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I built this car ten years ago! Seems like yesterday. Still one of my all time favorites. Started out with a AMT H.U.G. body. Altered the wheelbase and tried to make it a home built funny car circa 1966. I went out of my way to find a blown 392 as a 426 might have been out of reach for a privateer back then. I shaved the wiper arms, added valve stems, metal door handle, plumbed and wired it, and made covers for the grille and headlights. I made the decals with an ink jet printer. When I built this car, I did it as a tribute to my friend Bruce Peterson who had just crashed his real life NY Earthshaker Alky funny car. He was badly burned and retired from driving. Well, 10 years later and he is back behind the wheel of an all new Earthshaker Altered.! Now when I pose a car in a wheelstand I put a driver inside!

I promise that I will never try to help you again! Good advice is available here if you want it. Tons of extremely talented and knowledgeable builders. If you only want people to say "Nice build!" you'll get plenty of that too. I came off as a jerk. I apologize.

Cool goldfish! Cragars look great!

Nice! I can picture it at the track with the front wheels about a foot off the ground and charging hard!!

That should be done in 1:1 . Super badass!

I love it! I can imagine having one just like that on the street!

Great looking Monte! The color looks terrific!

Electric fuel pumps on race cars are almost always mounted in the rear because they are designed to push fuel and not pull it. Please don't try to school me on race cars. I've raced since 1971 in brackets, Stock, Super Street, Super Gas, and Modified Production and have built my fair share of drag cars. I am also a certified Bronze level, NHRA tech inspector since 1998. Currently a manager and announcer at an east coast National event track. If I offer advice, I do it to help those that want to learn. Want to go toe to toe with me on race car facts and construction? Care to list your drag racing credentials?

Nice workmanship so far but are you ready for some questions and critiquing? Never mind, build for fun. I'll avoid the tips and critique. You can learn as you go. (For those following this thread and being confused, I had offered a list of suggestions in this post but deleted them because it was a bit much and was probably interpreted as insulting. Many of you know that I often offer advice based on my experience with drag cars. Sometimes it's appreciated, sometimes it's not.}

Well done! I really like it! WF

Great paint! Love those wacky headlights! WF

That GTO kit is absolutely horrible ! You turned it into something absolutely beautiful! WF

Dramatic change to that Corvette! Great work! WF

There were many independents that built a.w.b.s with straight axles. Why not build a fictional car that "could have been"?

Wow! Those stripes are crisp! Great work!

dragcarz is correct!

Great interior and I love that color! WF

A time machine back to the seventies! I love it! WF

Good looking Dodge! Was your uncle Don Schmid? I also had an uncle that was a Mopar dealer. Sold me my first car, a '68 road runner. WF

Why wouldn't it be able to run in F/X? WF

Chain drive Hilborn pump on a 426. You could do the same thing with a 392.

Somewhere between 1967 and 1971 the NHRA made radiators optional in supercharged applications. Keep in mind that NHRA was not the only game in town. There were many gasser groups and associations that had their own rules. Some even ran nitro! If you look at some of the AA/GS cars you'll see that the "radiator" is actually a water tank with tubing connected to the engine block or cylinder heads. The supercharged cars did not have to idle or drive to the starting line, therefore water circulation was not necessary. WF This Ohio George car has a tank "radiator" The Revell Kit seems to have no radiator or tank. S Stone, Woods & Cook Has no cooling system. Match race trim?

A superior build!

"Wow! Looks like a Keith Weesner drawing" I was thinking the same thing as soon as I saw it! Super slick! WF

Your cars are truly museum quality. Seriously, they are on a par or better than the models in the NHRA museum! WF