Road to Recovery (many pics)

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Feb 17, 2008 | 05:55 PM

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Road to Recovery (many pics)

Well, as many of you know the end of last season was a bit of a roller coaster for the Red Rocket and the Stenod Racing team. We went from a race ready car to a wall stricken mess:

From there we put humpty dumpty back together in a couple days. The results were not pretty but impressive none the less:

So what updates are in store for the Red Rocket? The first thing in line is to try and fix the beat up body. For starters we took the car back apart all the way down to the bare chassis:

From this point we decided to upgrade to a Joe Van O Ultra Lite carbon hood:

Next step we put the Red Rocket in the hands of Todd Reiter from Reiter Metal Craft for the body work and paint:

As progress unfolds I will keep the updates comming; from paint completion, chassis updates, engine and powertrain to final assembly.

Tom

Feb 17, 2008 | 06:03 PM

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When you get the car back just remember "Don't eat walls", Just kidding. Should be better than new when you get it done.

Feb 17, 2008 | 06:14 PM

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Car looks pretty damn good, good luck this season. Hope to see you guys at some of the big races this year.

Feb 17, 2008 | 06:39 PM

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read about the previous slip up. looks like new now. have fun and make some great passes

Feb 17, 2008 | 07:01 PM

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amazing progress so far

Feb 17, 2008 | 07:20 PM

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where did you get that cartman redrocket decal?

Feb 17, 2008 | 07:20 PM

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gonna look great. glad to see the resurrection

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Feb 17, 2008 | 08:08 PM

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that hood looks much better! cant wait to see it done.

Feb 17, 2008 | 09:08 PM

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damn yall are rebuilding that car faster than i am building my first one! lol

VERY nice so far, hope this season goes flawless for you guys

Feb 18, 2008 | 12:39 AM

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Feb 18, 2008 | 01:42 AM

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Glad to see it making a full recovery

Always come back bigger and better!

Feb 18, 2008 | 04:23 AM

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i like it with all the mix match body parts hahaha
but great looking hood and bad *** car guys stay safe and fast

Feb 18, 2008 | 06:09 AM

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Nice!

Feb 18, 2008 | 08:18 AM

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Thanks! The cartman decal was made by Greg at Stickerdude Graphics.

Tom

Feb 18, 2008 | 08:20 AM

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Hey Tom cars looking good.... Let me know if we can be of any help

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Feb 18, 2008 | 09:12 AM

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Good luck with the Build the car will look awesome with the new hood.

Feb 18, 2008 | 09:46 AM

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Looking good Tom! Glad to see it getting fixed again. But i was even more impressed to see it back together as fast as it was before. Stenod did some great work there!