Black History Month

[ibj40]

Thought I would share some of my collection, all but one of which are custom paint/decal projects.

I have previously discussed my admiration for Wendell Scott, Sr. (not sure how many of you were aware that Wendell, Jr. passed away on the 11th of this month, his funeral is today), but I also have 1/18 scale diecast models for Willy T. Ribbs.

Here is my Wendell Scott memorabilia.



And here are the models, all 1/18 scale diecast.



Starting from the top:

#22 Retro Ford Mustang - Wendell Scott shared a 1965 Mustang painted in this livery with owner Jim Sutter and co-driver Dr. Dick Thompson at the Virginia International Raceway 400 Trans-Am race on July 31, 1966.



#34 Retro Chevrolet Lumina - This is the livery of the 1962 Chevrolet that Wendell Scott won his only Cup Series race in, on December 1, 1963 at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida.



#34 Retro Chevrolet Monte Carlo - This is the livery of the alleged Junior Johnson-prepared 1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, entered by Richard Howard for Scott at the 1972 World 600 at Charlotte.



#34 Fantasy 1970 Boss 302 - This is just me playing around with a decal sheet and a donor white ACME Mustang.



#394 1969 Dodge Charger - I have posted about this one on here before.  Scott borrowed Nascar West owner and driver's Charger was his Ford was out of commission.  He raced this at the 1970 Falstaff 400, held at Riverside, California on June 14, 1970.



#34 1970 Fantasy Plymouth Superbird - I have posted about this one on here before as well.  This is another one where I had some decals, and some donors, and thought they made a good story.



#34 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner - This one, like the Wiltshire Dodge, is a true reproduction of a racer that Scott participated with.  He drove this in eleven races in 1970, prepared by Jabe Thomas, entered by Don Robertson's Star City Body Shop.



#34 Fantasy 1995 Dodge Craftsman Supertruck - Took some inspiration from the Bubba Wallace Camping World Series Toyota that he drove to victory with a livery commemorating Scott's induction into the Nascar Hall of Fame.



#34 Retro Ford Taurus - Scott used a variety of liveries on his cars during his Nascar career.  If you look my Flickr album - flic.kr/s/aHBqjzCWhm - you will see this livery on a plaque I acquired.  The sponsorship is from WILA 1580, which was the Danville, Virginia AM radio station back then.  After each race, Scott would appear live on the radio Monday morning to give a recap of the previous day's Cup race.



#30 Retro Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Few are aware that Willy T. Ribbs ran a couple of Nascar Cup series races.  This livery is from 1986, racing for DiGard in five races.



#34 Retro Ford Taurus - Another one of the various liveries Scott used.



#24 Lola Ford Indy Car - Willy T. Ribbs had a love/hate relationship with Indy Car racing, although he was the first Black driver to qualify for the Indy 500.



More picture in my album.

Hope you enjoyed this.

[vamach1]

Enjoyed it very much and nice builds that are certainly one of a kind.  I found some information on the 1970 Mustang that used to be one used in the T/A series.  It’s amazing how those cars were passed on from one racer to another for probably not much money until vintage racing became more popular and the cars are worth a lot more now.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice collection. Good stuff. Fascinating info.

[vamach1]

Found another model of a Mustang he raced.

[ibj40]

1 hour ago, vamach1 said:

Enjoyed it very much and nice builds that are certainly one of a kind.  I found some information on the 1970 Mustang that used to be one used in the T/A series.  It’s amazing how those cars were passed on from one racer to another for probably not much money until vintage racing became more popular and the cars are worth a lot more now.

Wish I could find a picture of what it looked like when Scott raced it.  Would make a great custom add, and I have more 1/18 scale Boss 302 donors on hand.

Thanks!

[Rusty92]

This was really interesting and a good read. I say great job on them all and a really cool aspect of modeling is the diversity that can be had. Thanks for sharing. 

[ibj40]

On 2/19/2022 at 2:51 PM, vamach1 said:

Found another model of a Mustang he raced.

This is the livery that my #22 at the top is based on.  No suitable period-correct donors in 1/18 scale.

Thanks!