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Bill great work on that. I'm wanting to do that car but finding a 2x4 manifold isn't the easiest of things. What manifold did you use.

The head rest is killer How did you do that?

Not the easiest of paint jobs. very nice work.

Also wanted to say David Pearson is my favorite driver. Could really perform in a stock car. If he's not the best then I'm not sure who is.

Pierre, saw the car race twice. It was a beautiful ride and you have really captured the flavor of it. Your work is excellent. The car wasn't as bad as a lot of people think. It was a 12/13 place qualifier at the tracks I saw it run at. The entry in the World 600 was so over shadowed by the white # 3 Jr. Johnson prepared Monte Carlo that it really didn't have a chance unless of course it won. Which it didn't. Left the race with engine problems. At the fall race in Darlington I believed is qualified 12/13 and Pearson was bringing it through the pack when engine troubles hit it again. For a car with no more success than it had it as always caused a stir with race fans. Your car is excellent , wish I had the patients to build it the way you have. Again nice work.

It is decal only difference. The 73-76 Charger Kits are basically the same only difference is decals.

Mark I'm not the most computer savvy person in the world so finding links may not be my best bet. Both have appeared in issues of the old Scale Auto mag (let me look at home to see what Issues) and I believe Randy does some of the work shown in Bill Coulters book "Building and Detailing Stock Cars" Randy has also taken the 1/12 scale Revell Camaro and turned it into the Mark Donahue/Roger Penske Trans Am racer. If you haven't seen it, it is something Special. Maybe a couple of days until I get back to you. Tonight is my wife and I's 25th Anniversary so we may do a little night on the town. Might even stay out until 10:00

Pierre and Mark, you both have serious skills. If you have ever seen Doug Wythe's 69 Charger Daytona, he used your method Pierre and on Randy Dearrs beautiful Andretti Fairlane he used Marks way. So neither is right or wrong. I would put you guys skills right there with these folks. It takes a lot of patience to do what you both do. Keep up the good work, keep taking pics and keep letting me steal you guys ideas. And for goodness sakes don't stop modeling.

My Dad had that very car Same color and everything. Really nice work on it.

Everything about that car says one tuff Chevy. Great paint job. Black is not the easiest color to make look good but yours is spot on. Also love that interior. A model anyone would be proud of. Again great work.

Good pics JC. I seem to remember someone saying that Bud built two cars one was a shock tower car and one was the half chassis car. Looks like you may have picks of both. Both those picks look to be taken at Darlington. I know he won one of the Darlington races in 66 just not sure which one. Seems the shock tower car was not a success.

What I liked about the old Indy was innovation, innovation, innovation. some worked and some didn't, but it was tried. You certainly don't have that now.

Mark it was a common practice, of the Ford products any way, to drop the front fenders over the wheels to make the car more aerodynamic. If you look closely at pictures of the big Galaxies you will notice the lower head lights below the front bumper area. From your pic it looks like that carried over to the Mercurys, so called half chassis cars, built in 66. It is really noticeable in the Ford Galaxies from 66 and I'm sure if it worked why not try it on the new Mercurys too. Your undertaking with the Mercury would be a very hard task for my skills and patience. Keep up the good work and post all the pieces you can. Again great start.

nice work on the Plymouth. Been doing that one myself. Sorta been stuck on the tail light panel. Now I'm going to try what you did. Again great work.

Again you have performed some nice work on the Pontiac. What I did to drop the fenders was fairly simple, and it gives the car a nice look, was cut along the front of the door seam, I think the plastic remove from cutting was just enough to accomplish the look, and reglue the door seams. Add a little filler to the bottom seam and there you have it. it doesn't seem to affect the motor location and the droop looks good. Again nice work on the Pontiac. Pontiacs were some of my favorite cars.

Looks lovely. The fender bulges the way you have them are the way to go. Doug Wythe's beautiful 69 Charger wheel wells were done that way. I've also seen it done that way on several other builds. Once the glue is added it makes for a strong finished product. Now I'm just asking but to me it looks as if the front fenders are dropped over the front end to give the car a lower front profile. I think you can see that in pictures of both #17 cars. Does anyone else see that are am I just old and crazy. I mocked up the AMT 72 Pontiac body and drooped the front fender assembly over the wheels and it looks right. You have made a great start and made me want to get my Pontiac out and finish it.

A lot of my info came from the Randy Ayers Nascar board. In the Darkside section there is discussions about the so called haft chassis cars as well as info on the 66/67 Fairlane/Comet raced during that period. I think some pictures are attached. As far as modeling in concerned Polar Lights made a 69 Torino Talladega/Mercury Cyclone kit that has the chassis you will need. It will needs some mods. Are you could go the old route of grafting the 65 Galaxie front snout onto the 66 Fairlane chassis. It does need to be narrowed to get the tires under the fenders.

65/66 Fords only had shock towers. After the 66 Galaxie's the Fairlane's used a front hoop with various down bars for shocks and support. That very same configuration lasted well into the 2000's not sure about the Plymouths and Dodges but I would bet hoops where used about the same time. I read some where that the two majors Cheverolet builders took a different approach Jr. Johnson used long trailing arms and fabricated fronts while Bobby Allison used modified stock parts.

You are correct the picture is of the 66 Galaxie. Of course yours is a 65. Late in 66 Ford was allowed to run the Smaller Fairlane which used what was called a half chassis car. Fairlane rear and Galaxie front end from the front of the firewall up. I do believe the Galaxie front end was narrowed to fit under the Fairlane. Ford tried everything it could to make the big Galaxies competitive, slopping the front fenders over the front wheels, laying the windshield back, Junior Johnson even produced the so called "yellow banana" took most of these things to the max and raised the rear end also It was allowed to run only one race. These improvements helped a little but on the big tracks the hemi was just too powerful. If you ever try to build another 65 you may want to use the 66 chassis under it, no molded in exhaust and the 65 springs and such fit under the rear with little modification. You can also graft the 65 front end on to the 66. the front suspension on the 65 is way better. sounds like a lot of work but so is getting rid of the molded in exhaust and mufflers on the 65. You did a really nice job on the Galaxie. In one of Bill Coulters books about building stock cars they show how to build a Fairlane using AMT's 66 Fairlane and a 65 Galaxie kit.

nice job. I have everything ready for that kit with mods just need to glue together. Again nice job big Hokie fan

Very very nice T-Bird

The T-Bird looks pretty good to me.

Actually the kit first came out in 1964 an at that time the big deal was working headlights and tail lights. The rest is mostly AMT 1964. By the reissue the working headlights and tail lights were gone. The paint on yours looks great and the foiling is super. Post when you finish, it brings back memories.

Not unprecedented, if you look back to 1964 that's where Cotton Owens placed the number on the No. 6 Dodge.

Great job. Use to see the rear portion of Jabes Plymouth sticking out of the star City garage off 5TH street in Roanoke. Can you enlighten me on how you did the two tone wheels on your build. I'm trying to do the Butch Hartman dodge and am stuck on the wheels.