1963 Richard Petty Plymouth Savoy

[jjsipes]

Just realized that I hadn't posted anything on this build here.

 

Started with an old Johan 1963 Plymouth Fury. It appeared it had been painted and someone tried stripping it. Took a chance and purchased off EBAY.

This is what I started with.

 

Sanded the body to get the rest of the paint/primer off and started turning it into a Savoy Sedan. I cut and glued sheet plastic to give me the Sedan look I needed.

 

Decided to use pieces from the Lindberg/AMT 1964 Richard Petty Plymouth kit. Using the chassis, interior and a spare Lindberg 1964 Dodge 413 engine.

Mated up the Johan 1963 dash to the 64 interior.

 

 

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The rear end treatment needed to be changed. 

From this

To this

I ended up using the tail panel from the Lindberg 1964 Plymouth kit and only had to fill a couple small holes at the tail lights.

Got it primed and sprayed with AMC Big Bad Blue that I have been using for my Petty builds.

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Plastic Performance Parts wheels and tires from MIkes Decals.

Checking stance.

 

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Some interior work. Wasn't able to find any pictures or information so, I made a guess on the interior. Model Master Silver Blue Met. lacquer spray paint, Lindberg 1964 Petty rollbars.

 

 

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Ready to for decals.

[james220]

nice work on the Plymouth. Been doing that one myself. Sorta been stuck on the tail light panel. Now I'm going to try what you did. Again great work.