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    1. #141
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      Quote Originally Posted by jaybee View Post
      That is a truly awesome car. I absolutely love it.
      thanks, I hope it works as well as it does on paper! serious testing starts soon, after updating some of the prototype gear

    2. #142
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      Cannot get enough of the wide stance & flares!!
      1966 Pontiac Catalina Ventura
      389/TH400, Wide-Track Darksider
      Bars, springs, disc brakes, etc.

      1962 Falcon 2-dr
      "just getting started"

    3. #143
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      well 2017 is over just a little last minute look back at the car's debut and I really cant wait till it finally turns some cones

      Spectre made Hero cards for the The Flare Witch Project, listing all the vendors that helped, like Baer Brakes, Viking Performance, US Mags, BF Goodrich, TCI transmissions, UMI, Best of Show, PPG Paint

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      and a few shirts floated around with Logo

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      Suzy Had some friends stop by and let her know the car looked great at SEMA

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      and then Magnus Walker came by and loved Suzy's car, but said he wanted to drive it and still wants to see her 944 project she told him was under the knife


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      Mark Steilow had to see it also since we used a 5th Gen rear suspension

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      quick interior shot actually hand sewn and assembled by Suzy

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      all together

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      car on the show floor

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      and already it has show up in print and on several sites!!!


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      till next time!! 2018 is going to be great

    4. #144
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      Couple of Pictures from PRI 2017. Great to meet you Suzy!




    5. #145
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      Quote Originally Posted by 64G-lark View Post
      Couple of Pictures from PRI 2017. Great to meet you Suzy!



      Thank you Mark for the great pictures! Awesome to meet you at PRI, hope to see you at some events this year.

    6. #146
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      What a beautiful, under appreciated body style, love what you have done with it!


    7. #147
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      Thanks RMMiller!



    8. #148
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      Hot wheels!

      Okay, so another big thing happened with my car the "Flare Witch" project! But first, I really need to express some thanks - prepare yourself for a lengthy post. For those of you who are car friends, you probably have a good idea of what it took for Rodney to build this car for me. For those friends and family who love us despite the car, I need to express how monumental it is for someone to love you enough to spend countless hours (years) welding, wrenching, sweating, bleeding and wracking their brain for you. Rodney did all this and more. Meanwhile, he has literally taken a backseat for most of the publicity. While we did this together, Rodney deserves ALL of the credit. He talked me off of many cliffs, he convinced me to go bigger and better and he has been my biggest cheerleader throughout this whole process. I am so proud that his hard work on this weird car that I chose, is being recognized by major corporations as something worthy of attention. On top of the attention for how beautiful the car is, the car is performing AMAZING when being put to the test. The first shakedown at Goodguys resulted in even better performance than we hoped for. The second outing at very high-level racing event involving not only autocross but road racing (at a top-notch technical track), further proved that with every bug-fix the car just got better and better and again, placed much higher than expected. Now, when it comes to winning a beauty contest, we did well at SEMA with Sony and the Gran Turismo awards but were a little discouraged with our scores in a recent segment at a race event. I think my discouragement was really based upon knowing how many hours Jon Lindstrom put into the body and paint work. Jon is truly responsible for the attention this car is getting for its looks - paint is everything and he turned my race car into a bona fide show car. I love my car, I think it's one of the most beautiful race cars I've ever seen and I don't want the hard work of Rodney and Jon to be discounted, so I am ultra sensitive to criticism even though I wish I wasn't. Even so, I recognize that not everyone is going to like a Rambler wagon with 8.5" fender flares. Anyway, along this crazy ride I have signed up for a lot of awards and various ways to promote the car and my sponsors. This is all a part of paying back my sponsors for their faith in me and the car. Several weeks ago, a Porsche builder who I admire, named Magnus Walker, posted that Mattel would be setting out on the Hot Wheels Legends Tour this summer. Along this tour they would be searching for their next hot wheels car design by judging entrants -- but you had to apply and you had to get an invitation. I looked it up and gleefully discovered that the tour would hit Nashville. I didn't find out until Tuesday of last week that I got an invitation to attend with the car. When the judges came by, we told them our story and they were stunned at the level of technology in the car and for this I have to thank Baer Brakes you were the first to step up and believe in me; Viking Performance, Inc. for giving me the most technologically advanced shock solution available; U.S. MAG Wheels you didn't even know who I was but you stepped up at the last minute and took my word that I would PR the **** out of my little Rambler; No Limit Engineering Rob MacGregor your flares might be a hot wheels car!!!!! I cannot imagine a finer place for your fabrication genius @XPEL Xpel Technologies for protecting my beautiful PPG Refinish USA & Canada paint like I didn't know was possible. Meza Automotive Paint for believing me when I promised I would promote you all the way - a family owned business doing everything they can to serve and support their customers. BFGoodrich Tires for manufacturing the best tires on the market; TCI Automotive for giving me that extra second on track with a ratchet shifting four speed AutoX trans and shifter, that I am impressed with more and more with every drive. Thanks to Matt Alcala for opening the doors to Best of Show Coachworks and allowing Jon to paint, Jamie to sand and polish and Austin to clean more sticky junk off of aluminum than I care to think about; the mechanic Dean at Best of Show Coachworks is the best in the business and is probably the only person I would trust to take on the final portion of the post-paint rebuild from Rodney; his brake lines are a work of art. I do not know how to express my appreciation to my friends and family who likely thought Rodney and I were crazy (probably still do) but they stood by us all the way. Now, I have to go back out the the garage and make some adjustments as well as put more wrap on the car to keep the paint pretty for the big show in Vegas; I have four months to prepare for SEMA and to think about what the judges from Mattel will be looking for. Fingers crossed that the little-Rambler-that-can, might be immortalized as a Hot Wheels car!! (I still cannot believe this is happening)
      Meanwhile, a lot of you have asked what exactly I have won at this point: A trip to SEMA in Las Vegas (the largest automotive trade show in the world) with my car being hauled out professionally and my expenses being paid to attend. Additionally, I will receive one of fifty prototype Hot Wheels cars being released at SEMA, for the 50th anniversary of the Hot Wheels brand. The car is encased in Lexan with my name engraved on it. This is a big deal, there were Hot Wheels fanatics dying to catch a glimpse of the car but Mattel was very secretive when showing it to me and I'm not allowed to say much about it until I get mine. Thank you everyone for your continued support and kind words, you all are so dear to me and Rodney and I cannot express this enough.
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    9. #149
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      This car is absolutely ridiculous, in the best way possible. Love it.

