jjsipes Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I am looking for reference pictures for the 1959 Oldsmobile that Lee Petty drove to the 1959 Daytona 500 victory. I have found the picture of it in the Petty musuem but would like to have reference of the engine and interior. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Maybe you could try to contact the Petty Museum and they may be able to help you out. That's the best idea I have. I wish you the best of luck because I'd love to see it when you're done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ra7c7er Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I was going to say contact the museum too. They will probably be more than helpful if you tell them you are building a model of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Usually if you base your model on the museum car it will not be accurate. It's better to find photos of the real car when building a model of a vintage nascar racer. I am building a model right now that the sponsors are wrong on the museum car as well as the contengencies and even the color of the car is wrong. The color of the numbers is also wrong. Luckily I found colored pictures of the real car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Got my resin body off evilbay and it only came with bare resin bumpers so I placed an order with Modelhaus. Chrome bumpers look great. Also got there interior tub, pretty shallow but then again it seems all the older interiors were shallow in the model kits. Got the decals as well off evilbay. Just need to get the time to work on it, hard to find time with a 2 month old to take care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I too am interested in seeing your completed build. Perhaps the museum at Daytona, or the Nascar Hall of Fame at Charlotte could be of help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 This is going to be really interesting build. NASCAR is "Number Two Motorsport", right after DragRacing... These oldies are always very nice and I like to watch these resin bodies being built. I must get that Hudson Hornet when it comes to Modelexpress and build it to NASCAR racer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdonm Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 This one just won the prestigious Alan Kulwicky award tonight at the NNL 19 in Waukesha/Milwaukee, WI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkster Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Nice Petty Olds. I was thinking of maybe coming down for the show yesterday? Was bussy around the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I'd love to see these live... That is looking amazing, decals are great and paintjob looks good. Color is also great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 This one just won the prestigious Alan Kulwicky award tonight at the NNL 19 in Waukesha/Milwaukee, WI. Thats a nice looking model makes me want to get going on mine but need to find the time with a 4 month old daughter. Not much time. I just picked up a 1960 Impala for a donor for the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Mechanic Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Nice Job! and to think Lee Petty drove most of his cars to the track with his wife and kids riding along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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