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Just fascinating Francois. She is looking pure too btw in the dark. I'm truly enjoying your build and talents. Congrats on what you've achieved so far. cheers, tim

Curtis, Love you car and the Calypso Coral is outstanding. That is a sweet paint job and the rest the build is equally as good. congrats and can't to see it finished. cheers, tim

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your enjoying the Masters today whether you're a fan of golf or not, its been an exciting tournament for sure. Yesterday I had my final MRI on my upper bicep and shoulder. I'll know by Monday what's getting sewn back up first I'm sure and get it scheduled. Thanks for asking and your shared sentiments. I want to reply to the following first; Daniel, that is VERY high praise and exactly what I'm trying to achieve. big thanks, tim Bob, that put a smile on my face, they do go together and when this build is done I'm sure it will present well overall. cheers Charlie, appreciate it sir, trust me I've been following BOTH of your builds now in the Salt Race thread. Love the Bugatti but I'm certainly interested in what you're doing with the chevy. cheers! Ian, I don't know what to say. As I said above to Daniel, it's so appreciated the acknowledgement of what I'm trying to achieve and that my efforts are worth the effort I'm putting forth. Many thanks too! Today I finished the gas tank for the car. Back in the 70's Sox & Martin and Barry Setzer's cars (with help from Buttera) had some of the cleanest, finest race cars you'd ever see and won their share of Best Engineered trophies. My inspiration for the fuel tank is one that Buttera did for Setzer's Pro Stock Vega. I took a hunk of alum and corner rounded every single corner/edge and then cut recesses in every panel (all 6 sides with the bottom matching the top) When I started I wasn't quite sure how it was going to turn out and was ready to start over but I finished it up and I like how it turned out. It's flashy and not something that you would see on a Gapp & Roush car back in the day but I'm taking liberties here so sue me. LOL! Here's the pics, CHEERS ! Tim The inspiration, btw with the measurements that I made the tank it comes out to just shy of 9 gallons if it were a real one. I'm not wild about my parts bin gas cap and will try to make my own.

Bruce, certainly no need to apologize, you've been more than kind for a long time when it comes to this "epic" (in my vocab, that means the "endless" build). Hope you can put up with a another 18-24 months of this at the rate I'm going. cheers, tim Bill, it IS small I'll grant you that. If I remember to, I'll weigh the little bugger, it's got some HEFT to it. cheers Francis, Love you too buddy.......a joke of course. You always make me laugh and it's been great fun to post along with this build while you build your phenomenal car. Tortoise (me) and Hare (you of course) in which I've no doubt you'll win though. I'm learning from you as well Francis and you "'push" me to try new things along the way which is the joy in building. Cheers, Tim Mike, Scott, Robert, Brian & Elliot.......please keep following along and I promise you won't be disappointed as I've got some interesting/fun things yet to come. Thanks of course for the comments too! cheers, tim Andrew, thanks man......I knew I had it around here somewhere. Interesting "story" as I went to replace the bolt in the case the other day and while handling the trans, I DROPPED the entire transmission to the floor. My heart was in my throat. Someone was watching over it this time and it had no scratches, dings or scrapes of any kind on it. Only 1 linkage popped off which I quickly re-attached. It's now sitting under glass alongside the engine until the build is complete. Whew! cheers, tim

Gentlemen, these are the last pics of the lenco (at least until the entire car is completed and under glass. I spent the week doing tedious, mind-numbing, fiddly, patience busting and all in all a PITA but the linkage is on. Not sure pics will down-load but I'm trying capture all of the different angles I can for you. Francis has inspired me to do my tank next and then I'll begin my drawings as I suspect I'll be post surgery around that time. Thanks for you interest as always and the kind sentiments. cheers, tim btw, the lenco shift levers are PE from Futurattraction. I only used his levers, everything I fabbed or grabbed from my parts stash. Just noticed a bolt fell out at the bottom of the reverse case........I'll get it...........

