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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.

It is really coming together John. Looks really cool.

What a great build. The rust was just enough, not overdone.

PM sent.

I'll have to buy a bigger coffee table because the book about this build is getting bigger and better all the time.

"hope you enjoy the pics" ?? The work is insanely awesome. I hope you at some point attach a short video of the engine turning. Looking forward to more.

Man, that's a ton of work in progress. It would take me 7 years to get it all done. Great idea though.

You've got the vision John and it's coming together. Looks great. Are your girls helping with this project ???

It looks GREAT !! If you don't mind I will forward some of your pics to Steve at Rat Rod magazine. He'll love it.

John- great progress on a wild bike. Do you have access to the real bike?

Nice work indeed.

Great work Joe. They are excellent.

More great stuff. Will that PE member have something in it or is it just part of the frame?