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Post by clm1545 on Mar 16, 2013 17:08:57 GMT -5
The upholstery snaps and body fastners are added.  The seat and shifter are in.  The suspension links are in and trimmed. It would be very possible to install working suspension on one of these,but not this one.  The exhaust is mounted.  The grill is installed.  Unless something bad happens, I think this one will be finished before the deadline. Take Care Craig |
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Post by clm1545 on Mar 18, 2013 17:47:19 GMT -5
The car is finished, with a few days to spare.      After several attempts a making my own knock offs on my other Kurtis builds, I gave up. These are Detail Master DM2290. The brake hoses are just fishing line painted black. This car would not be possible without the work of Michael at Indycals, and the wheels/tires and conversion kit from Tim Jones, thank you both. Jack McGrath ran 8 Indy 500's and started 6 from the front row. In 1955 Pole Day was so windy that only 2 cars made a run. McGrath was the fastest car in the field, but started outside row 1. He took the lead at the start and was soon joined by Vukovich. They had a great battle for many laps. McGrath's car started smoking early in the race and he stopped on lap 54. He said later that he had set the rings too loose. The official reason for his retirement was magneto trouble, so the mag failed or the plugs were so oil fouled that they would no longer fire, whatever. McGrath hopped out of the car and started to remove the plugs. While he was working on the car Vukovich crashed. The last race in 1955 was at Phoenix and McGrath said it would be his last dirt track race, sadly he was correct. Thanks for looking. Take Care Craig |
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Post by 2lapsdown on Mar 18, 2013 18:05:57 GMT -5
Just a beautiful job, thanks again for sharing the process and the history lesson. I enjoyed it all.
John
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Post by indy on Mar 18, 2013 20:02:40 GMT -5
Just a beautiful job, thanks again for sharing the process and the history lesson. I enjoyed it all. Just took the words out of my mouth. Jordan |
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Post by racerbrown on Mar 19, 2013 6:16:49 GMT -5
yeah, can't say it better than john did.
duane
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Post by jamesharvey on Mar 19, 2013 19:21:33 GMT -5
Thanks again for doing this and sharing it with all of us. I did a conversion a few years ago of McGrath's 1954 car. It is not a nice as yours. I appreciated your historical comments too. I saw my first race in 1953 and was there in 1955. A sad day and to realize now that we would lose Jack too in just a short while. Racing was hard then.
My best,
Jim
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Mar 22, 2013 8:50:03 GMT -5
Thanks for posting all of this. Its a great model and a great learning session.
Sandy
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Post by Calvin on Mar 24, 2013 10:15:29 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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