Like all of your past work, simply beautiful Joe.

Enjoy your 10 days off:)

Take care Mate

Cheers
Andrij

Superb job!!! The drop, wheels and paint make a huge difference!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:That flip hood vette is looking mighty good too!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Enjoy the vacation!!! You earned it!!! :)

This will be my last custom for a while

Wow. Great cars!!
This is how we all want the AWs to look like (at least
i want them to look that way...) :)


Kind regards

Ebi

That things looks bad --- :thumbsup:

Looking good Joez!!! Much, much better :thumbsup::thumbsup: I like the looks of that background Vette too!!! You been holding back on us!!! RM

SWEET !!!!!

Pass the cranberry sauce will ya??? :thumbsup::thumbsup: That's a sweet job Joe.... Enjoy the great outdoors. nd

Daaaaaaaang Joez!!!! You been nailin' it of late.

Suhweet!

Yer killin' me brother. Lessee a coupla shots of this with the green Impala!

Droolin'! I gotta go wipe.

joez,
Sweet looker! Have a great vacation. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: rr

Don't feed the bears and have a nice Nature vacation dude!

Love all the drops, engines and paint jobs on these Chevys Joez. You are good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob...hope he remembered to pack the Cheezy Poofs...zilla

Thank you so much, men!

My vacation was outstanding for certain, but I'll be derned if I wasn't on a slot car jones for the last 4 days away. heh!

We got in on Sunday night near 9pm. I showered and fell into bed. (woot! toilets that flush! :D) Stowed the gear Monday after work and headed for the slot cave with Jordan.
Today Jordan mowed while I was at work. Plenty of slot cave time! yeah! :thumbsup:

Ok...for the Fairlane lovers out there, here was an experiment in patience.

This body is so thin that I had to actually ADD material below the fender edges at the hood opening to support the engine panel. What a bugger! If you guys know this body, then you know that AW might as well have just dipped a Tjet chassis into the raw plastic for how tight it fits, yeah? Even so, I was just able to eek out a couple of milimeters from the posts. This was a nice fitting body to begin with. The wheels are HO Models ('bay) with AW tyres stretched to fit.

Enjoy the pics!

Great execution on that one JoeZ :thumbsup:

Did you strip the paint or shoot over the top?

Love that motor! And the clean shop!

dern sweet tooting motor mr Joe, wheres the engine from, that looks like a castable car.

You keep hitting them out of the park, and the'll walk ya everytime slugger!!! LOL
Nice, nice, nice job on the fairlane!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup: I have a few to attempt a lighting job on as soon as my fingers shrink to 1/4 their size!! :lol:

Sweet!! :thumbsup:

Wes

Joez,
Another sweet looker! Where did that motor come from? :thumbsup::thumbsup: Dave

Looking good Joez!!! The wheel swap alone was a big improvement. The engine swap looks great too!!! Is that an orange valve covered Bowtie crate motor??? That should perk that ol Ford up!!! :p:p RM

Looking good Joez!!! The wheel swap alone was a big improvement. The engine swap looks great too!!! Is that an orange valve covered Bowtie crate motor??? That should perk that ol Ford up!!! :p:p RM

Yer sooo busted Joez...messin with the gene pool ....pervert!

So I was thinkin'...( Thought process bump started by Randy )... any plans for uther motors?

Flat heads with a rack of Stromberg deuces for Lincolns and Willys....yes obscure ....but ya get my drift

Uni-sex Blower motor inserts....maybe?

Flooreds with a rack of 48 webster down drafts for Fords....

Big Block dual quad Chubbies for Chebbies

A hot rodded Type lV for buggies ...or.....gulp Sandvans (Bob)

Whoa somebody reel me in....I'm wandering off again! ;)

Thanks for the interest, men. makes the effort worthwhile at any rate.

Doba: Did you strip the paint or shoot over the top?

I always strip anything that has been painted. The lines stay crisp and the details won't get washed away. I even strip anything used as a master when I cast.

Desertslot: Love that motor! And the clean shop!

heh....sure, the shop is clean...but you should see my bench!

Sethndaddy: dern sweet tooting motor mr Joe, wheres the engine from, that looks like a castable car.

roadrunner: Another sweet looker! Where did that motor come from?


Guys, this motor panel is from a mold I made of a HW GTO w/ opening hood. In fact, I molded the whole thing some few years back. I am out of casting supplies at the moment but that is running pretty low on my list right now. All of these cars are destined to have new homes before too long. ;) I am having way too much fun seeing how far I can push these little plastic envelopes of slot car goodness to start messing around with casting them. Besides, I can always build more to use as masters, right?

Hilltop: Is that an orange valve covered Bowtie crate motor??? That should perk that ol Ford up!!!

Bill Hall: Yer sooo busted Joez...messin with the gene pool ....pervert!

So I was thinkin'...( Thought process bump started by Randy )... any plans for uther motors?


Pervert? Har! Don't act as if you don't like it. Lol. Guys have been stuffing Chevs between the rails of 3 & 5 winders fer years.

:D I was wondering who would be the first to catch my sneaky engine swap. Sharp eye on that detail, Randy! How do you make a Ford go faster? Push it with a Chevy! :D

I have been fiddling with various engine bits and mounting them in panel form, Bill, but only as the mood strikes. So far, I have a nice 671 set up w/ a slick bug catcher, 2-4s atop the same 671, a panel with velocity stacks ready to install and a nice set of 6 strombergs that will eventually end up on a panel too. These masters will have to wait as I have no molding rubber at this time.(I buy bulk @125.00 a bucket) I used the last of my resin up in casting the panels that I do have. The new versions of the panels have been set aside for a revisit this winter.

These engine for hood mods make such a dramatic change in the attitude of a body.
It seems almost like magic. Sometimes we get lucky with an idea, yeah?

