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is this open to 1:8 scale?

nice work, derrick. can't wait to see more.

looks great, mike! i love the smoked look on the tinwork. VERY convincing. the wheel and tire combo looks spot on too! is this going to be someone in particular's car?

looks right on the money, robert!

joe, what fantastic piece of craftsmanship. i've watched this build from the start and this is absolutely amazing!!!!!!! one thing......i was thinking you could maybe leave out the water and dispense either rum or vodka?.......just jiddin'! fantasticle!!!

great work, chris. glad to hear it's almost ready for primer. it's been a long haul for you to get here. congrats. on this short step in a long journey. keep up the great work!

robert, it looks like it's coming out very sweet. the details in a build like this are everything. keep up the great effort!

syd, this turning out very well!! your craftsmanship and ingenuity are fantastic. the details are great. and while i think you may be a little hard on yourself, it's sometimes the motivating factor in what we do. keep up the hard work.

great work, darryl !

excellent work, robert. alot of builders don't know how much work one of these builds can be. you make it look easy! great job.

looks awesome, tyrone!!!! do you ever think of building in any of the larger scales?

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tyrone here's one you might like. i know i do. i mean i like the new one better but, i may just be a tad jaded! hehe.

tyrone, your cars are always special to me. i love your choice of bodies and drivetrains! always a treat for me to look at!!!!

robert, the chassis is awesome! i do have a question for you. do you make all of your own suspension parts? (i.e. struts, shocks, four link bars, rear housing etc. etc.) keep up the phenomenal work.

"Dave do you have a drag car? " i just recently sold my A/ Dragster. i have owned a few race cars over the years. at the moment i am getting ready to build a new shop (since my garage is full of equipment). when i get that built, then the wife and i are going to build a "street" car.

yes, typically it is the same master cyl.. no, not all pro mod cars run hand brakes. a lot of guys find staging a clutch car easier with a hand brake. it all depends on your driving style. i sent y6ou a p.m..

seeing the 1:1 build painted is just incredible!! this will be such a cool deal when it's done. obviously it will be a blower motor (judging by the hole in the hood), what type of motor will it be? oh, and thank you for saying such nice stuff about me guys. i really don't consider myself to be that great of a model builder. i do love drag cars though!

joe, you wanted master cyl. mounting shots? where did you want the master cyl. to mount? in front of the firewall. high or low? behind the fire wall under the drivers feet? bart, just so you know. TDR doesn't sell a keith black block. they sell a std hemi block. if i get time and tim wants to model a keith black block. it is on my list of "wants" but, as of now you'll be modifying a std. hemi block to look like a BAE.

wow!!! nice workmanship! really looks good. those blue restraints really pop!

brett, i'm glad it it helped in any way! robert, sorry i forgot but, this is a killer build. can't wait to see it progress. your subject is really quite awesome. in a class that is dominated by camaro's / corvette's. something as unusual as this, is quite special. keep up the great work.

chris, looks great! it looks really good on all fours. are you still anticipating fixing the upper rail / shoulder hoop?

al is right. i have seen plenty of cars built with styrene. i don't personally build mine from styrene but, it doesn't mean you can't. a lot of how you build will be determined by how accurately to 1:1, you wish to build. many dragster frames step down their tubing size past the point where the mid plate is. this can't be easily accomplished in styrene. so like i said it all depends on what level you wish to build to.

jbwelda, while i'm not doing a project with the ifs, i am always working on something. it usually has some parts from TDR involved. i have worked with tim to bring you an up-to-date pro mod hood scoop, 40" wheel tubs, nitrous system components, a truly nice lenco type transmiision, a strange top loader type 9" rear, recently a strange ultra case type 9" bolt in carrier, NACA ducts, a dragster nose w/ canards. currently i'm working to get a very accurate '69 camaro pro mod body designed so TDR can produce it. i don't know what else TDR is involved with but, my stuff alone could keep tim busy for a while. LOL!!!!!! i'm hoping to get TDR to make some other pro mod trinkets like maybe some braswell 2 brrl. carbs., maybe a bruno setup, perhaps a BAE block and a K.B.block. maybe an accurate clutch can. we'll see how it goes. it's TDR'S decision on what they'll make available. i know for a fact that they're busy working to make stuff available to us all.

you need to understand that the SFI and the NHRA are two different entities (or any other sanctioning body for that fact). the NHRA follows the SFI chassis certification specs. the SFI knows nothing of what class a car runs. it says that if you are full bodied car with a tube chassis and it goes 7.49 or quicker. if that car weighs 2800 lbs. or less it can follow the 25.1e chassis spec. if it weighs 3200 lbs. or less it must follow 25.2 chassis specs. the nhra has a MINIMUM weight for pro stock (2350) and pro mod (nitrous 2425, super or turbo charged 2650) the adrl has no minumum for pro extreme , pro nitrous or extreme ten five. these cars can be built as 25.1e. when building a car you almost always build to the minimum weight. after all, you're only penalizing yourself by adding weight. what the SFI doesn't want to see is a car built to 25.1e having a bunch of weight slapped in it to run in some of the other series (outlaw, nmca type stuff) where they have a minimum weights that are over 2800 lbs. and then crash. there is a HUGE difference in the energy of a car weighing 3200 hitting the wall versus a 2800 lb. car. hence the SFI saying 2800lbs. and under is 25.1e and 3200 lbs and under is 25.2. the particular style that robert is building is one of about 4 different configurations allowed by the sfi book for 25.2. the SFI dictates what diameter / wall thickness tubing must be used and where it is located. it is not up to the chassis builder where these tubes are placed. it can be the chassis builders / car owners choice which of the allowable configurations they follow. on a personal note. if i were running a sub-seven second car that weighed over 2800 lbs.. i would want all the extra tubing around me that i could get.........whether it looked cool or not.