1964 superspeedway Plymouth

[shafer]

Built this to park beside the dirt track car, it is a lindbergh kit left the engine bay white because , there is a pic of lee petty standing beside one in the Cars of The King book , and it has a white engine bay.BTW this was my first ever attempt at bare metal foil, I still used paint on window trim but wanted the chrome strips to show up.

Edited September 1, 2012 by shafer

[bbowser]

Nice job Clyde. If I remember correctly, they painted the engine room white to make it easier to spot oil leaks and the like. Jacen can shed more light I'm sure?

[caine440]

Nice build.

Love the Petty cars.

[shafer]

Well done. The white engine bay was ore often the team car. Richard's was always blue.

i did not know that . thanks

[retroguy]

great job,from what I read,the eng. bay was a very lite blue that looks white(alice blue or azure blue)

I have the Lindberg kit #72164,now in the box pic it shows chrome wheels,but no chrome wheels in kit

what are the wheels on your car...

[shafer]

great job,from what I read,the eng. bay was a very lite blue that looks white(alice blue or azure blue)

I have the Lindberg kit #72164,now in the box pic it shows chrome wheels,but no chrome wheels in kit

what are the wheels on your car...

painted with chrome spray paint- rustolum - very slow drying