Post by pnance26 on Feb 22, 2020 7:44:09 GMT -8
I lived in Texas for 27 years. I saw the Texas Motor Speedway built from first earth turning to first race. I followed Terry Labonte around like a groupie until one day he asked me "Are you following me?" I got to know his wife and his kids, went to countless autographs sessions... I was a real big fan. But it was ALL based on the fact that Terry raced a "red 5" on his cars which was the same as my favorite F1 driver at that time, Nigel Mansell. Mansell had a "red 5" on his Williams FW14 and that was pretty cool.
Now, if you know anything about the Labonte brothers family, you know that "Daddy Bob" got them into karting, then dirt tracks, etc. on up to Cup level. That's pretty common knowledge.
But what is not known is the "Daddy Bob" had a minor flirtation with drag racing... so one day, I thought "What if Terry had gotten into drag racing instead of karting?"
And this is the result... it is a '57 Chevy Pro Modified with a custom trailer (I built the racks and tool box and installed the chains). The panel is '53 (I think) Chevy panel truck on which I opened the doors and added details. The tool boxes came from a Fujimi 1/24th scale garage set. The posts for the "fence line" are extra wheels from kits and the flagging itself is a little bitty flags on dental floss. I made the garbage can from old tires with an insert and made trash from round stock and vellum paper for the hot dog wrappers.
The tent was my first attempt at building something like this...
I had a great time building this and all the pieces parts are somewhere in stuff that hasn't been unpacked in 10 years. Maybe I will resurrect this someday...
Your thoughts and comments on all my builds are always welcome...
Now, if you know anything about the Labonte brothers family, you know that "Daddy Bob" got them into karting, then dirt tracks, etc. on up to Cup level. That's pretty common knowledge.
But what is not known is the "Daddy Bob" had a minor flirtation with drag racing... so one day, I thought "What if Terry had gotten into drag racing instead of karting?"
And this is the result... it is a '57 Chevy Pro Modified with a custom trailer (I built the racks and tool box and installed the chains). The panel is '53 (I think) Chevy panel truck on which I opened the doors and added details. The tool boxes came from a Fujimi 1/24th scale garage set. The posts for the "fence line" are extra wheels from kits and the flagging itself is a little bitty flags on dental floss. I made the garbage can from old tires with an insert and made trash from round stock and vellum paper for the hot dog wrappers.
The tent was my first attempt at building something like this...
I had a great time building this and all the pieces parts are somewhere in stuff that hasn't been unpacked in 10 years. Maybe I will resurrect this someday...
Your thoughts and comments on all my builds are always welcome...
