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"Suddenly it's 1960"...1957 Plymouth @ Bonneville


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Great job Curt! I love the subject. Your home-made decals are fabulous, wish I could buy a set to copy your build (highest form of complement, right?).

There’s is an excellent 1:1 reproduction of this car at the NHRA museum in Pomona. CA which I happened to take a photo of during a visit last month:

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1 minute ago, papajohn97 said:

Great job Curt! I love the subject. Your home-made decals are fabulous, wish I could buy a set to copy your build (highest form of complement, right?).

There’s is an excellent 1:1 reproduction of this car at the NHRA museum in Pomona. CA which I happened to take a photo of during a visit last month:

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That is so cool.  What are the chances?

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24 minutes ago, drodg said:

That is so cool.  What are the chances?

Thanx Guys it was fun building it then seeing the real car in the NHRA Museum a few years back.

My buddy Steve has the artwork for this car.He should be able to print up a set of decals for you.

Contact info for Steve is: allemand64@aim.com

good luck

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This is a relevant picture. Note the car in the background. Not the same Mopar, or even the same exact year or model. But very similar, same body shell. This pic was taken by my dad in the late 50s, like 58 to 60, at El Mirage Dry Lake. Dad's best friend, Tom Beatty with his employee Fat Eddy with Tom's belly tank in line for the start. Shows that dry lakes racers considered these Mopars to be sleek and desirable cars in those days.

When I 1st saw Curt's posts about this model, I was quite impressed with his conversion of the AMT '58 Belvedere into a '57 Savoy. Not a huge change, but not as easy as Curt made it out to be. Such work takes advanced model building skills.

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