Brudda

Hello Big John, it is a mpc kit that I cut out the huge engine mount. The tires are from Indy cals . Their decal and tires are great.

1968 turbine Joe Lenord

Hello Carl, ok I guess nobody wants to trade for a 1/43 cobra. Do you have a Vega to trade?

Just. Beautiful!!!!

Great job!!!!!!

This is my favorite category. The freedom to create.

What I had to work on today.

What I had to work on today.

My first try at a 1/43 corvette.

These are some of my favorite

P.S. Here is my latest project, a 1/43 monogram corvette.

Hello Carl. Im building a 1/43 monogram corvette. I sure would like the cobra to sit next to her. I’ll give it a few days, if no response I’ll send this out to you. I believe I still have your address.

I would like to trade a Tamiya Porsche 911 GT2 in 1/24 scale for a 1/43 monogram cobra , The Porsche is opened but still in the bags.

Very very nice. As a kid I was able to walk by the Chevy showroom . The cos Vega was in the showroom. Loved that car. Good build of a really fun and cool car.

This is what happens when you hit the wall at Daytona. Yes the driver got hurt. Broken ribs. But he lived. It’s not a total though. We will fix it or it might be sent to LA for repairs. We do not have a frame jig for measuring. So it might go down there.

Hello Chris! Fantastic in every way

Hello Perry, yes it is but I’m lucky to have a tiny visit. But I really like the simple life, this was more of a surprise. I have not built a model since these arrived. I miss that. The other world that I do not see is probably pretty rough also. Believe me , when this is over, I’m going fishing and building models. I used to go fishing with my dad to a place in Idaho called Henry’s fork. I’m going there first , fish my brains out then do some modeling. This other world is … fast cars, fast and very beautiful women, and lots of money. When I was 30, this would have caught me but today, I see this differently. Fast cars ok great but expensive. Same with the women. Money is great but I was able to get a glimpse of the immense pressure that these guys are under. No thanks. Give me my retirement money and I’m happy.

Yes Perry it’s pretty cool to work on these cars. Not all fun and games, they pressure us in time , even though we have them down pretty good. Now that we can fix most things in a few days , they want it faster. The more you give , the more they want. Part of the really rich, always getting what they want. But it does cost them. This last repair I did in 4 hours. It goes into our paint department and it’s finished in a day. I put it together in another 3-4 hours. The cost is around $12,000. The owner gets around $5000 and the painter gets $2000 and I get the rest. Not bad , for 8 hours of work. But I do have many years of experience repairing aluminum. I built sprint car bodies out of aluminum with my dad in the late 60’s and 70’s. So when aluminum came out on real passenger cars it was easy as putting on my shoes. Carbon fiber was pretty easy also, with my Boeing experience. And I make sure the doors stay on these cars!😆

I had an idea that there was money out there , I just never saw any of it. These guys are sooooo rich they do not care how much it costs, but time to them is everything. I pretty much have these cars memorized now. I can fix a pretty destroyed car in a few days. They do not care about price. Time is what’s important to them. The first one took a few days and they were very happy with it. Charged them around $20,000 and they did not even flinch. They supply parts this was just labor. Then what surprised me was “ when can you do more” . I was very surprised. So we have repaired around a dozen cars now and we have a few more destroyed cars comming from Daytona. The team is there now. Really fun way to retire.

296 challenge cars

Absolutely fantastic

Another one right side messed up

Fantastic!