Modelmartin

This is too fun! This guys blower has a thyroid problem! Maybe this one needs antibiotics! Okey-dokey! GT50% is right. Watch the drive-thru at Burger King! Yikes! DO NOT tailgate! Words fail me. Righto Chaps! Just because you won't doesn't mean I shouldn't!

Good one! They hire groomers, vets, trainers and handlers!!!

These cars were not modified by GM. There have been several articles over the years in car mags about them. I thought they were modified in California and less than ten were ever made. I believe someone has or will be coming out with a resin 1/25th version.

I almost didn't look at this thread because of the title. Who cares about trophies? I mean, really!! But then I looked. Very cool collection you have there!

Who can forget this beauty from the "Grease" movie. I for one would love to forget it. This is what happens when an art director who knows nothing about cars designs a custom car. As Alfred E. Neuman says, " Bleeeech!".

Traditionally at car shows it's the car that is judged and at model shows it is the building of the model that is being judged. It may seem like the same thing but it actually isn't. It is a slightly different thing that is being rewarded. To judge the building of the model it has to be done by one individual. The finished result is being inspected and judged the same way but a different thing is being rewarded. At the car show it is the finished result only that is being rewarded and in the model contest it is the work that produced the finished result. It is mostly about what has been done traditionally. Having said that, I would love to see a contest or maybe just a category within a contest that allows multiple builders to work on one model. I think it would be fascinating. Several years ago at Pebble Beach, Jay Leno caused a mild stir while accepting his car's award when he thanked his restorer by name! Ed Roth's stuff was cool but several staff members did a lot of conceptualizing and huge amounts of construction for him. He had a similar role to a movie producer.

You can get almost any Paris-Dakar vehicle in 1/43rd. There is a French outfit that does a lot of the big trucks, too. Tamiya and Protar have done several big scale P-D bike kits. Tamiya has done several of the Peugeot entries in 1/24. Esci did several in 1/24th but they were not accurate at all but did have good Cartograph decals. They did a Boss sponsored Mercedes coupe which was quite cool.

Got a light? Obesity is becoming such a problem in this country! Big crew for this crew cab. Maybe it will look better with paint on it? AAaaaiiiiiieeeeeeee! At least they didn't paint carp on it! Pedestrians to get from street!!

Yuck! I don't like this modern stuff. I pass.

Did you catch the very end where he states he asking $8,000 or best offer! His little video production wasn't too bad.

Very cute, Bob! It sure looks like a "Little Guy" racecar from the days of yesteryear.

I actually built an IMC 2E for a friend several years ago and it really was not bad. I think IMC's rep was made on the GT40 kits which are very difficult to build. If you have a 2E I say go build it. You will be surprised.

Just wanted to let you know that you have the plug wires coming out of the fuel distributor. The magneto is the verticle round piece that the fuel distributer mounts to. The wires shuld come out each side in bundles of four near the top of the magneto. Plug wires on that car were black. The Fuel injection lines come out of the same place your current plug wires do and go to the base of each fuel injecter tube. They should be clear plastic like thin fishing line. I did extensive research on these cars several years ago. Don't even start on the dry sump oil system!

Art, You need to check out the pictures of the T35 that Antoine Rafaelli uncovered in the south of France. The farmer stacked bags of fertilizer on the car and left it for 30 some years. It really corroded the body and left gaping holes in it. I know that atmospheric conditions won't do that.

Here are some cruddy T35s for your perusal. I saw a T37 ( 4cylinder version of T35) at Lime Rock several years ago with a brush paint job, another T35 had a Ford Flathead in it! This is the famous "found in a lake" car! This one has a Model T engine it! This car was buried under stacks of fertilizer bags for years in a French farmer's barn. There are many holes in the bodywork.

You know what? It is what it is. All forms of racing have changed over time. In the 50s you could run a Crosley Hotshot at the 24 Hours of Lemans and someone did! In drag racing a couple of guys who ran a service station could run a junior fuel dragster. Art Arfons could build a 500 MPH LSR car in his barn for $10,000. Racing was way more accessible in the "golden" past. Competition changed all of that. Everyone wanted to go faster and win more and the people who could marshall more resources were able to win and dominate and the underfunded lost out and dropped out. I remember the huge number of drag cars converted to street rods and street machines in the 70s. Nostalgia is OK for a little bit but I think it becomes unhealthy if we spend too much time whining about how "bad" things are today and how "golden" things were in the past. Looking forward is much healthier. The past is gone!

I think you need to widen the fenders!

I honestly don't know what to make of this. Craftsmanship is obviously good. Concept is interesting. What do all of you think? Ebay Auction

Aluminum corrodes! Think whitish fuzz like on your battery posts!

I would be in favor of No cautions or red flags in the last ten laps! Race through the wreckage! NOW, that would be exciting! I would definitely watch that!

Perhaps there should be a pole poll?

I would love to see a Porsche, Ferrari or even a Rolls-Royce NASCAR racer!!! Audi or VW would be cool too! How about a feeder series with Tato Nanos??

Display case?

There are a lot of similar cars but the sculpting on the back end and sometimes the nose is quite different.