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superflekmoonbird Hoodlum Posts: 230	Thames Woody van Oct 16, 2023 17:41:29 GMT -5 Mr. Metallic, HotRodTom, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by superflekmoonbird on Oct 16, 2023 17:41:29 GMT -5 Finally got it done.
	Jim Strauss ----------------------------------------------------- Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya! And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

flatout Thug Posts: 426	Thames Woody van Oct 16, 2023 19:33:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flatout on Oct 16, 2023 19:33:07 GMT -5 What a novel idea…nice job scratch building the wood, looks convincing. It’d be cool to see a few more pics.
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Thames Woody van Oct 16, 2023 19:51:22 GMT -5

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Oct 16, 2023 19:33:07 GMT -5 flatout said:

What a novel idea…nice job scratch building the wood, looks convincing. It’d be cool to see a few more pics.

Some build pictures:

trakinscale.proboards.com/thread/19384/51-thames-woody

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Jim Strauss
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Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!

And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

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Thames Woody van Oct 16, 2023 20:15:43 GMT -5

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Oct 16, 2023 19:51:22 GMT -5 superflekmoonbird said:

Oct 16, 2023 19:33:07 GMT -5 flatout said:

What a novel idea…nice job scratch building the wood, looks convincing. It’d be cool to see a few more pics.

Some build pictures:

trakinscale.proboards.com/thread/19384/51-thames-woody

Jim Strauss
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Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!

And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

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Thames Woody van Oct 17, 2023 11:32:06 GMT -5

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Post by skip on Oct 17, 2023 11:32:06 GMT -5

WoW! Probably could have stopped there and said more than a couple paragraphs of praising
this wee beauty.

Great job on the woodgraining, the wood, even the "gangly stockish" ride height looks cool
everything just goes so well together to make a believable "Thames Woody". If you ever did
want to hot it up, I saw an Anglia in print somewhere, (I think it may have been one of the
English car related catalogs/magazines that I have buried in storage). Anyway, back on TRAK,
said Anglia has a Lotus Cortina lump under the hood, complete with Webber side-drafts!

This is completely plausible. Like Ford, Fordson - UK, started up early post war production
with low stocks of steel, so they used wood...

Skip Ragsdale

superflekmoonbird Hoodlum Posts: 230	Thames Woody van Oct 17, 2023 16:36:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by superflekmoonbird on Oct 17, 2023 16:36:45 GMT -5 Thanks Skip, much appreciated.
	Jim Strauss ----------------------------------------------------- Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya! And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

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Thames Woody van Oct 24, 2023 12:56:12 GMT -5

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I took this Thames woody to a show last weekend, entered it in a pretty competitive category - Trucks Vans and 4x4s.

I knew with all the modern F150 something's it would be a tough competition.

Given I spent a lot of time back dating this Revell Thames dragster to the stock configuration (interior, engine drive train) I thought about entering
it in "Factory Stock pre 1949" - but the rules say it has to be "stock as it would appear on the show room floor" with no mods.
The wheels on my model are not what was on the original stock Thames woody, so that wouldn't work.

I had filled out the entry form indicating all the scratch-built components based on research of the original woody, and I even had build pictures of the conversion of the Revell kit race car to a stock woody.

So, I didn't win anything, but the show provided the motivation to finish this project, so that was good.

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm just not on the same page as these contest people.

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Jim Strauss
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Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!

And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

bob29579 Thug Posts: 292	Thames Woody van Nov 2, 2023 19:30:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bob29579 on Nov 2, 2023 19:30:32 GMT -5 That really came out nice.
	Greg Dunkle.

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Thames Woody van Mar 6, 2024 14:52:54 GMT -5

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Jan 27, 2024 21:33:09 GMT -5 RodBurNeR said:

looks nice! do you have more photos of the finished model?

Thank you...I'll see what I can dig up.
-Jim

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Jim Strauss
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Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!

And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

lo51merc Greaser Posts: 3,366	Thames Woody van Mar 7, 2024 18:30:44 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lo51merc on Mar 7, 2024 18:30:44 GMT -5 Wonderful work. Do you play the bongos? Gary
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superflekmoonbird Hoodlum Posts: 230	Thames Woody van Mar 7, 2024 20:57:00 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by superflekmoonbird on Mar 7, 2024 20:57:00 GMT -5 Mar 7, 2024 18:30:44 GMT -5 lo51merc said: Wonderful work. Do you play the bongos? Gary Don't have any Bongos, but when it comes to work, I'd rather "Bang on the Drum All Day".
	Jim Strauss ----------------------------------------------------- Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya! And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw

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Thames Woody van Oct 21, 2024 18:32:49 GMT -5 styromaniac likes this

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Got a Best Engine Award last Saturday at TAMS 32...really nice to get the recognition after getting passed over last two contests it was in.

Hard to believe it beat all the big supercharged Hemi engines but I guess reaching back to model a stock Thames/Anglia engine and drive train made it stand out.

Jim Strauss
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Hey you're s'posed to be the fastest thing in the Valley man, but that can't be your car, it must be your mama's car! I'm sorta' embarrassed to be this close to ya!

And whenever somebody tells you, that all the good times are through,Look into their eyes and tell them - I'm sure surely glad that I'm not you. - M. Crenshaw