      Jay

    10. #150
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      Congratulations.

    11. #151
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      Quote Originally Posted by JayinMI View Post
      This car is absolutely ridiculous, in the best way possible. Love it.

      Jay
      thanks

    12. #152
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      Wow I am still amazed at what my old car has turned into. I hope to see you at one of the shows to see it in person. You really did a great job at transforming it into something amazing

    13. #153
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      Such a cool story! Congrats and the well deserved attention.

    14. #154
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      This is so cool. But, IF you are selected (and I hope that you are) and they make a Hot Wheels of your car, (which I hope they do) There better be one, signed, in a picture box, with a picture of you and the car, signed, showin up on my doorstep one day. That's all I'm sayin.

    15. #155
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      Quote Originally Posted by RobNoLimit View Post
      This is so cool. But, IF you are selected (and I hope that you are) and they make a Hot Wheels of your car, (which I hope they do) There better be one, signed, in a picture box, with a picture of you and the car, signed, showin up on my doorstep one day. That's all I'm sayin.
      There will be a case of swag for you Rob, it's your skill and genius that got me all of this attention!

    16. #156
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      HOT WHEELS! Video

      One of the whirlwind things that happened when they chose my car for the Hot Wheels contest was a video crew that followed me home and set up shop in our driveway/garage for the remainder of the day. Here's what they created! I can't lie, I love it. We had a great time with the crew and they captured a unique part of our story that I am forever grateful to have on 'film'.


    17. #157
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      Its nice to see a Rambling Rambler back on the road again. I bet some some people wonder what the car is.

    18. #158
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      Quote Originally Posted by goofybowler277 View Post
      Wow I am still amazed at what my old car has turned into. I hope to see you at one of the shows to see it in person. You really did a great job at transforming it into something amazing
      I hope that you get to see it too! I always hoped that I would do the car justice after purchasing it from you.

    19. #159
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      Quote Originally Posted by Zspoiler View Post
      Its nice to see a Rambling Rambler back on the road again. I bet some some people wonder what the car is.
      Pretty much everyone asks that question first. It gets mistaken for a Studebaker, a Mini Cooper and a Volvo most often.

    20. #160
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      Yes I could see that. I hate to date myself .But I grew up with those cars. And I would never suspect that someone would do that to those .but its a nice surprise.

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