1967 Mario Andretti Daytona 500 winning car.

[MarkJ]

Finally finished one of my bucket list models I have wanted to do for a long time. I have been putting it off for years because there were no good decals made to represent this car.  The only drawback is I had to make my own and the final quality of the build is lacking in that respect but at least the images on the build are correct for that day when Mario won the race. Also, I knew making the front suspension would have been an exorbitant amount of work to get it right, so I finally decided that if I wanted to build this car the hood with have to be glued shut. I'm just glad it's finally done.

[Volzfan59]

This is another in a long line of absolutely beautiful cars Mark. The paint, decals……the whole package. Well done buddy!

[presnell]

VERY nice Mark!!!!!

[Horrorshow]

Very sharp!

[Pierre Rivard]

Wonderful build Mark. You found your way of spraying paints with no organic solvents and the results are spectacular. If one has to choose no more than 10 historically stock cars to model this one has to make the list. How Mario Andretti found a way to win fighting more powerful cars... and his own team for not providing their good engines is the stuff of legends. 

You provided us the pleasure of a beautiful recreation of this historic race cars. Thanks for the ride!

[catpack68]

Excellent work as always Mark! Enjoyed the WIP pics and info on it. Looking forward to seeing what you build next.

[MarkJ]

8 minutes ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Wonderful build Mark. You found your way of spraying paints with no organic solvents and the results are spectacular. If one has to choose no more than 10 historically stock cars to model this one has to make the list. How Mario Andretti found a way to win fighting more powerful cars... and his own team for not providing their good engines is the stuff of legends. 

You provided us the pleasure of a beautiful recreation of this historic race cars. Thanks for the ride!

Thank you so much Pierre for your thoughts on the build. Actually, the accounts of the race I read mentioned that he started out with a lesser engine then Lorenzen's in practice which some how he got them to replace with one supposedly just as good just before the race. The thing that makes his win so special was that the car had a terrible push in it that they could not adjust out of it. Mario was able to fight through it and actually catch and pass Lorenzen. He was held up in the pits till Lorenzen got the lead back, but Mario was able to run him down again and pass him for the win. Thank you again for the kind words about the build.

[MarkJ]

5 minutes ago, catpack68 said:

Excellent work as always Mark! Enjoyed the WIP pics and info on it. Looking forward to seeing what you build next.

Thanks, Scott. I'm glad you enjoyed the journey as well as the final outcome. Looking forward to the next build which will be completely different.

[MarkJ]

8 hours ago, Volzfan59 said:

This is another in a long line of absolutely beautiful cars Mark. The paint, decals……the whole package. Well done buddy!

Thank you so much, Steve for your constant attention to the build. I really appreciated you always checking in and giving support when I was almost ready to throw it in the box and work on it later. Luckily, I have always finished every build I have started. Hopefully that can continue.