Hot Rods 31 Model A Victoria Build w/Pics - Miss Vicky

sorry not on facebook

 

Ha Ha, I wasn't either until this contest Dave. It ended a while ago and I didn't win.

 

Who did?

 

From Rodder's Journal:
Brian Jennings of Martinez, California, is in the final ***embly stages on his '60 Chevy Biscayne. He plans to debut the car at this year's West Coast Kustoms Cruisin' Nationals with a set of polished Rocket Strikes.

 

They saw those shiny hub caps and figured the new wheels would never make it on Miss Vicky.

 

The wheels you were after are nice and I thought you deserved to win, but in all honesty I suspect your car looks better the way it is.

 

Wow- didn't realize how much you did to your Vicky until I read your build from the start! Great hanging out with you guys at Detroit.

 

Thanks man! (I've already forgotten your name) It was really nice to meet and hang with you guys too.

 

should have sent a pic of it on some plywood rollers to show your need.

 

I've made a couple of little additions/changes to Miss Vicky. First, I had Michael Hall add some conservative "Tommy" style stripes and tear drops in black and white, and I made a new headlight bar to move the headlights up and back to get rid of the unsightly gap between the lights and the grill shell when viewed from the side.

 

Lookin' sweet, Dave!!

 

Awesome!

 

Damn, that is sharp!

 

Looks great from the front - side view?

 

I was just going to ask the same thing!

 

Dave,
As good as those headlights looked before , you definitely improved on the "the look". Keep up the good work.

 

You can really see the headlight problem in the photo in post number 1146 above. The headlights are just too far in front of the grill, and the gap when viewed from an angle bothers me. I had to move them up clear the upper shock mounts and to move them back. Here's a photo that shows the old position and the new position:


And here's where they are now:

 

Very nice, Dave and thanks for the pics .....

Tom

 

Thank you!

 

That looks real slick!

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If your Vicki doesn't get me motivated to build mine nothing will. Very very nice!

 

Thanks man, I really appreciate that.

Please don't take my deleted posts personally, it was just becoming a silly debate. If the ***le says 30, and all do***ented records say there were 6,300 built in 30, then it's a 30. So sell it as a 30!

And good luck with the 31. I've got a few extra pieces left over, but your car looks pretty complete. Shoot me a conversation if you have any questions. Have you discovered how much wood is in them yet?

 

A little update – I took Miss Vicky out to the local drag strip to play around a little bit. She's a good little runner, but my tree skills need a lot of help. The first clip (shot by Martin Fuchs) is us leaving our pit area to get in the staging lanes. The track announcer and the revving of multiple high horsepower engines set the scene.




And here I am lined up against my buddy Sam in his killer 57 BelAir (also shot by Martin Fuchs). I red lighted, but since I was running Sam for the first time, I stayed in it for most of the p*** just to see what Miss Vicky would do. I let off a little before the quarter mile mark, resulting in a fairly mundane 15.44 ET @81 MPH. If I get my start right and stay in it, I should easily get into the 14s at about 100 MPH. We'll see.

 

Cool stuff Dave.

 

Same run, from inside the car:

 

That's a cool view down the track Dave. I need to go do that. I haven't run down the track in years.

 

Dave, where were you running? That looks like a really nice track.

 

Yes you do Jason, It's a lot of fun. Do you do the 1/8th mile at Colonial Beach?

Tom, it's Richmond Dragway, out by the airport. Built in 1964, I believe. They keep it up pretty well because they still run IHRA events there. It's $17 on Friday night open nights for as many p***es as you can fit in.

 

I used to. I've had several OT cars that I used to flog there. Myself and a buddy started building a 56 Chevy with a straight axle in it just to race but the project got sold off. Its now owned by a guy on the HAMB and the car is called "old dirty *******". Its nasty. Wish we still had it!

 

Chit, Dave! Where I been?
When I was calling out for my 216, you were front row center with the SBC. (I was hoping for FH action. Got none!)
Now you're making p***es against other OHV V8's. You go, guy! Any run's better than none! Right? You got game!

BTW, What is "srdf"?

P.S., Joe Weis lived next door to my sister. I worked in his concession stand in the pits at Richmond Dragway while in high school in the late sixties.
Rock-a-Billy music with "Buddy Carter and the Rock-a-tones" at the Ashland Moose Lodge, Sat. night til 2:00 AM.
Chinese food at Joy Garden at 3:00, Joe picking me up Sunday morning for free Dragstrip thrills...School Monday morning.
Best time of my life...except for the school.