MY mistake. Rare came from CuRARE.

From my recollection Dave didnt build any of those. Dick build his competition models. Dave painted them.

For a period Dick was framing up Tipo's for WK to sell comercially. He became quite good and could pop out a frame up in a weekend. That is what he is referring to. That would have happened between 1979 and about 1981.

BTW, The worlds in Ohio were 1977 not 1971 and Prettner flew the Curare not the SS.