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Here are more pictures of the New Uncle Kal's Model Car Raceway
located at 907 S Magnolia, Monrovia, CA 91016.

 Grand Opening Night 11/14/03 : Grand Opening Day 11/14/03
The building of a raceway through the eyes of Uncle Kal
 Pictures from 11/12/03 : Pictures from 11/13/03
Pictures from 10/31/03 : Pictures from 11/05/03
Pictures from 10/22/03 : Pictures from 10/29/03 
First Pictures : Pictures from 10/17/03 

Pictures from 11/13/03 - It's panic time and the Dragstrip gets braided.

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The Engleman is finally complete after the drivers straight sweeper was put on.
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John Emmons puts up the monitor for the Korkscrew
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The little Hillclimb is complete
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The Korkscrew is almost complete now that the carpeting is finished
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The Drag Tree is up
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and ready to go
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The sales counters are in place
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Still some work to do on the murals
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Some finishing still required on this one
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and still more work to do on the murals around the Engleman
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This one is complete
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Uncle Kal shows off the splash of color in the new  murals
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Work on the track skirts continues
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Greg Gilbert shows us the new  camber on the Korkscrew  leadon
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It's much better !!
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The allnew Uncle Kal's rental NASCARS
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Greg shows us the magnets
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Two on each car !
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The mural painting continues
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as does the skirting
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The mural painters overhead projector
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Greg Gilbert and Robert Stubbs braid the Dragstrip
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Laying the glue for the Dragstrip braid
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Tidying up the wiring for the Drag Tree
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One of the electricians hard at work
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Uncle Kal takes a phone break
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Ralph, one of  the mural painters
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The Korkscrew/Hillclimb race directors stand gets put in place
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While Ralph continues to paint
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and paint ...
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Josh Bauer helps with the Dragstrip braiding
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While Herman gets into the picture
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Josh and Greg test the rental cars on the hillclimb
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Another painter arrives  to help Ralph
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Ginna helps out with some cleaning up
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Partial success with the Video wall as we go 3 by 2
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Uncle Kal always thought it would all come together
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One side of the dragstrip is almost finished with 24 hours to go
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Josh and John take a break
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Not much action here, but this is proof that Uncle Kal's does have indoor plumbing !
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Tim Hould dropped by with about 20 hours to go

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Sam Brown was a welcome helper on the last night before opening, here putting some finishing touches to the Engleman power system
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The battery installation is almost complete
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The Engleman race directors stand gets a layer of carpet
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Chris heads back under the Engleman to look at some more wiring
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He's hard to see, but this is under the Engleman where Sam Brown was hard at work.
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Sam then helped out working on the dragstrip sensors
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He had the reach to make the job look easy !
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The new position for the Korkscrew/Hillclimb race directors stand
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The mural painters hard at work putting the finishing touches to the dragstrip wall
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Robert Stubbs looks on late into the night as the dragstrip wall is painted
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The dragster picture being projected onto the wall

 

Uncle Kal's Underground   626-303-0585   907 South Magnolia Avenue    Monrovia, California 91016