AWESOME Nomad!!

I cannot wait to see the retro/kiffo Firebird!

I was thinking of making yet another set of alternate hop up decals with other colors... with white or even gold outlines maybe?

Thanks for the cool car pics and the ideas!

Phred

Phred,

All I can say is this was sooooooooooooo much fun to build and gave this Firebird a nice work out tonight on "Las Zillas Speedway".

This is a JL Firebird painted Aurora green on a T-Jet chassis with cut down post (man JL made this thing with a 4 X 4 stance) and Wierd Jack white walls and some very fun Slotrod65.com reproduction decals.

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Bob...can't wait to build the next one...zilla

DANGGGG!!! That's one SWEET looking repro!!! you the man! good job :thumbsup:

Wes

nyzzzz werk man!

From out of the past, comes Bob...still a kid...zilla. Hey, you still got 2 bare quaterpanels...RM

The "Hotdog Bandito" rides again!!! Yeeeeee Haw!!!!!!:thumbsup:

For what it's worth Phred, if your gonna replicate the original then leave it as is. However if the die is already cast for change let's go down the 'ole slippery slope!

Personally, back in the day, I never used anything but the flames, the dead end, and the scallops. The yellow gagged me then....and well....it still does.

The small roundel with the black outline, in white sounds pretty good to me. The unfortunate problem with the original is that they were all door size and there was never a larger size for hood/trunk or roof. The yellow background color certainly needs upgraded as does the type writer font of the actual numbers.

That yellow issue also includes the "names". Instead of a backgound color on the names why not a set of each as the original, one lettered in black and one lettered in white, both with NO background?

Are you refering to the old "dead end" decal. If so that was a fairly simple Jolly Roger affair that was generally trunk mounted, except ....didnt it have cross bones on the original??? If so, I think thats a keeper. Or are you refering to the witches head/ totem bird looking thingy? see below...I cant remember what that was!

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The pinstripe edge should probably remain in black. IMHO. I would agree that the white would pop better, but it may be a little garish in practice. As you still have room on the sheet, how about more flame sets. There are already enough names sets.

I kept this plastered car as is just for a larf! It arrived in a scrap lot. "Ole number fifty four thousand three hundred and twenty one takes the checkered!"

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Bill I am waiting STILL WAITING how can you make me wait so long? Waiting for the next one...C'MON man I need a Retro Rod decal fix............SOON! lol

"Ole number fifty four thousand three hundred and twenty one takes the checkered!" That has to be the highest # on any car ever. Thanks Bill for, as Slotcar man calls it, The "Hotdog Bandito".

Yeah Randy those Rear Quarters were very tempting. Was thinking of putting on the short red decals on to match the front but, Bob...wanted to make it Authentic...zilla

Thanks for the props Wes and 4.3 ZOOK. I am thinking an AW Sand Van for another one of these back from the 70s jobs. May just have to do up a clunker looking one and then a "what it looked like before it got played with version. A version of the Pink Sand Van with the large head would look totaly gawdy with stock decals...sounds like a weiner to me.


Bob...this is for those that missed Bills post on past pages...zilla

SWEET! I just LOVE this!!

Phred

Wow Bob, an amazing likeness! I wonder what ever happened to the kid who plastered the original?

She certainly was a one of kind. I havent ventured into the cave since the family descended on us for the holidays....but I will rummage for more folk art slot bodies for you.

:thumbsup:Great "Repro" job on the Firebird ,Bob !


Neal:dude:

Great job on the Nomad Bob.Pfred does great work.I sell the Slotrod decals at the shows.Every kid should learn how to put decals on a car.Straight or crooked just let them do it. Tom Stumpf