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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.

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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 !!!

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

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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.

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Here's some of the plates that were shown earlier in the thread. I've got ideas for a few more. TJ will make 'em, and I'll put 'em on the front and back, then change 'em occasionally. Just a little extra fun.

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Obviously, the writing on the trunk lid goes along with the name on the doors. Jesus Himself, is the one who said "You must be born again". But, that don't mean that everybody WILL be. It's a choice that everybody has to make, for themselves.

Some believe in Budda, some in Mohammed, some in various other gods, some in Satan himself, and some are atheists or agnostics and don't believe in any higher power. Some believe there is an afterlife of some kind--some that when you die, that's the end.

What do you believe ? The decision to be "Born Again" or not, is one that each person MUST make for themselves. But, the sad part is that IF a person does not receive this "new birth", while alive, on this earth, it is eternally too late.

Now, if as some believe, there is no afterlife, then the notion of a Biblical "new birth" experience is completely ridiculous. BUT, IF, on the other hand, the Bible is true, then it will be MUCH better to leave this earth as a "Born Again" Christian !!!

I can only speak from my own experience. Even IF there is no afterlife, or heaven, or hell, my life has been MUCH, MUCH better, since I prayed to receive this "Born Again" experience. I immediately lost my desire for the life of alcohol and sin I'd been living. No, it didn't make me "perfect"--FAR from it. But, if the Bible is true, I got my ticket to Heaven. And if it ain't true, my life on earth has been better because of whatever brought about the change in me.

For anyone who would like to know how to be "Born Again", here's some links to exactly how it's done.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage...0&version=NIRV

http://www.gotquestions.org/Romans-road-salvation.html

http://www.matthewmcgee.org/roman-rd.html

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Well, the paint I ordered came in. So TJ did the letters on the driver side with it. But it was too thick and dried much too quick. So the letters are 3-D and a bit lumpy.

So, she decided to do the other side with the Rust-Oleum, and do extra coats as necessary. That worked better. They still need a little tweaking, but here are some pics from the last 2 days. I think it'll look OK at the track, from a distance. And it looks similar to her earlier "Born Again" cars. And that's the whole idea.