellent details all over too. These always bring a smile on my face, thank you for sharing these builds. Can't wait to see the Rocket Van finished.

Thanks, Lawrence! I will let him know.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of Formula 1. There's no race in Finland, so I've never seen it live, but from TV it looks very boring. Looks like pit stops and all kinds of different penalties make the end-result. Only thing what interests me A Little is that Kimi Räikkönen drove himself to 4th on Qualification. Drag Racing Is The Number One Motorsport and then there comes NASCAR.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this one, but if not, I'm sorry. A friend of mine would like to know if there's a model kit or resin conversion, body or anything from 1989 Ford Mustang. Maybe easy conversion-kits might interest too.

Enough Carburetors? I installed the Eight-Carburetor intake manifold and the carbs from AMT Double Dragster kit. Not really easy job to do, but I'm quite happy about the looks. I started the fuel lines too, next I have to make carburetor linkage, which will be huge job to do.

Very nice as always, Bruce! It came together very fast, but still you did very nice and clean job with it. Excellent paint and nice details. Very well done!

I like it! That paint is great, and really like the color too. Nice job with the decaling too. Beautiful engine-combination and that red grille-plate is excellent idea. Looks period correct to me, excellent!

What Super Glue is that ? I tried once, but the only tool which might have done something to my super glue would have been a Motor Saw or something like that, it was so hard stuff. Two component putties/bondos what are used to 1:1 cars, work very well on my builds. And the project looks very good! I like the scoop on the hood and supercharger looks great too. I can't wait to see more.

Thanks, Corey and Bruce! Here's some more. I got the trunk lid narrowed and glued to place. I'm planning to shave that whole trunk away, so there would be no panel lines there. Also, I found the engine basis, it's a Mopar and I guess it's Small Block. Not sure though. I've painted it that color few years ago, and it's going to stay in that color too. Now I've been building the engine bit more than the pictures show, I should have the update soon before I finish installing and connecting carburetor fuel lines.