SCHLEGEL GETS HELLZAPOPPIN !

[mikey]

Just one word. SWEET!!!!!!
………………MIkey 😆

[tomblakeParticipant]

You can almost hear the noise and smell the rubber burning.
Hard to realize that it is the same dragster we watched so many years ago.

[john-sachs-srParticipant]

NICE………… 😀 😀 😀
John

[dinoKeymaster]

New converted old 8mm coming back soon…Think it has “the Ol Girl” in Action. Have some other clips too.

[bobby-s]

That would be SWEET,
hope there is some footage of her,

rebuilt the steering box today and
started to get her ready for paint,

Red Fox could not have set it better
for having the Big One

got the paint & accessories today
YOW some increase since I did my
’28 woody panel street rod
few years back,,

but she’s worth it,

Dino thanks for the info

Bobby S.

[dinoKeymaster]

Yes …The paint Industry has Changed dramatically….since the tred & true Laquers and enamels of the 60’s to the latest Base-Coat clear Coat urathanes….and so have the prices. Bobbys going with matching Abbotts original metallic Red -Burg. The shade is close to one of the all time popular eartly sixties colors – “Honduras Maroon”. I felt the “hit” of the current paint expenses with my former “Dino’s Custom PaintWorks”. We decided to just shut it down. The Economy- lack of respect for talented creativity and the “new Generation” that doesn’t get the Rush of a great Pearl Or Candy paint job. Look at the late sixties Funnys & Fuelers…Works Of Art…Ivos full body AA/FD at Dover ,along with Beebe & Mulligan, Don the’ Beach comber’ Johnson ,Shotts Last cars…and others . A Lost Era .. Bobby’s Car Back then was the Tip of the Ice-burg and he’s Recreating it the RIGHT way. We need More of these cars Preserved to show the “kids” what a real hot rod was all about .Pat’s Done it, Roger’s done it and theres more on the way. find ’em & fix ’em .

[bobby-s]

can’t agree more with you on saving & showing the next
generation of motor heads how it started.
I showed pictures of the girl to my friend son-in-law that
builds round-de-round chassis’s, he said
NO WAY would I sit over the rear end,
had to be crazy, as he put it,

just got off the phone with Bob long
the racer who I got HELLZAPOPIN from
he was talking with John Foley today
and showed him some of the pictures I sent up there,
John told him the story on how the chassis got bent
as in the yellow pictures on the forum
he borrowed some larger slicks from Ron
to see how it would improve,,,
he did a killer wheelie hooked on the push bar
and came down hard and side ways,

John is looking to see if he has any pictures
and ill send them to me for the dispaly history
I’ll pass any on to Dino for the ODF gallery.

only a few years to go to colse the history gap
on the girl

thanks for the interest,

Bobby S.

[bobby-s]

My friend Steve came over tonight and put the
Old Girl on his rotisserie, finish the bottom in style now,
make the new belly pan, and lil welding needed,
if all goes as hoped primer and maybe first color this weekend

will have to wait to see her next
when she is done and lettered,

got all the stuff needed from Hilborn,
all new brakes & drums,from Speedway
hope to have the stacks from the chromer this week
and the headers are done at Central Ct. Coatings
done the best there.

thanks for the interest

Bobby S.

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[tomblakeParticipant]

Bobby….looking great, I bet you are getting excited.

[masoParticipant]

Bobby Schlegel deserves a lot of credit…!

[bobby-s]

Morning all

Tom can’t wait to get her rolling on all four again,
my friend and Rich were talking over the paint’n details,
Maso that action figure is a killer, I printed it out and will
put it on the wall in the shop for motovation thanks,

gonna look at a tow rig today a friend has to sell his
’82 chevy c10 p/u short bed step side,
redone 2 yrs ago, daughter used it for collage transportation,
now got here own convertable
even has the orig’l A/C system in the dash
think it will look good with the ol’ girl.

Thanks againg for all your interest,
later
Bobby.

[dinoKeymaster]

FYI …On the Lettering ‘Research” ..Found that Funny little way the ‘H’ is done real clear in the Dick Donofrio shot of it in the pits with Hertels coupe.You know, the classic shot with his wife doing he Marlyn Monroe pose on the hood of his ’55.If only that guy moved his head!

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[dinoKeymaster]

Just to show you the original car …Heres a trip in the ‘way-back’ machine .Great shot from same Dick Donofrio Collection in our big ODF Galleries (Not an ODF? -you’re missing stuff like this). I zoomed in -cropped and edited this shot from ’62 from our Hi definition Historical photo disc,

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[bobby-s]

Dino
forgot all about that picture 😳
that’s the Mystery H for sure, 😮
the engine close up will work when
I do the chrome water tank
I have the long view of this picture
thanks,

[dinoKeymaster]

Oh…”Water Tank”?… Here 😉

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