yellowsportwagon Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 This car win the last race Plymouth ever win in NASCAR. Dick Brooks Talladega 1973. This thing fought me start to finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar43 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Great build of a car that is seldom spoken of. I always liked that car. Could you please share with us the kits you used to bring this beauty to life. What about the decals. I do not recall anyone offering those. I really like the Micky Mouse on the hood. Wonderful build. Thank You for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsportwagon Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Radar43 said: Great build of a car that is seldom spoken of. I always liked that car. Could you please share with us the kits you used to bring this beauty to life. What about the decals. I do not recall anyone offering those. I really like the Micky Mouse on the hood. Wonderful build. Thank You for sharing. This is an MPC Roadrunner street car body. The chassis and engine is from a Polar Lights Charger. The rims and tires are from PPP. The decals I had made for me a couple years ago. I plan way in advance.? This thing has been on my bench at least a year and a half. It fought me the whole way. I’ve built four or five others the same way. This one just didn’t want to behave itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 (edited) Looks Awesome , Tim. Super clean and beautiful paint and decals. I saw this car run at Texas World Speedway back in 1972 . Brooks wasnt driving it then but it was keeping up with the front runners. When it won n 1973 with Brooks I thought it was really cool. The brothers who owned this car weren't the typical Nascar team. The brothers were actually Airline Pilots for Eastern Airlines. One of them came up with an intake manifold that gave them a pretty good advantage with the restrictor plate. Even though it was deemed legal for the race Bill France outlawed it later. The reason Mickey is on the hood is because France before the race said that the Crawford brothers had a Mickey Mouse team. Needless to say he wasn't too happy when they won the race. Edited September 13, 2020 by MarkJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gks1964 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Super build! I love when it finally all comes together!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Great looking build Tim. Really outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Well I am glad you fought back! That looks really nice! And yes, the Mickey looks really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpack68 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Very nice work Tim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamboat Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Nicely done and a beautiful rendition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I love this build. I never knew about the car, or that race really. Really cool build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanMuscleFan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Very cool build Tim! I love those big Plymouth and it's very sad that Chrysler left the NASCAR, it was a great battle of the big three back then. I didn't know the story behind this car so thanks to MarkJ for all the details about the racing team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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