Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

The Wahoo swap meet was sort of a bust. There never is much for Mopar at these things but even less than usual this time. I only saw one vendor with Chrysler stuff. A guy I know out of Milford, Nebraska brought down a crusty '69 Roadrunner along with various '68-'72 B-body parts. I heard that he sold the Roadrunner for $4200.

I purchased a couple of Hot Wheels to set up in the basement next to the drag strip. - A Sox & Martin Super Stock Duster and a Gary Densham Challenger Funnycar. I hadn't mentioned it in this thread before but I have a 30 foot long HO scale drag strip that I've been building. It's got a working Christmas tree and even displays e.t.s on a billboard on the far end.

I started working on it last Winter when the weather got bad. I have a long way to go before I'm finished. There are a few hundred trees that need to be planted. I still haven't installed or wired in the street lights. I'm debating putting in a return lane so that a person doesn't have to run down to the end to retrieve his car. I realize that the strip is longer than what it should be for scale but I wanted the e.t.s to look more realistic. The cars are too fast to accurately mimic the e.t.s they should be running. I did make an animated THUNDER VALLEY billboard which (combined with the street lights) should look awesome for night racing.

I'd also like to set up a camera combined with a 42" screen to give a real time display of the action. I may try to limit the style of tires on the cars to give them less traction. - Then you might be forced to feather it off the line in order to 'hook up'.



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