MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Just finished this one. I used a 45 year old build to do the project. It was an old MPC Buddy Baker kit from the early seventys. I took it apart made a few changes and actually painted it for the first time. I saw this car in person at Meyer Speedway in Houston back on a Wednesday night after the Golden State 400. It was called the Space City 300 and it was in June of 1971. Bobby won both races. The project took 109 hours which included making the decals. This is what I started with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 This is what the kit looked like back then. If you have one of these kits un opened its worth up to 275 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Hey Mark did you make the breather assembly? Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwc43 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Looks good. Almost looks like Marty Robins colors. Noticed it's a road race car with the fuel cap on the passenger side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 NICE......never saw that car before!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) 41 minutes ago, yellowsportwagon said: Hey Mark did you make the breather assembly? Looks great. Yes, its made from small aluminum tubing and hollow rubber tubing used to make necklaces. Edited December 14, 2018 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, Dave Van said: NICE......never saw that car before!!!! He only ran it a couple of races while his holman and moody mercury was getting ready. I think it was an ex Marty Robbins car. I tried to match the colors of the car from colored pictures of the car from a color video. Every picture of Marty Robbins cars, the colors look a little different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) Looks like a Marty loaner......I love obscure! Edited December 14, 2018 by Dave Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 (edited) x Edited December 14, 2018 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Great job Mark! Great restoration and very interesting seeing Coke decals on a car that's not red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Jim N said: Great job Mark! Great restoration and very interesting seeing Coke decals on a car that's not red. Thanks, Jim. I really appreciate the positive reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 If you want to see short videos of the car in action at Riverside, click on the link below. https://www.gettyimages.com/videos/1971?sort=mostpopular&offlinecontent=include&phrase=1971 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Very cool! You did a great job saving that glue bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, bbowser said: Very cool! You did a great job saving that glue bomb. Thanks, Bruce. I bought a recently released AMT 71 Charger to do this build, but it was one of those "Dirty Donny" kits and I was going to have to do a lot of work to make it look right. The hood is one of those bubble hoods and I would have had to make it flat and I would have had to come up with a nascar chassis from some where, probably a 90's amt nascar kit but that would not have been very authentic. So I'm glad to have found this old glue bomb. What's great is there was also a 71 MPC Richard Petty Plymouth in the bag with it that I will do the same thing to make a 72 Plymouth that was run in 1973. Stay tuned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Beautiful model Mark, impressive work using a old glue bomb...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Gorgeous build Mark ....... the rebuild is a total success ......... and the paint is outstanding ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 A guy on another site posted a Racers Reunion story link that explains how this car came about. Click on the link below if interested. http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/32826/on-this-day-june-20-1971-riverside-international-raceway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 Thanks, Carl, Chris and John. I really appreciate your interest in the build. The only bad part was getting the parts apart. It took a lot of careful prying. I have another one of these glue bombs to do but I'm not going to take it completely apart this time. Just remove the engine remove the seat get the wheels apart and get the windshield and backglass off the body. If you want to see the w.i.p. of this build click on the link below. http://www.shorttrackmodels.com/index.php?topic=1093.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 A lot of real nice work in this , looks great . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 Thanks, Bruce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede70 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Beautiful and a very confident restoration surely. Thanks for sharing. Mike K./Swede70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 4 hours ago, swede70 said: Beautiful and a very confident restoration surely. Thanks for sharing. Mike K./Swede70 Thanks, Mike. I really appreciate the reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<profile removed> Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I love everything about this! Bobby was and still is my hero...it's got the Marty Robbins thing going (out in the West Texas town of El Paso)...it's got a unique variation on the Coke livery...and it's a Dodge...plus it's a "rescue" that is beautifully executed. Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 6 hours ago, AMC ROB said: I love everything about this! Bobby was and still is my hero...it's got the Marty Robbins thing going (out in the West Texas town of El Paso)...it's got a unique variation on the Coke livery...and it's a Dodge...plus it's a "rescue" that is beautifully executed. Outstanding! Thanks, Rob. I really appreciate the feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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