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Mark.... This turned out great and looks gorgeous. Very nice work on this.

John.... This gorgeous Brother! You always impress me with your skills and how nice your builds always turn out. You sure hit this one out of the park and I can't wait to see this one in person.

How much for them? I think the middle one is pretty sweet

Richard... Thank you. It turned out way better than I expected. Brad.... Thanks bud. I am really happy with how this turned out and glad I decided to go this route with the blanket. It fits the build way better. Justin.... Thank you. It's really simple and easy it just takes a little bit of time to make it. James... Thank you for the kind words. Tom.... Thank you. I am stoked with it and it was worth the few hours of work to make it.

This is gonna be a cool build. I would like to pick up one of these kits myself.

Paul... Thanks man. I will check out lenco's site. I was using .125" diameter brass rod which is equivalent to 2". So i need to go with a smaller diameter tube. Yeah the alignment has been off since I had raised the mounting locations of the rear end to get it to the correct stance and I am not sure if I have a fix for it since it has a slight angle. I know that it wont be correct and may have to live with it that way. I feel like I am in a rock and hard spot on what to do now with it since I am trying to make things as accurate as I can.

Paul... thanks man. I gotcha on the star portion of the coupler system. I had got measurements on the couplers I made from the chassis shop website and i remember seeing the the star coupling. Now I am questioning myself and how I had designed the drive shaft system. Let me post a pic and see what you think.

Bill.... this turned out fantastic. I love the back drop you made for this. Totally cool

Bill.... Very nice work on this one. It looks great!

Good Morning Fellas.... Well I worked on the mexican blanket for the seat last night. I am pretty happy with the results that I got making it But it did take a few hours to do and was a little time consuming but it was worth it. I ended up using DMC Embroider Floss which I picked up at walmart for 0.30 cents a color. This floss had 6 strands and I unwound those 6 strands and laid it on tape to create the blanket. I also had to figure a pattern out as I went. My first attempt wasn't too good because the lines got messed up and started going to not lay down strait. So on the 2nd attempt I started from the middle and worked my way out. Here is the results: Here is the start of the blanket, I laid Tamiya tape upside down and taped it in place the length I needed it to be: Here it is once I was done with it: Here it is installed and glued on to the seat:

Joe awesome to see you guving this another chance. Hey I have a set of the funny car/top fuel rear slicks from pegusus if you want them. I can take a pic and show you.

Hello Fellas.... Little update for you. its not a very big one this morning. I took Paul's advice and repainted the couplers for the rear end and transmission. Here is a comparison between the before and after: Before, painted Alclad magnesium: After, painted Tamiya Silver titaninum: More updates to come later

Mark... Nice work. The decals turned out great. Looking forward to seeing the final assembly.

Dave... Thanks bud. you are right that in the picture its a little hard to tell the difference between the Alcad that is cleared and the one that isn't. but in person you can tell. Joe... Thanks man. I am trying to make this as accurate as I can but I know it won't be 100% and that is ok with me. Paul... Thank you for the information. I really appreciate it. I checked my paint stash and I found that I did not have any of the TS30 Silver leaf from Tamiya. So I looked at Tamiyas website to see if they carried it in bottles so I could spray it out of my airbrush and they didn't. So I had Tamiyas Titanium Silver x-32 in a bottle. I just got done repainting the couplers and I will post a pic of the before and after to see what you think. I was thinking about doing the clamps and as for the drive shaft stars are you talking about the Gear splines on the end of the drive shaft?? Lee... thank you for the information and link on the Lee Filters. I bet you are right that he ran them back then and its anybodies guess what they put on the restored car. Darryl... Thanks Mate! Mark... Thank you for the kind words. I am hoping to get more progress done on this today. I need the couplings to dry so I can get the rear end installed with the brake line to the master cylinder and call it good and move on to the next part of this build.

Thanks Curt... I wasn't sure if they were HOK's mini flake or not. One of the automotive paint suppliers i get some of my supplies here in the phoenix valley has a few different brands.

John... the paint is mighty impressive brother. Nice work and I am loving if. Keep up the great work. I wanna be like you when I grow up.

John... Thanks my big brother. This has been a fun one when I have taken breaks from the funny car. I was hoping to make this a quick build but since I got the funny car chassis painted I have been focusing on it. I need to focus on the truck so I can finish up the interior.

John.... Thanks my Big Brother. I am really happy with how the Alclad turned out this time. I do have to say that it does look better left with no clear on it. The aqua gloss clear even tones it down just a tad but will seal the chrome.

That sema Vett is one sweet ride. You going to do the paint like that?? I think it will look killer if you do.

Mark... this is really starting to take shape. It is looking great. Looks like you had a great match with the colors you had to touch up on the lower decal. I know you are right when saying if you don't mention to anyone they probably won't notice it. I have done that before on my builds just to see if anyone saw what I saw in my own builds and more times than not they won't see it unless you point it out. I had to do the same thing to one of my 1:43 scale builds with a decal that went over a snorkle area on my car because the decal didn't fit right. So i mixed some paint up to match and touched it up. Keep up the great work on this.

This is looking nice!!

John.... that paint is just wicked and looks killer. You nailed this one out of the park. Love it brother!

Ok so I pulled the airbrush out for a few earlier to paint a couple of parts so I could get the rear end mounted for the last time and can hook up the brake line from the master cylinder to the "T" fitting. also got the oil filter housing painted Alclad chrome as well as I did another spoon test with the chrome and got a better result this time. Here is the drive shaft Couplings painted Alclad Magnesium: Here is the oil filter housing painted Alclad Chrome: Alclad Chrome with Aqua gloss Clear on top: Alclad Chrome with no clear, I still think it looks better with no clear at all: Here is the difference between my original spoon test (the two spoons on top) compared to todays test by spraying it a different way (the 3 spoons on bottom):

Scott... Those sticker between Crager and RAC do say Lee on both. I had googled lee filters too and they were not the colors in the one reference pic I showed. the reference pics show black and white and just as you said lee filters are red and white. I would assume from the sponsor decals that they should be lee oil filters. Maybe they put on what they had when restoring the car Tyrone... Thanks man. I am trying to do it to the best I can.

Danno... got you speachless?? Hans... I am replicating the restored car since those were the only reference pics I was able to find. I was at a loss of what brand of filters were on the restored car otjer than they were white lol. Dave... thanks buddy. I am currently painting the couplings for the resr end and transmission so i can mount the rearend for goot and hook up the brake line and fittings