Inspired by LDO/Lee's recreation/buildup off the 1968 Jim Keeler "Dodge Fever", here's the rebuild thread on the 4th nationwide winner of the same contest....

[tim boyd]

The link below is a very (probably way too much so) comprehensive series of images and captions on how I rebuilt my mostly destroyed 4th Nationwide winner from the 1968 Dodge/MPC/Car Model Magazine funny car contest. 

When first posted six years ago, someone posted a very snarky comment about how unrealistic it was (engine behind the rear axle), and of course, he was right.

But yes, even as a fourteen-year-old, and having studied the Car Model Magazine coverage of their prior two funny car contests, I realized that only something very radical (and as a result, probably unrealistic in 1/1 scale) was going to register with the contest judges.  MIssion accomplished, so to speak. 

 Anyway, way too much detail in this album link for almost everyone, and consider yourself forewarned, but for those who still want to take the leap, here's the link. 

And best wishes to LDO/Lee as he constructs his own version of the first place Jim Keeler "Dodge Fever" here at the MCM Forum...TIM   

Edited July 20 by tim boyd

[meechum68]

Nice and I dug through your post. Wild build!! Clean work too! 

I take the color is something you custom created? It's slick!

[LDO]

That’s a cool model and I’m glad it got restored. This article was part of my internet research before starting my project. It would be cool to see a themed nationwide contest like that happen again. 

 

Edited July 21 by LDO

[tim boyd]

On 7/20/2025 at 1:48 PM, meechum68 said:

Nice and I dug through your post. Wild build!! Clean work too! 

I take the color is something you custom created? It's slick!

Michael...yes, it was a Testors Ed Roth Candy Yellow over lateral "stripes" of Testors Silver, Gold, and Copper, repeated several times from front to rear...thanks for the comment!  TB

[tim boyd]

On 7/21/2025 at 4:47 AM, LDO said:

That’s a cool model and I’m glad it got restored. This article was part of my internet research before starting my project. It would be cool to see a themed nationwide contest like that happen again. 

 

Lee....good to know.  

Yes, a nationwide photo contest featuring a single base kit sounds like a cool idea.  Far more realistic today than back in 1968 when closeup model car photography was a dark art inaccessible to nearly all of us.  Best...TB