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Man oh man, those are looking nice lil' brother. Really looking forward to seeing them in Alclad. Bet you are too. LOL

Wow Gene. That's a cool pic. Everything on the car is different though. The engine, roll cage, wheels, placement of the parachute, torsion arms, I wonder if its the same frame. Thanks so much for posting. This adds another wrinkle to the history to the Walt's Puffers.

Thanks Stephen. I hope to get some serious bench time in this weekend.

Thanks for the link. That really helps and makes so much sense. Now to find an era-appropriate quick change in my stash.

Paul - I saw that torque tube and was wondering the same thing and came to the conclusion it must have came with the car since its in the shots of the dusted off chassis and sitting on the waist high stand getting ready for rebuild. I didn't see it in the earlier photos where the dusty chassis is sitting on Walt's garage floor. I like your thinking.

Yep, that's why I like primer. LOL

Ha!! Those are my two biggest concerns as well.

Mike - I wish my garage had a similar chassis sitting in it. I'd DO something with it. At least, I'd dust it off. Glenn - thanks for checking in. I'll do my best although it usually takes me alot of time. Ira - thanks for following along and I appreciate your comments. Updates forthcoming. Danno - thanks buddy. More to follow. Chris - I wish I could borrow some of John's minions. I've requested them but none have shown up. Well, I'm still sourcing parts. Thanks to Paul in northern AZ for the rear wheels he's sending. Last nigfht and again this morning, I've gone through 20 or so boxes looking for an appropriate rear axle. Still more to go through. Once that's done, I'll get to scratch building an aluminum functioning straight axle. Stay tuned...

LOL... I'll just bet that's the case. He's probably not paying them enough and they went on strike. Now he's met their demands and he's out trying to find them all and get them back to work.

I got in a long bench time session on Saturday and put the frame together. Sunday, I had to shorten the hoop by 3/16th of and inch and put in the motor mounts. Here's a few pics. As it sits, the motor is a bit too high so I'll need to lower it a bit. Thanks for following along. Comments welcome.

Oh Johnny...Johnny...Oh!...Where are you?.....Oh Johnny

Tongue tied.....

Nice chatting with you last night Chris. We'll hook up soon.

The work in this thread is incredible. I'm in awe. I'll add a few of mine. From my Fiat Altered from a few years ago. Another. From my unfinished '41 Willys from 20 years ago. From Swamp Rat XXX also 20 years or so. Sprint car from same time period. As you can probably tell, engines are my favorite part of the build.

Work continues with the layout of the frame for sizing and placement of roll bar and subframe tubing. Once all of this is verified, I'll actually start cutting some styrene. LOL This was drawn in Illustrator to the correct scale. After seeing Mark Johnson's frame for his Jewel T in Evergreen tube, I've decided to not attempt making it out of brass. Maybe if it was 1/16th scale for a first time. Thanks for following along on this journey.

Here's a few more of the actual car. This pic is from Hot Rod magazine in '62. This is an early one with the mailbox scoop and whitewalls. And finally, a color shot compliments of my friend Greg Myers. This last color one really helped with making the decals, thanks Greg.

Research for reference photos continues but I think the well has dried up. Here's a few more pics I found and there should be enough for me to get going on the chassis. I see AMT is releasing the Competition Parts Pack with the T-bucket body supposedly this month so I may just wait for that release to see how it compares with the Wild Willie body. There are still a few unknowns such as rear axle type, seat style and rear subframe that would be part of the pushbar structure and parachute base. These I'll have to just have to guesstimate. I have a few more photos of the car with the body on I'll put in the next post.

Those are both works of art Tom. A Cracker Jack prize was a scaled down toilet? My how times have changed. Just how many Cracker Jacks did you have to go through? Really loving this creation of yours. Keep at it.

Those SolidWorks pieces look spot on Chris. Nice job. You're right, those definately look like Ed Pink breathers. You have hit another home run brother.

Yay!! The progress on this is looki0ng great Joe. Keep at it and so far, all I see are parts that came in the box. Stay true to your first post.

I just got a quick look at this beauty and met with Mark today. What a treat to meet you Mark and to see your workshop, builds and progress projects. I picked up a 392 and have something in mind for the bench after my current project.

I hope all is well or will be soon lil' brother. Let me know if I can help in any way.

WOW!! That is really nice Chuck. I've never used Corel so I don't know a thing about it. I've always used Illustrator and know its tools and functionality. Thanks for your kind offer but I'm too set in my ways plus too old to start something new.

Man oh man Steve, that paint job is spectacular. Wish I could get something even remotely close to that. Nicely done.

I didn't see a front axle and spring in either of the progress photos posted so I'd be interested in that too. In fact, I didn't see any pictures on the innerweb that showed what this had for a front axle and suspension.