Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2013 2:41:54 GMT -5
Another newbie on this forum. not new around such model car forums. Some will recognize my username DustyMojave, Some would recognize me under another name such as MojaveRacer208, Some by my old Yay! Who? name of HiJumper104. Some just know me by my legal name of Richard Parcells.
I've been building model cars on and off since 1960. My parents met at a road race and the 1st race car I ever sat in was a Belly Tank LSR car when I was 2. The 1st race cars I worked on were a brand new pair of Lotus 11s. I started working Tech Inspection for SCCA races at the age of 7. I still work Tech Inspection at Offroad desert and short course races 50 years later. I've made a living fabricating and restoring various types of race cars since the mid 1980s. I've won a Championship racing an unlimited class offroad buggy in desert racing. I've raced in Baja. Cars I''ve built and put together have won Championships in SCORE Baja racing and have won their Class in the Baja 1000. Others have won USAC Super Modified races. I've restored some famous road race cars such as a Penske Javelin, a Boss 302 Trans Am racer and a Shelby 67 Mustang Trans Am racer. I was a crew member on a the most famous of all Sunbeam Tigers in it's heyday of SCCA racing. I've restored Vintage Sprints and Midgets with flathead Fords and Offy engines. 2 Sprint cars I've worked on started life as upright Indy cars. One built by Luji Lesovsky and the other a Kurtis. One of those started out as a Bowes Seal-Fast Indy car.
I'm really not a fan of modern Indy Car racing. The CART vs Tony George fuss turned my attention away and it hasn't returned since. I couldn't tell you who won Indy for many years. But I used to deal with Rick Mears when he was an offroad racer and for a long time paid quite a bit of attention to Indy Cars.
I find F5000 more interesting than Indy anyway So some of my old MPC Eagle kits were built as F5000 cars with small block Ford and Chevy V8s. i also have a number of Heller F1 kits in 1/24. I build primarily in 1/24 and 1/25 and don't stray from those scales too far.
Honestly though, I spend more time these days on forums than building models.
I have lurked around here for a long time and actually thought I was a member. Reading on the Road Race Models Forum that Chris took this board over from Mike caused me to come check this board out again, but trying to log in showed that I was not a member. I AM now.
Now the question for you is...How do you tell if I'm now taking a bow, or just ducking the hurled vegetables?
I've been building model cars on and off since 1960. My parents met at a road race and the 1st race car I ever sat in was a Belly Tank LSR car when I was 2. The 1st race cars I worked on were a brand new pair of Lotus 11s. I started working Tech Inspection for SCCA races at the age of 7. I still work Tech Inspection at Offroad desert and short course races 50 years later. I've made a living fabricating and restoring various types of race cars since the mid 1980s. I've won a Championship racing an unlimited class offroad buggy in desert racing. I've raced in Baja. Cars I''ve built and put together have won Championships in SCORE Baja racing and have won their Class in the Baja 1000. Others have won USAC Super Modified races. I've restored some famous road race cars such as a Penske Javelin, a Boss 302 Trans Am racer and a Shelby 67 Mustang Trans Am racer. I was a crew member on a the most famous of all Sunbeam Tigers in it's heyday of SCCA racing. I've restored Vintage Sprints and Midgets with flathead Fords and Offy engines. 2 Sprint cars I've worked on started life as upright Indy cars. One built by Luji Lesovsky and the other a Kurtis. One of those started out as a Bowes Seal-Fast Indy car.
I'm really not a fan of modern Indy Car racing. The CART vs Tony George fuss turned my attention away and it hasn't returned since. I couldn't tell you who won Indy for many years. But I used to deal with Rick Mears when he was an offroad racer and for a long time paid quite a bit of attention to Indy Cars.
I find F5000 more interesting than Indy anyway So some of my old MPC Eagle kits were built as F5000 cars with small block Ford and Chevy V8s. i also have a number of Heller F1 kits in 1/24. I build primarily in 1/24 and 1/25 and don't stray from those scales too far.
Honestly though, I spend more time these days on forums than building models.
I have lurked around here for a long time and actually thought I was a member. Reading on the Road Race Models Forum that Chris took this board over from Mike caused me to come check this board out again, but trying to log in showed that I was not a member. I AM now.
Now the question for you is...How do you tell if I'm now taking a bow, or just ducking the hurled vegetables?
