Revell IMSA GTO Mustang wheels & tires

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

What's up,

I'm using a Monogram '83 Thunderbird NASCAR to build this ->

^^^ Motorcraft IMSA GTO T-Bird..

Needing a set of wheels and tires from the Revell or Monogram Mustang IMSA GTO..

Pm me if you have a set of em, we'll figure out a trade!

THANK YOU!

Edited Saturday at 07:06 PM by chryslerjunkandstuff

[Dave Van]

Cool project!! The wheels and tires needed are in the Revell Mustang Trans Am and IMSA kits. The kits are 1/24 but labelled 1/25 when Revell and Monogram merged.

Here is my build.....May's Jimmy Z 88 TB

 

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

44 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

Cool project!! The wheels and tires needed are in the Revell Mustang Trans Am and IMSA kits. The kits are 1/24 but labelled 1/25 when Revell and Monogram merged.

Here is my build.....May's Jimmy Z 88 TB

 

That's an awesome build, thanks for the info!

[Zen]

22 hours ago, chryslerjunkandstuff said:

What's up,

I'm using a Monogram '83 Thunderbird NASCAR to build this ->

^^^ Motorcraft IMSA GTO T-Bird..

Needing a set of wheels and tires from the Revell or Monogram Mustang IMSA GTO..

Pm me if you have a set of em, we'll figure out a trade!

THANK YOU!

Wow, too cool. Never knew the Tbirds were used for this type of racing. Who drove the 77 car?

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

2 hours ago, Zen said:

Wow, too cool. Never knew the Tbirds were used for this type of racing. Who drove the 77 car?

Honestly, I have found little info on it, and only in the past like, couple months, did I even learn that they made IMSA GTO T-Birds myself!

I knew as soon as I seen it that my Wrangler T-Bird was getting built like this though..

[Duane Garner]

I have a set. PM me your address and they're yours

[RancheroSteve]

4 hours ago, Zen said:

Wow, too cool. Never knew the Tbirds were used for this type of racing. Who drove the 77 car?

Looks like John Bauer was the main driver of this car - and a guy named Bruce Jenner co-drove at some events.

[Spooker]

Whatever happened to Bruce....oh, wait, never mind.

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

It's a really rad car..

Can anybody I.D. the door and quarter panel decals??

Also, dangit, while doing a bit of research on this car, I found ANOTHER Motorcraft IMSA GTO Thunderbird, which may be even cooler than the #77 car ->

All there is to it, is that I'm gonna find me another NASCAR T-Bird, and do this #47 car too..

That's the only picture I've seen of it so far though..

[ybsluos]

Earl….Not sure if this link will work.  
https://share.google/nGxs0dsQi5COtvt7t

[ybsluos]

Earl….Not sure if this link will work.  
https://share.google/nGxs0dsQi5COtvt7t

[ybsluos]

Earl zoom in on this.  When I do I see Tilton Starter, Good Year, and black Koni  stickers by the frint wheel arches.  On the door I make out Camel and BBS stickers.  Just in front of rear wheel of arch I see another Koni decal featuring a shock absorber.  Also Snap On.   About one of the aftermarket decal companies has a sheet with most of these on there. Otherwise you can probably find the.Tilton in ARevell pro stock kit i’m drawing a blank on which one. I believe it to be the Larry Morgan purple car. Koni with the shock absorber used to be prevalent in old kits. I believe many AMT kits came with that decal on the sheet particularly in the 3in1 kits  featuring a drag race version.  If you’re interested, I can check my little decal stash. I think I have a few of the sponsors you would need for this car. I would send them your way ibut I must warn you some of the decals are old. I’m not sure how well they will work.  

Edited yesterday at 09:56 AM by ybsluos

[ybsluos]

Few more photos

[ybsluos]

Not sure if these are all IMSA

[Dave Van]

One more road race TB.............

 

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

3 hours ago, ybsluos said:

Earl zoom in on this.  When I do I see Tilton Starter, Good Year, and black Koni  stickers by the frint wheel arches.  On the door I make out Camel and BBS stickers.  Just in front of rear wheel of arch I see another Koni decal featuring a shock absorber.  Also Snap On.   About one of the aftermarket decal companies has a sheet with most of these on there. Otherwise you can probably find the.Tilton in ARevell pro stock kit i’m drawing a blank on which one. I believe it to be the Larry Morgan purple car. Koni with the shock absorber used to be prevalent in old kits. I believe many AMT kits came with that decal on the sheet particularly in the 3in1 kits  featuring a drag race version.  If you’re interested, I can check my little decal stash. I think I have a few of the sponsors you would need for this car. I would send them your way ibut I must warn you some of the decals are old. I’m not sure how well they will work.  

Wicked, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION & PHOTOS!! PM incoming!

[Zen]

Great information on these Birds! Need to find me some Monogram nascar kits now.

[chryslerjunkandstuff]

9 hours ago, Zen said:

Great information on these Birds! Need to find me some Monogram nascar kits now.

Right? They're way cool!

[RancheroSteve]

16 hours ago, ybsluos said:

Not sure if these are all IMSA

Some are IMSA, some are TransAm, but still essentially the same basic tube frame/silhouette race car - in fact many cars went back and forth between the series with minor changes. After seeing the above shots showing the engine bay and interior, I'd say that apart from the body, a Revell/Monogram IMSA Mustang would be the best starting point for building a replica of one of these cars.