Ace-Garageguy

Scary stuff when the symptoms are heart-related. Wishing you well.

An old friend who decided he'd probably never get around to building his 1/8 Jag figgered I'd like to have it. Now I do. 100% complete...

Yup. You deserve it.

Found this stream a coulpa days ago.

Sorry, I can't do one year. But the decades between 1949 and 1969 have more of my favorite vehicles than any other period.

Figgered out choo can use clear silicone to do a pretty decent repair on blown speaker cones. I blew both subs not too long ago and haven't gotten around to replacing them. I tried CA gel first, and though it worked initially, it was too hard and the cone broke again right next to the repair. After finally getting sick of listening to buzzing rattling bass, I tried Devcon silicone adhesive. Gooed it up, let it dry overnight. Still sounds just fine 3 days later. Time to order some new subs, but I gots tunes in the meantime.

Thanks Chris. I have the same pic of Chuchua's rig in an old Hot Rod, but your posting saves me from having to dig it out. And thanks for the reminder which kit that water pump setup was in. I knew it was in something, but you've saved me more hours of digging.

Put me down for illustration.

The blue one appears to sit a little higher than the red one. I don't know what weight ratings these trucks came in, but a 3/4 ton could likely sit higher than a 1/2 ton, for instance. In that case, the bumper might be mounted lower slightly so as to line up with other vehicles better. Just a thought.

Lotsa that going around lately. Dave is hoping things will return to normal after the next big update dealywadder.

Guess I shoulda wrapped my computers in tinfoil.

Thank you sir. That's very helpful.

The complete sets are gone, I believe... BUT, the hood gills are still available here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Corvette-Grand-Sport-Accurate-Miniature-1964-Sebring-Racer-Hood-conversion-Parts/163439552068

You could do the same thing with parakeets.

Thanks for your interest and comment. I will double check the rules, and I appreciate you bringing that possibility to my attention. If I remember correctly (and it's been some time since I researched this thing) the MSP class rules were closer to altereds than gassers. MSP didn't require street lighting equipment, bumpers, allowed 25% engine setback (rather than the 10% of the gassers), etc. MSP was eventually absorbed into the altered classes. BUT...it's definitely worth checking again, and reading through the rules. Much easier to build it right than to have to go back and correct something. EDIT: I'm researching what the majority of these cars used for cooling at the moment. A similar-engined dragster would have had no radiator, but a gasser with similar power would have one. Packaging a radiator in this chassis is no problem, but accommodating a water-pump and pulleys, which requires spacing the Gilmer-belt blower-drive farther out and coming up with a correct belt-tensioner setup will require some more fiddly fabrication if it's necessary. Running a water pump will also require that I drive the fuel-injection pump from a combo angle-drive under the magneto, or off the back of the blower. HOWEVER, as far back as '58, some guys were already using electric pumps for coolant circulation duty. Brian Chuchua's Bonneville record-breaking, front-blown Corvette ran electric marine pumps, IIRC. This is getting to be much like building a real car.

And I'll go with real as well.

I bought a bunch of Accurate Miniatures Corvettes a couple years back with knocked-down boxes and no PE or decals. Really really cheap, some for parts, some to build. I recently came across a few sets of the PE parts sold separately, so I stocked up on enough to do the cars I'd like to have in the historic racing collection. Also got a Y-block out of the old 1/16 AMT '57 Thunderbird. Don't know yet what it'll go in, but I'm slowly getting a few 1/16 kits, gluebombs, and parts together.

Another one I'll be very interested to see finished. Looking great so far.

Though I have zero use for today's NASCAR, I love the era you're modeling. Great stuff.

Remember, these are highly skilled professionals, so don't try this at home.

Yup...same here: "problem uploading files -200"

I'll definitely be interested in seeing your results. I'd really like to try something like the Bugatti Matt Bacon posted.