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James (Jimmy) - almost forgot - you can't put me in the same category as Chris. Ha. I am the student, he is a master. Thank you for the encouragement.

Chris - thanks my good friend. I appreciate the encouragement. Still feeding on your Snake funnycar build. Ron - thanks for looking in and for the encouragement. James - No the Dragfest is cars. If you go to the 1:1 photo section and search for the Bruce Larson dragfest you can find pics I posted. Some day I hope to visit the Garlits museum. The floorpan is stock. That's the way it was made. Clearance for the bellhousing I guess. I don't know where Waterford is but hopefully it's not too far from Dauphin,PA where Bruce has the barn. I appreciate the comments and questions. James - loved the minibike story.

Thanks my California Brother. I've been trying to get bench time in after the lawn work.

I got the frame in primer along with the fire bottles which will be rounded instead of having the Revell grooves in them. And the roll cage part of the frame is painted red awaiting the flat blk for the padding. I also added a pic I found of the completed car. Thanks for looking.

NICE.

Great update and looking for more.

I assume by now you have a Masters in Riveting and soon a Masters in Mudslinging. Ha. Everything looks great and down the road when you look over the car you can say I'm glad I fixed this and that instead of letting it go.

James, that made me laugh. I am always looking for small parts that can be used in building cars. The small PE looking tabs on the top of the frame rails were small electrical clips I salvaged from something being thrown out. They will be part of the front "suspension" if you can call it that. Thanks for looking. I'll have more posted later today. Have you ever been to Bruce's barn to see his cars or to the Dragfest in November?

Looking great Scott. The PE template for wheel screws is a good idea. Try not to lose any more sleep. Just one thing at a time.

I like 'em all, especially the green pickup. I really like the contrast with the rust and a little chrome.

Dave - any updates? I'm going into withdrawal.

Thanks guys I appreciate it. James - the green plastic came from one of the bread clips.

I like it. Looking forward to more.

Here is Bruce attaching the fire bottles when the car was being built.

Truly awesome Romell.

Thanks Aaron. It won't be an exact match of the real car, but close.

The seat had to be altered to match the 1:1 seat by cutting off the vertical bottom part which will be added separately. It and the seat are separated by a horizontal part of the frame. The small green pieces that will hold the rearend were made from one of the bread wrapper clips. The slicks were generously donated by my good friend John Alclad Teresi. There will be a tray behind the driver that holds the battery and an air tank for the driver. Bruce happened to be there the day I took photos and I showed him the parts I had assembled. He was showing me which ones were correct and the ones that weren't. He said the body looked very good.

The tranny in the first photo will not be used. That came with the engine. Also used are injectors and fuel tank from Calnaga Castings. I had to shorten the Revell frame and restructure the back of it. I had to file down the injectors to match the size of the 1:1 unit which is 2.75" high. The window opening on the real car measures 14.5" top to bottom and the side from the bottom of the window to the bottom of the body is 28" so I will have to add about 1/8" to the bottom of each side. I really hope to finish this before I start another build. Ha. Almost forgot - the plastic bread wrapper clip is shown just to let you know they are to the best of my knowledge made of styrene and work great for making small parts needed. Thanks for looking.

Last year a tribute car was finished for Bruce that he can use for exhibition and burnouts without using the original '68 Camaro funnycar. It was not built for nostalgia competition. I had the honor of taking photos of it a few weeks ago and started a model of it using a Competition Resins body which needs about 1/8" added to the bottom of both sides to match the measurements I took of the body, parts from a Revell car found on ebay for $10, the Ross Gibson Hemi Hunter Chevy engine, Slixx decals, Daisy rear wheels from Speed City resin, front wheels from Harts Parts resin, a 9" Ford rear from Competition resins and a Powerglide trans from them too.

You did an awesome job. I always liked the look of that car.

BEAUTIFUL, outstanding.

Top notch as always Bruce. Beautiful.

Beautiful. And your comment about cycling has given me more inspiration to get this 60 yr old body onto the old Fuji road bike and hit the hills of Perry County.

Great work Brett.

Another great update Chris. You must have bought a 55 gallon drum of rivets for this build. I can see why you would get burnt out on this. I get stuck on something and go to a different build completely. Looking forward to more of your work.