Nova Short-Tracker

[Lizard Racing]

Just finished a short-track Chevy Nova.  I made an effort to use parts bin items where possible.

The donor is the AMT Beverly Hills Cop kit.  It has separate interior parts and exhaust, which made it a lot easier to make a race car.

I modified a pre-fab roll cage, so it doesn't fit exactly because I didn't want to modify the dash.  Tires and window net are from PPP. Exhaust is from an AMT NASCAR chassis.

  

I cut down the air box on the optional kit hood to allow the air cleaner.

Seat, air filter and master cylinder are from Big Donkey. I fabricated a new firewall so I wouldn't have to cut off the street equipment.

All decals are a mixture of what was left over from other projects.

 

[dwc43]

Looks good. I like it. Being a short track racer for years I just wanted to mention it's rare to have a dry break on them. Only the lowest of classes would retain the front fender wells without cage bars, and never put a forward facing scoop on one. Never seen a rule book that would allow that one, but you can get away with a ton on dirt track cars. Biggest cheaters I have ever ran against. Might as well build what you want and forget about the rule books. lol Love the oversized air filter too.

Edited January 23, 2019 by dwc43

[Jim N]

Looks great!

[bbowser]

Looks good.  My guess is a 427 would be enough to spin the tires on dirt!

[rssschris]

I like it - another use for the AMT nova.

[Lizard Racing]

Mr. dwc43: Thanks for your comments.  I thought about removing the inner fender panels and closing the scoop. I may do so at a later date, but it was more work than I wanted to do now.

This is about the first race car I built that did not conform to a specific set of rules.

[DRH_97]

I always enjoy seeing what people build from their own imagination. Model cars are in so many ways an expression of creativity. I  appreciate those who choose to not be bound be some arbitrary set of "rules".  Nice work! Having said that I also have a keen respect for the recreation of historic race cars of significance, and have done several over the years.