Pontiac also launched a Daytona 500 pace-car replica, with silver paint, unique aluminum wheels, functional hood vents, a NASCAR-inspired decklid spoiler, polished quad exhaust tips, and Daytona decals.

Dutch cyclist, Fred Rompelberg set a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on October 3, 1995 while cycling in the wake of a motor dragster pace-car.

The wake of the pace-car reduced the aerodynamic drag against which Rompelberg pedalled to almost zero.

Carnegie was so proud of " Dippi " that he had casts made of the bones and plaster replicas of the whole skeleton donated to several museums in Europe and South America.

The popularity of Cowboy action shooting has also had an impact on the availability of single-shot rifles, with many replicas of the old black powder rifles, particularly the Sharps, now being available.

Nicks then had her personal jeweler, Henri David of Philadelphia, make replicas of the moon pendant which have become treasured gifts to her friends.

We had a number of replicas made.

Another industrialist was so impressed with the design and elegant proportions of the White Church at the Bradford Common that he had the church measured and raised funds to have several replicas built around the United States.

In 1982, those medals were restored by the IOC, with replicas of the medals given to his relatives as he had died thirty years earlier.

Two of the replicas were featured in a dogfight with F-14 Tomcats ; a dissimilar engagement that was the first time that " the match-up of fighters with totally different speeds, totally different environments and weaponry had ever been done in film ".

Mamurius was the mythic blacksmith who forged eleven replicas of the original divine shield that had dropped from the sky.

It was rebuilt later, but replicas had to be made for some lost treasures.

When producing the replicas, Ford painted the entire car white, then masked off the stripe and painted the rest of the car the shade of bright red ( code 2B ) used on the 1972 – 75 models ( and subsequently the TV cars ); this color had been discontinued for all other Torino models for 1976 in favor of a different shade of red.

The factory replicas were close to the TV show car, but had minor differences in the stripe, and did not have the aggressive rake of the TV car.

It was installed in about 1830, but by 1972 the 72 iron buckets had failed and were replaced by fibreglass replicas.

The section also had the beaks of ships mounted on its front, but to what battle they would be attributed to is unclear as the Romans had no naval enemies at that time and may simply have been replicas fabricated to keep the exterior architectural elements the same.

In addition to the original vintage puppets, puppetmaker Alan Semok ( at the request of Bob Smith in the early 1990s ) created several exact replicas of Howdy, including ( thanks to improved materials and new moulding techniques ) a more exact marionette replica than had ever been produced in the past, as well as a new Photo Doody which Smith used in personal appearances until his death in 1998.

In the addendum to the later American edition of the book ( which acknowledged the fact that the papers were forged ), Allen theorised that, some time after he saw the documents, they had been removed and replaced with clumsily forged replicas, to cast doubt upon his discoveries.

After Rejewski had worked out the military Enigma's logical structure, the Polish Cipher Bureau commissioned the AVA Radio Company, co-owned by Antoni Palluth, to build replicas (" doubles ") of the Enigma to Rejewski's specifications.

The reconstructed interior is a mixture of replicas of the prewar fittings and original or copied fittings from other London churches, some of which had also been destroyed in the war but were not reconstructed.

After viewing the replicas and taking note of the wear-and-tear the " Red Special " had gone through during nearly 30 years of constant touring, May had Fryer restore the original Red Special in 1998 using as much original and time-period specific material as possible.

His popularity in the Netherlands was such that he opened a second studio in the Hague, where he painted portraits of members of the court, and taught drawing, These large studios, where the work included making replicas of Honthorst's royal portraits, employed a large number pupils and assistants: according to one pupil, Joachim von Sandrart, Honthorst had about 24 students in the mid-1620s, each paying 100 guilders a year for their education.

Most EFE models have been replicas of British vehicles and by 2006 over 1500 different models had been released.

Based on the measurements of modern replicas the francisca had a haft length of around 40 – 45 cm ( 16 – 18 in ) and a 10 cm ( 4 in ) cutting edge with an average weight of around 600 g ( 21 oz, 1. 3 lb ).

In 1882, replicas of the lion and unicorn statues were placed atop the East side of the building, after the originals that had been burned in 1776.

In order to make the Lincoln chapter house appear similar to the Westminster Chapter House, murals were painted on a special layer over the existing wall, and elsewhere polystyrene replicas of Sir Isaac Newton's tomb and other Abbey monuments were set up.

Before the war, Allard supplied some replicas of a Bugatti-tailed special of his own design from Adlards Motors in Putney.

Non-functional replicas of the MJOLNIR armor have also been created by hobbyists ; a Spike TV pre-Halo 3 special profiled some of these dedicated fans.

The special edition production replicas available to the public usually come with full paint and " Indy 500 " decals, and may be part of a performance package upgrade.

A central point in the movement dynamics and faith is the devotion to the Shrine, based on the first shrine in Schoenstatt where the movement started with a special devotion to Mary and of which there are 200 replicas of around the world.

The fleet of World War I replicas, owned by ex-RCAF fighter pilot Lynn Garrison's " Blue Max Aviation ", was based at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel-before being moved to Weston Aerodrome at Leixlip.

For example, all but two copies of Japanese Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon cards say " Replica " where the code should be ( They are considered replicas of the other two that were given as prizes in a Yu-Gi-Oh!

The video marks the last appearance of one of Billie Joe's replicas of his first guitar ( a Fernandes ), ' Blue '.

Since a public display of the shroud would have required permission from King Umberto I of Italy, who owned it, plans were made for two artists to paint realistic replicas of the shroud to be used instead.

Often die-cast replicas of the paint scheme cars are produced for the collector market.

He was able to reveal the pigments of the original paint and made several painted replicas of Greek statues that went on tour around the world.

Recently inaugurated ( November 2011 ) Siddhesvara Dhaam is a unique pilgrimage tourism venture of the Sikkim Government developed as “ Pilgrim cum Cultural Centre ” having a 108 ft statue of Lord Shiva and replicas of four Dhaams of the country at one place at Solophok hilltop in Namchi.

This flight was recreated with replicas of the Silver Dart for both the 50th and 100th anniversaries of the flight.

These replicas would then be sent out to other star systems.

For example, Neo Japan is made of four modules in the shape of the four main islands of Japan, Neo France is supported on a bouquet of roses, and Neo America is a five-point star with replicas of notable American landmarks on the surface.

Some of the companies that make replicas are Boulder Speedster, Chuck Beck Motorsports, Chamonix do Brasil, Auto Classics, Thunder Ranch, Holmes Motor Company, Le Mans 550 Spyder, Vintage Spyders, and Alloycars, which specializes in exact aluminum recreations from blueprints.

Plans, methods, parts and advice can be obtained from the members of these prop forums to help build a proton pack out of simple cardboard to movie accurate aluminum and fiberglass ( shell ) hero-pack replicas.