Jungle Jim's '67 Nova

[Snake45]

Thanks, Norm, great pics! 

[nitro norman]

12 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Thanks, Norm, great pics! 

You are welcome. I have 2 old Drag Strip magazines with articles on both cars, but my scanner is'nt working. I'll try to get some decent pics of them. Drag Strip Magazine March 1968 has the article on the car you are building. It shows up on ebay from time to time.

[Snake45]

On 3/1/2021 at 10:45 AM, nitro norman said:

You are welcome. I have 2 old Drag Strip magazines with articles on both cars, but my scanner is'nt working. I'll try to get some decent pics of them. Drag Strip Magazine March 1968 has the article on the car you are building. It shows up on ebay from time to time.

Thanks for the info! Dunno how I missed this post until now. I'll keep an eye out for that mag. 

Meanwhile, I got the resin body. I ordered it from eBasy and it came direct from Reliable Resin, so evidently they're still in business. The body's not super-great but it's not horrible. It's obviously based on the AMT '66 Nova kit. It's a little bit thick, somewhat like a Jimmy Flintstone, and might be a slush-mold. All emblems and the windshield wipers have been removed. The taillights, bumpers, hood and grille are molded solid with the body. A center bar has been added to the grille like a '67 but the headlight buckets haven't been altered to the correct '67 style, they're still '66. The rear wheel openings are in stock location and the fronts have been moved forward. Wheelbase seems to be about 114.5". It'll be interesting to see how well the JoHan '70 Cutlass frame I have fits (nominal wheelbase, 112'); if that doesn't work, I'll have to look at a Polar Lights kit. Surface finish of the body is slightly rough/pebbly but should sand smooth without much trouble. All in all, the body looks like a very workable project. 

[nitro norman]

Its probably either the old Good Stuff body or Reliable resins. I don't know of anyone else who made them. Good luck with it. The MPC Don Nicholson Cougar funny car chassis might fit.

Edited March 18, 2021 by nitro norman

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, nitro norman said:

Its probably either the old Good Stuff body or Reliable resins.

It came with some actual Reliable Resin literature, with a Reliable Resin label on the box, so unless someone's counterfeiting them, I assume it's Reliable Resin.