Bug to Butterfly

[sc5080]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate your comments.

Sometimes when I see the talented work of real craftsmen - like Dutch and others - it makes me want to throw rocks at mine but I try and I'm doing the best I can. Hopefully I'm learning as I go and my work will improve.

 

[kenny c]

Looks great to me. You are a talented craftsman. Give yourself the credit you deserve.

 

[I-R-POPS]

Nothing wrong with that. You've got a lot going on in as small space there.
I've got a feeling that thing is going to be fun to drive. [cl[cl[cl[cl

 

[dutch]

Looks great to me. You are a talented craftsman. Give yourself the credit you deserve.

agreed! I`d be proud to drive that

 

[Flipper_1938]

Nice work! It is nice to see somebody making progress on a project. I wish it was me.

I like all of the reinforcements you are adding.

 

[forbigpicture]

Nice work! It is nice to see somebody making progress on a project. I wish it was me.

I like all of the reinforcements you are adding.

I'll second that !!!!!

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[Torchie]

^^^^^^All of the above^^^^^^.
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Torchie

 

[anvil]

Looking great!!!! The only change I would make is taking the
Blower off the shelf and make that butterfly fly.

 

[MercuryMac]

You said you were going to make a bug into a butterfly, and Hot Dang, you're doing it, right before our eyes.

 

[Old Iron]

Looks great to me

 

[soltz]

Looking Good[cl
I like a stout floor [
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[sc5080]

Still plugging away at the floor. Got the rear sections completed and welded in with the humps to clear the upper four link bars. Fitting them was almost as bad as the transmission tunnel but I think they turned out ok. I got the panels fitted for the main floor area but I've run out of sheet metal to finish the toe boards. I'll get these welded in in a couple of days but tomorrow is going to be "visit the grandsons day"! Almost 2 months old already! Happy Valentine to me!

 

[Torchie]

Looking really good.[cl
Enjoy the Family time.
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Torchie.

 

[soltz]

Only thing better than a grandson is two of them. Enjoy them lots[cl

 

[kenny c]

Looking really good.[cl
Enjoy the Family time.
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Torchie.

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[Old Iron]

Preparing them to become astronauts?
Good lookin pair of boys [cl

 

[bob w]

Floor looks very nice.

I see a couple junior dragsters in your future.

 

[sc5080]

Floor looks very nice.

I see a couple junior dragsters in your future.

Been there. Done that.

Q. Do you know what I miss most about running juniors?

A. Not a f#$*ing thing!

Actually both my daughters enjoyed the juniors and therefore so did I. Not sure that I would want to do it again though. It can get pretty expensive. Here's a few pictures of the boys' mother through her junior career.

 

[bob w]

I've heard you can stick quite a few bucks in that single cylinder engine.

A question: can an adult drive a Junior at Test and Tune?

 

[sc5080]

I've heard you can stick quite a few bucks in that single cylinder engine.

A question: can an adult drive a Junior at Test and Tune?

Yes, the engine and clutch package for a 7.90 car runs almost $6000. A Halfscale Outlaw lay down car like we had is about $8000 new. With data recorder and a few other options its pretty easy to have $15000 tied up in one of these cars. Used engines and cars are less but there are significant maintenance costs as well.

And yes, an adult could take it down the track - IF you could fit into it! I recall an event at our track where the parents that could raced the kids cars and came back with a new respect for what their kids were doing. Consider that a 7.90 junior dragster is almost 2 seconds quicker than a stock 5 L Fox body Mustang to the 1/8th mile! And to slow these cars down to 7.90 and the 85 mph limit we had to run over 100 pounds of ballast!