1967 Mario Andretti Daytona 500 winner

[MarkJ]

Finally getting around to doing this one. I will again glue the hood shut to streamline everything. Nascar engines back then were not that uncommon to look at so a lot of time can be saved leaving the hood shut. I will take time in the wip doing a basic look at how I make my own decals. As you will see, it's really not that hard to do or expensive except for the decal paper. below is the kit I'm using.

[RancheroSteve]

FYI, in case you didn't know - Slixx made a nice decal sheet for this car (#6711/1141). Not that I want to stop you from making your own.

[MarkJ]

1 hour ago, RancheroSteve said:

FYI, in case you didn't know - Slixx made a nice decal sheet for this car (#6711/1141). Not that I want to stop you from making your own.

Thanks, Steve.   I looked around for a sheet and never could find one at Mikes or just by a general search. Plus, it would be so old I wouldn't trust the quality of it, and it would probably be pretty pricey as well. I've already got started on it and it seems to be going okay so I will just go ahead and make my own.

[Bainford]

Cool subject, Mark! For the last few weeks I have been watching you-tube videos of the television coverage of old NASCAR races from the mid-50s to the mid-70s. They are usually just 26-33 minutes long, and I watch one in the evenings before going off to bed. Just a couple nights ago I watched the '67 Daytona with Mario's win. It was a well-deserved win. Quite a good looking car, too, and I thought I might like to build it, but it will be years before I get around to it, if ever. I'm looking forward to seeing yours come together.

[dwc43]

38 minutes ago, Bainford said:

Cool subject, Mark! For the last few weeks I have been watching you-tube videos of the television coverage of old NASCAR races from the mid-50s to the mid-70s. They are usually just 26-33 minutes long, and I watch one in the evenings before going off to bed. Just a couple nights ago I watched the '67 Daytona with Mario's win. It was a well-deserved win. Quite a good looking car, too, and I thought I might like to build it, but it will be years before I get around to it, if ever. I'm looking forward to seeing yours come together.

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Edited Wednesday at 07:47 PM by dwc43

[Shark]

What chassis are you using? Polar lights Torino/Talladega/Cyclone works well, just shorten the front some.

[THarrison351]

Can't wait to see yours. I started on one twenty odd years ago and never finished

[MarkJ]

20 hours ago, Bainford said:

Cool subject, Mark! For the last few weeks I have been watching you-tube videos of the television coverage of old NASCAR races from the mid-50s to the mid-70s. They are usually just 26-33 minutes long, and I watch one in the evenings before going off to bed. Just a couple nights ago I watched the '67 Daytona with Mario's win. It was a well-deserved win. Quite a good looking car, too, and I thought I might like to build it, but it will be years before I get around to it, if ever. I'm looking forward to seeing yours come together.

10 hours ago, THarrison351 said:

Can't wait to see yours. I started on one twenty odd years ago and never finished

Thanks, Trevor, Tim and Todd. Yes, it seems like they tried to sabotage Mario first with an underpowered engine and ill handling car that was too loose, but they finally gave him a good engine before the race and Mario figured out how to drive the loose car from his dirt track experience. Then at the last pit stop of the day they held Mario in the pits till Freddy could get a good lead on him, but Mario was still able to battle back for the win. I went to downtown Houston back in 1967 with my friend Chuck Clark and we saw the race live on closed circuit pay for view tv on a big screen in some venue that I forget now what it was called. It was in black and white.

19 hours ago, Shark said:

What chassis are you using? Polar lights Torino/Talladega/Cyclone works well, just shorten the front some.

I'm not using a special chassis because I'm gluing the hood shut so no engine views and I won't be taking any photos of the chassis for the under-glass forum. I figure when you saw these cars at the race track you couldn't see the engine or the chassis so as long as you get the body correct for the tires and use the correct tires and wheels and get the stance right that's really all you need to do with these builds. I will try to get the cage, dash, and steering wheel and everything else in the interior close to correct. One good thing I noticed was that this car had the 66 Fairlane grille in it covered by a screen. It did have the 67 taillights though, but I can change the 66 taillights into 67 taillights with a little styrene work and chrome paint.

Edited Thursday at 03:29 PM by MarkJ

[Shark]

I heard they ran the '66 grills because you could narrow them up and not get noticed. 

[MarkJ]

1 hour ago, Shark said:

I heard they ran the '66 grills because you could narrow them up and not get noticed. 

Todd, that sounds very feasible. I'm just glad it worked out that way. I thought I was going to have to try to change the 66 grille into a 67. Now I won't have to.

[MarkJ]

First thing to do is take profile shots of the model body, left, right and top. These photos will be made into 7.625-inch-long pictures and place on an 8.5x11 inch file that is 400 pixels per inch in size. The decals are made on this file and will fit the model exactly as you see them as we go on.

[MarkJ]

Are any of you guys familiar with a decal from 1967 that has c4 in the middle of it. Its red and black and the 4 is inside the c right in the middle of a round decal. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Shark]

Mark, do you have a picture of it. I just looked at the Slixx Andretti sheet and didn't see nothing like that. Also checked some 60's contingency sheets and didn't see anything.