way to go Ryan well deserverd great guy and family.

Chuck

Cool - congrats!

A little treat I have always wanted.....

I started pumping gas at the local Sunoco at 13 years old, there was a mechanic who worked there that had a 1967 Chevelle Malibu,
Painted orange with black stripes, big block hood, Cragars, ladder bars, 327,
Camel hump heads, Holley, 4.10 gears, and a 4 speed.... shifted with a Hurst Pistol Grip Shifter.

He took me for a ride and flat shifted through the gears.... I have been wanting one of these shifters ever since!!!!

Today is like Christmas!!!

Ryan W31

Now I need to get my ass in the garage and get my car back together!!!

Very nice.

I have installed my SFI flywheel, Lakewood bell housing, clutch fork, I had to buy a McLoed adjustable throw out bearing, and adjustable pivot ball to get the adjustment just right.

I used my sphere end rod kit for the linkage.

I pulled the pedals out and fixed the slop I had. I could push the brake and clutch pedal side to side way too much, now they move free but no extra slop :-)

I am close to putting the trans and driveshaft back in…

I changed the oil in the rear, and fixed a drip I had since day one.

I changed the oil in the trans.

I have my new pistol grip shifter on my Street Super Shifter and can’t wait to try it!!!

Ryan W31

I like your Vintage Metal Tanker Desk....Check the Manufacture Tag was it made in Chicago?

Dan

I’ll check. I inherited it from Amy’s Grandad.

Ryan W31

I got spoiled at Christmas!!!

Amy had Brad Barrie create an Ayr Ontario County Garage plate frame. (On order)

Also our daughters boyfriend got me a 1968/1969 Florida W-31 plate.

Ryan W-31

A dream come true for sure.


The model is out of my car in the MCACN series.


I am humbled/blushing/gushing/loving this.


Ryan W31.

----Congrats! So cool, Ryan! Betting you have one earmarked for the Stagers......Bill S

Cool - glad for you. Congratulations!

Absolutely!!


Lynn cant wait to get hers and says Al will be super excited.


Ryan W31

Very cool. You're a rock star.

Awesome stuff!! Congratulations. :beers:

Very cool :)

Well deserved....Congrats!

Dan

Very cool!

Very cool Ryan,but why did they do the model as an automatic?

The guy that worked with me to get the details correct said they would make a few new parts to recreate my car but that they couldn’t make a standard transmission version.

I am going to ask a friend to modify one to get rid of the dash vents, and wood grain, and console, and put a stick in it :-)

Ryan W31

What???

That’s a Deal Breaker :(

Dan

great wow

I put one of the County Garage Ayr Ontario Plate frames on, and love it!!


Ryan W31

Wow! Not many can say they had their car made into model form for all to enjoy! Way cool Ryan!! First an amature made calendar, now a professional model. Kudos man!! :headbang:

Cheers
Dave

What's next Ryan? Are you going to be the next centerfold in Playgirl? Is that mag still around?

Seem to remember a centerfold type shot of Da Grump back in the day.

NO.... I am not asking anyone to post that pic. Hard to unsee it.

Hey, I have one of those calendars. It may be amateur in the strictest sense of the word; i.e. it was put together out of love for the hobby and not for profit. But it looks pretty damn professional.

Congrats Ryan and welcome to an elite club!! :beers:

One of my Chevelles was done in the MCACN series, 2019.
The only real inaccuracy is they mounted the antenna at the rear.

Bill W

I asked Brad Barrie (same guy that made my plate frames) to make dealer stickers.

I got a few colour combos to try. Black and white, black and reflective white, green and white.

Can’t wait till they arrive!!

Ryan W31

Happy “327” day to Al and Lynn Stager

53 years today, since they bought my Cutlass.

Ryan W31

Congrats on the honor of having a model of your car in circulation. Thats pretty cool.
I had Brad make up some plate frames for me also. Very happy with them.

Those dealer stickers look awesome too!!

What a day!!!

Thanks Bob Ashton for this honour!!!

My 1:18 scale Auto World die cast arrived today from round2corp.com I could not be more excited!!!

They got all the details right, the B90 trim, dog dish caps, white walls, hood stripes, all bang on!!!

Can’t wait for MCACN 🙂

PS: this one is no longer new in the box!!!

I have been a little quiet lately and need to catch up on sYc

September 2022 PSMCDR

I was matched up with a 1973/4 Chevelle 454/TH400/3.31 Posi for the shootout.

Our times were within a tenth so it was a good match up.

I won the best two out of three and we raced the third for fun and I won that one too. :-)

PSMCDR is a friends and family and racing weekend and I could not enjoy it more!!! Winning felt pretty fantastic too!!!

Ryan W31

Congrats and car looks killer

Ryan, your W31 ran well in the time trials when I was there on Friday. Good chatting with you in the pits. Congrats on your wins on Saturday. Looks like your seat time and shifting had paid off.
Denis Guenzel

Always great to catch up Denis!!!

Ryan W31

PSMCDR was a hoot, I drove Des’ Mr Transmission truck and a rented trailer with my Cutlass Thursday to be ready to go Friday morning. Amy came Friday and surprised me by bringing my Mom. (It was so nice to share the experience with them.

I got to visit with so many friends!!!

Bob Ashton even brought me a binder full of W Machine muscle car magazines.

The car worked very well, I set the rev limiter at 6,200 and I hit it several times.

One time I thought things were going south but as far as I can tell I took off in first and somehow shifted into fourth…. that is not optimal….. all was well and I took a couple test runs through the gears and got back at it.

I went down the strip 23 times!!!

ET, and MPH were very similar to 2019.

Ryan W31

Cool pics Ryan! Looks like you had a blast....:headbang:

I even got to race Dave Heilala’s RamRod Rob Thomas driving.

Several of the MSU Project W31 students came to see me race.

Ryan W31

Great pics and a great story Ryan.

Paul

----Loved seeing all these pics, Ryan. You really did well that weekend. How does one go about procuring a Weaver racing team "T-shirt"? Very cool.....Bill S

Nice job Ryan.. that's a 74 you were matched up with:3gears:

Those shirts were a limited production run, like a COPO of sorts :-)

Ryan W31