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Killer looking car. Can't wait to see the car back in action.

Super Cool... ;) ;D ;D

Maybe one Day the Inch Pincher's will show up again aswell... ;)

Frank

the car has the air too low compared to the old one ???
 and as i know the car had a normal roof before the choptop version and second pictures there's a chop top , but is not lower at the rear ,  after was still lower than the most known version (picture3)

for me the angle of the rear quarter windows is different.

you said here mike   ??? , yes for me it look like different too

I'm with you there....
The rear window looks different too.

Very cool !
I'm glad that someone is going to restore it.
It is definitely worth the time and money to restore it EXACTLY the way it was.
A daunting task, yes, but well worth the effort !
 :) :D ;D :D :)

I didnt notice the quarter window at first, but you are 100% correct. To me it looks like the red car has the windscreen layed back (a no no in early '70's NHRA!), whereas the original car has the stock angle. Maybe the chop was redone? Who knows. Either way, it's going to take a lot of work to turn this

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into this... the paint alone would cost thousands!!!

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Check it really close.  It appears that both rear windows are different from each other.  If you look through the left side at the right side it appears to be the same shape as the old photo.  Just looks like poor workmanship on the shape of the rear windows.  It was a race car after all.  JMO.

I dont know Donny... compare this shot to the red picture I posted above... it is the same side, they look different to me ::)

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First of all the Buzzin Bee seems to have a "big window" body 1965->.... look at the B pilar, could you fit a semaphore there? Nope. Note, the doors are early.
The red car seems to be a small window body with small window doors, but not the same doors as before. look at the nice curve in the front part of the window surround. The red door has a straight section in it to.

It might be the buzzin bee with a new body? Very cool to see it found!

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if iremember well there's some other pictures in the gasser gallery  topic , who was posted by the actual owner  ;)

There was and is two Buzzin' Bee race cars, and both are expected to be fully restored soon. The second car is close to being painted and completed. Could make a West Coast appearance this May 1.

A Friend of Mine in Florida Ralph owns Both Buzzin Bee's One is almost done the other has a ways to go Ralph Has Plans to Have It Here for Bug In 36 Ralph and the Car will be Staying with the Schley Brother's Bug In 36 Should be Great More Old Car's Returning to there Glory!  I Sold Ralph some Rare Parts for this Car (Empi Gt Valve Covers,Empi Globe Manifolds,Empi Linkage Castings) Ralph is a Great Guy Looking forward to seeing the Car Back In Action Again....

Thanks Gary,This is Ralph and the Bee will be at the Bug In 36, I just booked the car hauler today to pick it up on the 15th and have it to the Schley brothers buy the 26th where it Will remain for about 6 month's to a year,while I restore the first Bee, My plans are to have it ready for Bug In 37 and have them both there together!!! I will post some Photos tomorrow.

thx for the updates ralph ;)

Done!!!!

Bitchen!

very cool...awesome work...thanks for the pictures... ;D

awesome
nice work

looking GREAT!!  congrats to ya . . UD .

WOW....

Great!

for which magazine the report will be ???

nice work raplh

fabs

Nice work, looks cool.......

However, was expecting to look like this.........

I was wondering who would be the first to notice ;) I guess it's their car, blah blah blah ::) :P

There were two Buzzin' Bees, and the car that Ralph just shipped to California is the second, tube chassis car (black paint). We just unloaded it at Schley's house about 2 hours ago. Stunning to stay the lease. This gasser will blow you guys away when you see the details on this one. This is a clone car to Billy Mitchell's Thunder Bug, originally built back in 1974. Ran 10.60s best, weighs 875 lbs without weight added....

875? What the ...
It would seem as if there's NO STRUCTURE inside ... absolutlely AMAZING what they did back in the Gas/MC days.
Borders on INSANITY!

Does it look the same as it did back in the day ????? Hope so, but still looks really great, have a great weekend Deano.

You know Russell, tough to say. There was so little press given to cars in Flordia during the '70s. Ralph has a lot of photos, albeit bad ones at that, of the car when it was done, but he has a lot of detail photos of Billy Mitchell's Thunder Bug chassis, which this one was made from. Billy Mitchell DID drive this car as well. Now the car shown above in gold and custom paint (with 12 spoke wheels), was the first car, and the one that Billy drove against Darrell Vittone at the U.S. Nationals. This car (#2) now has a lot of correct parts on it: Empi globe manifolds, Deano pump, sump, block-off plate, linkage pieces, Empi GT valve covers, DDS shifter, DDS rear wheels, etc. This is a tube axle car with Koni shocks, 4-link rear end with Koni adjustables.... no torsion housing, hence the ultra light weight. This car was also known as "Tea Time" and ran the NHRA Winternationals and won class. I found some great Jere photos of it last night. A lot of history here, especially with the Billy Mitchell connection! Ralph did his homework well.

chuck de Lisi from pompano beach florida owned the car when it was TEA time ; heere're some pict from hot vw  at winternationals 77
 ;)

Yes, same exact car!

Here's one from last night...

DAMN ... Now that is FINE.
 8)

Wish I were there ...
TxT

It is nice to see the old cars popping out and recognized. Truely super cool and street creds....

Cheers deano, very cool indeed.

looks real NICE!! i   UD .

If you look at DKP website under past events Bug In 14, scrowl down to a car that could be the Buzzin' Bee??

this one ???
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for me it look like more "dennis the menace" race car without the paint scheme  ;)
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Similar, but I think not.

i agree with TXT 875 lb OH MY GOD!! they should have called it the BALSAWOOD POTATOCHIP that wood fit the bill to a tee. even a absolute CALM day she would be on EDGE. probebly why bill mitchel SLAMED HIS BODY on the YELLOW car. AIRDAMM that BIT??  . UD .

Zach,

The black tilt body without lettering looks to be the Mike Dennis car. I saw this car at an early bug in and looked it over closely. I am not sure who supplied the shot above but it looks like the same car as Dennis the Menace.

Rick M

Agreed. Not the same car as the Buzzin Bee though.

 ;)

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Clik on pict. for more!!!

Wow... never saw the SWB version before  ;D

This would be the perfect R/C model!  ;D

Front brakes must a have a little too much bias !
 :o

Might as well add this to the silliness   :D

The plain black flip-body car could well be Dennis The Menace, as it has rear torsion bars still, and Buzzin Bee didn't have them.

    Here are a few more pictures from the Schley Bros museum.

    Frenchy

   

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