Bob Harrell Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Not Very wise when it comes to nascar. any way wanting to do the 55 Chevy that was driven by Ralph Sr. all I can find are black and white pics. I've been told that it was all white, pale yellow with a white top.also were there any thing special for the interior beside the roll bar? Also does any bady have any information on a red 55 Chevy that Dale sr. was suspossed to have driven? I say a small diecast of one it looked more pink but was to;d it was red just faded. The Nascar dunny Bob Have a good one all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 The DE Sr 'pink' car was pink!.....but it was a 55-56 Ford Vicki....use the recent Model King 56 Ford to build one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Here are some photos of the actual pink #K2. There are better quality photos of the car out there, HOWEVER, they are of a not anywhere near accurate reproduction. Hope they help! The pink paint scheme on this car came about EXACTLY like Petty Blue did...a mixture of white and another color. For Petty, it was blue and became a legend. For Earnhardt, it was red and became something only us diehards know about! Note that the roof is a different color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sargent Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 As for the Ralph Sr. car is this what your looking for? I am not very good with the older cars, not sure if this was a '55 or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Plastic Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Bob, you can do a google search on Ralph's & Dale's race cars. I've come across some pics on there before. As for the photo of the pink Ford shown above, "Slot Car Fever Racing Reproductions" has a set of the #K-2 decals for sale (for about $5) check out the popular auction site... Hope you find something useful, Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Kinda confused as to who's car you are talking about. There was: Ralph Earnhardt (not SR) Dale Earnhardt (not SR, the media did that) Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (yes, he is a Junior) Not trying to be a wise guy, but that's their names. Ralph's car number was 8 JR. Dale started out in that K-2, then used 8 if he owned the car. The white/cream colored 8 JR car of Ralph's was a '55 Chevrolet. Hondo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUKE'57 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Guys, I don't expect anyone to believe me, they never do, but Ralph's cars were not white. You've seen how the pics fade and the colors shift. I built several for one of the guys that worked for the sponsor may years ago and Ralph's "55, Chevelle and Camaro was a light cream color called Almond. And Dale's Ford was not a Victoria, the Victoria was a pillarless hardtop and Dale's pink Ford was a post sedan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 (edited) Ralphs car number was 8 while on the National Circuit, 8jr was while he was running the local short tracks. Same for Dale 8 on the national circuit, K-2 on the locals. (this was due to NASCAR not sanctioning car letters only numbers. Trivia question 1: how did Dale come to have car #3 Trivia question 2: how many car numbers did Dale have total Trivia question 3: how many car numbers has Jr had so far Edited January 4, 2009 by Hondo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUKE'57 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I built several cars (from a '55 Chevy to a '68 Camaro) for one of the men associated with Ralph's racing efforts many years ago and they weren't white and neither were the real cars. It was a beige color called Almond and he sometimes painted the roofs with the fake vinyl and some times just flat paint that was black. I don't know what "National Series" you are talking about because Ralph always liked to race on the dirt tracks close to home. He did run a few Nascar Grand National races But there were none through the '65 season with him driving a car #8. Here's the list as best I can compile it. Aug. 11, 1956 at Hickory NC finishing 2nd in a #22 Pete DePaolo '56 Ford. Dec. 2, 1956 at Concord NC finishing 12 in the same '56 Ford. March 31, 1957 at Asheville-Weaverville NC finishing 14th in a #188 Petty '57 Olds April 7, 1957 at North Wilkesboro NC finishing 19th in the same Olds. April 14, 1957 at Langhorne PA finishing 14th again in the Petty Olds. April 28, 1957 at Greemsboro NC finishing 10th in the Petty Olds. May 5, 1957 at Richmond NC finishing 9th in the Petty Olds. May 19, 1957 at Martinsville NC finishing 13th in the Petty Olds. March 26, 1961 at Atlanta GA finishing 3rd in a #6 Cotton Owens '61 Pontiac. May 6, 1961 at Darlington SC finishing 7th in the Owens Pontiac. May 21, 1961 at Charlotte NC finishing 2nd in the Owens Pontiac. May 28, 1961 at Charlotte NC finishing 11th in the Owens Pontiac. July 4, 1961 at Daytona FL finishing 10th in the Owens Pontiac. July 9, 1961 at Atlanta GA finishing 11th in the Owens Pontiac. Sept 4, 1961 at Darlington SC finishing 9th in the Owens Pontiac. Sept 17, 1961 at Atlanta GA finishing 35th in the #5 Leroy Faucet '60 Pontiac. Feb 16, 1962 at Daytona FL finishing 11th in the #75 Robert Smith '61 Pontiac. Feb 18, 1962 at Daytona FL finishing 36th in the Smith '61 Pontiac. Feb 23, 1962 at Concord NC finishing 3rd in the Smith Pontiac, March 4, 1962 at Asheville Weaverville NC finishing 6th in the Smith Pontiac. March 18, 1962 at