MarkJ

I'm voting keep the rusty bumpers. It would be sad to cover up all that phenomenal work to create the effect you have achieved. JMHO.

Thank you, Edgar, for the kind words and your support throughout the build. It is very appreciated.

Thanks Rick. I bought the paint today to do the test bed body and will choose between two different golds before I go on to the real build body.

Thanks, Mark for your interest in the build. I have the kit to do the Mark Donohue Porshe that won the first IROC championship, but it's going to take a lot of work like this one did, so I'm going to do some Nascar builds for a while before I go back to IROC.

Wow, Bruce. Sorry I'm late to the party on this one but it looks fabulous so far. Body prep, paint and decals all top notch. Engine and chassis are coming along nicely too. Looking forward to the finish on this one.

I just figured out something when I was looking at the box art I had just posted and remembering the ref photos I had saved from the actual race from you tube. The car he drove in the 72 southern 500 was a 1971 Monte Carlo, not a 1972 that I have purchased. The difference is in the front park lights. The 71 had them in the bumper and the 72 had them on each side of the grille. The mesh of the grille doesn't matter because this model kit has the right looking grille for a race prepared 71. I just need to fix the park light difference on the model which I think I can do with a little bit of sheet styrene here and there. This car might be the ex-Glotzbach Monte Carlo from 1971.

The kit and some photos of a test bed body of a mercury I found in my stash that could not be resurrected. I bought a new airbrush and wanted to learn on an actual model body. I don't find practicing on a piece of paper transfers well to letting you know how it will look on an actual model body. I'm also using a different kind of paint so I'm thinking the use of this body which I will paint just like the subject body including doing a two-tone paint job to see how well my paint separation line turns out. The choice of the subject was easy because of his ten wins in 1972 this one was the most iconic because his battle all day with David Pearson made it an epic race to watch for the fans. He finally made his last pass for the win 4 laps from the end.

Pierre, this is the best use of the medical tape I have seen for the insulation mats. I will steal this from you, best I can, on my upcoming build. The rest of the interior shout's realism from any angle and the dash and gauges look perfect too.

Whoa. If you were claustrophobic, you couldn't drive that, Corvette. Man, every gauge you can imagine is in that baby. Can't wait to see your take on that for your build. Pierre, again I wait with bated breath for the next update.

Wow, that paint is magnificent. The underside is amazing that it is so smooth and shiny as the top. This build is one for the ages.

Thanks, Pierre and Bruce. Those look like they will be very helpful. Looks like the interior walls in the back are red like the sides of the car and the oil tank is silver and behind the driver. However, the tops of the inner doors appear to be a flat silver. The seat looks like it is definitely a flat black as well as the dash and the floor looks like it might be that asbestos carpet that they used to put in these cars back then for insulation which has a flat light gray look to it. I'll eventually decide how to go when I decipher all the info I might get but this is a great start. You'd think a car as iconic as this one would have more actual pictures of it. Hopefully someone will find some under hood shots. Thanks again guys.

Does anyone have photos of Bobby Allison's real Coke Monte Carlo Interior and under the hood. I'm talking photos of the real car not museum cars or reproduction cars or other model cars. Need the real thing. If you could post them here, I would be very appreciative. So far, my searching has only come up with color of the interior but not what the seat looks like and no engine shots of the real engine. Thanks, if you can help.

Perfectly aged and made to look perfectly real. you are a magician at this stuff, Pierre. It's amazing how you do this process. Its innate in you.

This is ridiculous, Ken. It looks like you are working on a real car. Your part looks better than the kit part.

Pierre, Interior coming along nicely. Cage and color for the interior trim is an excellent choice that I'm sure you will weather to match the rest of the car. Never thought I could get giddy over a Bonneville racer. Enjoy your upcoming trip.

Thank you, Helmut, for the kind words about the build and always stopping by for support during the wip. Gave me that extra incentive to finish the job. Very much appreciated. Thanks, Roger, for lending your opinion about the build. Much appreciated for sure. Thanks so much Atin for giving such nice props about the build. I also want to thank you for stopping by during the wip for advice and support. It helps more than you might think, and I really appreciate it.

Thank, Jim. I am very glad it's finished and turned out somewhat on the okay side. Hope the next one goes a little more smoothly with no do overs.

Below is the link to the wip if interested and have a lot of time to waste.

Thank you, Pappy for dropping by. Thanks, Anton. I could always count on you for support through all my trials and tribulations throughout the build. Thanks, David. Appreciate your interest in the build.

Already did, James a while back. Unser's 74 Camaro 2nd IROC Championship car.

Thanks, Andrew for using the build as a subject for different artistic views of it. And thanks for checking in from time to time for support during the build. Much appreciated.

Thanks, Anton, for always checking in on the wip for support. I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much, Ken. I really appreciate the kind words about the build. I doubt if you will be seeing a lot of scratchbuilding from me in the near future. It's time to be an ooberbuilder . my next one will be a nascar kit that I bought decals for and you will have to find it in the nascar forums. Thanks again for following the wip and giving me a lot of support during the build.

Thank you.

Thank you, Bruce. I appreciate you following along with the wip . It must have been getting old watching me fumble through it. Thank you, Bruce, for your constant encouragement throughout the build on the wip. Much appreciated Thank you, Jim. Much appreciated compliment. Thank you, Brian. Your comments are making me feel not worthy of all that praise but it is much appreciated. Thank you, my friend. Your constant strokes of encouragement really helped me along this seeming never ending journey. About scratch building the old way. When you build something that nobody else is interested in, it's the old way or just build a model with no views other than the outside body. I had never done a Terry Labonte car, so I wanted to do more than that. He is one of my favorite drivers for sure. Thanks Pierre. I beg to differ. You should be the president of that society as well as Brush Painting which no one is your equal at. Thank you, James. I also was one of those IROC fans back in the day. I would even like to do the Porshe that won the very first IROC race and have the kit for it, but it would also take bookoos of work making, so that's on the back burner for now.