DRIPTROIT 71

Looks like a great start to a cool project!

The tilt looks spot on!! Extending the floorboard all the way to the doors will give you more room to work with as far as a dog house goes.

Looks great Jeff! Looks like a real work horse!! Excellent work!

Looking good Ken!

Very cool project!! I built one of these several years ago before Dave offered a resin hood. I’m looking forward to seeing this one finished. You probably already know this, but that Cummins would be tilted towards the passenger side on a short hood truck like this to allow for clearance.

Nice looking Peterbilt!

Looks great Jeff!! Excellent work!! I like it!!

Looks great!! I like it!!

WOW!!

First let me say; thank you for starting this thead. I am a pretty big Roy Clark fan. It has raised my curiosity about how much he actually raced. I’ve read that he ran the car in early 93 and sold it to Phil and Donna Hayenga in late 93. Donna raced the car until it was sold. I’m wondering if what Mecum meant by original paint and decals is that it was the original from Roy Clarks possession. If I read it correctly (and you guys know more than me) Mecum says it was raced since 65, but doesn’t exactly say if Roy Clark raced it all that time. Whichever the case, it definitely has had several upgrades over the years, which would be expected if it continued to compete. Like has been said before, he could have raced it every week and there not be any photos on the net, but I believe the current look was finished in the late 80s. I also like the 549 reference to Hee Haw as well.

There seems to be some conflicting information out there on the good old world wide web about this car. Most listing it for sale. Some list it as a Hemi, some as a Wedge. He also had the “Hee Haw Hemi” car. I did find where he was racing this car in the early 90s. Could it be that he wasn’t the one racing this car back in 65 and maybe he restored it and raced it in the 90s giving it the name “Super Picker” then? I also found that Nostalgia Super Stock was started in 1989 which would go along with this theory.

Excellent work on this build! Top notch scratch building! The Ryder decals knocked this one out of the park! It really looks the part!!

Amazing work! Looks awesome!!

That really looks good Ken! The cab looks much better lower! Excellent work!

Thanks for posting this!

Very true indeed!!!

This one is a real eye catcher! Nice work!!

Looks great Ken!

That looks Awesome!!

Beautiful job on this one Pat!! I like the color too!

Very cool build!! Nice work!! The company that my dad worked for had a box truck with the drive wheels set forward like this one and when it was loaded, it would often pull the front wheels off the ground leaving the dock. It was actually pretty cool.?

Looking good Pat!

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Looks great! The weathering is awesome! Nice work!

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