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My beautiful wife and me Communicate Send Email Add Buddy Club Invite Fireball22's Blog Mar 31, 2008 Doing Something Original Mar 03, 2008 Historic Stock Car racing VS the "Golden Age" Feb 18, 2008 NASCAR Golden Age Society Jan 23, 2008 Sponsors, sponsers, and $pon$or$ Jan 13, 2008 So, just how many sites are you guys on? Jan 09, 2008 Park and Fly? Dec 30, 2007 Whoa! They woke up! Nov 26, 2007 NASCAR's COT has made me an FOY Nov 19, 2007 Carster: Asleep at the Switch? Oct 25, 2007 Who are those guys? Oct 24, 2007 Well, here I am! Now what...? Owner: Fireball22 Gender: Male Age: 50 Last Activity: 6 month(s) ago Send IM (beta) Location: Citrus Heights, California Country: United States View Full Profile Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Thunderbird Car Status: Movie Car Ownership: Previous Owner Customized: Yes Last Updated: Feb 08, 08 09:55:45 AM Favorites: Add to Favorites Replica of Kulwickis first winning (click a thumbnail to enlarge) Well, "Previous Owner" isn't correct, but there weren't a lot of other choices. This is an actual retired NASCAR Winston Cup stock car that I helped to convert its paint and decal scheme for the biographical movie 'Dare to Dream: The Alan Kulwicki Story.' We needed to replicate Kulwicki's first-ever Cup race winning 1988 Zerex Antifreeze car, so we were given permission by the car's then-owner to repaint his car since he was going to do a ground-up restoration anyway. The original chassis was built by RahMoc Racing in 1986, then later rebodied to appear as a 1987-88 T-Bird for NASCAR competition. It was raced by Jody Ridley in 1986 and 87 with Nationwise Auto Parts sponsorship. We needed to convert it very quickly on rather short notice for filming. From the start of stripping the car of its original livery to the final application of the decals needed for its period-correct movie appearance took place in 18 hours! The wildest part was that the crew was dependent on my memory to re-create the paint scheme accurately... at 3:00 AM after 1 hour of sleep! I even appear in the film for 18 seconds with one speaking line, about 3/4th into the film. Don't blink! (I'm the guy with the cowboy hat, BTW.) The car has since been returned to its correct Nationwise colors. Still, it was a lot of fun! Comments [post] (no comments posted for this car) Garage 1964 Ford Galaxie 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac 1966 Ford Ranchero 1988 Ford Thunderbird 24 Buddies STIpoweredBr... Hudlow6678 jackedupchev... TruPony LedZeppelin Legacy_Rally... carman95 WaynesWorld Show all 24 buddies

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