Johnny Canuck

Are you fixin' to do a raced version from the '75 World 600? Frasson didn't qualify and, during a press conference, proceeded to beat the car with a jack handle.

Brilliant work, Oleg. All you need now is 'Haystack' Joey's new hairpiece sitting on the interior floor.😉 I like that Penske set up their hood sponsor graphics so that they didn't cross over the hood vents. Total pain in the unmentionables trying to lay decals over those vents.

Wonder if we'll see a similar colour scheme when the DoT sequel comes out. Could be a real bonanza for Salvinos JR and Powerslide.

Love the look of this build. Well thought out and executed. Easy on the eye. Hope you find an option for pinstripes to add later.

Tight and tidy.

Same in Canada. But no one ever complains about the price of quality. (cue snarky rivet counter remarks)

Nice build. Could be the champeen's car this year.

Would Lorenzen have been running with a 427 in '64? Edit: Yes he would have. So, no Starliner motor for that project.

Interesting idea. I have both the '60 Starliner and the AMT '64 Galaxie kits and was looking to do Fred Lorenzen's '64 car. The AMT kit is pretty crappy and light on chassis and engine detail. Would the motor from the '60 Starliner still be a valid component in a '64 car?

Nice work. Looks great. Hope you got a good exchange rate on the Canadian dollar. I get paid by American clients in US dollars and they are worth 30% more in the exchange rate.

Thank you, Wick, for posted those scanned pages of the '60 Pontiac build. Very informative.

Thanks Wick. That would be awesome reference material. And a staggered cut was what I was thinking, but it's a tricky bit of business. Maybe open a separate thread for this Pontiac, although one thread on the wonders Smokey worked would be just fine, too.

Great looking build. Just curious about the mufflers. Were they used for track racing back then?

Hello James Humble, I have the nicely detailed Trumpeter '60 Bonneville kit that I'm looking to reduce to Smokey's Catalina dimensions. As well as adding the more accurate '59 Chev roof. Any suggestions on where cuts to the body behind the rear window should be made to achieve the scale 2-inch reduction in length? If not, no worries. If I only get the roofline corrected I'll be happy.

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