[Geeto-Tiger]

cool video's, thanks for posting. He really knows how to live by faith.

[ponyakr]

Here's another video I just watched, this am, on BVOV channel 265, on Dish.

It's Bubba telling about what happened one day, when he was working on his '57 Chevy drag car, preparing for a race at Hallsville.

http://www.kcm.org/watch/event/2014-...oodness-900-am

[Geeto-Tiger]

In this last video, he talks about a classic car museum he started in Fort Worth. I can't find any info on it on the web or on his website. Do you know anything about it?

[ponyakr]

Originally Posted by Geeto-Tiger

In this last video, he talks about a classic car museum he started in Fort Worth. I can't find any info on it on the web or on his website. Do you know anything about it?

I assume it is just his private collection. I just listened to that part again. He called it his shop. His wife said "Stop calling it a shop. It's a museum." So, as far as I know, it is not open to the public.

[ponyakr]

Well, it's been a REAL slow project. But, our "Born Again" repro will now move under it's own power. And we have begun to decorate it a bit. Most of the old school race cars had lots of stickers, a name, and a flat snorkel scoop.

Our 1st "Born Again" was a '68 Bird, with a 455, TH400, 12-bolt rear, slapper bars, and stickers. Our 2nd "Born Again" was a '67 Bird, with a 455, TH400, 12-bolt rear, roll bars, and a snorkel scoop.

So, our 3rd "Born Again" is a combination of the first two cars. It's a '68 Bird, with a 455, TH400, 12-bolt rear, roll bars, slappers, a glass hood with flat snorkel, and some stickers. No, it ain't an exact clone, but you can see the resemblance.

Obviously, if the budget was bigger, the build would be better. But, this car is still low budget, just like all our previous race cars have been. In fact, this build has been almost no budget. It ain't near ready for competition. But, thanks to a lot of help from some racer friends, I can now crank it up and make some noise !

It's hard to explain, to someone who don't understand, just exactly what it means to an old racer, to have a race car he can look at, tinker with, and hear it run--whether it ever makes a pass or not.

So, THANKS A LOT guys, for all the help !!!

[ponyakr]

Here are some pics of our first two "Born Again" cars. Of course, TJ did all the lettering, and the driving.

[ponyakr]

Thanks Greg !

Instead of cutting the letters from decal material, like she did on the first two "Born Again" Birds, TJ decided to paint the letters on this car. Turns out that the paint I bought was too thin, requiring several coats. So, she stopped, til next week, when some better paint gets here.

I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread--not sure. But this car was raced by a friend we call "Oogene", after a puppet by that name, on the Gospel Bill TV show. His real name is Eugene. So, the name just seemed to be a natural fit, to us. He told me that I had originally sold the car to him, along with a couple of parts cars, tho I didn't remember doing that. Anyhow, glad to have the old Bird back. It's just sorta cool.