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Post by NitroMarty on Mar 22, 2008 20:37:07 GMT -5
Having grown up just a few miles from his home and shop in Morrison Illinois and with Cordova Dragway quite literally in my back yard, I have been a fan of Arnie "The Farmer" Beswick my entire life... One of my earliest racing related memories (I would have been 4 years old) is that of seeing a match race between The Farmer in his tiger striped AWB '63 Tempest and The Original Ramchargers in their AWB '65 Coronet at Cordova.... The Ramchargers beat the little Poncho easily.... And that may have something to do with my fascination with them.... But that not what this post is about. About a dozen or so years ago Jimmy Flintstone started offering a resin copy AMT's then impossible to find "Funny Farmer" kit ( Complete with Beswick "Tameless Tiger" decals) and I just HAD to get one and build it. Though she ain't perfect, what you see below is the finished product..... Of course now that The Model King has reissued the old Funny Farmer kit..... And with Slixx offering a much better decal sheet.... Someday I'm gonna build another better version of this historic car.
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Post by rumblytruck on Mar 23, 2008 0:00:01 GMT -5
I'm Diggin' it ! The problem with the altered wheelbase cars is if you build one, you gotta have another to sit next to it. ...and another, and another..
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Post by RodBurNeR on Mar 23, 2008 1:27:25 GMT -5
nice job! i have always wondered how fun that is to put decals on.
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Post by geezerman on Mar 23, 2008 6:58:43 GMT -5
that's a great model, Marty.
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Post by Duane on Mar 23, 2008 10:08:29 GMT -5
Marty, i had a cousin who lives in St.Louis and he raced at Cordova. he ran a '60 Chevy vert with a '63 Vette 327.
i imagine you've heard of Kahoka Missouri, there was an 1/8 miler there. my folks went there and saw Arnie run both the Tameless Tiger and the Grocery Getter. they just had to come home and tell me about seeing him and the cars and tell me how fast they were. it pissed me to no end because they both KNEW that i loved drag racing and i was tempted to tell them to take a lick off my dipstick but didn't.
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Post by HotRodTom on Mar 24, 2008 20:54:43 GMT -5
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Post by Marcos Cruz on Mar 25, 2008 8:40:43 GMT -5
Phenomenal build
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Post by racer13 on Mar 25, 2008 23:05:06 GMT -5
Incredible Build!! The paint looks absolutely perfect Thanks for sharing the great story that goes along with the Car and Driver.
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