1970 Roadrunner Body Swap with a ’80’s Nascar - A Weathered Street Warrior

[TimKustom]

Wanted to share one of my recent models. This began as a Revell 1/24th scale 1970 Roadrunner. That kit has a somewhat simplified chassis and the body proportions look a little weird to me as well. I thought a good way to fix that was to combine it with one of the best 1/24 scale kits ever made, a Monogram (now Salvino) ’80s Nascar.

The idea would be to build a car that used a race car chassis and could also be registered and insured to drive on the street, much like the Roadkill NasCarlo. It was finished as sort of a barn/field find project.

A small hurdle of this conversion is that the Roadrunner has a 116” wheelbase and the Nascar chassis is 110”. There are two ways to fix that, you should be able to see which one I chose.

I had a lot of fun time building this one and put together a couple of videos showing how it was built if you wish to see what went into creating this model in more detail.

Thanks for checking it out! 

 

 

 

[michelle]

very cool custom nice work 
just watched the videos on youtube and subscribed to your channel

Edited March 15, 2023 by michelle

[presnell]

It looks good, I like it!

[PappyD340]

Very COOL build, well done!

[espo]

The videos help better understand all that went into this build. Hard to fully appreciate what all was done by just looking at the photos. Thank you for the additional information, and ideas for a future build.   

[TooOld]

Very cool idea and very nicely executed , great work Tim !  I always thought the '68-'70 non-'bird made a great looking race car . 

[Koellefornia Kid]

Cool idea and very nice executed! Definitely an eye catcher!

[Mattilacken]

Nicely done! Those chassis are nice and they do make a good looking race car as yours! Nice body mods! 

[OldNYJim]

I’ve been a fan of your work since seeing that Corvair wheelstander years back Tim, and you keep turning out model after model that I wish I’d built myself.  

Thanks for sharing your work!

[Sledsel]

Very cool build!!!

[spencer1984]

Outstanding work! I particularly like the weld beads, nice to see what the Hobby Design parts look like in action.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Love it. Great concept. Beautiful execution.

[stavanzer]

Wow, You are still knocking them out of the Park.

Great Build, Great Video explanations.

[Bainford]

Cool concept, and great execution. The Roadrunner looks good shortened. Nice fab work and well thought out mods. Well done.

[slusher]

Very neat and coll build!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Lot's of good hard work there. Mopar looks like it's had one rough life. Nice build.

[Pierre Rivard]

How wonderful and imaginative. The weathering is very, very impressive.