March of the Mercurys

[satterwhite78]

Back in December I ordered & received three resin bodies of Mercurys ( one 68 and 69 W nose Cyclone and a 73 Montego GT). Since I had the decals for the 68/69 versions of Mario Andretti's #11 68 Daytona entry and Bobbie Allison's Holman/Moody #12 Cyclone, they were a done deal to complete. A friend of mine notified me of the Richie Panch #98 Grey Rock/ Budwieser sheet on Ebay and they to were quickly acquired.

Both the #11 and #12 have P/L chassis underneath and the only issue I am waiting to resolve with the #11 is that Mario ran Firestones and I haven't yet got the correct letters for it and when I do, I will post more pic.

The Montego GT of Richie Panch was constructed by using a stretched chassis of AMT T Bird. Taking two chassis, cutting one long frt piece and one long rear piece and joining together to make an enhanced (longer.. about 3/16th) wheel base.

The 73 Montego obscure footnote in Nascar history is that only three drivers drove the Montego GT from 73 to 75...Davis Pearson #21 for the Wood Brothers, Dick Trickle #75 for owner Del Puro, and Richie Panch 's #98 Grey Rock. Pearson being the only driver that drove the Montego GT for almost two seasons, Trickle and Panch were a one or two race deal.

By 1980 Neil Bonnett at Talledega won the final and last race in a Mecury.

Thanks for looking, hope ya enjoy...Chuck

Yea ...Way to bright/Flash

[yellowsportwagon]

Nice looking Mercurys. I really like the Panch 1973 car.Who's GT body did you use? mine didn't have a separate rear bumper.

Edited February 10, 2014 by yellowsportwagon

[PappyD340]

Those look FANTASTIC Chuck, from an era when we had real racing!!!

[th67ss]

Beautiful cars!

Great job with the builds.

[bbowser]

Beautiful cars!

Great job with the builds.

X2! I like them a lot!

[slusher]

Great looking build. love them..