Straightliner59 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) I hope this is cool with the Moderators! It shouldn't be a problem, since the publication it's from is the long, long defunct Car Model Magazine. For those of you interested in building Revell's Hawaiian FC, these resources should help you, tremendously. I used to have it available through a website, but, since it's no longer online, I thought I'd share it, here. Hope some of you can use it! Obviously, some of this stuff applies to dragsters and altereds, as well. There is obviously the color scan, but, also beneath that is the PDF file of Jim Keeler's entire article. SnakePit.pdf Edited February 23, 2017 by Straightliner59 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro norman Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I still have the original magazine with these articles. Jim Keeler was a man ahead of his time His series of articles on building Dodge Fever 2 still amazes me every time I look at them. I learned to detail dragster and funny car engines from his articles. I use to amaze my friends with the skills I learned from those magazines. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 He's also quite a character! If you've ever had a chance to "hang" with him for a while, you know just how entertaining he can be. Keeler and Tom West were the men behind the Aurora Racing Scenes kits, as well. Jim Keeler is truly an icon, in our hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro norman Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I have never had the opportunity to meet Mr, Keeler. I would love to ask him how he came up with the idea for Dodge Fever. What were his influences ,etc. I would really like to hear why he decided on a monocoque chassis . Back then ,as a 12 yr old ,I had no idea what a monocoque chassis was. It is interesting that this was several years before Mickey Thompson or Barry Setzer tried it in the real world. Along with Jim Keeler, Hank Borger and Don Emmons greatly influenced my model building in those days. I was also amazed by the work of Richard Carroll, but I had no idea how he built the stuff he did. That guy was truly in a class by himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Hank Borger was probably my biggest early influence. All the guys you mentioned are very important to the history of our hobby, for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I have never had the opportunity to meet Mr, Keeler. I would love to ask him how he came up with the idea for Dodge FeverWhy not send him a PM and ask?: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/profile/17983-jim-keeler-revell/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 Just thought I would give this a bump. The link below the posted image will open a pdf of Jim Keeler's article from Car Model Magazine. It's excellent reference for fuel cars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybill1960 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Greta stuff! Thank You for sharing with Us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Excellent and very useful extensive reference! One small note: the text mentions an oil system schematic drawing, but I don't see it there. Maybe it never made it to publication due to space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted May 28 Author Share Posted May 28 5 hours ago, RancheroSteve said: Excellent and very useful extensive reference! One small note: the text mentions an oil system schematic drawing, but I don't see it there. Maybe it never made it to publication due to space? Here it is. It should be there, but, just in case: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 (edited) Great, thanks a bunch! Just what I needed. Edit: Just checked again - it appears that the diagram and a few of those photos didn't make it into the PDF. Edited May 28 by RancheroSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straightliner59 Posted Wednesday at 05:39 AM Author Share Posted Wednesday at 05:39 AM 11 hours ago, RancheroSteve said: Great, thanks a bunch! Just what I needed. Edit: Just checked again - it appears that the diagram and a few of those photos didn't make it into the PDF. I'll have to see if I can fix that! Thanks for the heads-up. Glad to help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenmojr Posted Saturday at 05:29 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:29 PM (edited) I remember that car when I used to purchase Hot Rod and Car Craft magazines in the 1960s, 1970s... My favorites from that era were the Odd Couple rail - powered by a tandem of a blown small block Chevy and blown Hemi and the Tijuana Taxi, a four door Maverick. Images are not mine, they are web finds. Edited Saturday at 05:34 PM by Kenmojr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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