At first the boys were not happy anytime that I suggested pink. So naturally, the car had to be repainted pink. Penelope Pitstop's Compact Pussycat seemed to be the perfect concept. At first I considered making an open top version of the DBR9. But I would have needed to fit the A posts anyway. I decided to keep the roof. The car is obviously not a line for line copy of the Compact Pussycat. It was never intended to be. This car is my vision of what a real race car would look like if Boomerang/Cartoon Network sponsored a car as the Compact Pussycat.
First the car was painted white, masked, painted pink, masked again, then painted yellow.
The drivers A post needed rebuilding and painting after it became obvious that the glass would not fit. The lips needed to be redone when the grill was reinserted. I decided to Krazy Glue the grill in place to support the rebuilt lips.
I gave the Compact Pussycat to my resident Pit Babe. She can't wait to hit the track. A big crowd is coming for Mother's Day. The boys are coming around to appreciating pink - in the right context of course.
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