Mooneyzs Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Aaron... this car is beautiful!!! I love it. Please tell me you are going to be bringing this to the DSC next month . Would love to see it in person among your other builds too. Nice Job on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragline Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 This is on my "To Do" list for certain. What a beautiful job you did. Absolutely stunning and I hope i can do it justice when my time to build it arrives. I have the movie in my stash for reference and i think I have to get a body pretty soon or they will be all gone. I too was thinking Pirhana chassis at the beginning [have one in the stash for this] but scratch is going to play a big part in getting it right. The duct tape looks great BTW. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Boy Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Thanks, Bob! Those like yourself who know this subject matter can see why I included that in the finished model. Sometimes, duct tape was a racer's best friend back in those days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Aaron......Such an amazing build.......you have really stepped up your game......turned out fantastic......great job man......would love to see this at DSC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 (edited) Hope to see you Edited March 10, 2016 by John Teresi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangforever1 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Great job on building this model Aaron! Beautiful looking model. I wish you would have contacted me about the Slixx screw up with the pistons words. I would have drawn them for you. Still a winner though!!Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Yoder Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Great build! I have this movie in DVD, but I also remember seeing it in the theater! I was fortunate enough to be able to get Big Jim's autograph at the Houston NHRA event a couple of years ago. I took a book with numerous FC photos and a crew member took me into the trailer where he was inspecting plugs, the autograph even a small oil smudge. I also got Bob Tasca and Don Schumacher to sign also. Later,Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 beautiful build ;-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Boy Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Great story, LeRoy! During the recent NHRA event here in Arizona, I talked with Big Jim's driver John Hale. He introduced me to Jim's granddaughter Johnna. Unfortunately, the model wasn't done yet, so Johnna gave me her email address so that I could send her pictures of the finished model. She will forward the pics to Big Jim. I'm waiting to hear back from her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Great job on building this model Aaron! Beautiful looking model. I wish you would have contacted me about the Slixx screw up with the pistons words. I would have drawn them for you. Still a winner though!!ChuckChuck,You ever thought about doing the decals for this car with the colored side panels on it instead of the all red version .( II think theyre a red and orange and yellow maybe ? If u do, I'll take a set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangforever1 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Hi Bill,Yes, I am going to be doing some of his cars. I will see what pics I have and maybe if I have some good pics I will do them.ThanksChuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Aaron....That's a highly ambitious project and you did a great job of delivering! Congrats...TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPolli Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Tremendous build! Thank you for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerdown Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I thought rear engine funny cars were the coolest thing at that time. I built this Vega panel wagon in 1972 inspired by Dave Bowman's California Stud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerdown Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Aaron the build looks great! Came across this real cool shot of young Mike Dunn getting the car ready to fire. Edited March 11, 2016 by Hammerdown spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Boy Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Nice pictures, Bob! I'd love to see some more of your Vega panel. That just looks totally cool...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro norman Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I always loved this car. There were several rear engine funny cars, but Dunn's was the only one that ever won a national event. Here are a couple of pics fom my files. One with the body off and one with different graphics. Great job on the build ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerdown Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Hey Nitro those are great pics of the car especially that wheel stand. FYI that's Woody Gilmore who built that chassis talking with Big Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Guy kneeling in the front reminds me of Austin Coil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Excellent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Loved the movie and really like what you did with the model, I'm sure it was a lot of work, but it looks great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck parts Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Great looking build, I have always wanted to build one .I just did not know what frame to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffaary Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Awesome work...! I think this car has to be one of my all time favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I'll post these here in case anyone wants to do the right click save thing . This car is still extremely high on my want to do list. But the chassis building thing scares me off . Maybe someday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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