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love it, jim!!! blown jeeps battling each other.........too cool!

ron, if you look closely at the "ford " motor sonny leonard makes. i believe you'll see no difference to the "chevy" version. they just put ford stickers on it. would love to see the 460 block and parts you made. i did a set of boss nine heads and a set of c-460 heads in 1/8. here's a pic. haven't gotten to the block and stuff yet. not sure about how you feel on accuracy. if you're off the deep end like i am (i think paul's in the same pool as i) you'll want to be careful about the parts you buy. many of these guys are are just making things that look close and by close i mean, close until you have to have them interact with other parts. then they're not even in the same ball park. that stuff is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. the engine that paul put up is a ford pro stock motor. good for a little over 500 cubes. bad ass motor....just as a side note on this motor. there is NOTHING about it that is even similar to the 429 shotgun glidden ran. i have over 860 pics of that mustang alone from tubing rack to fire up. when and if you are ready let me know.

many thanks to you john!

that's it, young man!!!!!!! no more car shows for you!!!!! hehe.....tim, that's is quite simply THE most beautiful front suspension i have ever seen on an altered......PERIOD!

ron, that is a 5.3" bore center, dart billet block, 903 cubic inch pat musi built motor. i guess you could sorta say it's has a resemblance to a big block chevy. although "very" little resemblance.

chris, thank you. glad you like the cars! dave, thank you sir! i love watching your stuff come together. ron, i love building 1/8 drag stuff. i guess some of the love come through...? thanks! brad, thanks bud. i do have a basement full of stuff. not as organized or as clean as one might like but.......... good thing about building in these scales, like i do, i don't build a whole lot of 'em so..... not really to much

ron, yes i make my own tires and wheels. the tires are 5" neoprene rounds that buy and then machine into tires. here are some shots of that mustang. sorry no shots with tapes or scales. the car was built 2 or 3 years ago. so the pics are what they are.

OOOHHH MYYYY!!! the minion inside of me just giggled!! or maybe that was that hamburger? hehe..... off the charts tim. completely off the charts!!!! leonard what a pleasure to see you again on Sat.!!!! the camaro was simply AWESOME!!! tim and i had a blast. saw some really incredible builds and let me say there are seriously talented painters out there. wish tim would've brought something. you guys really are not getting to see this, until you see it in person!!!!!!!

hey ron, lookin' cool!!! i have some friends of mine at Precision Chassis that built a seriously bad '68 mustang. 'moly tube chassis car, struts, 4 link, 903" pat musi powerplant w/ 4 stages, rossler turbo. if you'd like some pics i could supply some.

BAE screw blown hemi Donovan 417 fulton 862 w/ bruno /lenco sonny's 762 w/ bruno / lenco hope you like what i've made.

TAD nostalgia T/F

thanks ron. not sure if you've ever seen some of my other work so i'll post a few of my other builds. about 99.5% of the builds i do are scratch built. feel free to ask questions. '23 AA/FA outlaw 10.5 camaro

what level of accuracy are looking to attain?

no laughing goin' on here tim. i love it!!!! dream it.....design it......build it. i'm really excited to see this come to fruition!!!!! beautiful!!!!

awesome!!! you've collected quite the haul of trophies brad. well deserved!!!!

congratulations!!!!!! great to hear.

good looking stuff ,ron!! you got the details down pat. keep 'em comin'!!

thanks tyrone! i shouldn't be working on this motor but,.................i just gotta play with it!!!!!

tim, those mounts are rockin' brother!!!!!!! wow, does that look good!

i run 'em through the wash charlie:) car looks great!

this just keeps getting better and better. GOOD LUCK saturday!

hey ron, i can appreciate the effort you put into this build. i love that you took the time to draw up some prints to lead you way through the build. great stuff!!!! great choices on your selection of parts. early hemi's are bad to the bone! don't worry about the lack of response in the "big boy" dept. the snob attitude that prevails over there made me leave to come here. i do mostly 1/8 stuff. i used to dabble in some 1/12 but, i just love working in 1/8. any way, great start to a great build keep at it and keep me informed here. she definitely has attitude!!!!

sorry for the long delay guys. i've been accumulating stuff for a another engine ( can you say 730"? ) and well........you know. time just seems to get away from me. john, thanks buddy!!! tim, thanks my friend. i knew you would catch that. joe, i keep playing the song neon nights in my head only i change the words to nitro knights. dave thanks. i don't believe there is a reg. for the location of the bottles. samuel, i get most of my dimensions from either real parts / cars or through extensive internet searches. when that fails, i extrapolate dimensions from pictures. mike, thanks and glad your following along. the wheelbase alone is 34.375" (275" in 1:1 scale. it's about 40" from tip to tip. no wheelie bar. dave, thanks !! man i really enjoy your willys. can't wait for the next one. my new play toy.

the whole build is killer but, i'm really blown away with the front of this motor, john. your abilities to scratch are amazing brother!!!!! looks like it started out as a buick!!!!

good stuff paul! keep at it when you can. enjoying the updates!!