To Todd....From the Ratpack

[MuscleRodz]

Brian, call me, I tried calling you awhile back on this butno response. I know your busy. Let me know if there is anything we can help with on the build.

[Finch]

After a long delay I am happy to say we are finaly back on track with this build. As we got into the summer months and knew we could not hit the fall Barret Jackson dates we decided to push the project to the winter so we can have it at several events next year before it is auctioned off.

Some other news is that we picked up another donor car to start with, Albert Melchoir and Bret Voelkel were nice enough to swing a deal and provide a complete running and driving 71 RS. This car already had the ridetech 4 link as well as the awesome Tigercage so it put us many hours ahead.

[Finch]

[Finch]

We started tearing it down and had it completely stripped in a day

[Finch]

Car is ready to be blasted. I gave a call to Jesse and Jeff Greening and they graciously agreed to blast the tub for us at no charge. They are the hottest shop in the country this year and are still down to earth enough to stop what they are doing to help a great cause.

Thanks again Greening Auto.

[tommycomfort]

Excited to follow along again!

[coolwelder62]

Congrat's on getting started on this Awesome project.

[Finch]

I dropped the tub off this week at Greening Auto in Nashville where they will be blasting it clean for us to start the minor rust repair. I was fortunate enough to spend the lunch hour with them touring the shop and checking out some killer projects in the works. I saw some custom headlights they built that cost more than most crate engines.

Again many thanks to them for stepping up to help out a great cause. This thing will start coming together soon so anyone who wants to stop by and burn some metal or turn a wrench just holler.

[Finch]

Another cool deal is that Mike Hogue with Campbell Hausfeld has joined the cause. They are releasing a new line of pro tools that are top quality and work. They feature full cast aluminum bodies with rubber grips. He dropped off a pile of tools that I don’t think are even out yet so we get to torture test them on this build. I can say that the cut off tools are almost twice as fast as my current ones so cannot wait to try out the rest of the tools

[coolwelder62]

Way cool.Brian if I can help out in any way please call.

[tazzz25906112]

Carbon Kusotms is pleased to share some pic's of the joint efforts of plugs in progress... Brian Finch, Greg Tholen and our own work shop have been working the plugs that will act as Mold Bucks.... The easiest way to to think of this process is a one shot attempt to build a perfect show winning panel as any defects become repeated in every part there after,,,, no pressure there right gang ;-).... These parts are far from done (still have a ton of hours of blocking to insure the best possible results on the bucks),,, however these images showcase the new products shapes and general look at this point for your enjoyment.... Welcome to the inside loop gang cause this car is going to be awesome ;-)

[tazzz25906112]

Great progress is underway and the industry and private response has been incredible.... The following represent a list of committed suppliers and there are more to add as we finalize the needs and agreed donations... Please forgive me if I make an error on this initial list as I am assembling individuals on the fly and trying to pull all the info together here... The partial list is as follows:

-American Auto Wire
-A Plus Powder Coating
-American Street Car Series
-ARP
-Baer Brakes
-BCII
-BFG
-Campbell Hausfeld
-Carbon Kustoms Ltd.
-Center Force (Dyad twin disc)
-DSE
-Finch Products
-FM 3 Performance Marketing
-Forgeline wheels
-Ray Hale (Donated a new 9" center section)
-GT Motorsports (Greg Tholen)
-Hermance Design
-Jet Hot
-JRD International (Glass for the car)
-Lingenfelter Performance Engineering
-Musclerodz & Customz
-Optima batteries
-Perma cool Products
-Rick's tanks
-Royal Purple
-Source Interlink
-The RatPack
-Vintage air
-Vintage Racing and Performance (Scott Mock)
-Wisco

Thank you all these individuals and companies for their support.....

[protouring70]

Looks incredible! As always. Glad to see progress knowing how busy you are!!

[tazzz25906112]

Thanks Bret....

On a separate note I'm also happy to announce that Sparky Rnd and Perma-cool stepped up on the cooling needs for the Gartshore build recently and we're still hitting sponsors up so who knows you maybe next ;-)

[badazz81z28]

Is there an update on this car?