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Post by Calvin on Dec 16, 2018 22:10:41 GMT -5
 1966 Eagle - Gary Doucette  1959 Winner - Chris Etzel  1960 Winner - Chris Etzel  1998 Winner - Chris Etzel  1999 Winner - Chris Etzel  2000 Winner - Chris Etzel |
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Post by 2lapsdown on Dec 16, 2018 22:27:13 GMT -5
That Bardahl Eagle is amazing
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Post by alwaysindy on Dec 17, 2018 10:50:28 GMT -5
Remembering Gary and Chris: 1999 Greg Ray IRL champion—-Etzel  1939 Shaw Winner—-Doucette  1935 Ford FWD modified with Offy——Doucette  God speed gentlemen: your art lives on... |
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Post by ttocs78z28 on Dec 17, 2018 18:52:04 GMT -5
Gary Doucette 1923 Miller   |
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Post by Calvin on Dec 17, 2018 19:54:59 GMT -5
That Bardahl Eagle is amazing Thank you! I had fun building it. It was also fun seeing Craig as the official Eagle kit distributor! He got a dose of what the resin business is all about - stressful! LOL |
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Post by speedracer on Dec 17, 2018 22:19:23 GMT -5
Not a build but the first purchase from Gary, also at the same show the Demler laydown and the Belond special.  |
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Post by indycals on Dec 18, 2018 1:56:01 GMT -5
I only ever had two if his kits and only built one.  |
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Post by alwaysindy on Dec 18, 2018 9:43:53 GMT -5
Kuzma Indy/ sprint car from 1953——-Etzel  1933 Meyer Winner——Doucette  |
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Post by alwaysindy on Dec 18, 2018 13:53:26 GMT -5
It was also fun seeing Craig as the official Eagle kit distributor! He got a dose of what the resin business is all about - stressful! LOL
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I’ll bet Craig still has about a dozen...Michael, Lance, Gary, Kevin, and Calvin all get to build about 1 kit a year, and spend the rest of their time creating kits and decals for us...so Model business is not only stressful, but time consuming...
So before we say goodbye to anybody else: THANK YOU to all you guys for making my dreams come true! Live long and prosper!
Tim
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Post by Art Laski on Dec 18, 2018 15:28:38 GMT -5
What an awesome display of model art. Those guys will certainly be missed. Nice work, gentlemen, on all these kits.
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Post by clm1545 on Dec 21, 2018 16:11:49 GMT -5
 Modified Kuzma from Gary  Kuzma Champ car, set up for Indy, Etzel kit  Gary did not like rear engine cars, but when I bought 40 kits he learned to live with them   Etzel kit via ARM |
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Post by raceparke on Dec 23, 2018 15:12:49 GMT -5
Thanks, Chris and Gary. . . .   |
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Post by clm1545 on Dec 23, 2018 15:19:05 GMT -5
Some great stuff there, Dan!
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Post by pbh51 on Jan 2, 2019 21:19:18 GMT -5
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Post by craig on Jan 8, 2019 23:20:43 GMT -5
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Post by pylonguy2003 on Jan 9, 2019 14:09:06 GMT -5
Great looking build! Hope you can find the time to do some more!
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Post by Art Laski on Jan 9, 2019 18:10:30 GMT -5
You slayed that Deusy, Craig!
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Post by Gary Davis on Mar 23, 2019 14:49:46 GMT -5
Hey sure did ART!!! What an outstanding build!!!
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Post by tomfaletti on Jun 30, 2019 21:40:20 GMT -5
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Post by sandysixtysfan on Jun 30, 2019 22:42:43 GMT -5
Super nice work Tom!
Sandy
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Post by racerbrown on Jul 1, 2019 5:10:43 GMT -5
looks great tom!  duane |
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Post by Gary Davis on Jul 1, 2019 16:23:00 GMT -5
That's an OUTSTANDING build Tom!!!
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Post by Calvin on Jul 1, 2019 23:13:36 GMT -5
Wow! Outstanding! Looking at this is very motivating, Tom!
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Post by alwaysindy on Jul 2, 2019 11:32:38 GMT -5
Tom:
Wow! Wow! Wow! A beautiful build. Your cars are always fabulous, especially the old ones...Thanks for posting!
Tim
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Post by jamesharvey on Jul 3, 2019 13:24:37 GMT -5
This is a most interesting build, Tom. You have done such a fine job with Gary's kits. I have built a few and they take me a while to do. Yours look so good. Your post caused me to go back and look at the history of this car. I did not realize that Kelly Petillo did not drive in the 1936 race but entered the car which finished third driven by Doc MacKenzie. Is there a story about that?
This is a most interesting build, Tom. You always do such a good job with Gary's kits and this one is more of the same. Your post prompted me to look up some of the history of this car. I did not realize that Kelly Petillo did not drive in the 1936 race. He entered the car and it was driven to third place by Doc MacKenzie. Is there a story to this? It seems that Petillo drove this car at Indy in 1937 and 1938. Thanks for sharing your fine work with us and giving me a reason today to be grateful for Gary.
Jim
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Post by tomfaletti on Jul 11, 2019 13:14:06 GMT -5
Thanks guys. There is a story as to why Petillo didn't start the 1936 race. After winning two more races and the AAA championship in 1935 Petillo decided to retire.
On April 5 1936, probably in need of money, Petillo changed his mind, unretired, and filed an entry for his Wetteroth chassis that listed himself as the driver for the 1936 Indianapolis ‘500.’ On May 7 Petillo changed his mind again and announced his retirement.
As his replacement to drive the “Gilmore Speedway Special,” Petillo selected the goateed 1935 East Coast AAA big car champion George D. ‘Doc’ Mackenzie, so nicknamed as he was the son of a physician. In place of the original nominated “mechanician,” Mackenzie chose Herschel Caitlin who had ridden with Mackenzie during the 1935 season in the Bowes Seal Fast entry.
Petillo announced that he would manage the race from the pits but when ‘Doc’ a veteran of four previous 500-mile races, pitted from the top ten for tires and fuel on lap 142, Petillo demonstrated his management style and personally replaced Mackenzie as the driver of the ‘Gilmore Speedway Special.’ Time magazine later reported that the retired Petillo “could no longer stand the strain of seeing his car behind the leaders and jumped in to drive himself.”
With his car re-filled with fuel and fitted with new tires, Petillo set off after leader Louis Meyer, and as he drove deeper and deeper into the corners, he climbed to sixth position by lap 180. In the race’s last 20 laps, Petillo passed two more cars then sped past Shorty Cantlon for a third place finish after Cantlon’s car ran out of fuel on lap 194. Petillo never mentioned retirement again, and he and the Wetteroth chassis appeared annually in the Indianapolis ‘500’ through 1941.(From Kevin Triplett's Racing History site)
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Post by lance on Nov 5, 2020 21:00:33 GMT -5
Here are 2 of Chris's projects he never completed. The first one is the Belond spl. the 57-58 winner. Next is the 62 Willard Battery spl. dirt car, would love to had seen him finish them. The dirt car still has notes Chris wrote on the body for changes he wanted to make.
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Post by 2lapsdown on Nov 6, 2020 10:17:50 GMT -5
I would love a dirt car from the 60s or 70s
John
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Post by Gary Davis on Nov 6, 2020 13:23:39 GMT -5
I second that on the DIRT car!
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Post by firstturn on Nov 10, 2020 11:55:44 GMT -5
I second that on the DIRT car! And .... Thirds on the dirt car 🤷🏼♂️ |
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