1985/6 Thunderbird Cale Yarborough

[THarrison351]

I'm guessing I built this sometime in 1985 or 1986. I used the body from a previously built Bill Elliott Melling #9. I wasn't aware of stripping plastic bodies with easy off, brake fluid or other products. It still has red and white paint on the inside, so I'm sure I just sanded the old paint as best as possible. I don't know why the white paint has yellowed so much. Maybe it was exposed to something in storage. The decals came from the much maligned AMT snap-tite Hardee's Monte Carlo. I eventually built that into a Ken Ragan #17 McCord Gasket car. Also, it has the chassis from a #15 Wrangler Ford I built. I don't know if it was easier to paint the chassis orange or  why it was used instead of the original one. So, as I have recently found it the front suspension was damaged, windows were out or loose and it was very dirty. Fortunately, it all went back together and other than the white seems to be stained, turned out OK.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[slusher]

Very nice!