Post by 1961redlegs on Jan 25, 2015 22:52:57 GMT -5
I normally don't do any building on weekends as that's time I spend with my fiancee but the weather prohibited that activity. Since that was the case I did some home improvement, housekeeping and finishing the 1971 Sprite Kuzma from Lance Sellers.
I've been steadily building this car for about a month, doing things here and there. But thanks to the weather, I was able to do what you see here.
Mel Kenyon is perhaps the greatest midget racer in all of the history of motorsport. He also ran well in sprints and on the Championship Trail. All of this is even more impressive once the fact that he did this without the fingers on his left hand. He lost them in a fiery crash at Langhorne in 1965.
Undaunted he returned racing with a glove designed with the help of his father and brother that helped him compensate for the loss while driving.
He had some success at Indianapolis, but not in this car. He got caught up in an early crash and almost lost his feet as Gordon Johncock tore the front of this machine off. It was a bad day for the car's owner, Lindsey Hopkins as of the three cars he entered only one made it to the finish with Roger McCluskey finishing ninth.
This is a car I've wanted to build for some time and it didn't disappoint. It is a master of craftsmanship. It went together with no troubles. I added seat belts and pedals, other than that it is box stock. I painted it Testor's Green Go, I painted the wheels Testor's Jet Exhaust as the color photo I have of the car shows it a color that comes close to what I painted. All in all this was a fun build and I'm quite pleased with the result. It is a beauty and Kenyon is one of my all-time favorites. Thank you for the kind words while I was building and now thank you for looking!
I've been steadily building this car for about a month, doing things here and there. But thanks to the weather, I was able to do what you see here.
Mel Kenyon is perhaps the greatest midget racer in all of the history of motorsport. He also ran well in sprints and on the Championship Trail. All of this is even more impressive once the fact that he did this without the fingers on his left hand. He lost them in a fiery crash at Langhorne in 1965.
Undaunted he returned racing with a glove designed with the help of his father and brother that helped him compensate for the loss while driving.
He had some success at Indianapolis, but not in this car. He got caught up in an early crash and almost lost his feet as Gordon Johncock tore the front of this machine off. It was a bad day for the car's owner, Lindsey Hopkins as of the three cars he entered only one made it to the finish with Roger McCluskey finishing ninth.
This is a car I've wanted to build for some time and it didn't disappoint. It is a master of craftsmanship. It went together with no troubles. I added seat belts and pedals, other than that it is box stock. I painted it Testor's Green Go, I painted the wheels Testor's Jet Exhaust as the color photo I have of the car shows it a color that comes close to what I painted. All in all this was a fun build and I'm quite pleased with the result. It is a beauty and Kenyon is one of my all-time favorites. Thank you for the kind words while I was building and now thank you for looking!
