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The ford oil tank was usually behind the drivers seat. The polar light Torino has a dry sump pan for the 429 engine.

Top factory teams started 69-70

I used the wheels from the TBird kit stripped and painted. The kit wheels are shall we say not so good. I have spares if you need some.

It’s the reissue MPC Pepsi Chevelle kit

That is from a different race. Contingencies a little different and Sponsor way smaller. This car changed a lot over its existence.

Really a pretty car too! About 1/8 inch.

Along with my Panch car I’m building this quickie too.

Your best bet to find pictures like that is to join one or two of the Facebook vintage nascar groups. Tons of knowledge and photos to be had.

Hold on here is a different car same set up .

Gerald I can’t find a picture but I can tell you that I built the Polar Lights cage as it should be built. Added the dash on top of the part that goes under the Polar Lights dash. I have also built them using the Polar Lights dash. In that case I leave about 1/8 or maybe a little less gap between the firewall and the dash. I then stuff it in the body and make sure it’s right.

I don’t remember but I’ll look.

Mark is supposed to look like the aluminum covering that was there.

Here’s what it looked like then

I’m not understanding what you mean. There is aluminum around the back edge of the bumper in the fender that also goes across the frt under the headlights and grille.ir are you meaning how the bumper don’t fit quite right?

Yes everything is AMT except the body glass decals and bumpers

I glued some strip on for drip ra moldings and reworked the fuel filler opening. That’s all I did to it.There is still tons of work to do to it. Foil interior engine compartment are all completely unfinished.

This ones been laying around a couple months. Enough is enough a few evenings worth of work and it’s done. Just in time to start another unfinished project.

Assembly line is kinda true. I usually get them painted and on wheels then they sit and I pick at them here and there. I have 5-8 in various stages all the time. After a fashion I get sick of one being half done and go go go on it till it’s done.

No way. Once it’s sitting on wheels it must gestate for a few months.

Here it is with the chassis painted and rims the right color.

Been wanting to do this for a couple years now but somethings always beat it out on the priority list. It’s time has come finally. I used some contingencies from the kits sheet and added a bunch more

It’s the MPC body. The Model King issue. I reworked the fuel filler and added drip rail moldings. I’ll never understand why they left those moldings off. Every 72 Torino bodied Nascar race car I’ve seen has them on it.

This will be a quickie build using kit decals. I believe Dave Van did the artwork for these. It’s on my usual TBird chassis. Wheels won’t be red. (Thank God)

Cool I should have bulged the wheelwells on mine when I did it.

I build early cars that graphics were mostly painted aside from contingencies. I also have a lot of custom Alps decals made. They scratch very easy. I like the look and protection clear provides. Aside from that real race cars don’t use water slide decals either. Some decals will discolor and or peel up even if applied properly. I don’t have to worry about it. That why I would want to do it.