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Post by alwaysindy on Jan 20, 2022 9:29:17 GMT -5
Well happy birthday A J! 87 years old (on Jan 16th) and still going…. The man, the myth, the Legend… Career summary Foyt drove in the Indianapolis 500 for 35 consecutive years, winning it four times (the first of only four to have done so). Foyt is the only driver to have won the Indy 500 in both front and rear-engined cars, having won twice with both configurations. Foyt is the only driver to have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500 the same year (1967). He is the only person to have recorded victories in the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500 stock car race, the 24 Hours of Daytona (1983 and 1985 with co-driver Bob Wollek), the 24 Hours of Le Mans international sports car endurance race in Le Mans, France, as well as the 12 Hours of Sebring (his last major professional win, in 1985, with co-driver Bob Wollek). He is one of only 12 drivers to have completed the Triple Crown of endurance racing (victories in the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Daytona and 24 Hours of Le Mans). He also has 41 USAC Stock Car wins and 50 Sprint Car, Midget, and Dirt Champ Car wins. He won the 1975 and 1976 Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at the Liverpool International Speedway in Sydney (in Australia midgets are called Speedcars). He has won 12 total major driving championships in various categories. His USAC wins tally is a record 138 (The late Rich Vogler is second with 132.) Foyt won the 1976 and 1977 IROC championships. Foyt won seven NASCAR races. Foyt and Mario Andretti are the only drivers to have won both the Indianapolis and Daytona 500s. Foyt is the last living driver, who started in the Races of Two Worlds. In 1958 Event at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, he, then virtually unknown rookie of USAC, replaced Maurice Trintignant in Sclavi & Amos car #55 after heat 1. Foyt holds the closed course speed record driving the Oldsmobile Aerotech at an average speed of 257.123 miles per hour (413.799 km/h). He set the record on 27 August 1987 at a 7.712-mile (12.411 km) test track near Fort Stockton, Texas. Despite having won more USAC sanctioned events than any other driver Foyt never won a CART sanctioned event. My favorite Foyt car of all time…beat out Jim Clark and Dan Gurney for pole…Lance’s resin kit and a lot of “fingers crossed”…  Foyt’s workplace…  Wheels/tires…  I now officially have 3 cars as projects…Comments, questions welcome! Tim |
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jan 20, 2022 11:11:32 GMT -5
Looking great! Love it.
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Post by hurtubise56 on Jan 20, 2022 14:08:49 GMT -5
Uncross those fingers, you'll have better dexterity! Why the concern, looks like things are going pretty well so far!
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Post by Gary Davis on Jan 20, 2022 14:56:07 GMT -5
This is sure looking good. Great History lesson too!!
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Post by alwaysindy on Apr 22, 2022 10:24:12 GMT -5
Work continues…  Some of these are before I re-did the front scallops…  With finished scallops…  Even got the rear screen to fit…  She’s coming together…  I drove Gary crazy…3 total sheets…I bet I applied 10,000 decals… Thanks for looking! Comments, questions welcome! Tim |
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Post by indy on Apr 22, 2022 11:03:40 GMT -5
She is looking good, Tim. From the front row photos, it did seem like AJ was running a lower ride height than Clark in the factory Lotus.
Jordan
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Post by harveythedog2 on Apr 22, 2022 12:00:28 GMT -5
Super Sweet Tim!
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Post by billj on Apr 22, 2022 12:02:23 GMT -5
Super nice work on the Lotus Tim. I had the opporunity to see this ver car win a race in Phoenix in 1965 and even sat on the rear tire in victory lane, while trying to secure an autograph from A.J. It was a very beautiful car. Lance really did a great job replicating the Foyt version of the Lotus 34. Jordan, I think the reason Foyt's Lotus looks lower in the front row photo is because the car was a modified Lotus 34 from 1964 and Clark's car was a whole different designed chassis Lotus 38. The Lotus 34 in 1964 was somewhat a modded Lotus 29 to fit in the Ford cammer. The Lotus 38 waa new from the ground up, Basically that 65 front row shows two very different Lotus cars. Always one of my favorite Indy cars, Foyt's 1965 Lotus.  |
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Post by raceparke on Apr 22, 2022 13:24:36 GMT -5
Tim that looks great. I can imagine (though would be nervous to try) doing the masking and scalloping. You pulled it off nicely!
Now about that driver figure. . .
Dan
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Post by kyledehart5 on Apr 22, 2022 13:51:37 GMT -5
What a beauty! That looks awesome.
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Post by Gary Davis on Apr 22, 2022 16:56:04 GMT -5
Great job Tim. I also have the kit and I want to do the front row of the 65 500. Maybe some day soon.
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Post by justmike on Apr 22, 2022 22:03:09 GMT -5
That decal work around the nose looks like it would have been quite difficult. You did a nice job on that.
