Tribute to Sam Posey

3D Modeling Transportation posted on Apr 26, 2009
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When I was a student, in the seventies, I was fond of car races. Sam Posey was, as A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones...one of my favourite american drivers. A small funny story: In the Trans-Am Series, teams would "acid dip" the race cars to etch away metal, thus making the car lighter. At Laguna Seca, the first race of the season, the Challenger team was last in line for technical inspection. Since all the factories were participating in 1970, the first inspection of the year was highly detailed. After the Challenger had passed tech inspection and was accepted, the team offered John Taminus, the Chief Technical Inspector, a beer. John rested his elbow on the roof of the car and it dimpled in (from too much time in the acid bath). When that happened, he told them that they could not run the car until the roof was replaced. Within an hour of that incident, the Challenger team had received permission from Dodge and torched the roof off a Challenger that was sitting on a dealer's showroom floor in downtown Monterey.

Comments (18)


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bimm3d

11:34PM | Sun, 26 April 2009

Outstanding work!

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Crabbycabby

12:06AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

That's a computer generated image! Fantastic! Excellent work.

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AlphaWolf007

12:31AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Amazing, very cool car, and excellent model!

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mikeerson

1:53AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

super job on this and story.... acid drips... are they hidden under the helmet? LOL YOU HAVE BEEN FAVORITIZED!!!

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RG19

2:02AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Outstanding recreation of this blast from the past!!!

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stevey3d

3:20AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Brilliant Alain! Superb model and textures!

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artposer

3:45AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Awesome Car

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Merlin_Studios

7:21AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Excellent modeling and texturing, very nice.

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Domi48

10:32AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

Je me doutais bien que tu étais un passionné de courses cyclistes!

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zoren

10:43AM | Mon, 27 April 2009

very nice, fun story...

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chuter

12:41PM | Mon, 27 April 2009

That car is popular at the vintage TransAm races.

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Nytoprod

12:51PM | Mon, 27 April 2009

excellent !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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koosievantutte

12:17AM | Tue, 28 April 2009

good modeling.

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yorek

1:29AM | Wed, 29 April 2009

Sont loin, les "seventies".... Beau "derrière" qu'elle a !

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Campo-Diaz

10:33AM | Wed, 29 April 2009

Excellent work.

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JCD

12:59AM | Mon, 04 May 2009

Fabulous image - very realistic!

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roysorenson

1:59AM | Sun, 10 May 2009

Very cool! Can see it flying through a corner at Reiverside Raceway!

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ontar1

8:43AM | Mon, 18 May 2009

Excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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