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Scott Colmer Premium Fotki Member

On the Bench - The Timbo Challenge - Beauty and The Brick.

So Tim Nolan wanys to play, does he. Lets see if Tim's mega HP 66 HotRod Linclon can stand up to the Lo-Cal Special's slippery styling.

       
    
    
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Will be needing these. Know what they are?
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Will be needing these. Know what the…
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Won't be needing these
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Won't be needing these
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glue in gap
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glue in gap
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rod in gap 1
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rod in gap 1
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rod in gap 2
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rod in gap 2
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flat rod
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flat rod
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wheel well 1
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wheel well 1
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wheel well 2
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wheel well 2
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wheelwell back
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wheelwell back
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If it's gonna be slippery, it's gotta have disks. Here's what I need.
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The trick is knowing what can to use. Turn them over.
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The trick is knowing what can to use…
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Even the cans with the little dots might be bad.
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Even the cans with the little dots m…
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Cut the bottom with any decent scissors. See the gloves? Good idea.
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Cut the bottom with any decent sciss…
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Trace the inside diameter of your tire onto the lid.
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Trace the inside diameter of your ti…
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Trim a bit outside the line with scissors. IMPORTANT...
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Trim a bit outside the line with sci…
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It took me a while to figure how to "spin" the disks.
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It took me a while to figure how to …
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Turn the disk slowly and put against 320 grit paper on the sanding block.
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OOOOOhhh Ahhhhhh. 3 more to go. And,,,
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OOOOOhhh Ahhhhhh. 3 more to go. And,…
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I figured since I had an el cheapo lathe...
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I figured since I had an el cheapo l…
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Not too bad. I used a dial caliper to match them.
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Not too bad. I used a dial caliper t…
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The Olds Areotech gave up it's underbody tunneling.
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The Olds Areotech gave up it's under…
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Time for styling and shaping. First the shaping tools
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Time for styling and shaping. First …
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Have a plan. I like to sketch out my ideas.
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Have a plan. I like to sketch out my…
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Final sketch. Made changes to the shape of the front and the fairing.
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Final sketch. Made changes to the sh…
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