Nice build you have going Bill. Paint, details AND the subject matter I like em' all. Cheers, tim

Kudos Francis for how the tank turned out. Love the material choice and it brings the tank to life along with the details you added. Excited to know you're onto the engine next. My favorite too! cheers, tim

Count me a fan of John's too Brian. He's a great guy and I miss his posts around here on our forum. Thanks for the comment too. Thanks Ian too, I got many great pics of the car itself and what's interesting is that most of my numbers on my blueprint were fairly accurate....most, not all. So this will really help me along......you know I won't have it done in the next week or month for that matter. I'm just slow. Cheers, tim Just the shifter handles/bracket but I got the trans stand made and painted and this gives an idea of what they'll look like outside of the car when it's done. Cheers to ALL! tim

Nicely done Serg! cheers, tim

That's just a striking bike Bruce. So aggressive looking by design. Well done sir. cheers, tim

Nice progress Joe. This one is coming along well but I must admit, I would love to see you build the V-18 as well. That is a fantastic looking bird and I'd take some "leeway" on her w/regards to paint scheme and decals. Cheers, tim

Hey Chris, I wanted to post a reply as well as the emoji but the site just locked up and wouldn't let me nor could I edit it. So I'll just post again and share what a spectacular build again by you. Cheers, tim

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Engine, Engine, Engine, Engine................🙂 Can't wait Francis! Hope it snows there so you have at least another solid month of bench time. cheers, tim

WOW Ian. You've gotta be pleased and proud of how she turned out. I know I would be. Cheers, tim

Hey Paul, nice to see this one back on your bench. That last pic you showed with her all mocked up before you paused the build looks so fantastic. Great stance and profile. Can't wait to see how you progress with her now. cheers, tim

I always enjoy your builds Niko. Your builds are always "just right"......great details AND that paint is fantastic too. Just a great job! cheers, tim

The 908 is one of my all time favorite race cars Mark. Just looks just right and so purposeful. Well done, cheers, tim

She presents very well Urs. Cheers to you for a great looking car. tim

Francois, the ingenuity, creativeness and outright speed that you're bringing this to life is beyond compare. A unique build AND builder for sure. Cheers, Tim

That turned out fantastic Mark. Very crisp & clean looking. cheers, tim

Today was a day to smile. First, my bicep IS torn but is still attached........upper part of muscle is suspected torn as well. Surgeon will discuss next Thursday my options. If a muscle like this is torn completely they strongly recommend getting it re-attached asap. Makes sense....but even partial tears can heal themselves. They suspect this all occurred by possibly tearing my rotator cuff again. Enough of that......so today my daughter & I drove 90 minutes to 3 DOG Garage in Boyertown Pa. Chris the manager was the nice man I met weeks ago that said he'd invite me down so he could put the Dyno Don Mustang 2 on the lift for proper pics and measurements to help me with my chassis. The shop was closed but the car was up and it was just the 3 of us. Seems they open their museum, which is stunning with regards to their collections only on certain dates. The next open museum date is 4-26 and I'm planning on visiting to see it all. Two buildings I was told full of very well known cars and all in spectacular condition. I owe him big time. An hour later and 90 pics taken and lots of key measurements and I'm all set to do a proper blueprint to do mine. I'm posting 3 pics I took today that will make many of you smile. Cheers, tim The Old Master Mickey's Monocoque Mustang And a pic of the Mustang II that I went down to take pics of.....many many more yet to go thru.......the Hardy chassis is all original from the front clip back..........WOW is all I could say. Cheers ALL!!!!

Thank you Francis & John, other than the bruising spreading and getting uglier since my last post nothing else has changed. I WAS able to finish the 2nd bracket today which put a smile back on my face. I'm going to get a stand made for the trans next and then do the shift bracket / levers to finish it. Cheers and thanks again to all, tim

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. The MRI was yesterday and I'm still waiting on the next step and scheduling of the surgery. If I keep my arm close to my body and don't elevate it too far, I can function. Not lift mind you.......so I'm going to try to use the mill to finish the other bracket I shared as it's the X axis wheel and I'm only turning it. The surgery is they drill the bone in the forearm and re-attach the muscle to it. Simple enough right? A pic....nothing gross I assure you. Cheers to everyone and if I'm fortunate to get the part done I'll share it for sure. Cheers, tim

Gentlemen, THANKS for those comments and of course your on-going interest. Today I've got good news and some bad. The good......I machined 1 of the 2 Lenco brackets yesterday, took me longer than I'll admit. The real one that I shared in a pic earlier was in aluminum.......so I made mine out of titanium (just for the color contrast) The GREAT news is I'm to call the shop that has offered to put the Dyno Don car up on the lift for me to get proper measurements for the chassis. This is a BIG deal (well, for me most certainly) which I'll keep as an appointment.........The BAD news, after machining this bracket was made, I was cleaning up and suddenly my right bicep just "exploded" in pain and swelled up in seconds to twice it's size and began to spasm up and down the muscle. MRI is tomorrow and the initial diagnosis is I tore my bicep. So, I'll pause to learn more before I continue and to take it easy so as to not make the situation worse. Please be patient and check back as I promise to be back on the car as soon as I know (and CAN) do more. CHEERS ? tim