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Dennis, John, Dave, Art & Dave Jr., glad that you like where I"m at so far. I did work on a removable parachute bar as well, just have to get the tabs on the chassis to secure it yet. I'm still contemplating adding wheelie bars to it.........in my research on altereds during the mid 70's, at least half of the cars didn't bother running them. I found that kind of interesting as I assumed they all used them around that time. Not so. Dave (comp1839) looking forward to Friday's get together should be an interesting factory visit! cheers ALL!!! btw, the dip you see in the connecting support bar is to clear the bottom of the rear end as an fyi. The tube is 1.0mm brass with .8mm bracing between the pieces. I drilled .5mm holes on each side to secure it to the chassis tabs/brackets.

Many many thanks everyone for the comments AND for following this thread. 6+ hours today soldering this silly thing together, can't believe I just admitted that. BUT, it was on the mark and does everything I wanted it to do so I'll chalk this one up as a small win. Next is the removable parachute bar and possibly adding some wheelie bars which will then complete the back half of the chassis work. Firewall and front mounts to follow. Gratuitous penny shot of course. Cheers and THANKS again for your patience as this build moves on. cheers, tim Too many tabs and brackets hanging off the back end of this one. Just a few more..............

Hi everyone, well, it might not look like much but here's 2 pics of the rear body work "tree" support. I could have had this on the car by now if I had just soldered it directly to the chassis but I had my heart set on making it removable for the sake of final assembly and an added "cool" factor. Have to add some horizontal brace bars to it and solder it the tabs to the chassis. Getting the exact location of the tree to do a flip type body on it was a bit tedious and you'll see a weird looking aluminum block of metal I machined to square everything up properly. I should know in a day or so how it turned out and then I'll get to the front bracing and firewall. cheers, tim

That's just NUTS Eric. In the best sort of way of course. Just spectacular as always. cheers, tim

Chris, thanks man. Appreciated the recent back & forth we had too and that things are working out for you! cheers Thanks Dave. I cheated on them. The rivets in scale would be so small that I used a center drill to make the rivet detail on the mill. Can't see it myself, so I doubt anyone else would notice by and large. Oops, I just know Brad's going to call me out on that one. Joe, thanks for following along too. Yeah, I hear ya' on that one. I want so badly to get this build done in the next 6 months so I can get back to another Pro Mod. I've got a vision for the new car and have been doing research and gathering info for some time now. I might even post a pic or 2 of the destroyed Henry chassis. I've kept it to "part off" bits and pieces for the next chassis. There are so many tabs and brackets etc. that can be used & it will save time on the new chassis. cheers Dave & Dave, thanks guys. Spending time on the body mounting now. Got some things resolved that will now let me finish the rear tree to secure the body. Coming along, slowly for sure, but still moving. KenC, thank you for the very kind words and sentiments. I'll count you as a fan of the build & hope you'll continue to follow along as it nears completion. Should have an update early next week! Cheers, Tim

Great looking car, that paint really pops on it. cheers, tim

THERE he is! Nice to hear from you Dave and looking forward to your next post/update. I can only imagine what you've had percolating in that head of yours for your salt flats car. Talk to you soon! cheers, tim

Gotta love this one Wayne. Great project and your body design is fantastic. cheers, tim

For just getting into trucks, I'd say you nailed them. nicely done sir! cheers, tim

Really like your car Dave. Great stance too! cheers, tim

Well Kerry, you took the leap so I can't wait to see how you blend in the front fenders. It's fun to visualize it at this point, hope it works out for you as it has a ton of potential. I think it's an epiphany. cheers, tim

Nice progress Eric. Clean & Crisp as always. cheers, tim

Gotta agree with Slotto on this one, it is "slick" and "sick" at the same time Ken. Like it a lot! cheers, tim

Hey Bruce, thanks man, same to you and your family! Chris, and I LOVE your work............can we get a post soon sir? I know you're working on that recent engine setback, but I've NO doubt it will look BETTER than new. RANDY, see the comment I just put above for Chris...............how about one from you too man? Your work is ALWAYS exceptional. Brad, thanks too. No cyborg here because I make way too many mistakes and take WAY too long to do something anymore. What should have been an 18 month build will likely stretch to 28.....or something like that. John, you know by now how much I appreciate what YOU do, thanks for taking the time to check out what I'm doing here. To each and everyone of you that visits this thread, I wish you the best that the New Year has to offer!!! Cheers, Tim

