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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: AMXDuster]
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08/29/12 06:32 AM
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Great read and build .
My ?? by the first pic posted shows a 1971 challenger ,was the car changed or front and rear changed .
Allways been a fan .
Thanks DR
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: Big Squeeze]
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08/29/12 09:21 AM
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Being an avid fan of vintage race cars. This is probably the best thread I've read in years. MANY MANY thanks for sharing the journey  Being a builder of 1/25th scale models of old race cars. Mind if I ask what the colors are ?
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: tboomer]
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08/29/12 09:45 AM
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AMXDuster
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Really means a lot to hear your interest in this build, thanks again. We had a few laughs about Bucky's neighbor coming out of his house with a brick last week in light of the Red Light Bandit's "disturbing the peace". Bucky and Travis wisely drove down the other direction of their street where the shop is, just to be safe.
The colors, as I understand it, are "Candy Apple Red" and "Sunrise Pearl". Since Bagshaw had worked with the diecast people on the colors, Bucky and Travis used it as part of the determination of the color. In other words, if your model matches the diecast car, it's pretty much a match. If you are planning to build a model of the car, would love to see the finished results.
Arvid Svendsen
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: AMXDuster]
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08/29/12 10:10 AM
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Moparnut426
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Quote:
Really means a lot to hear your interest in this build, thanks again. We had a few laughs about Bucky's neighbor coming out of his house with a brick last week in light of the Red Light Bandit's "disturbing the peace". Bucky and Travis wisely drove down the other direction of their street where the shop is, just to be safe.
The colors, as I understand it, are "Candy Apple Red" and "Sunrise Pearl". Since Bagshaw had worked with the diecast people on the colors, Bucky and Travis used it as part of the determination of the color. In other words, if your model matches the diecast car, it's pretty much a match. If you are planning to build a model of the car, would love to see the finished results.
Arvid Svendsen
Im pretty sure I built a red light bandit challenger that was one of my Dads kits when I was a boy. Im thinking it was a johan kit.
id love to get another one.
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: Moparnut426]
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08/29/12 10:48 AM
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Im pretty sure I built a red light bandit challenger that was one of my Dads kits when I was a boy. Im thinking it was a johan kit.
id love to get another one
No Bagshaw cars were ever done in scale back in the day,,not that I'm aware of anyway.
There was a Dick Landy 1972 Challenger (MPC), Sox and Martin 71 Cuda(JoHan) Sox and Martin 1972 Cuda (MPC) and a Don Carlton Mopar Missle 1972 Cuda(MPC)
I have them all
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: gtx6970]
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08/29/12 11:03 AM
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Moparnut426
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Im pretty sure I built a red light bandit challenger that was one of my Dads kits when I was a boy. Im thinking it was a johan kit.
id love to get another one
No Bagshaw cars were ever done in scale back in the day,,not that I'm aware of anyway.
There was a Dick Landy 1972 Challenger (MPC), Sox and Martin 71 Cuda(JoHan) Sox and Martin 1972 Cuda (MPC) and a Don Carlton Mopar Missle 1972 Cuda(MPC)
I have them all
It could have been the Carlton car. Or since I basically rebuilt Dads kit, he could have painted it to look like the Bandit car. Hard to tell, Im getting old, and that car is long gone.
I know Ive had the Cuda, Dick landys car, and a Missle car, still have the a S&M Cuda in the box stuffed away somewhere, should built that one this winter. The JoHan kits had awesome detil in the engine department, The carbs I thought were really cool having the air horns on them and such.
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: Moparnut426]
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08/29/12 12:43 PM
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Fantastic that the effort was made to do a authentic restoration on this car. Nothing worse than seeing a vinatge racer with modern or incorrect replacement parts. Big fan of Bucky and Tuki - they respect the history and there execution is always top notch. Thanks for sharing
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: Big Squeeze]
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08/29/12 01:00 PM
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Is the car going to be run in Nostalgia type events. Or will it just be a semi-static display at shows +/or NHRA events ? Be kind a cool seeing the car make some full on power blast passes. Line it up with ,lets say a S+M car for some match racing in todays enviroment. And if it hasen't been mentioned, I call shotgun  
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: gtx6970]
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08/29/12 01:24 PM
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Initial plans are to bring the car to a shows the remainder of this year, and next year. Future displays and events would likely be the case. John Gastman, current RLB owner, has sold more Vipers over the past 18 years than anyone else in the country. For that reason, he has extensive involvement in Viper road racing and drag racing. In fact, he is taking his 08 Viper ACR drag racing in a couple weeks. Having said that, Gastman spent years drag racing the older Mopars, so he loves seeing the old Mopars race too. Though nothing is definite, I think the honest answer to your question on Nostalgia racing is probably not... just don't want to risk damaging the car. However, if he does race it, I'll send along your request to ride shotgun. 
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Re: Red Light Bandit 70 Challenger Indy debut Build Pics
[Re: AMXDuster]
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08/29/12 02:11 PM
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Arvid,
I want to thank you for your help, John for making this project possible and Bucky for allowing me to be a part of it. This car is an amazing piece of history. The number of original parts and pieces that were available and used, was incredible.
Thanks again everyone,
Cole
If the results don't match the theory, change the theory.
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I'd like to see the the Silver Bullet redone back to the way it was in the early 70's... 
