TarheelRick

That is one tire-smoking beauty, love the colors.

Faubel's is correct to denote ownership, notice the apostrophe before the s. Some nice-looking decal and paint work.

Haven't been on the bench for a while so thought maybe a quick build would be a slump-buster. Digging through some boxes I came up with a well-used '28-30 sedan body from the AMT Willys/Sedan kit, also found a short dragster frame with front axle already installed - believe it might be a Gofer. For motivation I have decided on the Desoto Firepower with 8-Stromberg intake from the '53 Ford pickup kit, will also be using the Ford rear axle narrowed. So far I have shortened the sedan body. If I can do it I plan on drilling out the Strombergs and using the fuel injection velocity stacks. here are some early-stage pictures.

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A simple diversion from the purpose of this post. Hickory Speedway, NC sometime in late '67 a team showed up with a '57 Chevy Late-Model Sportsman on a low-slung trailer and they had forgot to load their ramps. They decided it would be all right if they just drove it off. They disconnected the trailer from their truck and used a floor jack to raise the tongue, was not a significant amount. Back tires off the trailer did not cause a lot of problems, but when the front tires dropped off the front part of the car hit the trailer and ruptured their radiator. Now they could not race and had a broken racer that was lodged on their trailer. To get it back on the trailer they got the track wrecker to lift the front of the car up while they backed the trailer under it, then lifted the rear section up so they could finish the job.

That is some great photography. Makes me wish I could win the lottery so I could rescue some of these beauties. This one looks like the remains of a Cadillac. Since these are in California, I would place a small wager those rear fenders are somewhere on a custom car.

Love the older style gassers, will definitely watch this build.

Beautiful Deuce, very clean build. Especially like that Duvall windshield.

In that bottom picture the brackets holding the plenum box looks as if the front ones are a bit shorter than the rear ones. If that is not just a camera angle issue, maybe you could get those pieces more even.

Dropped by Michael's, stock limited to a couple versions of Olds, the Foose Pickup, and the '64 Chevelle Craftsman. Price check on the Chevelle nearly turned me into Fred Sanford, $39.99. Put it back on the shelf and stopped by Hobby Lobby. Picked up the blue '57 Chevy, I need a base for a short-track car. Also got the '53 Ford truck/w trailer. All together with 40% coupon the Chevy only cost me $1 and pennies. They had some Mr. Cement, I am almost out so I picked up a bottle of the blue cap and a bottle of the yellow cap, don't really know the difference. When I got up front I was smelling glue and my fingers were wet. the blue lid was leaking. Clerk rang me up, gave the leaking bottle to the manager, and told me to go back and get another bottle. I held it upside down and sideways all the way back to the front, no leaks. However, when I got home, I smelled glue as soon as I opened the bag, that blue lid was also leaking. It is too far to take it back for the minute amount of glue that leaked out. So, a word of caution, if you buy any Mr. Cement in the blue cap bottle be sure to keep it upright at all times.

Oh now, come on. You know, that is what you do when you glance at an instruction sheet before throwing it away.

Ford blue would make them go faster😁.

Love the lines of the Lola-GT Mk6. Saw one on Leno's Garage, it is a small car. I have a 1/32 scale Monogram curbside model that I need to refurbish. Wish it was available in full-detail 1/25 scale.

Beautiful Honcho, some nice paint and decal work. Got to save those burros.

Some very nice-looking builds from a far better time in drag-racing (IMHO). Really like the utilitarian look of the tow truck and the other push truck is sweet.

Looking real good, love those dirty headers.

Two weeks ago I had the staples removed from the incision of my shoulder replacement. The quite attractive P.A. told me I could remove the arm sling on July 2nd - today is July 2nd. Got out of bed this morning, removed sling to take a shower and have not put it back on. The shoulder is still pretty immobile, but there is so much freedom is just letting the arm hang free. I can use it a bit, but there is going to be much more therapy to get back to 90% or better.

Stopped by that Hobby Town a couple of months ago, I was on my way home from the Simpsonville, SC show. Didn't really want anything, mainly just shopping. I did finally pick up three bottles of paint. Had to wait at the checkout counter until one of the two people working there decided to quit talking with another person about R/C cars. It seemed to really bother them to wait on me. I also live about 40 miles away in the other direction and will stop by there occasionally on my way to or from the Charlotte area. I stop primarily to check on Evergreen/Plastruct, but they seldom have what I am looking for.

The Cheetah alongside the Shelby Daytona Coupe are my favorite all time sports cars. I remember when the Cheetah was introduced in Hot Rod magazine, it was love at first sight. Looking forward to this build.

The Vietnam Air War: from the Cockpit, by Col. Dennis M (Mike) Ridnouer. This is a collection of war stories from pilots, ground crews, and support personnel who were either in Thailand or Vietnam during the war. Some of the stories are somewhat crude in writing style and occasionally in language. Some are comical, others plain, and all too many are tragic. What has really got me excited with this book is that I was at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand from February '71 to February '72 and can remember some of these events as they transpired. Col. Ridnouer was also in Thailand during part of the same period. Although I did not know him then, I met him in 2011 while I was serving a small church in Union County, NC where he was a member. At that time, he was working in the aviation industry buying and selling aircraft parts and spent most of his time in California, so I only got to talk with him a couple of times. The Vietnam Air War: First Person, by Col. Dennis M (Mike) Ridnouer. Am currently reading this one, it was the first book, the one mentioned above is the sequel. If you have any desire to learn more about the air war in Vietnam, I will highly recommend these books. They are stories straight from the "horse's mouth."

Sweet little pickup. That color fits it very well.

Would love to see a reissue of the AMT '62 Ford Galaxie annual or any version of the '63 Pontiac annual.

Nice looking sled, really like the changes you have made and that color looks good on it. Need to get off my behind and finish my '50 Vert.

Beautiful Mustang. My 2022 5.0 F-150 can get me into trouble, if I don't watch myself. The factory exhaust has a real deep throaty rumble which sounds so good especially when I am pulling my boat up an interstate on-ramp. BTW what is that color called, my F-150 is called 'Race Red'. I have heard the equivalent GM color is called 'Pull Me Over Red'.