{"id":563,"date":"2008-04-28T07:01:26","date_gmt":"2008-04-28T14:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=563"},"modified":"2012-02-25T20:16:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-26T03:16:13","slug":"nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostaglia Funny Car Body Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fnostaglia-funny-car-body-builder%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F04%2Fdual-fire-burn-out.jpg&amp;description=Nostaglia+Funny+Car+Body+Builder\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Nostaglia Funny Car Body Builder\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Nostaglia Funny Car Body Builder&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/nostaglia-funny-car-body-builder\/\" data-text=\"Nostaglia Funny Car Body Builder\" data-desc=\"If you want to have some funny on the net, type in Nostalgia Drag Racing. From wild fuel altereds to stockers banging 4 speeds to top fuel funny cars, I like it all! No delay boxes or throttle stops there, just honest drag racing. I can't get enough. So stumbling around, I found Army Armstrong of\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dual-fire-burn-out.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a title=\"dual-fire-burn-out.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dual-fire-burn-out.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"Dual Funny car fire burnout\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dual-fire-burn-out.jpg\" alt=\"Dual Funny car fire burnout\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"250\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>If you want to have some funny on the net, type in Nostalgia Drag Racing.  From wild fuel altereds to stockers banging 4 speeds to top fuel funny cars, I like it all!  No delay boxes or throttle stops there, just honest drag racing.  I can&#8217;t get enough.  So stumbling around, I found Army Armstrong of The Funny Factory.  You ever wonder who builds the bodies for the growing wave of nostalgia racers?  You found it.  <a title=\"New constructin Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nostalgiafunnycarbodies.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Funny Factory&#8217;s<\/a> got a short but impressive list of funny car bodies and it sounds like they&#8217;re growing.  Here&#8217;s what Army had to say about his business:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"dunn-nova.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dunn-nova.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"Nova Nostalgia Funny Car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/dunn-nova.jpg\" alt=\"Nova Nostalgia Funny Car\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"350\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>We were mainly racers so I guess the funny factory was kind of an accident. We mainly wanted to race a 1969 Charger bodied F\/C but settled for a 1972 Vega body. Nothing against Vega&#8217;s, but we really wanted to be different so the search went on for a few more months with no luck. During the search, we heard a rumor of a Charger mold hiding in Chicago. With a few phone calls we were on a road trip to get the mold&#8230; Once we got it home, we started looking for a fiberglass shop to make one for us.<a title=\"jungle-jim-crew.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/jungle-jim-crew.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"Jungle Jim tribute Funny Car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/jungle-jim-crew.jpg\" alt=\"Jungle Jim tribute Funny Car\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"300\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a> After trying 4 different fiberglass shops, 3 of which laughed at us and the 4th wanting an arm and a leg, we decided to try it ourselves. Next thing you know it&#8217;s 4 years later and still growing.  So far, we build a 1972 &amp; 1974 Vega, 1968-69 Charger, 1970 Cuda, 1969-70 Nova, 1973 Duster and 1978-79 Vette.  We\u2019ve got plans too.  The future holds a 1971 Mini-Charger that we have already started on and should be ready by May. Then, its on to a 1965 Corvair and a1974 Camaro.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"100_0444.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/100_0444.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"New Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/100_0444.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"New Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"100_0455.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/100_0455.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"New Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/100_0455.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"New Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"4\" \/> <\/a><a title=\"100_0456.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/100_0456.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"New Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/100_0456.thumbnail.JPG\" alt=\"New Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently building and moving into a new shop. Plans are to do everything in one shop by 2009. We\u2019ll still have the body builds, but we\u2019re adding a Chassis shop and more.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s all done by family and friends, wife and son (Nicole and Trever Armstrong)<br \/>\nfather (Robin Armstrong) and good friend Heith Fike. A special thanks to Dennis Salzwimmer for pushing us to go for it and make the bodies ourselves and for all his help and advice since then.<br \/>\n<a title=\"smokerun.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/smokerun.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"Nostalgia Funny Car\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/smokerun.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Funny Car\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"400\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><a title=\"2432212090037142585zejxsb_ph.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/2432212090037142585zejxsb_ph.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"Nostalgia Funny Cars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/2432212090037142585zejxsb_ph.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Funny Cars\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"img_0628.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/img_0628.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[563]\"><img title=\"Nostalgia Funny Cars\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/img_0628.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Funny Cars\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best part of all this is the people we&#8217;ve met along the way. Like Henry Gutierrez. We made a mold and new bodies for him, and now Henry and his gang are some of our best friends! He&#8217;s also helping me get my AA\/FC license by driving his all new 1972 Camaro \u201cJungle Jim\u201d tribute Funny Car. (here&#8217;s a cool website about Jungle Jim and Jungle Pam) Another cool part of all this is when your at the track and someone comes up and asks, \u201cWhere&#8217;d you find this body?\u201d And you can reply with &#8220;two five gallon buckets&#8221; at <a title=\"New constructin Nostalgia Funny Car bodies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nostalgiafunnycarbodies.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Funny Factory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So maybe the original bodies are out there somewhere, but if you want one for your funny car operation, give Army a call.<\/p>\n<p>If you like this story, <a title=\"Join MyRideisMe.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Register\">please join MyRideisMe.com<\/a>.  It&#8217;s all free!  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From wild fuel altereds to stockers banging 4 speeds to top fuel funny cars, I like it all! No delay boxes or throttle stops there, just honest drag racing. I can't get enough. So stumbling around, I found Army Armstrong of\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>So stumbling around, I found Army Armstrong of The Funny Factory. You ever wonder who builds the bodies for the growing wave of nostalgia racers? You found it. The Funny Factory&#8217;s got a short but impressive list of funny car bodies and it sounds like they&#8217;re growing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[19],"tags":[288,446,286,2529,2541],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19312,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563\/revisions\/19312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}