This was my first "vintage" stock car model. It is mor work thatn the
other NASCAR's in that
you need to scratchbuild the roll cage as well as other details. Refernce
photos are tough to
find. Fortunately there are aftermarket decal makers like Cady and
Yesterdays that make
great decals for these cars of the bygone era. I used Yesterday's for this
model. They are
available from BSR Replicas (See Links) and ar the best I have used. The
kit is an AMT 62
Pontiac 421 SD kit. The seat is the spare from a 63 Impala. The roll cage
was scratchbuilt
from plastic sprue. (Yes I am cheap!!) There should be an article on this
site showing the
details of doing this. The rear seat was removed and a piece of sheet
styrene was used to
simulate the sheet metal in this area. I also had to scratchbuild an
instument panel to place
over the stock dash. Fortunately this kit had the exhaust separate so I
just left it off and
scratchbuilt a set of exhaust dumps. I used the single card exhaust
manifuld from he GTO
kit and an air cleaner from the junk box. The tires are 70 series from a
late model stock car
with most of the tire tread detail sanded off as well as the side
lettering. The blue was
Testor's custom blend to match the decals. You will note that the majority
of the chrome
trim was left intact. Bare Metal Foil was used. This is a rather nice
paint scheme for a
vintage car. There will be more.
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