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Posted 7/16/2008 12:57:43 PM |
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I posted a picture of Dons 89 front frame, though it is very nicely done and look great, not much thought was put into it! If you notice that the forward support is placed too far forward it will not allow proper front-end attachment. The front turbine fiberglass shell will hit the support. The support needs to be behind the steering box. You could mount the body high on the frame then you will run into tire ride height and suspension problems. This problem can be overcome, not without a lot of modifications, time and money spent on the suspension. The next problem is the engine position, if you aren’t going to move and lower the motor then you are forced to have a drive shave made up with a carrier bearings, any time you go over 72” a carrier bearing must be installed. Then you have to relocate the radiator somewhere around the motor or in the rear wheel well intakes then plumb it forward, also a lot of time and money. Here is a picture of the body properly mounted with the radiator mounted up front.
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Posted 7/22/2008 7:22:59 PM |
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Don what part of do not email me do not understand? I know your tiny brain must be half frozen living in Canada, what you don't understand I don't give a rats ass what you have to say. Your last email went strait to Spam without reading and I blocked you from you emailing me any further. Don; go away, I don't give a shit what you have to say!!!
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Posted 7/25/2008 1:11:25 PM |
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While we are on the subject of recasting, how about when Don Curry purchased the Butts/Barris Black Beauty molds from Bob Butts. Once Don got the molds everything went south. Don refused to pay for the molds or even ship them back. Don decided just to keep them for himself without paying for them. Bob contacted Don and asked for the money or the molds back, Don refused. Bob Butts had no other choice but to take the matter to court. The case went before the court in Cal. and Don lost big time the court deemed that the Black Beauty molds were the sole property of Mr. Butts, Don was ordered to return the molds back to Mr. Butts. In the mean time Bob J. purchased the molds from Mr. Butts and paid cash up front. Bob sent a trucking firm to pick up the molds from Don Curry's residence, they found that the molds were wrapped in tape only. The trucking firm contacted Bob and told him that if they were to ship the molds in this condition that they would surly be damaged in shipment. Bob paid the extra charge to have the molds properly containerized. Not before returning the molds Don Curry pulled a splash mold from the Black Beauty Kit for himself. Don has since then sold several kits to board members and Paul Shear. Bob J. clearly owns all the rights to those molds and we would like them back!
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Posted 7/26/2008 9:34:20 PM |
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Posted 7/29/2008 1:39:23 PM |
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Interesting you are however leaving out a conciderable amount of information about the scorce and time frame. You have left out the entire issue of Dick Dean selling molds of the Black Beauty and claiming that the molds belonged to hem.
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Posted 7/31/2008 12:34:56 PM |
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Posted 7/31/2008 2:26:22 PM |
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Since Don Curry feels so strongly about selling illegal copies of Batmobiles maybe is should sop selling illegal copies of Batmobiles, just a thought.
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Posted 8/2/2008 1:31:41 PM |
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Kevin (7/31/2008)
Since Don Curry feels so strongly about selling illegal copies of Batmobiles maybe is should sop selling illegal copies of Batmobiles, just a thought. I found your story about don c and the black beauty molds interesting. However you left a tone of facts out, starting who made the molds who bought them and the lawsuits that this set of parts started which included Dick Dean Bob Butts and several others. Bob Butts and Dick Dean have their own set of rules and neither is a saint. And before you ask my information is from direct interaction with both butts annd dean and currie
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