Lizard Racing Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 I just finished refurbishing a survivor model of the Parnelli Jones roadster of 1963. Not only did this car win the Indianapolis 500 in '63, but started on pole. In addition this car was the first to qualify at over 150 mph in 1962. It started with the AMT kit. As stated in the workbench forum, the tires are all wrong for this car. I used the front tires on the back and used passenger tires for the front. Decals are from Indycals. Some of the contours are really tricky to get the decal to conform. Scallops especially. The photos are for research purposes. The other cars are also survivors from 30+ years in storage. Center is Bobby Unser from '68 and right is Johnny Rutherford from '74. In a mere 10 years, tires got wider, wings appeared and speeds jumped 50 mph!
High octane Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, Lizard Racing said: I just finished refurbishing a survivor model of the Parnelli Jones roadster of 1963. Not only did this car win the Indianapolis 500 in '63, but started on pole. In addition this car was the first to qualify at over 150 mph in 1962. It started with the AMT kit. As stated in the workbench forum, the tires are all wrong for this car. I used the front tires on the back and used passenger tires for the front. Decals are from Indycals. Some of the contours are really tricky to get the decal to conform. Scallops especially. The photos are for research purposes. The other cars are also survivors from 30+ years in storage. Center is Bobby Unser from '68 and right is Johnny Rutherford from '74. In a mere 10 years, tires got wider, wings appeared and speeds jumped 50 mph! Beautiful build on that Parnelli roadster George and the others look great also.
bbowser Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Great job on the roadster! I saw front engined roadsters on the track during qualifying back in the day, you captured it perfectly.
Miatatom Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 I've got one of those as well as the Lotus that comes in the 3 pack, both about half done. I finished the McLaren. I don't know if I'll ever finish them.
boss 302 mustang Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Excellent idea with the front tires......I have 2 roadsters and 2 Lotuses to build and I think I will use those Firestone supremes on the front of all of them. Beautiful build too.
Phildaupho Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Nicely done . Will always be one of my favorite racecars.
Silver Foxx Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Nice to see an old Indy car on here , looks real nice , well done on the decal work .
aurfalien Posted June 4, 2018 Posted June 4, 2018 Hi, These are gorgeous and very important period pieces. Worthy of display for sure.
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