Bobby Allison 1972 Southern 500 winning Coca Cola Chevy Monte Carlo

[MarkJ]

This is a likeness of the car Bobby Allison drove to the win at the 1972 Darlington Southern 500. He battled David Pearson all day till finally passing him with 7 laps to go and holding him off for the win. I built this model 53 years ago and always wanted to do a do over of it.  It took 120.5 hours to complete. I had to use mostly captured photos from two YouTube videos of the race and one actual photo of the car from a front view in the pits. I know the red bumpers look odd, but the car really did have them. I used the AMT Model King 72 Monte Carlo kit which if you have ever tried to build one know how poorly it is engineered. I had to do a lot of work to the grille because the real car was a 71 Monte Carlo not a 72. I used Createx acrylic paint shot through an airbrush and PPP wheels and tires. The decals are Power Slide.

[BK9300]

Another excellent project completed, Mark.  You always do a lot of research for your builds and I can appreciate that.  Hard to do an accurate model without doing that, though.  Well done, again!

[pulln4dejr]

And they say “you can’t make a silk purse from  sows ear”, well you definitely succeeded! That’s always been my favorite car, as a 12 year old I finally had a Chevrolet to root for! 😆

Well done Mark.👏🏻👏🏻 

[gks1964]

WOW!!! You hit it out of the park!!

[Shark]

The bumpers I'm sure were painted red due to being manipulated a little and Bobby not wanting to pay a chrome plating bill. Excellent job Mark. I bought 2 of those kits when they were reissued and forgot how bad they are.

[bondo bill]

cool build

 

[Horrorshow]

Real sharp!

[magicmustang]

Great build. I think all of us have modeling skills that have definitely improved in 53 years. Really like the stance. 

Edited 1 hour ago by magicmustang

[Pierre Rivard]

You nailed it Mark. Impeccable research as always and then building in all the mods required to achieve the best possible replica. I built this one a few years ago... sent it to the crusher last year, saving me the embarrassment of a comparison to the beautiful one you just completed. 🥴

[Volzfan59]

Wow Mark! As always, amazing work my friend.

[ChrisR]

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Very nice.

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Now you got it! Nice work Bro. Super job!