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Curt.... nice work on this car . It turned out great.

Tyrone.... you never let me down with your updates. Love what you are doing to this build. The headers look great. So your next build is gonna be a 1/16th scale build right? I would love to see what you would do to one of them since you yave these Pro Mods down. Keep up the killer work and I look forward to more.

I flipped a coin and went with Model.

Art.... bummer to hear about the paint chips from the airbrush. That chassis looks awesome! Can't wait to see the paint work.

Woot woot

Wayne...nice work, that body looks great.

You can always take a look at TDR Innovations for big block engine parts and engine kits.

Bill... Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to read all 116 pages of this build. I know it had to take a while to read. Joe... Thanks buddy. I have to tell you that it feels great to be back on the engine for this build. Another shelf would be good but what I didn't show is a closet full of kits... Lol Joe.... Thanks bud.... You know I was wondering how long it was gonna take for someone to notice that...lol it didn't take long.... haha. I have two builds ready to go after this F/C is finished. I will say this both are 1/16th scale builds. The one that is blurred out I picked up right after I started the funny car over 2 1/2 years ago and have had this build on my mind ever since. I have been wanting to start it really bad too lol.

Brad... thanks bud. I sure hope I can do this engine some justice. I can't wait to see it come together as well. Danno.... Yes I am motivated. and if lucky..... I may bring it to the swap meet next weekend + Hello Fellas.... well I haven't gotten any bench time in the past two days but I have been cleaning out my hobby room and re-organizing it. I picked up a new little storage cabinet to keep things in and I think I want to get another one so I can get rid of the rack you see in the pics. I have the hobby room finish with re-organizing it but I still need clean things up on the shelfs. Here is my hobby room.... Here is walking into the room: Straight on shot of the work bench: Here is the new cabinet:

This build is looking great. Love the carbon fiber work you have done. I have this kit in my collection and its been waiting to be build for many years lol. Maybe one dayI will get to it. Looking forwArd to seeing what you do to it.you are off to a great start.

Bill.... Impressive as always. You always continue to amaze me with your skills.

Steve.... Thanks man! I am hoping so Well Fellas.... I have started the next phase of this project. I started to tear the engine down last night and marked the block where i need to fix a few spots. a couple were from me drilling thru some walls and there were a few pin holes that needs to be filled. Hopefully I can have the block ready for primer later today.... Here is the Engine torn down: Here is the right side of the block: And the Left side of the block:

Looking good!

Brad.... Thanks Bud!! I know you will enjoy seeing the Engine come to life . Going to be working on that as well as I have to repaint the lower portion of the chassis tins and I think I will be re painting the side tins as well to make sure they all match. Bob... Yea I have been dying to see more of this motor come together and am actually excited to start working on it again. Dave.... LOL... You are right now that I have the back half pretty much all buttoned up I need to move forward . So I will be going back to work on the engine and getting parts prepped for paint. I need to do a little work on the block and fix a few spots I had drilled thru a while back as well as fill some spots on the heads. Then when I paint the heads i will be painting a bunch of other parts I need to button up.... for example the steering gear box, the breather for the oil tank, the gas pedal as well as redoing the chassis tins and the plates that go under the seat. Trying to get a whole bunch of parts ready to paint at the same time. I am pretty excited to say the least.

John....Thanks brother. Yeah I will be getting back to the engine and a few other details

Ok Fellas.... I got some more work done today. I got the over flow tank installed and it's just about done, other than I need to paint the breather alclad chrome and install it. Here is what I have accomplished so far today.... I started out with some Competition Resins Part #CRA-002 Roll Bar Padding that I was using to represent the overflow hose, got them cut to size: I then pulled out the source for my zip ties/worm clamps: Up-close shot of them: Here I got the overflow tank mounted and installed the zip ties/worm clams on to the hose: another angle: Top View: I still need to add a little bit of a black wash into the recess of the overflow cap and then get the breather painted. What to work on next.....hmmmm any suggestions??

Joe... Thanks man. I have been trying to treat each little area as their own model. Bob... Thanks for the kind words. David... Thank you. I shot you a PM back earlier today. Dave.... Thanks bud. I can tell you this that there have been many times during this build that things have taken me much longer than they probably should of but seeing it all come together now has made it work the extra time I have put into it or the multiple times I have redone stuff that I wasn't happy with. Alyn.... Thanks man. I am not sure if I had seen anyone do one like this before but I know there are way better builders out there than me that are on this site. Danno... You are right about that. I can't wait to finish this build. I am sure it will be tuff for me to top it but I do have 2 1/16th scale builds in store that I will debut when I finish this one

Mark... I just ran across this build and man you are sure doing a great job on it. it looks very nice. Great work man!!

I need to pick up one of these books....

Brett... you have me super impressed with this build. It is sure turning out nice. Keep up the killer work bud! those Wheelie bars are out of this world. Very nice work

Danno.... Thank You! Art... Thanks Brother John... Thanks Brother. Brad.... Thanks bud... I know I kept you waiting a little bit but so glad to have it done now...lol Brett.... Thanks bud. I appreciate all of the thumbs up Scott.... Thanks man. I appreciate the kind comments. I honestly don't know how I continue to amaze everyone. Mike... Thanks bud and for letting me bounce some ideas off of you. Yours worked perfect for the shoulder belts. Dave... Thank you...yes it was well worth the time spent now that I am done. But when I started them I didn't think they would take me that long to do...lol Tyrone... Thanks man for the props. I was trying to make them the best I could. Mark... thank you so much. Time to get the over flow tank and the hoses hooked up today, then I think it is time to get back to the engine and other details but I need to spend some time searching for some jobs....

I then added the Simpson decal so it looked like the reference pic: Here is the belt installed into the chassis and seat..... Completed!!!: Another shot with different Lighting: Here is my reference pic again:

Hello Fellas.... Well I am happy to say that I have completed the seat belts for this build. It took me way longer than I wanted it to or should of but its ok because I am happy with how it turned out. I won't keep you waiting any longer for the pics. Here they are.... Here is the starting point, I started by making the pieces with the buckle: I cut more material for the upper portion of the shoulder belts and colored them with a black Sharpie: Here I started on the first belt, cutting the buckle end down and installing it onto the upper portion: Now both sides are completed: Next I added the fire retardant material to the belt:

I would love to pick one of these kits up. I have seen a street machine version and think the truck was purple on the cover. I am assuming these are out of production??

Bernard.... This turned out great. Another nice build