curt raitz Posted March 22, 2020 Posted March 22, 2020 Curtis Turner won 11 races in the 1957 NASCAR Convertible Division. He drove a Supercharged 1957 Ford Fairlane Convertible owned by Pete DePaolo. This is a model of the car he drove. I used the body from the AMT Fairlane w/hardtop removed. All the other bits are from the Revell Fireball Roberts 1957 Ford. Paint is from Scalefinishes, Wimbledon White and Coral Sand. Decals are from Slot Car Fever, but the number decals were much too large. I scanned and reduced to the correct size and printed my own set. I created a buck for making the tonneau cover. I soaked a paper towel in thinned down white glue and laid over the buck. After it was dry, I trimmed and painted it flat white. Thanx for lookin'...
'70 Grande Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Excellent build! Looks just right! I'm curious what the large holes in the trunk lid accomplished... any idea?
bbowser Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Beautiful job! Many folks are unaware of the convertible division back then. It's my understanding that many cars had the roof adapted to bolt on so the same car could run both divisions.
curt raitz Posted March 24, 2020 Author Posted March 24, 2020 11 hours ago, '70 Grande said: Excellent build! Looks just right! I'm curious what the large holes in the trunk lid accomplished... any idea? I was wondering just what they were for as well, but they were there.
Vietnam Vet67 Posted March 24, 2020 Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, '70 Grande said: Excellent build! Looks just right! I'm curious what the large holes in the trunk lid accomplished... any idea? To let out any built up air pressure in the trunk. That's why the tonneau cover covers as much of the interior as possible so as to prevent any air from being trapped inside the car and causing drag. Edited March 24, 2020 by Vietnam Vet67 addition of info.
oldnslow Posted March 24, 2020 Posted March 24, 2020 That's nice , I really like the old stock cars .
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 28, 2020 Posted March 28, 2020 What they said...and a great rendition of a piece of racing history. Very unusual, very nicely done.
Psychobilly Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Gorgeous! I gotta take the family to the museum next time we visit "home".
Mike999 Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) On 3/23/2020 at 3:18 PM, bbowser said: Beautiful job! Many folks are unaware of the convertible division back then. It's my understanding that many cars had the roof adapted to bolt on so the same car could run both divisions. The Zipper-Tops! The most famous ones were probably the Holman-Moody '59 T-Birds, but there were others. Petty Engineering ran a '57 Olds with a removable roof, IIRC. Here's a fun article about the Convertible Division, with lots of pix for inspiration. https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-great-age-of-convertible-racing-in-nascar/ Edited August 17, 2020 by Mike999 omit
hack-n-whack Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 Real nice conversion. Just wondering if all the racers deleted their sun visors to save a bit of weight?
Mike999 Posted August 17, 2020 Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, hack-n-whack said: Real nice conversion. Just wondering if all the racers deleted their sun visors to save a bit of weight? No sun visors visible in that link I posted above. Deleting them was probably a safety factor, to make sure they didn't fly out of the car and onto the track. Looking at some of the close-up shots, it looks like they also could have interfered with the roll bar mountings. While looking thru the photos, I found that Petty "Zipper-Top" Olds: Edited August 17, 2020 by Mike999 omit2
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