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definitely my hero. your attention to detail is quite literally staggering. in some ways it makes me not even want to try. in other ways, it's as inspiring as ever. where do you get those wonderful pieces of hardware? Applied Sciences Division?
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| Posted 10/3/2008 9:06:37 PM |
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| not easy for me either Conrad. I just suck it up and do it. At every plateau, I get a sort of high and use that to go on to the next stage. I said this in an interview a while back, once you start up the mountain, you can't go back down and quit. If you do, you will set a precence for yourself that you may never fully recover from. Of course this pertains to guys like you and me who are not rich, do not have a big shop with a crew on hand who can bark orders and make it all happen. So we have to be smarter, faster, and more slick about it than the guy with the full-blown shop. I have actually had guys call me on the phone who have access to resources way beyond you and me, and they did their best at trying to get this car outa my hands for as little as possible. they failed. I came to realize the world is watching me. Make them watch you too.
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| Posted 10/5/2008 8:21:10 PM |
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| steering linkage complete. Next will be top rack, and beadlocks. 
steering linkage complete. 
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| Posted 10/6/2008 8:01:48 AM |
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| Man that is so awesome! Were your parts CNC'd by another shop, or did you make them yourself youngbat? I'm betting a guy with your talent made them yourself  . Awesome job! I cant wait to see more pictures!
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| Posted 10/6/2008 10:11:52 AM |
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| no, I don't farm ANYTHING out. couple of reasons: one, for me it's too expensive. take a long look at the driveway. It really needs fixing up. bad. money tight. So I really have to do it all myself, right in that stinkin garage. no money, no room, no time. I am a charter member of the no money, no room, no time club. The other thing is that in the past, I have seen others farm stuff out only to either not receive it, or not receive it very soon, and if do get it, it 9 times outa 10 isn't exactly the way you really wanted it to be. I mean to get something so unique to be that exact, the person doing the machining or whatever is really gona have to spend time wraping their head around the likeness of this thing, and most people will not. In fact, I have found that usually if it's not a part for a mainstream car, they usually don't take you as seriously as someone who is dealing with a corvette, or something. too risky. I am in the same boat with Conrad. i.e. I REALLY feel his pain.
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| Posted 10/6/2008 10:30:18 AM |
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| i know what you mean, i'd like to shake your hand on that one, i agree fully on it. Thats why i like working on my own cars, rather than getting someone else to do it, they make get it within the area of what i want, but most of the time, its not what i want, and i end up having to re-do it myself, whereas i should have just done it myself to begin with. Conrad and you both have something that no amount of money poured into a project can ever fault. Initiative. You could pour thousands and thousands into a project, but when you dont have the will to see that a quality job is accomplished, that was money wasted. My projects arent that big, for example, my 1/6 tumbler is made of paper, but one side has a panel 3/16 of an inch to far back compared to the other side, and that bothers me. And i hope that its that strive for detail that makes it a quality job, paper or not. Congrats on how far you have come being it has been you doing the work yourself. I'm glad i was here to witness it!
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| Posted 10/8/2008 9:32:19 PM |
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| just took this the other day, probaly the best shot I have taken thus: 
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| Posted 10/9/2008 8:35:50 AM |
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| Hey Youngbat, the shot looks great! Can i bother you and ask if there is any chance of seeing a front 3/4 view of that beast, such as this: 
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| Posted 10/9/2008 10:55:58 AM |
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| absolutely. I have one of just this angle somewhere. problem I have is that if I don't shoot at the right time of the day, I get ridiculous shadows from the leaves on the trees up above. So some of the detail is blacked out, and some of it light greyish. Then sometimes if I have exposure set in some way, the car body looks blueish. I have seen this on a number of pictures taken from fans on the original cars on tour. some cat from rides magazine is supposed to come over and take some pictures at some point.
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| Posted 10/9/2008 11:05:17 AM |
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| things yet to do on the exterior: 1. the two small guns(lower nose cone) 2. rack that sits on the top towards the back 3. windsheild wipers. 4. replace broken window on passenger side 5. mount the 4 propane tanks in the back, and the two valves and 2 nozzles just over the rear afterburner. 6. mount two small bodyparts that sit just below the front windows. 7. anti-sway bar. the thing that looks like another pair of guns. 8. Olins steering damper. 9. headlights 9, and 10 that mount to a honecomb screen underneath the upper air intakes. and put in the screen. Then that's about it for the exterior, if it isn't it's something real small.
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