Curtis Turner Smokey Yunick Chevelle

[Hobbyguy]

One of my favorite vintage Nascar cars.

[afx]

Nice work.

[ChrisR]

Very nice.

[TransAmMike]

Great job Todd, but did you shorten the body like Smokey was said to have done??

[espo]

Great looking build. The story behind this car and all that Smokey did to it is very interesting. 

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[Belugawrx]

Nice job on this Todd !

I love the Yunick livery, are the red stripes decals..?

Not having decals, I had to order 1/64" line- o -tape..

Nice job..Cheers

[Hobbyguy]

Thanks for all nice comments the fine stripe was part of the Ace decal sheet.

[larman]

Nice! I always liked that color scheme.

[drodg]

Great job

 

[GLMFAA1]

Nice job on the car. My one question would the Monogram kit being 1/24th and the Lindberg kit being 1/25th show the difference of the downsizing the real car had or are the kits the same size?

greg

 

[slusher]

Absolutely stunning model!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Beautiful build! I’ve always liked this car! Excellent work for sure!!

[Mattilacken]

Sutch a nice livery! Beautiful work!

[Toys4Don2]

Excellent build. I really like how you opened the trunk. 

[sflam123]

Beautiful!  A great representation of a historic, infamous, iconic and rule changing car.

[Bainford]

Nice work on one of NASCAR's great icons. You captured the look very well. Cool build.

[Hobbyguy]

On 3/9/2022 at 8:28 PM, GLMFAA1 said:

Nice job on the car. My one question would the Monogram kit being 1/24th and the Lindberg kit being 1/25th show the difference of the downsizing the real car had or are the kits the same size?

greg

 

Not sure I used the Lindberg kit because it was more stock. As far as the real car being downsized I believe that was a myth.

[sflam123]

On 3/19/2022 at 10:46 PM, Hobbyguy said:

Not sure I used the Lindberg kit because it was more stock. As far as the real car being downsized I believe that was a myth.

The restored (or replica) is in the Museum of Speed at Daytona International Speedway.  Per the write-up with the car, the car was narrower than the stock body, and the windshield was laid back which made the roof significantly lower and smaller than the stock body

[Racephoto1]

Had a trick front bumper too. 

[DoctorLarry]

The rumor was, I believe it was 7/8 scaled.

[catpack68]

Very nice work!?

[ontherocks]

At age 70, after a 20/30 year layoff, I still have a small stash of kits to work from. 

A variation of this car is one of my planned projects.  Aside from the daunting prospects of the two-color paint job, I have a couple of other problems.  I gave away my parts box years ago, how do I find some generic headers that would fit a big block Chevy?  And how does one fabricate that dual cowl induction "air cleaner"? 

[MarkJ]

Very nice job on the gold and black. It might have been a little smaller, but 7/8 scale would have made it the size of a compact car. If you look at pictures of the car next to a Fairlane or Belvedere they are about the same length.

[W Humble]

I'm rebuilding my YOM '61 Bonneville into a Catalina (sorta') and wonder what gold paint you used?  It looks great!

I interviewed Smokey for SPECIAL INTEREST AUTOS Magazine in 1979; he was always good for a vivid quote.  I was doing a research article on the old Chevy W-motor, which he refused to run, preferring to stay with his '57 small block.  He also hated the new Chevy body, because 1. it was too heavy, 2. the engine was too far forward, v. the front spindle, and 3. the 348-in. mill and it's lack of high-rpm potential.  Chevy was proud of the compact size (not that much different than the 283-in., and even slightly less tall -- but that was the perceived problem: the W's had a 'low-rise' intake manifold, and it didn't flow well at the top.  That was the first issue that the aftermarket/later-model intakes addressed, of course.  Always a good torque engine. W tied the Corviar flat six for the shortest produced Chevy engine, pre Vega.

When I asked him what kind of engine the W-348 was, he barked "JUNK!"  Waiting for the Mk.IV 'Mystery' or 'Porcupine' I guess!  Wick