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G'day all...
Spent my Saturday painting some simple flames on a Speedway 'Hot Rod' these are the older Supermodified cars re-made for a new category. Jamie (the owner) just wanted a few flames to break up the bonnet from being just one single colour, as the rest will be covered in numbers & sponsor's names..
I'll shoot through some more photo's after I get it back on the car tomorrow..these have yet to be cleared.
Almost two hours spent taping & masking the bloody thing...

..put down white then bunt yellow & a bit of red..then finished it off with a small amount of gold flake..for xtra shine.

another 3/4's of an hour just to take all the tape back off!!


Scotty.

hi Scotty, flames look great, luv your work

Great work Scotty!! Looks

I remember laying out scallops on my brothers XP, took 3 hours of masking 10 mins to spray (white over a blue) half hour to unmask and clean up. Then took him a day to stripe around the edges as he was learning how to use a bueglar... Was fun and well worth it though.

Very nice Scotty, will be good to see it cleared and back on the car, Trev .

Well, I've stuck it back on the car today (just for a looksee) it's going to get cleared with the rest of the body this arvo.
The owner's happy with it.
This is what the whole thing looks like (I've still got to go back & sign write it later).


He's a real 'one eyed' &*#@ supporter ..but I don't hold that against him.
The car looks real tuff without the little wing on top...too bad it needs it.
Scotty.

now thats sweet i have 1 the same ,dont no what to do with it,dident no they still raced them

robbyrr wrote:now that's sweet i have 1 the same ,don't no what to do with it, did'nt know they still raced them

Yeah Robbyrr, neither did I until recently. These are going to run under the N.S.W/A.C.T Racing Board rules so I'm not sure if the big tracks will run them? Sort of like nostalgia drag racing I guess. It'll be good to see some of the old cars bought back out of their sheds and back on the track where they belong.

Scotty.

Back in the eighties I used to pit crew for a grand National at Liverpool speedway and later I crewed for a modified and sprint car team at Parramatta. I remember one of thes old Hot rods running against the Modifieds. The bloody thing flew and really gave the more modern cars a run for their money.
Nice work Scotty.

You better chuck some paint on that bit of road sign before it gets seen by the wrong people

Blacky wrote:You better chuck some paint on that bit of road sign before it gets seen by the wrong people

That's not a road sign, Blacky...it's an anti splatter guard!
Scotty

bootlegger wrote: I remember one of these old Hot rods running against the Modifieds. The bloody thing flew and really gave the more modern cars a run for their money.

This thing seems to go like a shower of sh#t as well, Dave..Jamie offered me a drive in it, but I declined,,,my golden rule is "if you can't afford to replace it..don't use it!"

Scotty.