Three More '60's Super Stocks

[papajohn97]

I've had '60's super stock drag cars on the brain since start of the pandemic and have built twenty of them since late 2019, here are my latest three:

AMT/ Round 2 (Lindberg) '62 Chevy Bel Air 409 A/S "Northwind":  OOB except for Fireball resin carbs and Detail Master ignition and linkage parts.  Old AMT decals are incredibly brittle, I had to spray these with acrylic spray to get them to hold together.

 

AMT/ Round 2 (Lindberg) '64 Dodge 426 Hemi (the Ramchargers kit) - Dick Landy's original SWB car before he altered the wheelbase.  I used the excellent Slixx decal set and added Fireball resin carbs and Detail Master ignition and throttle parts to the engine and some after market seat belt parts and tach, otherwise pretty much OOB:

 

Moebius '65 Comet A/FX w/ Ford 427 SOHC - the Dyno Don kit car:  This one's pretty stock other than Fireball resin carbs and Detail Master distributor and plug wires and throttle linkage parts and after market seat belt/ harness parts.  Unlike other Moebius kits I've built, these decals cracked on me so I suspect there's a limited shelf life on the kit decals (build 'em soon if you got 'em!):

 

I still have like a dozen or so sixties super stock kits in my stash so hopefully I'll post more in '22 if you like them.  Cheers, John

[TransAmMike]

Keep them coming John....your builds have been pretty awesome??

[Swinger 340]

Very nice builds. Very clean. I like how you fixed the stance on that Lindberg kit. I always thought they were to low for a 60's super stock car. Keep 'em coming.

[larman]

Super nice work! They all look great! I really like the Bel Air, it's probably one of the best builds of that kit I have seen.

[Metaldrumm]

Really nice clean builds.

[deuces wild]

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[Bills72sj]

I like you style and quality. Keep 'em coming.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[afx]

Nice work.

[FLHCAHZ]

Those all look great!  

[Zippi]

Great looking Stock cars.  Nicely done.  I like the 409 in that 62.

[Snake45]

Magnificent work! Very VERY well done and model on! 

[TarheelRick]

Be still my heart; 60's Super Stock racing filled every thought of my teen years.  These are some beautiful examples of the cream of the crop.  Now if you were to add one from the "bad boys of Burlington" - Sox & Martin, that would only make it better.  Please show us more of your work.

[papajohn97]

Thanks guys for all the kind comments and encouragement, a lot of amazing builds on this board so it’s an honor to even be noticed!

I do have a set of Sox & Martin decals for the AWB ‘65 Ply along with sets for Shirley Shahan’s Drag-In-Lady, Gumpy’s Black Arrow, Dick Brannan’s ‘63 Galaxie, the Seaton’s Shaker AWB Chevelle and Dick Harrell’s first AWB Nova all in my decal and kit stash which I hope to build in the coming months. 

[steveracer]

love the clean builds especially in the engine compartments!  Keep em coming!

[R. Thorne]

Beautiful.  The carbs make the motors real, unlike the “blobs” that come with the kits.  There can’t be too many accurate representations of these awesome cars.  Please send more?  Thank you.

[TonyK]

Man, these look great! Always like the Super Stock class since they look like the regular passenger cars but racy. Your engines are a great addition to the already good looking model.

[grodudulle77]

Very nice build !! ??

[PappyD340]

Super nice!

[bigdrag1]

Great builds !  love your engine work !!

[rrb124@sbcglobal.net]

1 hour ago, bigdrag1 said:

Great builds !  love your engine work !!

Fantastic builds. Sure wish that a 63 Pontiac Super Duty 421 Catalina was available for you to build! Can't believe the kit makers have overlooked those championship winning beasts. Would like to see how you could make it pop! 

[Altered Ego]

These are very cool.  Nice work my friend.

[papajohn97]

On 12/29/2021 at 8:09 PM, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:

Fantastic builds. Sure wish that a 63 Pontiac Super Duty 421 Catalina was available for you to build! Can't believe the kit makers have overlooked those championship winning beasts. Would like to see how you could make it pop! 

I agree Robert. MCW offered a resin ‘63 Catalina set but they’ve been out of stock for sometime. I would love to to kitbash a ‘63 resin body with the ‘62 AMT chassis to make this Arnie Beswick car:

With dark decals on a silver car, I might be able to do my own decals at home. Decal availability seems to dictate what I build as well as kits. When you look at George Klass’s website, it’s amazing how many hundreds (thousands?) of super stockers that burned up the strips in those early days.

 

[Scott8950]

Those are nice.

[TransAmMike]

The big Pontic Super Stockers were great cars.  I'm building a '62 Catalina right now but stock, probably should have gone the drag car route.