restoman Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 A bit of a slump buster... If The Captain - Roger Penske - were to take one of his Nascar racers to the salt flats, I'm thinking it might look a bit like this. I lowered the front end a bit, shortened the rear spoiler height (no need for big downforce in a straight line), fitted a driver's side window, and eliminated most of the Nascar-specific stickers. Oh yeah... and crafted those nifty spun aluminum discs out of some Pepsi cans. This is only a snap-together curbside kit, but it was dead-nuts easy to do and got me over a bit of a hump, so here it is. Comments always welcome.
DumpyDan Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 Very cool, love the paint work. Just did a quickie build my self to push me along.
donb Posted May 7, 2018 Posted May 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Jim N said: Very interesting concept. Great job! I agree!
restoman Posted May 8, 2018 Author Posted May 8, 2018 Thanks all. The pre-painted body was a bonus, the scallops seemed to fit right in on a salt racer.
DustyMojave Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 I like this! It makes me start thinking of all the changes I would do, like: replace the big NASCAR fuel cell with a drag fuel cell; replace the front tires with FrontRunner drag tires; ... But then...All that would take it out of the realm of the quick build and into full detail. I understand why those changes weren't done. I get it. Quickie, but inspiring. And I live quite near El Mirage, where the SCTA Bonneville racers play all season except August when they go to Bonneville itself.
restoman Posted May 9, 2018 Author Posted May 9, 2018 10 hours ago, DustyMojave said: I like this! It makes me start thinking of all the changes I would do, like: replace the big NASCAR fuel cell with a drag fuel cell; replace the front tires with FrontRunner drag tires; ... But then...All that would take it out of the realm of the quick build and into full detail. I understand why those changes weren't done. I get it. Quickie, but inspiring. And I live quite near El Mirage, where the SCTA Bonneville racers play all season except August when they go to Bonneville itself. Yep. I played with the idea of much narrower tires, and decided that, for this particular build, it would be too much work to offset the rims so the tires weren't buried back inside the wheel openings. So I went instead with some tire decals and spun discs and called it good enough. The whole concept was "...if Roger Penske took one of his Nascar racers to the salt flats...", so most of the Nascar stuff stayed. Probably not what would REALLY happen, but it is a model... After a little research on flats racers, I think I'll be building more. Fascinating to see all the variations that did and do race out there.
DustyMojave Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 The 1st race car I ever sat in. Tom Beatty's belly tank. This is a pic taken by my dad at El Mirage in 1960.
DustyMojave Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 Me in the Kelly & Hall belly tank at El Mirage about 12 years ago.
DustyMojave Posted May 9, 2018 Posted May 9, 2018 (edited) But maybe more in line with your model here for further inspiration. A '68 Corvette at El Mirage. In dry lakes racing, there is a class to fit most ANY vehicle. Edited May 9, 2018 by DustyMojave
restoman Posted May 9, 2018 Author Posted May 9, 2018 Those are all excellent pics. thanks for posting them!
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