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model40fan 4/19/13

NITROUS NANCY ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox

I'm diggin this "in the weeds" stance...nice and low.

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model40fan 4/20/13

isn't nice AND low an oxymoron ...

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model40fan 4/21/13

"GASSIDER".... trimmed flashsider body w/ glass trimmed, '55 bel-air gasser's blower, carbs, some interior and rear bumper removed, on the bel-air's base ; Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
dang ! .. snapped off a wheel well header [after i cut off the engine] now junk, bummer.

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model40fan 4/21/13

K.I.R. legal... '55 bel-air gasser top chop ; Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
note the J.B. QUIK "slots filed in the w/s posts and b & c pillars... w/s looks to fit the chop ok, the rear window had to lay down, had to shorten the glass section thus removing the quarter glass... oil the w/s glass and use it as a buck to hold the roof right where you want it while JBin' .,..Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
tore out the smallblock and stuffed in an injected 289 hi-po 4 gear.

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model40fan 4/21/13

i drill [4] 11/64" holes in the rear floor, and then snip between the holes to remove the rear floorpan, i then file the edges flush with the vertical surfaces... this lets me fit the engine / interior to the body, fine tune the glass and detail the body before assembly...
now i can glue the interior and glass to body...put it away...and when weight and wheel restrictions are set i can add the weights from below the floor.
because the interior and base can only go back together one way, i can change axles and add about 30 grams of weight without having to separate the interior, glass or body ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
when body swapping or chopping i file away the top of the dash [tach & 2 humps] flush with the door's interior.Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
UNDER 57 GRAMS, FTEs, west virginia bound.
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had to try another, little harder chop ; Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
SURLEY CHEVY ...

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model40fan 4/23/13

hemi-gas... '55 belair body [stock], same interior w/ engine removed, trimmed shift kicker mill and the stock grill retained;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
that was the easiest modd ever !

You must have quite a collection of '55 Chevy Bodies.

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model40fan 4/23/13

yup, gave 20 to a buddy with a '56 gasser for him to give out as key fobs... still 6 bodies / glass on the parts table... want some [BODY / GLASS] ?... got 25-30 waiting in the blister... got 'em cause they won't get cheaper and easier to find.... GASSERS ROCK !
...Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox

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model40fan 4/25/13

TWYSTAR'Z SYSTAR....pic of lead installation....
KINGKUDA INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY ''s TORQUE TWISTER class <57 G entry ...GO FAST FRED GO ! Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
hood and cowlside holes for '55 bel-air gasser's mill and soon to be LAKESTER's exhaust tips and '06 FTEs

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model40fan 4/25/13

AMERICAN BARON ... SOOO FAST BASE / REAR WHEELS, NARROWED SWEET 16 II's REARS AS FRONTS, '40-'41 PICK UP ENGINE, '34 COUPE's LIGHTS AND GRILL ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
TRIMMED FUNNYCAR BASE W/ BLOWER SCOOP CUT AND FILED INTO DUAL QUADS, RED BARON BODY W/ NOSE REMOVED ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox
LUNCH BUCKET... T BUCKET BODY W / BOTTOM EDGE TRIMMED, NOSE REMOVED, ON A SHORTENED WAY 2 FAST BASE W/ SET BACK GRILL & FRONT ENGINE AND THE REAR HEADERS ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox

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model40fan 4/27/13

TODAY'S ROAD RUNNER... TOMMOROW'S GAS ATTACK ;Diecast Cars, Hot Wheels, Matchbox