dragcarz

They look great everyone. Good to see this thread going again.

Looking good, can’t wait to see completed pics!

Great start . Kit instructions are only the beginning, there’s a lot of planning and thought needed before building a model car. I consume copious amounts of coffee and spend as much time planning as actual building..... and I don’t have half the talent a lot of people on this forum.

Way cool

No, the car was painted a orange that had a lot of red in it, in magazine photos it some times appeared more red. He carried the same paint screams on his Camaro, and his 65 Plymouth S/S car.

Coming along nicely! Looks great!

Very well done, looks great!

Awesome job, these cars look so cool, they look fast sitting still.

I found a pic of the bulge on the hood but you have to look close.

Yes I hope to apply the side stripes and lettering then two part clear, sanding ,polishing, chrome trim, and then add the sponsor decals.

On the real car that was to car it was to give more space between the hood and the distributor / spark plug wires.

Yes it was molded in red, ?

Y’all can’t see me right now, but I’m doing the happy dance

Beautiful

Just amazing! Way beyond my skill set!

I finally got a warm day and decided to get some color on the body. Some time ago there was a post discussing the Color of the California Flash cars. I have an old Drag Racing Magazine that showed details of the 71 Butch Leal car, as at that time, this was a pretty trick car. It stated the car was painted orange. I went through my paints and decided that Model Master Chevrolet Engine Orange looked like a very good match. I will let it dry good and mask the stripes.

Looking good!

Hey Bubba, in the early years of Pro Stock there was a lot of experimenting on hood scoops. The rules stated the carburetors had to be covered and with tunnel ram intakes and carbs sticking through the hood, Racers got creative. Butch Leal’s idea was to funnel as much air to the carbs as possible, so the design was to direct air into the carbs. Hope that answers your question.

Thanks for the comments, very appreciated. I need some good painting weather.

The 72 car had Cragar Trick wheels, the kit came with the 71 Fenton wheels, I struggled with this as I wanted the originality of the kit to remain intact. I only had the kits rear wheels, so I opted to go with the Tricks. I returned to getting the car to sit right and the wheel falls right between the original mount holes so I’m filling them and will drill new holes for the front wheels.

I removed the center console, filled the transmission tunnel, removed the rear seat, I smoothed the dashboard, and made the rear interior panels. Again it’s not perfect but I’m having to learn to model again without full use of my finger. I removed the washer motor from the firewall and it looked too plane so I added the pinch weld so common on dusters. I also started the roll cage, kinda dumb I guess as I was planning full windows and most of this will never be seem.

It’s been a while since posting anything on this project, so I thought I needed to do an update. Something went terribly wrong somehow i this has turned into a major project that I never intended. After cutting out the wheel wells, I made new tubs, I didn’t like the gaps between the body and the chassis, so I added new rocker panels. The real car had sub frame connectors, so I added them. It’s not perfect but it will work for me.

Love this a very cool build!

I pushed the following button, don’t let me down, you can do it !!!!

Looks great, I love your minimalist work space. I now understand how to complete a kit in a short time.