Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola - Completed

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Re: Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola

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Thought this one had vanished Shayne :wink: Good to see it back and looking fab.
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looks great
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Re: Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola

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Looking very good Shayne, good to see the clearcoat finally hardened!
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Re: Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola

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Looking great Shayne! Can't wait to see it all done.

As I alluded to in my previous comment, in all the 28 Indy 500's I've been to, I've never seen a car that dominated and lead as easily as Mario did that day. Sure there have been some dominating performances over the years; Fittipaldi, Montoya, Wheldon - all leading 150 or more laps in a race, but none of them got over 160. Mario led 170... of the first 177. He had a lap lead and had he not broke down he would have lead 193 of 200, for the third most dominating win ever... but the two that exceeded that (Vuky with 195 in 1953 and Billy Arnold with 198 in 1930), didn't have to bunch up the field under yellow. Mario was actually taking it easy and had dialed the power back near the end, and in an ironic twist of fate, it was the dialing back of the power that caused his failure!
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Thanks guys...
Nice bit of history Michael i was not aware of how good this car along with a great driver were and how they had dominated the race..

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Delish- nice to see a clean Indy Car build.
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Re: Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola

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I feel a little embarrassed that I am posting some work being done on this build…..seeing the original post dates back to January 2013...or I could say WOW time flies doesn't it….hahaha
So I have pulled this one of out of the box and started to get it wrapped up, I am not going to make any predictions on when as I usually get bitten. So as you can see from the pictures the front suspension arms are now back on, the front and rear wings are in place so all I need to do now is add the suspension braces, mirrors and wheels, give it a good polish to remove finger prints and just the usual grim and dust these collect and I think I’m good….stay tuned.

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What a ruby red jewel. I don't know much about Indy cars, but I like your build.
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Re: Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola - Completed

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With a little spare time between looking after our two year old i have managed to get the little work done to call this finished. I have to say it is not one of the best models i have done, not the worst either but considering what it came from i am quite happy with it. Great decals Michael as always and the trusty old 2K helps hide average work....

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Re: Mario's Dan Hanna Auto Wash Lola - Completed

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Cool!!!
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