Motown Missile - '71 Challenger

[Burnout]

I know it's far from accurate, but here is my take on the '71 Challenger Motown Missile Pro Stocker. The body and seats are from Competition Resins, the hood scoop and wheelie bar assembly are scratch built and the hood pins are from Pro-Tech. Just about everything else is parts box salvage.

[slusher]

Super nice build. awsume engine detail....

[John Pol]

you did a great job there it looks real to me.

John Pol

[caine440]

Outstanding!

One of my all favorites.

Really nice work on the wheelie bar!

Nice work!

Edited September 3, 2013 by caine440

[Davewilly]

Looks great! Well done!

[cooltoys1]

wow, im in love!!

[jjsipes]

Nice great looking model.

[tim boyd]

Very, very nicely done. Congratulations! TIM

[Silver Foxx]

Really nice work on this ,looks so right.

[RIC417]

wow espectacular build i loved this model

[iBorg]

Far from accurate? You underestimate your skills. This is a really nice build of one of the forerunners of the class.

[Nacho Z]

I think it looks great Ken! That first picture is the money shot.

[PappyD340]

There's only one thing that I see wrong with it, it's on your shelf and not mine I think it looks great Ken, you did a superb job!!

[bondo bill]

wow

[AZ Boy]

Great job, Ken! OK, so even if it isn't an "exact" replica, you still captured the essence of this car perfectly. Outstanding sir!

[W-409]

Wow that is excellent! I knew that your builds are always great, but still I surprised when I saw the pics... That sure is great build with spectacular detailing. Now I must get back to my '71 Pro Stock Cuda.

[PlasticWagens]

Interior detail through the windshield is awesome

[Old Coyote]

Gorgeous ........ absolutely gorgeous B)

[carbman]

VERY NICE! LIKE THE HEMI !

[Burnout]

Thank you all very much for the positive comments! I consider them a fine reward for (finally) completing a project. KB

[bogger44]

That is one clean build. Very nice work Ken!

[gtx6970]

This thing is just horrible, please pack it up ( carefully ) and send it my way so I can give it a proper disposal

jk , btw. I like it a lot . I assume a recent AMT chassis / parts to finish it ?

I'ven looking for a decent mpc 1971 challenger to do this exact car and once I get to the that point I may just use the Comp resin body and call it good

[Burnout]

Bill, an AMT '70 Challenger R/T kit provided the chassis pan and interior tub. I don't think it's a recent kit but I'm not sure. It's kit #6466. The chassis width is perfect, the wheelbase good enough. I had to perform surgery to get some slicks in back and, up front, I had to do some mods so the headers would fit. Otherwise, it really is a hodgepodge of parts.

While researching this project, I learned that most of the Mopar pro-stocks in '70 and '71 used the rear ends and leaf springs from their '68 Hemi Darts and Cudas so I did the same using parts from the Revell '68 Hemi Dart. The slicks are from a Polar Lights F/C and the wheels from a Revell '41 Willys gasser kit. The firewall and radiator crossmember are scratch built.

I should mention that a forum member (sstacy47) made the intake manifold. His photos on photobucket are of poor quality but the parts he sent me are very nice.

Edited September 4, 2013 by Burnout

[Bowtienutz]

Ken awesome job it may not be rivet counter correct but you captured the essences of the car accurately. You demonstrate what it takes to do just that. Research, research research, scrounging through parts not accepting something that looks close and doing a little scratchbuilding. Most of all maybe not getting overly complicated or over your head or let's just make this a simple project and staying focused. Kudos to ya!

[bytownshaker]

Very nice