Just signed up, 76yr old. Few of my Indy Cars I built almost 60yr ago

[jdsengineer]

As the title says, 76yr old and thinking of starting modeling again after 60yr.  Below is 67 Indy turbine car and Andretti Hawk that I built from a clear plastic slot car body. 

Exhaust pipes on the Hawk are electrical wire and old paint brush ends for the exhaust exit tubes

 

[ea0863]

Welcome Jim! Your two beauties held up well after all these years, thanks for sharing!

[Bainford]

Cool old models, Jim. Welcome to the forum.

Edited Wednesday at 04:38 PM by Bainford

[Ragtop Man]

Dang! You had me on the Hawk - reading the AJ Foyt bio now. 

[rickcaps55]

Nice you have some classics you should think about restoring them.  

[Jim B]

Cool Indy cars. Very well done. Welcome aboard. 

[Dragline]

They held up quite nicely . Welcome to the jungle.

[Cosmic D]

Hello Jim - I'm just a few years behind you in age - welcome back.  I hope you'll be showing us some new projects soon.  After all, we age like fine wine.

[pulln4dejr]

Welcome Jim! Both cars look great for 60 years, I can’t hardly keep mine 6 weeks without having something fall off or breaking! Looking forward to seeing what else you have.

[PappyD340]

They look great!

[Dave B]

Welcome Jim, never to old to start again, never stopped building since the '60's!!

Dave B 

[TonyK]

Couple of classics there. Cool that you've kept them all these years.

[1959scudetto]

Have fun, Jim - you're never too old to re-discover the inner child !

[jdsengineer]

actually my wife of 51yr says that all time. I'm just a kid with toys.  RC cars, full size hot rods, 575 hp sports car in the garage. 

[Mike 1017]

Congrats on keeping them for all of these years. I wish that me and my brother did not blow up ours with Firecrackers every 4th July.