Hillsborough NC finishing 7th in the Smith Pontiac. April 13, 1962 at Columbia SC finishing 9th in the Smith Pontiac. April 22, 1962 at Martinsville VA finishing 30th in the Smith Pontiac. April 29, 1962 at Bristol TN finishing 33rd in the #75 '62 Robert Smith Pontiac. May 5, 1962 at Hickory NC finishing 5th in the Smith '61 Pontiac. May 6, 1962 at Concord NC finishing 12th in the Smith '61 Pontiac. May 12, 1962 at Darlington SC finishing 25th in the Smith '61 Pontiac. May 27, 1962 at Charlotte NC finishing 45th in the #16 Happy Steigel '61 Pontiac. June 10, 1962 at Atlanta GA finishing 36th in the #16 Happy Steigel '62 Pontiac. July 4, 1962 at Daytona FL finishing 17th in the #16 Happy Steigil '62 Chevrolet. Oct 14, 1962 at CharlotteNC finishing 8th in the #91 Bob Osieki '62 Dodge. Oct 28, 1962 at Atlanta GA finishing 14th in the Osieki Dodge. Feb 22, 1963 at Dayona FL finishing 24th in the #73 Acey Taylor '62 Pontiac. Feb 24, 1863 at Daytona FL finishing 47th in the Taylor Pontiac. Feb 17, 1963 at Atlanta GA finishing 18th in the Taylor Pontiac. June 2, 1963 at Charlotte NC finishing 39th in the #54 Paul Stewart '63 Ford. Sept 2, 1963 at Darlington SC finishing 25th in the #17 Fred Harb '62 Pontiac. Feb 21. 1964 at Daytona FL finishing 14th in the #31 Tom Spell '63 Ford. Feb 23. 1964 at Daytona FL finishing 19th in the Tom Spell Ford. March 10, 1964 at Richmond VA finishing 22nd in the Spell Ford' March 22, 1964 at Bristo TN finishing 23rd in the Spell Ford. March 28, 1964 at Greenville-Pickens SC finishing 18th in the Spell Ford. April 12, 1964 at Hillsborough NC finishing 4th in the Spell Ford. April 14, 1964, at Spartanburg SC finishing 16th in the Spell Ford. April 16, 1964 at Columbia SC finishing 11th in the Spell Ford. May 24, 1964 at Charlotte NC finishing 37th in an unnamede #70 '62 Pontiac. May 30, 1964 at Greenville-Pickens SC finishing 18th in the Spell Ford. June 11, 1964 at Concord NC finishing 13th in the Spell Ford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary66 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Do not use the car in the movie "3" for reference. That car is totally inaccurate for the real 1960's era car, it was built just for the movie. The most glaring mistake is the movie car has chicken wire instead of glass for the windshield, the real car had a glass . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary66 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 (edited) This is a car that ran against Ralph at that time, it's a good reference to use: Here is a good interior shot of another 55/57 Chevy that raced with Ralph's '55, very similar: This is another similar car to Ralph's # 8: As did this car: Hope this helps. Edited January 13, 2009 by Gary66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas SCR Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Wow love the talk about Dale and his past. For car number's he ran you missed a couple, #74 that he ran for Petty Ent, as the Dodge test car and also Known as the Kit Car the you buy as a model called Pettys Kit car. This car was never and or driven by Petty him self. Dale ran this at Hickory and at Metrolina (not sure on spelling) Also he ran a car with the 88 and 17 on it. The 17 was Randy Sweet's car the he ran in the Klash here in michigan for two years. Now for taking every thing out of books and movies please do not beleive every thing you read or see on Tv. The first thing I learn when I moved down to Concord NC was a lot of unknown history about this man and how every thing came about. I live with his child hood best friend name of Jim Burr. Jim grow up next door to Dale and also the first Christmas I was down there it was at his mother's place that is still next door to the Earnhardts and Danny and his wife also came over. The true story about why the car was painted pink was to make a fool out of Dale more then any thing from his father. The story is that Dale and his father was racing at Metrolina one night (Dale in the 6cycl class and Ralph in the Modifyed class) Ralph had a way of showing his driving skills when he would win a race he would take a lap and drove one handed and wave the the crowed, as he did this he would also send the car into a 4 wheel slide to show he could handle it. The night that Dale won his first ever race he would try this instead of showing off he back the car into the wall. When he was walking back to the trailer his dad called him over to his car. Ralph would ask him " boy where did you ever learn some thing that stupid of driving from? Dale would say " I seen you do it all the time" Ralph " let me tell you one thing and always remember this. You are not ME!. Two weeks later in the gas station where this car was housed at also where Dale lived at (Upstairs from the shop he worked in) His dad and the car owner made a deal and was to get Dale out for the night. When he was out of the shop he dad would go into the station and pained it pink. This was told to me by Danny and his sister-inlaw back in 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Cool pictures, Gary. My Dad was good friends of Johnny Miller (#3) Used to listen to WIST all the time on the radio, sponsor on Dub Simpson's #22. Great old times in the Carolinas........Thanks for posting them. Old Speedy........quite a racer on dirt, too. Hondo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 You must do this car!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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