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  • Rumnhammer

    July 9, 2010 10:03 a.m. Rumnhammer Reader

    Hi all, just got back from vacation in England, and wanted to post a couple of pics of the sand sculpture I did on the beach in Crantock, which is in Cornwall England.

    I spent about 4 hours making this race car, only to have the tide which runs about 8 ft high here wipe it out in about 20 minutes.

    In two of the pics you can see the tide about to eat it. The last thing standing was the engine, which you will notice is a little DOHC unit with detailed intake and exhaust, (as much as possible with sand) and has sea weed sparkplug wires.

    Hope you like it.

    Chris Rummel

  • JeepinMatt

    July 9, 2010 10:19 a.m. JeepinMatt Dork

    That's awesome! The best I can do is turn a bucket full of sand upside down.

  • July 9, 2010 10:25 a.m. triumph5 Reader

    In reply to Rumnhammer: Looks like the BRM sports car prototype with the half-16 engine.

  • BoxheadTim

    July 9, 2010 10:26 a.m. BoxheadTim Dork

    Cool! Thanks for sharing the photos.

  • Woody

    July 9, 2010 12:13 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    Rummel, you magnificent bastard!

  • July 9, 2010 12:28 p.m. stan SuperDork

  • shadetree30

    July 9, 2010 2:02 p.m. shadetree30 Reader

    Woody wrote:

    Rummel, you magnificent bastard!

    I READ YOUR BOOK!

    Actually to me it looks more like a Cooper-Climax, early '60s...

  • Rumnhammer

    July 9, 2010 3:55 p.m. Rumnhammer Reader

    Thanks, I was going for a vintage formula car look. I thought it was fitting since I was in England.

    The day before I made a Dragon, but I thought the car was more fitting to post here. Plus people might think I was posting pics of Deals gap.

    Here is a pic of that one with me and my daughter.

    Chris Rummel

    Oh, yeah I get the Patton quote too. LOL.

 
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