Early 70's DW LMS Nova

[KHall43]

ANother early 70's car that ran the old Nashville Fairgrounds

[dwc43]

Yep. I think I have a you tube clip with that car on it. Keep um coming. Looks good. Is that one of Fred's roll cage kits?

[KHall43]

Yep. I think I have a you tube clip with that car on it. Keep um coming. Looks good. Is that one of Fred's roll cage kits?

Nope, them is good old Q-tips. They make great cages

[dwc43]

Nope, them is good old Q-tips. They make great cages

Cool. I never thought of that. Been using styrene rod to make mine out of or using kit cages cut up and modified when needed. I'm working on a Petty Magnum. It should be interesting subject when I get it done.

Edited October 12, 2010 by dwc43

[KHall43]

Cool. I never thought of that. Been using styrene rod to make mine out of or using kit cages cut up and modified when needed. I'm working on a Petty Magnum. It should be interesting subject when I get it done.

I've had a Magnum body for about 5 yrs now. Never have started it. What chassis you using?

[dwc43]

I've had a Magnum body for about 5 yrs now. Never have started it. What chassis you using?

Well, I asked the ones I bought it from and they said stick a NASCAR chassis under it. Well I sent them pics of every NASCAR chassis I had right down ot the old 70's MPC chassis and a MPC Super Bee chassis that I have been sticking under almost all of my Mopar's lately to up the details. None of them were even close to being wide enough.

I finally found one that will work with a lot of mods too it. Find a AMT Monte Carlo primer car. That's the only one that will come close to working for this build.

Get you an MPC 70 Super Bee kit. Use the front frame section from the kit. You'll need to file down the sides of the arms on that frame just a bit on each side. Cut the front snout off the AMT Carlo chassis and the T Bar frame from the Bee fits in there like it was made that way.

You'll have to do a lot of hand filing on the rear fender wells of the chassis to make it fit around the wheel wells correctly. Then you'll need a hair dryer. Look where the shocks mount and you'll see a seam at the rear near the tank area. Heat it here and bend the rear portion where the tank is towards the deck lid of the car. Work slow, but you can get it right in ten minutes.

Then you'll have to clearance the frame for the leaf springs. Use the springs from the Bee kit as well, but use the Carlo rear axle. The spring will fit just to the outside of the rear axle cooler grid you see on the floor of the car. The spring mount will go beyond the frame you are removing. The frame is actually holding the spring off the chassis and needs clearance. Once you get both sides done, you will see the rear springs sit where there is a slot in the chassis on both sides of the fuel cell area. I'm going to fill these in and make an adjustable rear hanger.

I'm going to use the 340 from the AMT 71 Duster kit and some of the NASCAR engine parts and aftermarket stuff to create the 358 for the car.

That's about as far as I have got on this deal. The Carlo kit roll bars will work too, but I'm going to rearrange them as need be for accuracy.

Hope that helps. Got any more questions about it feel free to ask. If you want a pic of it, send me your e mail in a pm. I wont post pics of it here till I get all my parts and paint and get ready to build it all at once.

[dwc43]

Oh, I forgot. You can use the NASCAR A arms on the Mopar frame after you cut off the wimpy A arms they molded in on that frame too. It will look more realistic that way.

[Scalper]

Cool I like this one too. Q-tips for the roll cage Great Idea

[spkgibson]

Cool I like this one too. Q-tips for the roll cage Great Idea

Q-Tips? very cool idea, I just learned something new again, The car loks great also!

[CaptainAhab]

Sweet! I love the way those stocker tires hang out the sides. So mean. Nice build...

[FUSIONBOY]

Very nice build of DW"s older rides, The tires sticking out were from when rubbin was racin

[MarkJ]

Fantastic job on an obscure subject. My favorite type of subject.

[Slim Louis]

Nice build, love the Fairgrounds, and old Nova's, DW too! Q Tips? wow, never thought of that, I must try it!