Built by: Rob Riley / Indianapolis, In.

I masked off the body portion, and sprayed the chassis with silver paint. Then i un-masked the body, applied some flame decals, and sprayed the whole thing with clear pearl lacquer. The body color is the molded yellow plastic...no paint. I sprayed the engine block intake manifold and heads bright yellow to match the body color. 

I drilled out the ends of the headers and painted them steel, and I painted inside the tubes where I drilled them out bright red. I sprayed the blower and, valve covers with aluminum, and they almost look chrome. I left off the big engine scoop, and replaced it with a chrome 2 hole injector. 

The stacks I added are real stainless steel, and thet are air line inserts for a 1:1 semi truck. I drilled 2 holes in the injector, and ran 2 fuel lines down behind the engine. I also drilled a hole in the fuel tank, and ran 1 fuel line to the back of the engine where there is an imaginary fuel log and fuel pump, that runs the 2 fuel lines back up to the injector. I drilled out the valve covers and the magneto, and I added spark plug wires. 

The fuel lines and spark plug wires are made from craft wire. I left the hard wire inside the insulation for the fuel lines, but I pulled it out for the plug wires (so they would not be so stiff). I sprayed the front axle, air foil, fuel tank, front wheels, rear wheels, push bar, and the roll bar with aluminum. I painted the spokes on the rear mags gold, and clear coated them. I sanded down the rear slicks with some 400 grit paper, so they look pretty worn from doing big smokey top fuel burnouts. 

I left the drivers helmet the molded yellow color, and shot a coat of the clear pearl lacquer over it. i painted the drivers face mask and fire suit with aluminum, and painted his goggle lenses and the steering wheel black. I made the parachute cord out of chrome elastic craft cord, and runs  under the body, and up inside it.