Name THIS FAMOUS CAR!!!....Phil can't play
- Thread starter Phalen409
- Start date
Pat, What blue car is that next the the JS car?
The story is too long to tell here........but I have been asked by a number of folks ...."well... who's car is it"?
After I spoke to our own Russ Cambell (RCambell on the Forum) this morning he said it was OK to let the folks that do not already know (there were very few to this point), that he is the owner /restorer of the car...... He now has me on contract to be his official spokesperson!..... So if you have rare Z-11 parts for sale, you can call me first..... As you may know, Mr. Cambell is retired and a quiet man......as opposed to me......who finds it hard to keep his mouth shut!!!!
After I spoke to our own Russ Cambell (RCambell on the Forum) this morning he said it was OK to let the folks that do not already know (there were very few to this point), that he is the owner /restorer of the car...... He now has me on contract to be his official spokesperson!..... So if you have rare Z-11 parts for sale, you can call me first..... As you may know, Mr. Cambell is retired and a quiet man......as opposed to me......who finds it hard to keep his mouth shut!!!!
So the two end cars are being restored, what about the two in the middle????
Junk.
Both cars have rusted beyond belief.
They would need, frames, 1/4 panels, doors, wheel houses, cowl almost rusted away on passenger side on the Thunder car, no trim tag on it, and on and on.
In my estimate a total waste of time and money to even attempt a rebuild. When finished you might have salvaged just a handful of parts.
Both cars have rusted beyond belief.
They would need, frames, 1/4 panels, doors, wheel houses, cowl almost rusted away on passenger side on the Thunder car, no trim tag on it, and on and on.
In my estimate a total waste of time and money to even attempt a rebuild. When finished you might have salvaged just a handful of parts.
Wow. That's that's a shame to let those special cars go that way!!!!
Here are a few pictures of the car "as found" and a few as it is currently. According to the owner, it needed wheelhouses, both rear quarters, complete floor, trunk and I'm sure I'm missing something. I feel the pain!!
But what a great job!!!............It is being restored as raced.
View attachment 56089 View attachment 56090 View attachment 56091 View attachment 56092 View attachment 56093 View attachment 56094
OH NO.......a Rebel license plate.......
I LOVE IT!!!OH NO.......a Rebel license plate.......
Same thing I was thinking, keep the plate.OH NO.......a Rebel license plate.......
On a Massachusetts Car???????
yep, have had the division 2 dixie rebels nhra sticker on the back for 22 yrs
Attachments
Kink of like flying the rebel flag in my yard when over 10,000 bicyclists rode by my house a couple years ago. Got a
few comments but no one had balls enough to try to come take it down.
i got it tattooed on my shifting arm. cant wait till i go to disney this year and see people get all offended by it
Looking over the postings it looks like a really fast build. We all know better. At this point we are getting close to 1000 hrs. The car was rusty down low...trunk...floors...quarters. I guess we could have patched everything back together...but it would have been just that...pieced together. Instead we chose to change everything at factory joints....all the floor...wheel houses...and quarters. The car is at the sign shop and will probably be there a while. The shop is really busy....doing all of Prime Trucking's stuff. Like most sign shops everything today is vinyl. Luckly the fellow who owns the shop started pinstriping and lettering in the 60s. Many of the old race cars in southern Missouri were lettered by Charlie Furr. The car has it own special space in the shop. Charlie works on the project early in the morning before they get too busy.
I'm not up on posting photos here....but maybe we can impose on Dennis to post a photo when the car is lettered.
Hmmm...and everyone thought I was a Hemi man!!! Yes...I still have some Chevy stuff left!!
I'm not up on posting photos here....but maybe we can impose on Dennis to post a photo when the car is lettered.
Hmmm...and everyone thought I was a Hemi man!!! Yes...I still have some Chevy stuff left!!