For those that observe Christmas, Hope you had a Merry one and to everyone else, a belated Happy Holidays! Well, took more time to make the necessary brackets and get them on the car than it took to fab the wing itself. I just have the 2 tab brackets to solder on the rear of the hoop to attach the rear wing supports to. The adjustable wing supports have 1.1mm s/steel tube that I made clevis brackets out of, a .5mm threaded portion which slips into the .8mm s/steel tube. Drilling / slicing the clevis brackets was pretty straightforward actually. The wing will be attached with .5mm threaded bolts. I'll add the 2 brackets and spill plates and share some final pics next week. Happy New Years TOO!!! Cheers to all, tim The body in these pics is the actual body I'll be putting on the car and I'm inclined to do the gold wheel inserts on the rear wheels..........just foolin' around to see what they might look like.

Nice Christmas present there John. Thanks for sharing the pics, the outdoor shots REALLY do justice to your builds. WOW! cheers, tim

Stunning model Steve. The quality of the build is top notch. cheers, tim

Can't see any of the pic's John..........dreaded photobucket issues? tim

Thanks for the posts guys. Paul, that's the plan but I didn't get far beyond coming up with some ideas on some of the bracket designs, positioning etc. of the wing. The next pics I post will be of the wing on the car and the actual body for the car. It's been quite some time but the red body I've posted in these pics is/was a practice body for paint. The actual body is noticeably narrower and better looking in it's profile. I'll put it on for the next mock-up pics so you can get a better idea of what it will look like. Again, thanks guys!! Cheers, tim

Just went through the entire thread Greg and it is so impressive what you've done with this. You deserve all the credit in the world for even having the vision of what it MIGHT / COULD be. I doubt anyone could have done what you have with it. Your choice of color is fantastic especially after seeing what you did to the interior and how nicely detailed it is. Just fantastic sir. cheers, tim

I'm in awe John. ALL of it. More please! cheers, tim

Thanks John & Jason...yup, it'll be a keeper, especially if I can make the strut assembly the way I've imagined it. Chris, no machining on this part. Just files, dremel & jewelers drill press along with some steel dowels & a bunch of sandpaper. I spent the morning making a pair of spill plates. The pics vary as I'm considering height and angle when I make the supports for it. I'm going to take the wing apart as I stumbled across some smaller profile and more appropriate bolts on the sides. The current ones you see now stick up too far. I bought some T2M allen head rivets before they went out of business and I'll sub them instead. Looks more like a proper wing now. About 20 hours total time in this piece. I'm figuring on a similar amount of time to do the support / bracket structure for it yet. Cheers, tim

Looks nice Jim. Clean clean build. cheers, tim

Jason, thanks for the note and following along with the thread. Bob, thanks too for the comment about the solder joints, I've had PLENTY of practice by now so I'm glad that you noticed. The Henry build taught me a lot. Dave, Goatguy, appreciated sir and your comment put a smile on my face. Thanks! Chris, I don't know about 3D, I have enough trouble with 2D.............I don't know how you guys that have mastered CAD do it. Hope to see a post soon on the Vega, I know you're working hard on it! Randy, ALWAYS good to hear from you man. Any chance you've had some bench time at all lately? If so, don't make us beg, just post away please. After fussing around with plumbing and before I started the body bracing etc. I have thought of adding a wing to the car, so the last couple days I massaged a piece of alum. bar stock (no machining this time, even though I gave it plenty of thought) and I think I'm going to add it to the car. I have to do the necessary brackets to mount it and the twin spill plates on the sides, but I like the look with the test body so I'm pretty sure it's going on the car as well. The alum. bar stock you see in the foreground is what I started with as an fyi. The wing is stuck on the chassis with some Tamiya tape so I could check out how it might look. cheers, tim

That's an impressive looking duo Tim. Congrats on the pair. cheers, tim