TELSTAR: Return to Radical-Ness-Ness

Jim, were your ears burning this weekend? We.....Me, Mike and Tim, were discussing your and Mike little arrangement for the next LSR and were wondering the latest in your world. You both have 9 months........

 

workin away on her denise,,,,weeks of 100+ degree weather tends to slow me down a bit though,,,been trying a few ideas on the nose area,,think i finally have something worked out,,,,i will be posting some update pics pretty soon,,,i think it's time to roll her outside, stand back and take a real good look at her,,,,,,,thanks everyone for the interest in the project....

the "arrangement" between mike and myself that denise speaks of is to have both of our crazy kustoms at the roundup in '12,,,whether driven or dragged there,,,,so far so good,,,,

 

Yeah yeah, roll her outside, I really want to see a good side shot! And stay hydrated (That's what Tanya says all the time)!

 

just got done lowering the front three additional inches,,,i actually may roll her out today and snap a few shots,,,,,

kathy,,,,frankie showed me the video you posted of tuffy,,,,,great job!!..that must be such a great feeling,,,your work ethic and determination is amazing! i really admire you..

 

MAN! you just ruined a perfectly good Ghia nose! Do you know how hard it is to find one that isn't all rotted to shit? Actually seeing that you just cut one all up, probably not and you obviously don't give a shit either...hahaha...
but the Telstar thing is looking good none the less....

 

the "arrangement" between mike and myself that denise speaks of is to have both of our crazy kustoms at the roundup in '12,,,whether driven or dragged there,,,,so far so good,,,,


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I may have to try to go to the roundup again to check this thing out. Itll be pretty wild when its finished

 

hahaha,,,this one actually has quite a few areas of rot to be dealt with,,,but finding it saved me a lot of work nonetheless, because i was in the process of fabricating something VERY similar in shape,,,finding that ghia nose saved me the trouble of having to fabricate the deck lid, hinges, lip, etc, etc,,,

 

You GO Jim!

Other than butterflying a 57 Merc steering wheel, I've done nothing to my project ....(but it WILL be in Austin)......

I like to think I'm giving you a head start

The race is on........

 

Jim, Looking forward to pix of Telstar when you roll it outside.

Dave

 

whats up jim ..car look good ..need to come to jersey sometime when the car is done..i want to drive it .still did not get to drive the kopper kart [my brother VIC] maybe my friend jim will let me drive he car ...good luck

 

WHO would have thunk it?A vw cg on a kustom.In my eye it works.Jim i finally painted the galaxie .Candy red roof white bottom.Cuttin and buffin as we type.Later Mike

 

Boy you sure got a lotta miles out of that piss! I think it works, and the gas door is classic...save it!

Anyone else seeing some Edsel in the rear taillight area (but the way it should have been done)?

 

somehow i missed your post the first go-around....
i think you are correct on the fins being too sharp...i'm in the process of doing some mild reshaping.....

 

hey ed,,,good to hear from you,,,,
you can drive her when she's done.....
you're gonna have to drag your ass down to austin though!!

 

hey mike,,,,,
glad to hear the galaxie is done,,,,,always thought that was a great car...did you post any pics of her on the hamb yet?

 

Any pics?

 

I love the workout of ideas and experimenting to get what you want. Awesome job and keep it going!

 

this is one of those cars that will never be done.
I think once oure goin to get to final bodywork youll change your mind about something and get to bare metal again, and so on for eternity...the curse of the Telstar will become a legend...ahaha, sorry, its been a slow mornin here.

 

Hey Frankie,
Can you sneak us some pics, Jim's too busy?

 

hey kim,,,,
i did shoot some pics a couple of weeks ago,,,,
i lowered the car three more inches in front, and did some front end design mock-up work,,,,,,i even pulled her outside for the pics,,,,

i'll get frankie to post the pics for me in the next few days,,promise...

 

Now Jim, you do understand that if you break a promise of fairy dies (or something like that), don't you? And you don't Wanna be responsible for any dead fairys now do you?
The waiting starts now.
Paul

 

^ update?

 

^ Same

 

any updates?

 

not a hell of a lot of progress over the summer, due to the record heat we had here,,(august alone had 29 days over 100 degrees,,,WELL over, on a bunch of days),,every time i put on the welding helmet, i kept telling myself,,,,naaahhhh,,,,tomorrow,,,it's just too goddamned hot today,,,i am relocating the detail shop approximately a mile away at the end of the month, and the car is not quite structurally sound enough to move it without causing damage, so i will be forced to make some major progress over the next few weeks,,luckily, the scorching heat seems to have subsided (at least for the time being),,,i have made some progress over the summer, just didn't feel it was significant enough to merit a progress report...i will, however be posting some pics during the next several weeks..........

 

Thats just awesome! Whodathunkit!

 

Jim, Hopefully you will have better weather where you can work on Telstar. Looking forward to any updates you post.

Dave

 

Update??

 

Yes, update please Jim, of there´s anything to report.

 

Update...pleeeeease !!