6bblbird

Great looking Mustang! Color looks spot on and I like the black paint on the wheels. You probably noticed the glass hanging down by now. Should be an easy fix. I always seem find my mistakes in photos. Can't find 'em with my eyes anymore!

Excellent! Black looks killer! I've never had good luck with black paint. I'm envious of your work! WF

Great color! Well built too! Only thing that looks "off" to me are the redline tires. I think that RWLs would transform the car but if you like 'em, that's fine! WF

Extremely well done! My kind of build. Might I suggest a simple addition? Add a small windscreen (acetate) to that slot between the cowl and dash. You can tint it blue! WF

A scale 7" cheater slick would measure .28" or 7.11mm. Anything wider than this would not be required to have the two grooves. "Cheater slicks" were only made in 7" widths for drag racing as they were required in NHRA stock classes up until 1972. The 2 grooves were required to satisfy the NHRA rule book. Many municipalities and states did not consider cheater slicks legal for street use! All Stock class cars including Super Stock and Super Stock Automatic were required to use 7" wide tires until 1967 when Super Stock cars could use any width slick that would fit in the stock wheel well. The Moebius Melrose Missile kit has some tires that a pretty close although they have no grooves. WF

Well done! You did a good job trying to re-create those wheels. WF

Oooooh! Love the hub cap detail! WF

Not my friends car either! I found the pic on the internet as an example . I would like to build a 1:1 someday.

When I lived on Long Island, all spray paint was jailed! Always a pain to find the "warden" with the key!

If you look at photos of '62 Plymouths, you will find many trim differences across the model line. Same thing with the number of tail lamps. This always drives me nuts. Just found photos with the wide trim and a much slimmer trim piece on the front fenders. The model is cast with the wide trim that would have been found on a Sport Fury but it also comes with standard Fury tail lamps. Fat trim: Skinny trim:

Fantastic! Very realistic. Can you supply some info on the kit? Maybe a short review on the quality, fitment, etc.

I built this one a while back as a fictional Nostalgia S/S so I was not restricted to the rules! I do remember that the color was from Duplicator but for the life of me I can't recall the actual color. If you have a Duplicator dealer with a large selection you might be able to match it to the can's cap.

This photo shows headers on the 64 car that look very much like the Johan headers. The reason why 426 wedge cars used fender well headers was those dang torsion bars. It took almost a decade before header mfgrs. were able to build a way around them and still make equal length tubes. WF

The Johan, Max Wedge headers are your best bet as "chassis" headers were not available for B bodies for quite a few years into the future. You may notice that once these headers were installed, you had to go to a smaller diameter tire for clearance. I recently bought a built up '64 Dodge just so I could get the headers! They really look cool (and correct). If you get into a bind, send me a p.m.. I should be able to spare a set of cheaters. Did you know: In the sixties, aftermarket wheels were allowed in Stock, but only if they were equal in weight or heavier than the o.e.m. wheels. That is why you see so many stockers of the day wearing stock or chrome reverse wheels. WF

Thank you! A good friend of mine had a red '66 with white skunk stripes and Cragars, That car was beautiful!

Very well done! The vinyl top is terrific. I love it because it brings back memories ......of my least favorite mopar! lol I had a green (avocado green poly ?) '68. My friends used to call it the Army staff car. All it needed was a star on the door! As has been mentioned a few times , green was very popular in the '60s. I believe Verdoro Green was the most popular Pontiac color in '67 and '68. I only have one photo of that car, I still hate green!!

If your local track did not strictly enforce the rules ( it still happens today) , you could get away with a lot of things. I'm sure many racers showed up at a regional meet or National event only to be told that they would not pass tech until they made numerous changes. I've run cars for years with bogus items and slipped through tech even at National events only to be eventually caught ! Had to build a steering column in the pits one time when they caught my wire cable column. I ran a 6bbl fiberglass hood on my Hemi Road Runner in Stock eliminator for years. No one ever caught that one! So, yeah, rules were made to be broken! P.S. You can get away with a lot of obvious infractions...........until you start winning ...then they go over you with a fine tooth comb!

Thank you, I don't know whether the decal paper changed or the ink today is different but I'm having a real hard time making decals these days. Been thinking about trying the dry transfer method.

Groovy man! Far out! Very realistic. I'm old enough to have seen many that looked quite like that! WF

The 392 was from a Miss Deal kit. I bought a few of those just for parts. I have a box full of Studebaker bodies! The hat might have been a resin piece. When I see them at shows, I buy a few.

Yes! Most of them are done that way.

Here's a detail tip that is often overlooked when building a car with a rollbar. It is often overlooked by modern 1:1 car builders as well. Headrests! They were, and still are required. Easy to make.

Gasser builds are almost always fun and you can get pretty creative. But if you want accuracy, there are many here that can help. The rule books are also available on line. I concur with iBorg about blown 409s in 1966. There are probably more of them today then there were back then! I'm sure that they were out there but they were rare for sure. You should definitely build one! As far as the frame goes, it wasn't until 1968 that NHRA allowed square or box tubing for frame construction and that was only for supercharged cars that were originally unibodies. As far as the inner fenders or splash shields go, they were required but could be trimmed for header clearance. Pie crust slicks were used thru the late sixties. I remember seeing them when I started racing in 1971. (Not everyone had money for new tires! lol) Please remember that there were other associations besides NHRA back then and there "rules" could be very loose! Match race "Gassers" played by their own rules. Some had hinged bodies and ran nitro! If you want to stray from the rule book a bit, why not make it an Altered? You have a lot more leeway and can still retain the look that you are after. WF

I'm thinking of hiring this guy to drive it: Time to move up to a funny car!