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That one got past me. :-)~

I do like the way the rats often have unusual bodies and other components. They also will go with a more extreme appearance. There is some variety in the engines too.

They still have some "group...

Let me momentarily highjack the thread.... This brings up something I noticed years ago. My own drawings that I did as a "highschooler" seemed to have more imagination, than I do now... after almost...

Absolutely! I think the styling which was pretty simple and "utilitarian" through '53-'54, was staring to accelerate! The boxy look of the '53-'54s, and even some '55s, disappeared. Some of those...

Not unusual! The "Chrome boom" was starting. ...more of everything! Everyone had four headlights... 4-6 tailights.... more scoops... and more chrome on the drawing board for '58!

The '57 Ford...

I grew up near Chicago.... :-)

That cross ram suggestion would be great too. Some early gassers did run them in the early days.

I had lots of 409 parts in the eighties, and sold all kinds of speed parts to go into the custom...

Bob, You are dead on about the pipe bumpers with the end caps on 'em... and colored plexi windows would be a "must"!

That model picture was just to show the scoop I referred to ...not the W-block...

Too Kool!

If it were me..... being a child who grew up in the '60s.... and "lived" for drag racing.... going to the Indy Nats from '62 'til '74...

With the straight axle, it begs for a tilt...