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Msg ID: 2783111	Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0
Author:Pee Wee Fan 5/16/2023 12:12:06 PM	The first photo is of Kevin's beautiful "pancake" racer that he ran at Wall. I asked Kevin if he could send me some photos of his hot rods as I didn't see any posted on 3Wide. Hopefully, he will do just that as all of his cars were sharp lookin' racers. Anyway, I first met Kevin at Bridgeport at one of the last 5/8s races run. Since then, I have gained a lot of respect for Kevin as he is not only an accomplished racer but a true fan of the sport. Given all that he's done for and in the sport, not to mention his involvement in the Matheny School Christmas Party, I thought I'd build him a model of his beautiful #21 Wall racer. The rest of the photos are of the model of his #21. The model used is available on Model Roundup. The decals were a special order from Polecat Decals. Building this model (its not perfect) gave me an appreciation for today's hot rods. They're nothing like what I grew up working on and watching in the 60s and 70s, to say the least. Scott Ely
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Msg ID: 2783115	Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0
Author:D.Wolfe-358 5/16/2023 1:06:53 PM Reply to: 2783111	Good job Scott!
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Msg ID: 2783122	Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0
Author:elf 30 5/16/2023 2:34:07 PM Reply to: 2783111	Wow! great job. Just checked out that model site. Talk about inflation. I used to pay $2.50 or 3 bucks for those kits back in the 70's lol.Still have a box full of nascar models that I hope to get around to restoring some day. The modifieds and late models regretfully are all gone now.
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Msg ID: 2783125	Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0
Author:Steve Cameron 5/16/2023 3:49:53 PM Reply to: 2783111	Awesome Scott! I've been watching a few of those kits on eBay. They look like they're molded very precisely, is that so? Was there much fit work required?
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Msg ID: 2783149	For Steve re model build +0/-0
Author:Pee Wee Fan 5/17/2023 9:40:45 AM Reply to: 2783125	Steve- This model was much more detailed parts wise as opposed to the 60s-70s models I've built previously. For example, the hubs, brake rotors, and cailbers were all separate pieces. I found out that if you were "off a tad" on glueing the various parts of the frame/ chassis together (which I was), it carried over into the mounting of the front/ rear suspensions and body panels. I'll know better next time. Scott Ely
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Msg ID: 2783136	Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0
Author:Oldtimer 5/16/2023 10:23:21 PM Reply to: 2783111	Very nice model Scott. Nice attention to detail.
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Msg ID: 2783142

Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0

Author:kjeyres
5/17/2023 8:39:51 AM
Reply to: 2783136

Terrible pictures Scott !!! Scott really surprised me when he gave me this last week. It looks 100 times better in person. Thank you Scott, I appreciate it very much! Sits nice front and center with my collectibles.

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Msg ID: 2783150	For Kevin +0/-0
Author:Pee Wee Fan 5/17/2023 9:43:22 AM Reply to: 2783142	Kevin, thank you for your kind words. The word is out, I'm a decent model fabricator and a "not so good" photographer. I'm ok with both. Scott
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Msg ID: 2783145

Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0

Author:wallneewvet
5/17/2023 9:13:41 AM
Reply to: 2783111

Beautiful work by you Scott !!-super reproduction of kev's beautiful Hot Rod !!--

Clean lines , no B.S crap hung on her !!-- way after my time , when did KEV change #'s from #2 (avis )

to #21 ?+

THANKS, AGAIN, SCOTT!!

BLESSINGS !!

bill--------------

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Msg ID: 2783160	Kevin Eyres "21" Wall Racer +0/-0
Author:Frank A Jr. 5/17/2023 1:19:19 PM Reply to: 2783111	Great job!!
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