magicmustang Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) Had this one in my stash for decades. A Johan (molded in green) Richard Petty 1964 Plymouth Belvedere. Painted many years ago but never assembled because of that (promo style molded in mufflers, tailpipes, drive shaft, rear axle, springs and shocks) chassis. Well, I finally decided to cut off the back of the JoHan chassis at the transmission mount and add an MPC DOH Charger frame (of which I have many) bottom to it, cut off at the rear torsion bar mounts. Painted in Testors rattle can "Petty Racing Blue", scratch built air intake and front suspension, added drive shaft/rear axle/springs and shocks. The Johan decals shattered in warm water (they were very old) so I used a replacement set from Power Line. Glad to have it done. Edited June 14, 2022 by magicmustang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpack68 Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Great work!👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill J Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Great looking Belvedere. Well done. I like the upgrades. Never knew Testors made "official" NASCAR colors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 That's a great looking car ! Congrats on finishing it , better late than never . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Canuck Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Looks great. Thanks for including your solution to the original chassis. Exact same chassis is included with the JoHan '64 Dodge, which I want to use to build the principal car driven by David Pearson to the '66 title (took nine of his 15 wins in it that season). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 (edited) 16 hours ago, Johnny Canuck said: Looks great. Thanks for including your solution to the original chassis. Exact same chassis is included with the JoHan '64 Dodge, which I want to use to build the principal car driven by David Pearson to the '66 title (took nine of his 15 wins in it that season). Thanks. Alot of modelers on this forum have used the AMT '69 Plymouth GTX/'68 Plymouth Road Runner chassis/suspension as a replacement for the Johan promo style one. It's well detailed and a close fit. Edited June 14, 2022 by magicmustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) On 6/13/2022 at 1:40 PM, Johnny Canuck said: Looks great. Thanks for including your solution to the original chassis. Exact same chassis is included with the JoHan '64 Dodge, which I want to use to build the principal car driven by David Pearson to the '66 title (took nine of his 15 wins in it that season). Redid my Johan '70 Petty Superbird doing the same chassis parts swap as my '64 Belvedere. Edited June 24, 2022 by magicmustang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakefan77 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Great build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Great and clean build! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Street Rod Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Great job! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireguy14 Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Stunning build, wel done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Turned out great, I'm glad you finished it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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