Dale Earnhardt 79 Daytona Buick Century

[gks1964]

Resin cast 77 Buick Century body.

[Dragline]

Site perfect. I'll be keeping an eye.

[Shark]

I'm glad you're doing this, I just got one of those bodies last week and was trying to figure out what frame to use. Definitely will be following along.

[bobss396]

Very nice, who sells the body kit?

I like using the AMT donor chassis. One thing to watch, I did one the same way, put the splice where you did. It puts the transmission too far forward. 

It looks way worse on my car since the splice was wider.

[gks1964]

5 minutes ago, bobss396 said:

Very nice, who sells the body kit?

I like using the AMT donor chassis. One thing to watch, I did one the same way, put the splice where you did. It puts the transmission too far forward. 

It looks way worse on my car since the splice was wider.

I cast the bodies! I lengthen the drive shaft the same distance I stretched the chassis

and remove the top of the linkage on the transmission.

[bobss396]

2 minutes ago, gks1964 said:

I cast the bodies! I lengthen the drive shaft the same distance I stretched the chassis

and remove the top of the linkage on the transmission.

Then you've been there. I'm sure it will look great. Do you sell the kits? Nice to see you have the glass.

[meechum68]

Watching this!

[gks1964]

Roll cage work started.

[DoctorLarry]

I did one a couple of years ago. Nice looking car to build. I'm sure yours will be great!

[gks1964]

9 hours ago, DoctorLarry said:

I did one a couple of years ago. Nice looking car to build. I'm sure yours will be great!

That looks great!!

[gks1964]

Got the roll cage fit!

[Volzfan59]

You sure did! Your A pillar fit is spot on.

[gks1964]

On 8/2/2025 at 7:49 AM, Shark said:

I'm glad you're doing this, I just got one of those bodies last week and was trying to figure out what frame to use. Definitely will be following along.

If you have any questions, please ask!!

[Shark]

Thanks Gerald. I got the body from Ace Decals, but I knew you had something to do with it, so there was no hesitation in purchasing one.