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I was a big fan of Wolfie's builds. His builds always had the right attitude and they always brought a smile on my face. RIP Wolfie.

Very beautiful Super Bee! Now I really need to get me one of these kits. That color is perfect for this car, and you can't go wrong with a classic combination of Muscle Car with black steel wheels.Very nice and clean work as always from your bench!

Yep I know that luckily the body doesn't match any "real" car, and no matter what body it is, those Floppers are a lot of fun to see on the Strip. But, I have to say that as a person who has never had any other than American Cars here in Finland, I feel bad when I see Toyotas in Funny Car (or NASCAR). So that said, if there is a Toyota bodied FC going against Chevy or Dodge I definitely know which one I root for. But it's not a matter of life and death of course. No matter what, it's great news that they are already working on Jonnie's car, I wish good luck to him on the next races.

Yep that was a wild ride! Luckily there were no big injuries on this crash. It's always sad when both of the cars hit each other, but that's racing and on those speeds you don't have much time to react before you're already hitting something... It's a shame that it was Jonnie on the other lane. Being from Finland, it has been nice to see a Swedish racer win in NHRA Races. It's just a bummer that he drives a Toyota now so I can't root him that much at the moment (unless he is racing against another Toyota bodied FC).

That would work for sure! Or if you want to build it for some "real" class, it could very well run in Comp Eliminator with that engine and naturally aspirated. Anyway, no matter what you do with the class business, it's going to be an interesting project!

Nice work on making the chassis and interior fit into that body! I also like the roll cage, it's not easy to do properly, but yours is looking very good. But, I'm pretty sure they never ran these Escorts in Pro Stock so you might need to change your class.

I think the Ford Small Block fits well on that car since those are good engines for racing. Personally I'd go with the Tunnel Ram intake, or then add a big Pro Charger or the regular Roots-blower for some boost. Anyway, I'll be watching how this comes together.

Today I saw this very nice and clean '73-'77 Ford Pickup at a local gas station. It was in very nice condition. I've been a couple times in SoCal and there you always see several of these Fords, but I have to say that here in Finland these are definitely not common cars, even though we have pretty strong US car culture in here. Not the best picture, but it's all I could do with my cell phone...

Wow John you've had some fantastic cars during the years! Needless to say that my favorites are the '60 and '63 Impalas, do you have more pictures of them? Especially that 1960 looks just right as it is. Here is a picture of my '60 Impala.

All of those Vintage Drag Race videos are the best (If we take out NHRA videos). Gassers, Front Engine Dragsters and Fuel Altereds are always great fun to follow, as well as Nostalgia Super Stock of course. But, I also like watching all kinds of Drag Radial / No Prep race videos. They are very interesting to follow, as you can never know what happens when the cars launch. And then there is Street Racing, Cash Days etc which are very interesting too. Stockholm Open is definitely my favorite, as those guys sure know how to race on highways. However, I like to watch NHRA Racing a lot, too. Stock and Super Stock cars are my favorites (Of course!), but I also like watching Pro Stock and Pro Mod. We've been planning a trip to watch NHRA Races in Las Vegas and California Hot Rod Reunion at Bakersfield some year. Probably this year we're not making it, but in the future it's our plan.

Somehow by the looks I immediately thought that this has to be a Japanese car. But it took a bit of time to figure out what make it is. That's actually pretty good looking body style!

Yesterday we went to Sweden to a Swap Meet that was meant for Drag Race / Street Race parts only. Very good event and I found bunch of parts for my Chevy II project. On our way back home, I saw these in normal traffic...

Personally, I'd go with a Blown Small Block Chevy (with one Blower only). Big Block is so much heavier that I'm sure a Blown Small Block would be definitely enough for a tiny car like this without making the nose too heavy. This sounds like a cool project.

That turned out excellent! And as always, you built it incredibly fast, especially considering the amount of modifications you did to the kit. The end result is nearly perfect, as always from your bench. Fantastic paint and detailing. The opening doors and hood/trunk lid are great touches as well. This has to be the best build that I've seen done from this kit.

Fantastic looking T-Bird! Great to see these unique subjects built. Very nicely done overall, very realistic looking model in every way. Fantastic paint job and flawless BMF work too.

Finally the Thunderbolt is back on the bench. The first thing was to paint the area between those side moldings white. The kit had decals for it, but they just didn't fit on place at all. So my only choice was to paint it by brush. After a bit of thinking my only choice was to use a regular brush paint called Miranol from a local hardware store as it was the only white that would cover good enough. Of course the paint needed a bit of thinning before it could be used. Once I get BMF applied, I think it should look pretty good. So the next job was to polish the body. This will take some time, but I started from the easy part which is the roof. It turned out pretty good, now I just hope that I don't polish through the clear coat while polishing the rest of the body...

Very nice! I've wanted to build a box art replica of that kit since it was re-released so it's nice to see one built like it. Really good job with it overall, paint and decals turned out excellent and BMF looks great too.

And the X-Frame might make things a bit more complicated on the rear suspension. Just guessing. But no matter what I'm interested in seeing your build, because this is something that definitely could have been done back then.

Very nice job on that Van! I like what you did with the grille, in fact it's the same thing as I'll be doing on mine as I want to replicate my former daily driver and I already have a couple of A-Team Van grilles to start with... Your build turned out very nice. The overall look is spot on, especially I like the black steel wheels on it. They just fit perfectly to one of these.

Impressive build! I've always liked this Ford body style so it's nice to see one that's built this well. I definitely would like to have one of these on my stash too... Anyway, your build turned out very nice. Especially that weathering is top notch. Excellent work.

Very nicely done as always! I have to admit that I've never even heard of this Truck make, but I'm very glad I saw your build. Really nice work with all of the modifications and your detailing looks great as well. Overall a very clean build.

Can't say that this was easy, but I have to admit that I got pretty lucky on my Google search. I just searched something like "70s Sports Car" and after some scrolling down I found a picture of one of these. Interesting to see what car is posted next week...

It's a long time since I've been here in Big Boys section so I just went through the whole thread. Really nice work so far! Great job smoothing out the body before painting and the paint job looks good too. Now I need to follow this one...

You nailed it... It looks excellent in every way. Paint job is very smooth and your BMF work looks flawless. Really nice details everywhere finish it off. It's nice to see something like this built, we don't see these done too often...

Personally, if I buy a kit, I always have a plan to build it. Doesn't matter how rare or common the kit is, they are meant to be built in my opinion, so I'd like to see you building that kit your way.