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Dave - yes those tires are ok. You crack me up. They look great. And the mock up shots - what a phenomenal piece of workmanship. If you take this to NNL East as a WIP I'll kick myself for not going to stare and study it.

I understand the cold weather problem Bill. In the winter I can only do small parts painting. No place/booth for spray can or airbrush. Really looking forward to more of your work.

Love it. Love it.

Way to go Art - you've infected us all with Willysitis. What a great disease. Thanks for sharing.

Looks great Chris. Getting things parallel and perpendicular here and there are a real challenge. I appreciate you showing us the difficulties you've had with this build and how you have remedied them.

I agree, thanks for sharing. A great idea.

Chris- I am seeing some light. And it would come quicker if I wasn't tackling things that I'd never done before. It has been a great learning experience. Dave - Thanks. It does look different with more added. I appreciate all the encouragement. I wish I was going to make it to NNL East next weekend, but it's not going to work out. I hope you and the Mrs. go and have a great time. I know a LOT of people will love your work.

Thanks Bill. I hope to get more done before the official "lawn maintenance" season hits. Real life always seems to creep in.

John- thanks my good friend and teacher. It has been a lot of work since this is my first highly detailed build. Your work is amazing. Gordon - thank you for looking. The paint on the body is Testors Grabber Orange lacquer. The engine has various Metalizer paints on it. The headers are a generic flat black from a Walmart spray can. The fittings have Tamiya clear red and clear blue on them. I hope I answered your question. I also have one more fuel line to add when I get the correct fittings. I had typed this up last Thursday, hit the Post button but my pc decided to throw a fit. I recently saw funny car builds by Mark Killingsworth and Steve Perry in Model Cars mag and need to check out more of their work.

A good beginning Brett. I'm looking forward to more.

Bruce said this was Tim Richard's idea who was Joe Amato's crew chief.

Yes. I got the idea from Bruce Larson's Sentry Olds car that ran in '89. He told me that was how they fed more nitro into the motor back then.

Beautiful job Chris. Great to see it finished.

A lot of times I struggle getting the fittings onto the braided line. Sometimes I've had luck opening the hole a little with a drill bit or starting a hole but not going all the way through so it's easier to start the line into it. I've also used Mr Sobak's idea of cutting the line at an angle to get it started.

Not real happy with the quality of these two shots, oh well. Oops I obviously had a fitting come loose from the barrel valve. I'll fix it today.

I have one more fuel line to add as soon as I get more fittings. I've tried to drill out hex rod but can never get the hole centered.

Could be a little bit of both. If the plate is off a hair and the engine is off another hair, it adds up at one spot. I agree with Joe, just add a bit to the block.

Mr Popham, anything on this build lately ?

Very different. Excellent job.

Wow there was a lot of dust on this thread. I had to take a hiatus from this car and work on something else, but now I've got the itch to finish it. I have more fuel lines attached and some more work done to the wheelie bars. I'll post some pics tonight. Thanks for looking.

Excellent repaint Brett. Looking forward to what you do with the engine and chassis. Will you adjust the stance so the front sits lower?

Excellent work as always Niko. Keep up the good work.

BEAUTIFUL Dave.

Wow. That's beautiful.

Great photos Brad. Thanks for posting.