1960 Daytona 500 Winner - Junior Johnson

[jjsipes]

Ok this is what I have to date for this build.
Actual Car

Model
Resin from Time Machine Resin

I am using the Revell 1959 Impala for a donor but the windshield to small so I have gotten a windshield from an AMT 1959 El Camino to use that seems to work, need to clean up opening yet to make sure. The rear window I am not sure how to proceed with as the Revell Impala one is too small to work. The resin body has some small issues to clean up but not to bad overall.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Great project. Love the NASCAR racers from this time. 

 

[afx]

Great project, I'll be following.

[vintagercr]

I will be watching this one

[bbowser]

Looking forward to this one!  My favorite Chevy, together with a NASCAR legend.

[1930fordpickup]

Jason What about the old clear plastic from a Soda bottle trick for the back window. 

[Belugawrx]

Nice start..

I will follow

Cheers

[jjsipes]

Went looking for info on interior color and was suggested to look at the dealer catalog from 1959 to what was available for colors in a Biscayne. Here's what I found.

https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/docs/gm-heritage-archive/vehicle-information-kits/Chevrolet/1959-Chevrolet.pdf

Unless someone has photo proof, I guess grey would be the way to go. I found this on-line. Looks to be a scanned catalog and I pulled a few pages from it. 

[Lizard Racing]

I'm building a Jim Reed '59.  What are you going to do about the interior?  There are very few photos showing interior details.

[jjsipes]

I'm building a Jim Reed '59.  What are you going to do about the interior?  There are very few photos showing interior details.

Haven't found too much on the interior yet but, I'm just going with stock Biscayne interior with a 4 point roll cage. I will add a horizontal bar behind the seat. Here is a pic that I found showing the cage through the windshield.

As far as Jim Reed's car, here is a link for MarkJ build-up off that car that might be good to follow.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/41715-1959-jim-reed-chevy/

I believe this book has the restored Reed car in it but, I'd have to check mine when I get home to make sure.

http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-Historic-Stock-Enthusiast-Series/dp/0879388986/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0HYJQRD0SZEP16N6P5P0

[DumpyDan]

Now this looks good

[Bill J]

I scored one of the 59 Biscayne resins also and plan to build the 60 Daytona winner too. So far I have a 59 Impala donor kit, the decals for the Junior Johnson Daytona car and the wheels and tires from Plastic Performance Parts. Best I can tell, the 60 Daytona winner used Goodyear tires. There is Goodyear tire decals on the car above the Daytona Kennel Club lettering o the rear quarter panel. The pit picture above also shows the stripe on the tire sidewall of the guy coming over the pit wall. Firestones from that year did not have a stripe on them.

Edited March 12, 2016 by Bill J