Scott Eriksen

Roger,,I'm also using the "ramp" style hood scoop instead of the "snorkle" like in the pic I put up next to his hauler,,,seems like every picture I found of basically the same car had something different and I'm going with the Keystone Classic wheels.Oh and you mentioned the tan seats,,,,if you look at the same pic from back in the day,,those seats do look tan !!

That's what I thought too,,,I wasn't sure because the car was done by Reid at his ARC shop ....so I'll go with that,,pretty much the same as the Demon build

I thought I had the stance on my McCandless car down ........ I shoulda had the engine complete and used it during mock up instead of just the block/engine mounts ,,,yours is what I was shooting for, even with me cobbling up a rack and pinion deal and coil overs,using the Pro Street Nova worked out for me pretty good,,I just didn't take it far enough ,yours looks great!

I just started on Reid Whisnant's 72 Duster Pro Stock... any 3D guys or resin casters out there make a 72 Duster taillight panel or combo taillight/deck lid like I did on the 69 to 68 GTX conversion ??

Hey Walter! Lol,,,I was thinking about that !

That same picture,,looking at the front,,,it's hard to tell whats up front,,maybe torsion bar??? on the left???? I dunno

Thanks Roger! I'll give it my best shot....I'm going to get in touch with STS and see if he can do the top panels for me

From what was said in the video about that car was that those were the original Drag 500's that were on the car when they got it ,so yeah prolly from the 70's .Looks like it is a link rear suspension from your pic which makes sense because Joe Fisher and Shoffner supposedly rebuilt the entire car in the ARC shop for 72 . I found a pic of that car before resto so yeah,,link rear n suspension,,not sure of the front . I couldn't find anything about the Lenco in the 72 car or not . I'm friends with David Hakim he was going to try and find out for me ,,he thinks Roy Hill might know,,,and weather permitting I'm planning to go out to Carlisle on Friday so maybe I can ask around . I also found a pic of his Don Hardy built car and the car as found before resto .Also STS didn't not make any of the roof/trunk or hood panel-lace-spiderweb panels so I'll just be doing it in Gold,,,I don't think I can replicate that with an airbrush!

I had already grafted the Pro Stock scoop to the Duster hood when I was doing the Project 6 Pack Road Runner body work

Ok ,,here we go ,,starting this one ,,,,,I have the decals from STS ,(that has the lacey gold side panels) which represent his 72 car ( sorta ) which was built by Whisnant's shop Atlanta Race Cars . I have AMT's 71 Duster ,,,(haven't been able to locate a 72 tail light panel ) so,,,what to do,,,,,, what to do ,,,lol . I'm pretty sure the 72 car was the 71 car updated to coil over/link with a narrowed Dana ,,,not sure on the front end if it retained the torsion bars,,cant find any pics .....so I might take a little artistic license here and do my own "rendition" . So in these pics I made a tracing of the STS decals to get the rear wheel well opening down for cutting. Looks like I'll use the Pro Street Nova for the chassis pan and do the link coil over like I did for the McCandless Demon.If I can't get any more info on the car(s) in the next few days I'll just back-half it using the Nova and keep the torsion bars (just have to cut away the inner fenders like I did wayyyyyy back when with my S&M Pro Stock Duster . Here's some tidbits on Reid I picked up on the Detroit Garage Facebook page >> REID WHISNANT - The Early Years Reid Whisnant began racing in his early twenties on the infamous drag strips of North Carolina - starting with a 1957 Chevy that ran in the Gas classes. A 1964 Dodge and a 1967 Dodge both followed as Whisnant became active in the very popular Super Stock competition. While racing the Dodges, he was able to establish a relationship with Chrysler's Racing Division and in 1968 he was offered an opportunity to purchase one of the new 426 HEMI Dart LO23 Factory Lightweights. Painted in what became his trademark “gold” and labeled “Super Dart” - Reid raced the car with regional success in NHRA Division II running in the SS/B class in 1968 and 1969. Then like many, the Dart was converted to Pro Stock status in early 1970 upon the birth of the new NHRA class. The Sox & Martin Connection While running the Southeastern Division II drag strips in the late '60s, Reid became acquainted with Joe Fisher, the shop manager at Sox & Martin in Burlington, North Carolina – with the relationship eventually leading to the purchase of S & M Chrysler Hemi Race Engines for the “Super Dart.” Then in late 1970, came the purchase of a complete race prepped A Body Plymouth Duster Pro Stock Sox & Martin “Customer Car” which Whisnant campaigned under the S & M umbrella during the 1971 season. His end of year totals were most impressive as he finished fourth in the 1971 NHRA Eastern Conference standings and second to Ronnie Sox in Division II WCS points. Atlanta Race Cars Reid was frustrated with finishing second to Sox and in 1972 he ended the S & M relationship and started his own race shop in his hometown of Atlanta - known as Atlanta Race Cars. This included the hiring of several of Sox and Martin's key employees – most notably Joe Fisher and engine wizard Bird Shoffner. Fisher and Shoffner completely “re-engineered” the Duster and this resulted in immediate success. In June of 1972, Reid set a new NHRA Pro Stock speed record of 144.60 MPH at Blaney Drag Strip in Columbia, South Carolina. He went on to win the 1972 NHRA Division II Pro Stock Championship and the Eastern Division Championship besting Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins by over 800 points!. The car before you is Reid's original Sox & Martin Duster – presented as it was “fully developed” by Atlanta Race Cars. (Documented Original Sox & Martin Car) A Bit Of History Reid Whisnant's Sox & Martin Duster made it's initial appearance at the 1970 Supernationals in Ontario, California. (November 20-22, 1970). The car first ran with a 1971 body but was updated to a 1972 body by Atlanta Race Cars for the '72 season. After the 1973 Gatornationals, the Duster was sold to Walt and Jo Ballard but Reid continued to drive the car collecting valuable WCS points until he took delivery of his new Don Hardy built Duster in June of '73.

That came out great!

Too damn hot to do anything outside today,,so I finished her up

Thanks Roger,,like I said I should have built up the engine completely first or at least with the intake and carbs on and then used that in the chassis mockup ,,, the front stance looked good to go with just the block in there during fitment

I received my Road Runner grille on Tuesday 7/2 ,,the day they shut down ,,,and yeah the website is still up

Their website is still up though

I got it Tuesday,,,, yeah I just found out,,,looks like July 2nd they filed and shut down...too bad

Hey Zip! >> this was at Englishtown awhile back when I was running my R/T >>>>

Looks great!!

.............shot the clear , engine in , interior done, BMF next and get the slot wheels painted,,still waiting on the grille from Shapeways ,maybe todays mail

I'm still kicking myself for not grabbing those JoHan kits when they were all over the place for a couple bucks!

MCW Rallye Green Metallic enamel,I used the AMT 69 GTXand shaved off all the trim/moldings added the post and I have a 69 Road Runner grille coming from Shapeways .I have a 3D print A12 hood scoop to put on

...........got 2 builds going on now,,Whisnant's Duster ,,waiting on parts,and this,,which I'll 'prolly finish then go back on the Duster

That looks great! That's the stance I had hoped for with the McCandless car but I didn't take the mock up far enough ,not enough engine-to-hood clearance ,,,looked good with the long block during test fitting though...lol . When I do the Whisnant Duster I'll use the COMPLETE engine

I have the Tamiya drill,,comes in handy when drilling multiple holes

Great job!