curt raitz Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Curtis Turner won 11 races in the 1957 NASCAR Convertible Division. He drove a Supercharged 1957 Ford Fairlane Convertible owned by Pete DePaolo. This is a model of the car he drove. I used the body from the AMT Fairlane w/hardtop removed. All the other bits are from the Revell Fireball Roberts 1957 Ford. Paint is from Scalefinishes, Wimbledon White and Coral Sand. Decals are from Slot Car Fever, but the number decals were much too large. I scanned and reduced to the correct size and printed my own set. I created a buck for making the tonneau cover. I soaked a paper towel in thinned down white glue and laid over the buck. After it was dry, I trimmed and painted it flat white. Thanx for lookin'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gks1964 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Super nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Excellent build! Looks just right! I'm curious what the large holes in the trunk lid accomplished... any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Beautiful job! Many folks are unaware of the convertible division back then. It's my understanding that many cars had the roof adapted to bolt on so the same car could run both divisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curt raitz Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 11 hours ago, '70 Grande said: Excellent build! Looks just right! I'm curious what the large holes in the trunk lid accomplished... any idea? I was wondering just what they were for as well, but they were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vietnam Vet67 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, '70 Grande said: Excellent build! Looks just right! I'm curious what the large holes in the trunk lid accomplished... any idea? To let out any built up air pressure in the trunk. That's why the tonneau cover covers as much of the interior as possible so as to prevent any air from being trapped inside the car and causing drag. Edited March 24, 2020 by Vietnam Vet67 addition of info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Great looking build!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Awesome. Beautiful model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnslow Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 That's nice , I really like the old stock cars . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Curt, a very cool piece. Very authentic looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 nicely done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorLarry Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Very clean build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Looks great! Really outstanding work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Great job....neat and clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 What they said...and a great rendition of a piece of racing history. Very unusual, very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Great job! A lot of nice detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychobilly Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Gorgeous! I gotta take the family to the museum next time we visit "home". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) On 3/23/2020 at 3:18 PM, bbowser said: Beautiful job! Many folks are unaware of the convertible division back then. It's my understanding that many cars had the roof adapted to bolt on so the same car could run both divisions. The Zipper-Tops! The most famous ones were probably the Holman-Moody '59 T-Birds, but there were others. Petty Engineering ran a '57 Olds with a removable roof, IIRC. Here's a fun article about the Convertible Division, with lots of pix for inspiration. https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-great-age-of-convertible-racing-in-nascar/ Edited August 17, 2020 by Mike999 omit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hack-n-whack Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Real nice conversion. Just wondering if all the racers deleted their sun visors to save a bit of weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, hack-n-whack said: Real nice conversion. Just wondering if all the racers deleted their sun visors to save a bit of weight? No sun visors visible in that link I posted above. Deleting them was probably a safety factor, to make sure they didn't fly out of the car and onto the track. Looking at some of the close-up shots, it looks like they also could have interfered with the roll bar mountings. While looking thru the photos, I found that Petty "Zipper-Top" Olds: Edited August 17, 2020 by Mike999 omit2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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