Sweet Fairlane :thumbsup::thumbsup: Ya gotta love those unner the hoodies.

Joez that red car is slick as heck. The color in the engine compartment compliments the whole car!

Bob...yeah still need to paint your hotrod (I am a slacker at heart)...zilla

Cool, I'm liking the motors you are doing.

really nice work Joez!

Sweet work hippie! glad to see you got some cave time and put it to such outstanding use!

Howdy, men!

Here are the last two in the "unner-hood" hammered and slammed series...for now.

The 59 Raggy features a modest slam and roof chop, along with the required baby Ansen wheels. Tyres are Wierd Jacks, stretched to fit. You would think that this body would be the same (sans roof) as its hard top counterpart, but it isn't.
I slammed it as hard as I could, and though it is certainly lower than stock, the HT ended up lower yet. Odd, that.

The 63 Vette got a modest slam and hood treatment, baby Ansens, #5 O-ring fronts and Wierd Jack rears for an agressive drag stance. Enjoy!

Here is the whole herd (with the exception of the GTO) of the "Unner-hood" and hammered and slammed series of cars. I had no less than 3 of these lil cars in progress at any one time. An odd way to go about it, I guess, but a very fun challenge. They are all destined for new homes now. The Goat has already gone to it's new home and as I understand it, is very happy there!:thumbsup:

I would like to thank T-Jet Racer for the great deals he offered me on bodies and chassis when he heard what I was up to with this project. He was generous beyond measure when I didn't even ask. He gets big hi5s. :wave:

Thank you to everyone for following along, offering the :thumbsup:s and encouragement. It has meant alot to me to be able to share these cars with you.

Dang Joe that's a killer looking stud stable there :thumbsup: I can't even pick a favorite . . . :lol:

I like them all too!!! You done did a superb job on all of them!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Oooooooh My! Post 226 in your last picture!!!!!! Red & Blue Chevys...

Joez man your heard is incredible and it is nice to see you tearing up the rug.

Bob...Coach stop making fun of Joez hair...zilla

P.S. you had me at Howdy...lol

Wow, nice work love the group shots, you have been a busy boy...


Dave

Great work Joe!

That's some fine work Joe. Nice to see ya get a bunch done. :thumbsup::thumbsup: nd

Wow!!!

Wow is right!!!

Looks like you need to go camping more often!!! Climbing trees and campfires works wonders for ya :p:p Cool looking bunch of rides :thumbsup::thumbsup: RM

That's one heck of a bunch of "unner" cars :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Here is the whole herd


...can't keep my eyes off. Yes, WOW is the word!
I can understand that you don't want to cover these
great motor implants. :thumbsup:

Ebi

Great job on the herd Joez! :thumbsup::thumbsup: Dave

You guys are just the best, coming in here to check out update after update, making me feel all warm and fuzzy like Bob did. Ya listening to Bob, there, Coach? :)

I think you guys will like the next corner that the HTHG is going to take. :D
It is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!

Thanks again! :thumbsup:

You guys are just the best, coming in here to check out update after update, making me feel all warm and fuzzy like Bob did. Ya listening to Bob, there, Coach? :)

I think you guys will like the next corner that the HTHG is going to take. :D
It is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!

Thanks again! :thumbsup:

listeneing? sorry say again?

listeneing? sorry say again?

hahahaha! I think that is a suppository that you have mistakenly stuck in yer ear, there, Coach. :D Ya don't remember where ya stuck yer hearing aide? ;) (I know that you have been teasing from time to time..:) )

hahahaha! I think that is a suppository that you have mistakenly stuck in yer ear, there, Coach. :D Ya don't remember where ya stuck yer hearing aide? ;) (I know that you have been teasing from time to time..:) )

teasing? not in this thread stuff is primo! rather tease you in the missing joez thread lol...hippy...

For your viewing pleasure, I present a 59 Chev hard top.

Surprise surprise...... A packy showed up with this beautiful car in it... VERY VERY slick little car Joe... Way cool. Pictures do not do this one justice. I am planning a photo shoot with this one and a few others that some of my HT pals have sent to me. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: nd

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All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!! :freak: Joe, this car is flawless!!!!!!! The whole unner hood package is sweet!!!! It truly looks like it was made this way. The painting detail is impeccable, and I have no idea how you painted the silver stripe so perfect!!! The drop is right on the money, the baby ansens, the color, everything just tie it all together into one perfectly perfect package!!! :cool: Beeeeeeeeeeeeeauuuuutiful car!!! This goes into my case with all my other HT cars, but like the rest, will get use on special occasions.. No shelf queens here, but I don't want anything to happen to her! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Joe - wow.. i like the colors you did on them!! :eek: :thumbsup:

Wes

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That is one clean looking ride..Beautiful job!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Joez,

You are the Bomb Dude...I love this car you sent me. Thanks Bud you are the Best!

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This car looks soooooooooooooooo right now after the Joez touch of magic has been done to it. Need to finish my track layout and put this Impala in a fun spot where Godzilla won't step on it.

Bob...Red is the best color in the world...zilla

Bob...Red is the best color in the world...zilla


I beg to differ Bob... beauty is in the eye of the beholder, lol...zilla. This "mostly" yellow, with a little red, Daytona, rolled into the shop. This is one nice ride with lots of detail, sent down by Joez for the power tour...RM


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... What just happened here is that those long haired HTHG bastages just carpet bombed us... in the off-season no less !.... I'm okay with it though ! ! ! We'll strike back... Someday just when they think it's safe to let their hair down,,, dugga - dugga - BRAP !!... We nail 'em right between the eyes. :devil:

Joe.... You made a lot of smiles happen. :thumbsup::thumbsup: nd