MarkJ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Just finished this one. Roy and Don Gay were teenage brothers who ran at the local drag strip in Dickinson Texas back in the sixtys. Their father owned Gay Pontiac also located in Dickinson Texas. Dickinson is located in south east Texas, just about half way from Houston to Galveston on what was then called the Gulf Freeway. Its now more known as 45 North or South. In the summer of 64, Roy drove a 64 B stock GTO and Don drove a 62 A stock Catalina 2 door sedan . They always seemed to end up racing each other at the end of the afternoon or evening for the stock eliminator trophy. I built Don's Catalina back in 2018 and now I finally got around to building Roy's GTO. I only had one small black and white picture of Roy's car for reference so I had to guess on a lot of stuff. I really enjoyed watching them race back in the summer of 1964. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack L Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Looks good, I miss that track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Super build, love it! And the fact that you "made" half the engine for this makes it even more outstanding! BTW, what tires did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 18 minutes ago, larman said: Super build, love it! And the fact that you "made" half the engine for this makes it even more outstanding! BTW, what tires did you use? Larry, I have no idea where the tires came from. They were in my spare parts box. The wheels as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Cool car, very well done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Another absolutely stunning build Mark. I remember Roy and this car very well and you have done a great job replicating it. Now you need to do the A/MP wagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mredjr Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Great job! what kit did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Very nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, mredjr said: Great job! what kit did you use? Check out the wip below in the drag racing wip forum. Its the monogram 64 GTO kit. 1964 Pontiac GTO NHRA B stock competitor - WIP: Drag Racing Models - Model Cars Magazine Forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Old Coyote said: Another absolutely stunning build Mark. I remember Roy and this car very well and you have done a great job replicating it. Now you need to do the A/MP wagon. Thanks again, John. But I'm afraid that one might be hard to get done. I bet nobody ever even did a resin of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortuga Kustomz Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Beautiful work all around Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I remember some write ups on their racing in Hot Rod years ago. Your build seems to really capture the look and is cleanly done. Makes me whish my father had chosen a different carrier path, but he wouldn't have let me go racing anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Great job Mark!! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 Here is the model I did of Don's car back in 2018. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 That’s a very nice build, very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I really like the Catalina? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Armstrong Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 VERY nice build! Love the Catalina also! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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