Springfield Flyer.

[floydjer]

slight hijack...I went to an auction at a belly-up shop that built sprint cars...first thing that caught my eye was that the only brake was on the left front wheel...you tap the brake and you ARE turning left. those guys are nuts.  Back to Mike`s car.

[tauruck]

Maybe I should have stuck to my roots and bought a sprint car but those big wings don't do it for me.
Here there's a constant war on this build. The outside forces are moving in. Every day a new hiccup. I've stood my ground in way more serious situations but this mental stuff you can't see, touch or drive off.
Just a guy with a dream or a nightmare depending on your point of view.

SCTA should hand out awards to any guy that rocks up at a race meeting with a liner. This is never ending. Tom said the knowledge base to build one is so wide and varied F1 pales by comparison. Something along those lines. He's on the money.
Just can't catch a break.
Going to build a 10th scale model, paint it and shop it around. That has to work.

[manta22]

If it was easy, anybody could do it. Hang in there, Mike!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[tauruck]

Thanks Neil.

[Buickguy3]

    Our good friend Ron Tesinsky with The Stay In School car built this model for us. He's a hell of a metal man.
   Doug 

[kiwi belly tank]

WOW! How phuking cool is that!!
  Sid.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Ron's wife Gail has made a run or two in your car, too, hasn't she, Sir Douglas?

[Buickguy3]

    Yes, Our goal at Saltcat Racing has been to get Gail a Red Hat for the last three years. If they run, we'll get it done.
  Doug 

[tauruck]

Doug, that's awesome!!!!!!.

I wish the pics were bigger???.
I was thinking of crafting something less detailed and now i'm sure.
That model is pure art.

[ggl205]

    Our good friend Ron Tesinsky with The Stay In School car built this model for us. He's a hell of a metal man.
   Doug 

Looks a lot like my old lakester.

John

[tauruck]

Nothing normal about my build. I woke up the other morning prepared to build a 10th scale model but decided to check my email first.

I now have a company joining the effort that does 3D printing. My CFD guy Mark from Marcom is sending the correct format files to the new guys to allow them to produce a fairly accurate model.

 It will be a 5 part deal and the components will be bonded. We just have to paint the model and it should be ready to start earning it's keep. Good News!!!!!.
I'll keep you guys posted.

[SPARKY]

see there are some advantages to being in a part of the WORLD that this is strange stuff not old hat.

[tauruck]

The 3D guy bailed.
When I told him I wanted a 3ft model he had a coronary.
He tells me that a model that size would cost R100,000 or $6400.
So what he was offering as sponsorship would be the size of a ball point pen.

I'm getting some Balsa tomorrow and will build a proper model with presence
and wheels that rotate. That on an oil company's board room table will make a statement!!!

Work wise I'm getting snowed under. Enough until December I figure. Some serious projects.
Drag racing related.

[kiwi belly tank]

Feast or famine, just how my life goes too.
I built a model from a redwood 4x4 before I started building my pile, it looks like a 4x4 with sharp end's!
  Sid.

[SPARKY]

ROTFLMAO