ONE Ongoing Project - FINALLY!

[BobD]

Its been done a while... finally getting around to posting. Thanks to Greg Holland for the decals!
20201222_142517 by RD Dix, on Flickr

20201222_142545 by RD Dix, on Flickr

20201222_142233 by RD Dix, on Flickr

20201222_142246 by RD Dix, on Flickr

20201222_142317 by RD Dix, on Flickr

[john2]

Now that is a serious looking race car.  Very nice.

[Marty W]

I agree with John. Nice job on the stocker.

[Fordguy01]

Beautiful!!! By the way is that the 64 Ford stocker kit and did you channel the body?

Al

[sentsat71]

WOW!!

That is one WILD/WICKED looking stocker!!!

[Gary Davis]

Great looking short track car!! The RED sure looks good on it...

[BobD]

Thanks John, Marty, Al, Ed & Gary!  And no Al, the body is a 'first release' '64 Ford from the 60s - (see my original post in "Fab shop-under construction pics").

[Bob P.]

Excellent build Bob, well done. Also another nice set of decals from Greg.

Bob

[David Bogard]

Real nice. It reminds me a lot of the red 64 Ford that Jim Gerber drove to the Season Championship at Peoria. Well done sir!

[Hondo]

Really nice redo on the replica, Bob.
Man, ain't nobody getting past that back "bumper" !

[Dirtman]

Love it, '64s are one of my favorite short trackers.
Rett

[Michael F]

Very cool !!
Those ´64 Galaxies are great (big, giant) racecars

[ARCA Guy]

Very nice work - I assume that is another replica from the area?

[BobD]

Thanks Bob P, David, Hondo, Rett, Michael and Arca Guy for the nice comments!  Its much more difficult to 'try' & restore an older model than start from scratch!  And yes Arca Guy it is another replica from the area (see my original post in "Fab shop-under construction pics").

[David Bogard]

Hondo, those bumpers were required armor in Iowa and Illinois during that time. Many of the cars were so equally competitive that what often made the difference was a nudge or a push; sometimes a shove or a bang; sometimes worse! They also served to make your car seem 12" wide at times when it was necessary.

On a side note, a little later guys started filling in that side triangle; partially for added rigidity but mostly to keep from getting "hooked". Nothing worse than having two guys battling it out and them hooking bumpers and spiraling around taking out a handful of other cars in the process! Kind of comical; trying to unhook themselves would look a lot like a dog shaking water off! It almost always ended badly.