satterwhite78 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Pete Hamilton's #40 Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird Started racing in the Northeast in 1962 and finally winning the NASCAR National Sportsman division in 1967. In 68 he entered the Grand National Division (Winston/Nextel/Sprint Cup) and was the series Rookie of the Year recipient. In the 69 season Pete won 12 of 26 races in the Grand American (Busch/Nationwide) Series and took the series' Championship. Shortly before the start of the 1970 season Pete signed on to drive for Petty Enterprises two car team. The first race being the Daytona 500, Pete qualified 9th. Ford and Dodge swapped the lead throughout the race with David Pearson's Mercury leading the most laps, 82 With 18 laps to go and Pearson leading, Richard Brooks's #32 Superbird spins out from a blown engine. Pearson pitted taking on two tires with Hamilton doing the same. Petty, who blown his engine in the early stages of the race and was in Hamilton's Pit, calls Pete in the next lap around to take on two more tires. Pearson takes charge with the drop of the Green flag and with nine laps to go, Hamilton's four tires hold for the pass of Pearson's Mercury and on for the Checkered Flag. Of the 15 races for PE, Hamilton racked up 3 victories, 9 top 5's and 11 top 10's. Of the 3 wins, Pete was the first to win Talledega twice in one season ( Dale Earnhardt was next in 1999). Due to a neck injury suffered early on in his racing career, Pete retired from NASCAR's top series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Super nice build. Great paint.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsipes Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 That's one nice looking bird. Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Great looking build Chuck ! We don't see models of Hamilton's cars too often . I was 15 years old and watching from the turn 4 infield when he won that race , thanks for the memories ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM4342 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) How about an engine bay and chassis shot? Sorry but I suspect this is a re-painted diecast, not a kit. Edited July 23, 2013 by MAGNUM4342 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete L. Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Nice work on one of my favorite race cars of one of my favorite racers ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satterwhite78 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 No Diecast, just the Revell Plymouth Superbird. The Hemi quite possibly from the Revell Plymouth Barracuda while the engine bay and roll cage courtesy of Evergreen plastic and whatever other parts from the proverbial plastic salvage yard. The #40 was actually built about 3 to 4 years ago.. At the moment I don't have any shots of the under carriage but it has the stock K member and rear axle and the wheels actual roll. I used the Monogram solid tires since they matched the 1/24scale along with PPP rims. I believe that I had to wrap the PPP rims with a thin strip of flat plastic stock because the tires were bigger that the rims to make them actually fit. The front spoiler was scratch built and two black decal blocks used for the vents. Fred Cady decals with most of the contingencies from other sources and clear coated with Future. The helmet was something I found in the scrap part box and thought it would look cool hanging from the roll cage instead of glued to the dash or roof. All in all it was a fun build and one of the first that I went into detail under the hood Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGNUM4342 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) Okey doke. Edited July 23, 2013 by MAGNUM4342 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Great looking build , nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Great model! I love the helmet and under hood details. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Jon Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Very nice build, looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustbucket82 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 How about an engine bay and chassis shot? Sorry but I suspect this is a re-painted diecast, not a kit. wow....just wow, even if it was who cares??? they are models too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Fantastic looking build!! , being that I'm from Petty country I hear alot of things especially when you know folks that have worked for Petty Enterprises, but insiders say that Pete was actually fired because the boss felt threatened and didn't want the employee being greater than the employer, just hear say mind you ??? anyway NICE job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck parts Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemopar70 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Very nice work. This Bird looks very convincing, very clean build!! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafer Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 gr8 build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted September 8, 2013 Share Posted September 8, 2013 Beautiful build sir B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbman Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 NICE BUILD CHUCK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Nice build and photo set up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhorseman Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Chuck, Your build is a winner!! Nice track diorama also. Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 I like that!!!!!! Very nice work!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafer Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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