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Offline Dolmetsch

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one of mine
« on: May 28, 2013, 04:18:59 PM »
Built this a few years a back. Always wondered what a Jeep bucket would look like as opposed to a T bucket. Body is in .040" Aluminum from a wooden buck I made (and still have in the basement. ) Car was pryed from my hands by gobs of $$$$$$ as it neared completion so I personally never got to enjoy it. However I know where it is. Noronco Sheet metal built the body for me. Owner is an old friend and racer.
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PS He told me when he built the body that every jeep must have a trailer hitch so as you can see there is a little fake one he added.
« Last Edit: May 28, 2013, 04:24:07 PM by Dolmetsch »
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Re: one of mine
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2013, 11:11:05 AM »
Here is a pic of the Jeep altered I built with an old lad most old drag racers will know. Bob is a friend and I see him always at Picton Airfield. Sometimes he has even helped my competition put of a jam. The fellow he helped asked me "Who is that old guy who was helping me? And why did he help me"?
Speaks to Bob's character desipite his seemingly wild side.
I sold the altered into the Taggz program and it was used for photo shoots. It is a display only motor despite being a race ready car. Kinda sad but I got payed so what can I really say? Picture at last Flatout Weekend held at Shannonville a couple of years ago.
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Re: one of mine
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2013, 12:11:39 PM »
Here is a pic of the Jeep altered I built with an old lad most old drag racers will know. Bob is a friend and I see him always at Picton Airfield. Sometimes he has even helped my competition put of a jam. The fellow he helped asked me "Who is that old guy who was helping me? And why did he help me"?
Speaks to Bob's character desipite his seemingly wild side.
I sold the altered into the Taggz program and it was used for photo shoots. It is a display only motor despite being a race ready car. Kinda sad but I got payed so what can I really say? Picture at last Flatout Weekend held at Shannonville a couple of years ago.
Don
Here is my Jeep, I would not call it an altered, in fact it is a survivor in the true sense of the word


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Re: one of mine
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2013, 03:39:56 AM »
Good looking Jeep. Always wanted to buy a Jeep but making the altered was as close as I got. I had talked about a Jeep Bucket and one day my pal Mike S gave me a grill he bought at a yardsale. He said "quit talking and get building"so I did. I kept narrowing it, worried that I would lose the "jeepness" in it but when down to three bars it still looked Jeep. The motor is a 5.7 Hemi which if I had a street jeep would happen instantly.
Always thougt of taking a jJeep and putting a short cab on then using the little pick up bed as a fifth wheel puller sort of like a mini transport truck or tractor trailer  for going to the races. So many ideas , so little time.
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« Last Edit: May 30, 2013, 06:11:50 PM by Dolmetsch »
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Re: one of mine
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2013, 05:13:37 AM »
So many ideas , so little time.


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