“BUILDING THE COVERS “ Vol # 120 BUD FAUBEL’S HEMI HONKER 1965 AWB DODGE

[M W Elky]

The fantastic Moebius kit sprayed with Tamyia white and bright red topped with a set of Chris Walsh decals . The version I built is the later in year into 1966 version . The magazine reference photos show the early season carbureted version which I will most likely build down the road sometime. Chris Walsh has decals to do both versions. In my opinion this was the best looking of all the Awb Mopars . This is the very first issue of my dads old super stock magazines I got my hands on I think I was 12 or 13 years old it still remains as my favorite issue I can still remember drooling over the full color center fold .

until next time thanks for looking, Mike

[papajohn97]

Cool build & magazine Mike! I agree with that this Bud Faubel "Hemi Honker" is one of the more striking cars of the '65 Mopar AWB A/FX's. I would love to build his "Hemi Honker" version with the twin turbochargers if there was an aftermarket/ resin mod kit, it would be a challenge beyond my skills to scratch build the engine bay details:

Question: are "Chris Walsh decals" and the eBay vendor "The Glory Years Decals & Graphics" one and the same? The decals on your build above appear  to be of pretty good quality (vector graphics, Alps printed with white as well as the colors?) and the decals listed by this eBay vendor include this car, are reasonably priced and offer a lot of mid-60's SS subjects which I wasn't aware were available. Have you bought decals from this eBay vendor and would you recommend them? As always, decals tend to be my determining factor of what door slammers I build. 

Edited October 7 by papajohn97
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[M W Elky]

7 hours ago, papajohn97 said:

Cool build & magazine Mike! I agree with that this Bud Faubel "Hemi Honker" is one of the more striking cars of the '65 Mopar AWB A/FX's. I would love to build his "Hemi Honker" version with the twin turbochargers if there was an aftermarket/ resin mod kit, it would be a challenge beyond my skills to scratch build the engine bay details:

Question: are "Chris Walsh decals" and the eBay vendor "The Glory Years Decals & Graphics" one and the same? The decals on your build above appear  to be of pretty good quality (vector graphics, Alps printed with white as well as the colors?) and the decals listed by this eBay vendor include this car, are reasonably priced and offer a lot of mid-60's SS subjects which I wasn't aware were available. Have you bought decals from this eBay vendor and would you recommend them? As always, decals tend to be my determining factor of what door slammers I build. 

Yes John that is his eBay store all his decals are of high quality I’ve never had any issues, and I highly recommend. I believe he has more choices then what are posted o eBay. I’ve gotten quite a few from him over the years. I have a work in progress on the twin turbo car accumulating all the turbo parts has been really tough I’ve been really hoping that someone would 3-D print it . I got some resin casted turbos but I’m not really happy with them as they look to small .

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[gtx6970]

On 10/7/2025 at 9:26 AM, papajohn97 said:

Cool build & magazine Mike! I agree with that this Bud Faubel "Hemi Honker" is one of the more striking cars of the '65 Mopar AWB A/FX's. I would love to build his "Hemi Honker" version with the twin turbochargers if there was an aftermarket/ resin mod kit, it would be a challenge beyond my skills to scratch build the engine bay details:

Question: are "Chris Walsh decals" and the eBay vendor "The Glory Years Decals & Graphics" one and the same? The decals on your build above appear  to be of pretty good quality (vector graphics, Alps printed with white as well as the colors?) and the decals listed by this eBay vendor include this car, are reasonably priced and offer a lot of mid-60's SS subjects which I wasn't aware were available. Have you bought decals from this eBay vendor and would you recommend them? As always, decals tend to be my determining factor of what door slammers I build. 

Ive used several sets of his decals, 

You will not be disappointed 

[slusher]

Very sharp replica'

[bytownshaker]

Excellent build!!! 

I was fortunate to meet Bud a number of times at York US30 reunions before he passed away.

 

[M W Elky]

4 hours ago, bytownshaker said:

Excellent build!!! 

I was fortunate to meet Bud a number of times at York US30 reunions before he passed away.

 

Yea me to he and his wife had the best outfits 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice job! Great-looking build.

[bytownshaker]

2 hours ago, M W Elky said:

Yea me to he and his wife had the best outfits 

Are you from PA? my wife is from Conestoga she spent every Saturday night at the track her father operated the track.

[M W Elky]

11 minutes ago, bytownshaker said:

Are you from PA? my wife is from Conestoga she spent every Saturday night at the track her father operated the track.

Yea I’m eastern PA . I sure miss that York show