1989 Ford IMSA Mustang

[DustyMojave]

On 10/3/2020 at 7:26 AM, ZTony8 said:

Quite a while ago i started in on the the Hot Wheels Camaro. I have a magazine from that era with an article about the car and the article shows some pictures of the engine out of the car. The kit engine is VERY dissimilar to the real car's engine because the kit's engine is still mostly Ford. So back into the stash went the kit.

 

If you wanna do the Camaro more correct with a Chevy engine, the one out of the Revell '69 Z28 would be a good choice. Intake maybe form an AMT NASCAR kit, or maybe even the whole engine from the NASCAR kit to keep it simple. Airbox would need to be scratch built probably. The small bell housing and Nash 5 speed trans in the Mustang and Camaro kits would be correct. To cheat and make it EZ, just put Chevy valve covers on the kit Ford engine. Mighty few who saw the built car would know, other than you.

 

PS... I worked on full scale race cars of this sort, as fabricator and crew member, from Elliott Forbes-Robinson's Buick, to Les Lindley's Camaro, to Rick Ware's Corvette. And I don't consider the differences between IMSA GTO rules and SCCA Trans Am rules to be sufficient or detectable enough to matter in 1/25 scale. Many cars raced in both series over the years. And many chassis got be-bodied with a different body and different engine. Some IMSA GTO cars wound up racing in SCCA GT1 and other series. Decals will make the difference depending on which car at what time in its career is being modeled. If you have reference photos, go for it building from those.