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Post by alwaysindy on Apr 28, 2022 14:03:24 GMT -5
Gentlemen: Thanks for the compliments! It has been both a challenge, and a joy… Billj: We agree! You are one lucky dog to see it in person! IMHO, one of the best looking Indycars of all time. It is a LINO (Lotus in name only!). Bignotti added, subtracted, and “hot rodded” this car. Then someone spent a whole lot of time painting it, complete with massive pinstripes. But I have some questions for you guys about this car… Why the huge bulge on the right side? Clark and Jones drove cars like this without that bulge.. Why the wire screen around the transmission end? I don’t recall any other car, Lotus or otherwise, that has this screen… I haven’t applied them yet, but this car has small “coyote heads” as decals…Were Bignotti/Foyt trying to rename it a “Coyote?” The engine was a real worry…how to do it justice? Here’s where I’m at…  The clear line is a little large, but this was all I had…  And the rear…  I am nearing the finish line…comments, questions welcome! Tim |
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Post by Gary Davis on Apr 28, 2022 16:53:46 GMT -5
Love that car. I have the kit too, and I am biting at the bit to get to it after seeing your build here Dan. You've really inspired me bubba!
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Post by jamesharvey on Apr 28, 2022 17:14:17 GMT -5
I think the paint job might have been the work of Dean Jeffries. I also think the colors were the same as his '64 roadster. Could be wrong on both counts since a few brain cells have died over the last 50 years. Really nice job.
Jim
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Post by lance on Apr 28, 2022 21:42:40 GMT -5
Thanks so much for building this, wonderful job!!
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Post by pje on Apr 28, 2022 21:58:11 GMT -5
Tim, everything has been said. What a wonderful build! I also have this kit and am over the moon at the engineering that Lance put into it. I also saw the car in person a couple years ago in Portland at the now closed Museum of Speed. The car looks just fantastic in person. After studying the kit and comparing the car to the 1964 Lotus 34’s I'd say that the only thing remaining are the bulk heads and some inner sheet metal. Everything else was changed. I'll have more to say in a future thread.   Paul Erlendson |
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Post by billj on Apr 28, 2022 23:54:56 GMT -5
I am pretty sure Dean Jeffries (no relation) was tha painter and I do recall the car being Candy Apple Red, a Candy Blue faded blue striping and pearl white overall, exactly like the 64 Watson, which Dean also painted.
I took note of the paint back in 65 since I was a modeler and had hope someone would model this beauty. Took awhile but we sure owe Lance a debt of gratitude and Gary for the great decals.
So far I have not started my kit but I am thinking about painting the striping, or at least cut off the red from the decals and painting the red using candy paint. I tend to plan a lot and seem to not get around to things.
I always thought the widened body was moving fuel outward so there was more room in the driver's area.
I never did get that autograph from A.J., he was busy rehashing the race with some of the other drivers. Craig Breedlove came over to us and was very nice and talked about anything we wanted to hear. He had just gone 600.601 MPH in his Spirit of America II. He gave us large posters and signed them for us. Very pleasant guy and it took our minds off A.J. not paying us any attention. I was 18 at the time.
I loved the sound of that Ford DOHC engine, the Offy's as well. Not like the whining of today's engines. I was fortunate to live through some of best era in all types of racing.
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Post by alwaysindy on May 1, 2022 11:44:19 GMT -5
And the checkered flag falls…  The car was fast, but fell out on Lap 115, as the transmission quit…  Still some things I am not satisfied with, but just glad to finish…  This was Foyt’s first Pole at Indy…  Comments, questions welcome! Thanks for looking! Tim |
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Post by hurtubise56 on May 1, 2022 11:50:26 GMT -5
Super job! Looks like it should have been a winner, but that track surface must have been tough to deal with! Looks more like cobblestones than bricks. Seriously, excellent work on a tough paint/decal job. Your extra little decals make a huge difference, too.
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Post by Calvin on May 1, 2022 13:16:50 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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Post by arcticwolf on May 1, 2022 16:03:12 GMT -5
That is one to be proud of.
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Post by kyledehart5 on May 1, 2022 20:49:43 GMT -5
Lovely result of a really pretty car. Awesome job.
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Post by billj on May 2, 2022 0:54:53 GMT -5
Awesome Tim, that is one perfect little model. That is really going to color up the model shelf! i just need to work up the courage to build my Foyt Lotus. Yours is very inspirational  |
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Post by raceparke on May 2, 2022 6:27:40 GMT -5
Hi Tim,
That looks just great. All the pipes and wires you’ve added really enhances the look. I love the colorful schemes of the cars of those times.
Dan
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Post by Gary Davis on May 2, 2022 11:50:31 GMT -5
What everyone else has said. It looks GREAT Tim!
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Post by jj66 on May 5, 2022 15:51:35 GMT -5
Love it! Agree with Dan, pipes and wires on engine add a lot in this build.
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Post by indy on May 6, 2022 12:42:24 GMT -5
It really turned out great! I can almost hear Carnegie saying AJ's on it....
The paint and decals really pop. Your detail work in the cockpit and engine make it look very realistic. You did a smooth job on the vacuform windscreen - no easy feat!!
Jordan
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Post by alwaysindy on May 7, 2022 17:40:53 GMT -5
Gentlemen: I appreciate your kind comments! Some Lotus Fords at Indy…with a Brawner Ford…  If you have never heard that 4 cam live, you are missing out…  Hey Dan! Driver figure? A J’s trying to decide…  Dan Gurney’s 6th place car in 1963…he is the one who got Colin Chapman to Indy…  Two 1964 Lotus 34’s, reworked for Indy ‘65…  The 2 kits Brian is selling…(driver not included)  Foyt, Jones, Andretti and Gurney cars in 1 place  Thanks for looking! Tim |
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Post by Gary Davis on May 7, 2022 17:52:05 GMT -5
WOW...what a GREAT collection to have in your display case! And to think...you built them all...way too cool Tim.
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