Jim Strube 57 Chevy COMPLETED

[Gary Davis]

Now that is very cool. That whole family raced didn't they? Did the women run with the guys or did they do the Powder Puff thing? Great history and pics. Very cool looking cars for sure.

[David Bogard]

Gary- They always sprinkled in a handful of Powder Puff Races during the year and it was always Darlene Strube. . . and then everybody else. Had the culture and rules been different back then I am not so sure she couldn't have held her own with the men! There was another Strube lady, Elberta "Bootie" Strube who worked at the track in various capacities for many years. She was really cool and opened her home to many racers that traveled from out of town; quite a gal. A "racing" family if there ever was one!

[421sd]

Good looking start David. You are one of the best at making something really KOOL from the JUNKYARD ! looking good!

[BobD]

Wow! I knew of Jim & Fred for sure, but not the whole clan!  I bought Scott Schults' booklet quite a few years ago - not sure where it is, but I don't remember all the Strubes being listed.

[David Bogard]

Bob- Jim and Fred were probably the most accomplished of the bunch as they traveled some to race. Most of the other ones hung around closer to home but they all had their moments. I wouldn't doubt that entire Family could total 500 checkers so yes indeed, they left their mark.

By the way, one thing I always liked about them was the fact that they didn't block for one another or pile-on during a pit fight or anything like that. In fact, I saw Jim take Floyd out one night for a feature win and then two weeks later, Floyd stuffed Jim into a wall! Good times!

[David Bogard]

Well, I killed the decals on this one so I have asked Greg to do them all over again. These are layered with several white backgrounds that must go down before your color graphics go on and I KNOW that you put one down, let it dry, and then put another down, and so on. I got impatient (the bane of all model builders!) and figured I could just put all the layers on in one setting. Nope! Not me!! keeping them lined up when they are all wet and sticking to each other is a fool's errand. It was totally my fault and has nothing whatsoever to do with Greg's decals.

So. . . lesson reminded and I will await new ones and do them the right way! Sorry for the delay.

[David Bogard]

Special thanks to Greg Holland for the decal work.

[Gary Davis]

That looks real good David. You sure nailed the look of the 1/1.

[David Bogard]

Thanks Gary. Since those old cars changed nearly week-to-week I kind of picked some sort of middle ground on it. They got beat up, re-bodied and whacked on all the time so you really can't go "wrong" building a representation of one of them. Thanks again!

[Dirtman]

Too cool for words!
Rett

[ARCA Guy]

Welcome back! Another sweet one David!  Love the details on it and the dirt look is way cool.  Keep em coming....

[David Bogard]

Thanks again. This was a fun build and brought back a lot of memories.

[Fordguy01]

Outstanding model David BTW how did you crack the windshield, was it some sort of zen magic or a decal?

Al

[David Bogard]

Thanks Al. I have "cracked" a few windshields in my time and I usually take my Exacto knife, turn it around backwards, and then make my cracks with "ziggly" lines on the back side of the glass. This old Chevelle is a good example:

[ModelCarMan AKA Ricky]

Very sharp replica build, David!