Introducing........RAT’S NEST - Page 44

**R68GTO** · #**431** 11-07-2021, 09:28 PM

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**Too Many Projects** · #**432** 11-07-2021, 11:05 PM

You are a teaser...

**R68GTO** · #**433** 11-15-2021, 12:14 AM

Made a trip to southern Ohio today to pick up a helmet to match the car. Denny and Rick used Denny's dad's original helmet as a pattern to create a duplicate using Lemans blue instead of the original ice blue. Had them both sign it too! I gave Denny the original driver's door glass out of his Dad's car for him to hang on his garage wall. It was a great day!

**Too Many Projects** · #**434** 11-15-2021, 02:26 AM

Very cool !!!
That's neat that you gave him the glass. Have you planned for this for some time and replaced the glass with new ?

cook_dw · #**435** 11-15-2021, 10:48 PM

Badass helmet. Very cool to give him the door glass. I’m sure he was happy.

**R68GTO** · #**436** 11-16-2021, 02:47 AM

The original glass had a few spots where it was hit with a sandblaster by the guy that restored the car black/gold in 1978 so I sourced an original date coded piece to replace it. Denny can now hang this on his garage wall along with hids Dad's helmet.
Seems like every time I visit these guys I get a little more info from them. The car hauler they used to haul Rat's Nest around was a silver 1969 C30 chassis truck they bought new and immediately stretched the frame on and added ramps to haul their A990 hemi car. When they got done painting Rat's Nest, they pulled the C30 in and painted it to match. Denny pulled his wallet out and showed me this tattered photo that his Dad had in his wallet when he passed away in 2006.

**PeteLeathersac** · #**437** 11-16-2021, 03:05 AM

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Super cool!

~ Pete

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**Xplantdad** · #**438** 11-16-2021, 03:59 PM

That's cool as heck!

**R68GTO** · #**439** 11-19-2021, 06:50 PM

Well, we made it! All set up just 3 cars away from Joe I. And his yellow yellow houndstooth big block!

**Too Many Projects** · #**440** 11-19-2021, 07:00 PM

That tattered pic is about as nostalgic as anything gets....waaaaay cool. On the hunt for a '69 C30 now ???
I was looking for one of those 10 years ago and they were hard to find then.
REALLY looking forward to being there tomorrow and putting eyes on ALL the cool cars I've been watching on this forum for the past year. Yours should be quite easy to spot.

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