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Offline Tim Jones

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We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterday
« on: April 29, 2013, 05:34:51 PM »
We got the body for my Comp coupe paint  now just have to get the lettering guy out here
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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2013, 05:41:40 PM »
OK I'll try once more to post the pic

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2013, 08:26:47 PM »
Love the color!
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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2013, 08:43:31 PM »
Thanks Glenn  My brother is stopping by tomorrow to help me put the body back on the chassis, then I can start bugging my lettering guy, I'll shoot some pics with the body on it tomorrow, I think i got this picture resizeing stuff figured out,   Tim Jones

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2013, 09:30:45 AM »
A couple pics with the chassis

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2013, 12:32:17 PM »
Tim - front to back.... has excellent vintage look, like it alot!  DF

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2013, 01:50:26 PM »
Tim I have a question . How do you get in or out ?

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2013, 04:17:24 PM »
 I stand on the tire to go through the roof,I step over on to the frame rails in front of the cage before dropping down where I belong, though because I'm not as limber as I used to be I have a step stool to get on the tire,   It sucks to get old and beat up, When I was doing the glass work on the body ,I beefed up the drivers side roof area so i didn't break anything getting in and out,,,, Tim Jones

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2013, 04:27:30 PM »
Tim - front to back.... has excellent vintage look, like it alot!  DF
  Thanks Alan the look I wanted when I started building this thing, thats also why I've handmade darn near every piece of hardware on this, from the steering wheel to the motor tab brackets,,, I just finished the last bit of welding on the blower intake , and have the crank hub just about done, the blower stuff is for another flathead I'm going to put together for this,,,,  Tim Jones

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2013, 06:15:36 PM »
 8) Sweet, cool color choice!

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2013, 12:58:51 PM »
My lettering guy is just about done, Just has a side chassis panel to finish, but anyway here's some pics ,   Tim Jones

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2013, 01:45:35 PM »
My lettering guy is just about done, Just has a side chassis panel to finish, but anyway here's some pics ,   Tim Jones
Nice plug for Roo Man with the Vintage Racing Supply.

Looking very nice.
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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2013, 02:02:43 PM »
My lettering guy is just about done, Just has a side chassis panel to finish, but anyway here's some pics ,   Tim Jones
Nice plug for Roo Man with the Vintage Racing Supply.

Looking very nice.
  Us old fuel car guys have to stick together ;D    Thanks Glenn

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2013, 02:34:31 PM »
 I forgot to add Rooman is a dealer for Strange eng, I got my third member parts from him, plus it was fun to BS about the days when working on fuel cars was alot more layed back than these days,   Tim Jones

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Re: We painted the body for the Comp Coupe yesterady
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2013, 06:12:15 PM »
Very cool looking car. That's one of those cars I'd love to see it in person some day..