Dick Trickle - Wikipedia
Dick Trickle was the greatest short track racer in all of stock car racing with over 1200 feature wins. : NASCAR (reddit.com)
Ertl made on 1/18 version of one of Dick's rides, an ASA Thunderbird sponsored by Arctic Cat snowmobiles.
Of course, as the Wikipedia article points out, Trickle was an accomplished snowmobile racer.
ASA-52 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Thunderbird Pic by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Recently, we completed a custom of Dick's A&W Root Beer-sponsored Ford Boss 302 Mustang.
The donor was the tried and true Welly/ACME Boss 302 "Trans Am" racer.
One of the first things you have to do on these is to correct the erroneous induction system that plagued the earlier versions.
My corrected single four-barrel on the left, "stock" fuel injected error on the right.
IMG_6554 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Of course, as my painter pointed out to me, I also put a cowl-induction air box on it, which hides all the work I do.
IMG_6555 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Here's a picture of Trickle's Mustang.
decals-1972-99-mustang-dick-trickle by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Here's the custom.
IMG_6556 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
IMG_6557 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Dick Trickle was the greatest short track racer in all of stock car racing with over 1200 feature wins. : NASCAR (reddit.com)
Ertl made on 1/18 version of one of Dick's rides, an ASA Thunderbird sponsored by Arctic Cat snowmobiles.
Of course, as the Wikipedia article points out, Trickle was an accomplished snowmobile racer.
ASA-52 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Thunderbird Pic by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Recently, we completed a custom of Dick's A&W Root Beer-sponsored Ford Boss 302 Mustang.
The donor was the tried and true Welly/ACME Boss 302 "Trans Am" racer.
One of the first things you have to do on these is to correct the erroneous induction system that plagued the earlier versions.
My corrected single four-barrel on the left, "stock" fuel injected error on the right.
IMG_6554 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Of course, as my painter pointed out to me, I also put a cowl-induction air box on it, which hides all the work I do.
IMG_6555 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Here's a picture of Trickle's Mustang.
decals-1972-99-mustang-dick-trickle by Jim Forte, on Flickr
Here's the custom.
IMG_6556 by Jim Forte, on Flickr
IMG_6557 by Jim Forte, on Flickr