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David Pearsons 1970 Ford Talladega

Started by Michael F, November 18, 2024, 11:48:20 AM

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Michael F

Many years ago there was a giant diorama planned of the starting grid of the 1970 Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte,NC.
The "Wingcarbuilder" started the building thread at Randy Ayers Nascar forum.
Some of the former Randy Ayers forum members will remember.
I pulled the card for the #17 Ford Talladega of the "silver fox".
Unfortunately Doug, the wingcarbuilder, passed away and the diorama was never realized.
So the Ford remaines in my shelf and here are some pics of it.
I used the AMT body with the Polar Lights chassis.
It´s not perfect to the last detail, but i hope you like it.
Thanks for looking!







Greetings from Germany!

MarkJ

Looks Awesome, Michael. Too bad that diorama could not have come to fruition.

jh63fan

Looks pretty darn perfect to me. This is probably my favorite Pearson color scheme.
Just curious, why did you use the AMT body? I know the nose is upswept on the Polar Light's body, but that's a pretty easy fix.

Volzfan59

"Many men fish all of their lives without knowing it is not the fish that they are after." Henry David Thoreau

"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" from the book The Compleat Angler. Izaak Walton 1653

TonyK

Looks great. Brings back memories of that era.

Rattlecan Dan

Looks great! Did a really nice job on it. Thanks for posting.

catpack68


Michael F

Thanks for your comments, guys!

Quote from: jh63fan on November 18, 2024, 03:22:33 PMLooks pretty darn perfect to me. This is probably my favorite Pearson color scheme.
Just curious, why did you use the AMT body? I know the nose is upswept on the Polar Light's body, but that's a pretty easy fix.

Yeah, exactly the upswept nose of the Polar Lights body was the reason why i took
the AMT body. Back then i thought not to be able to fix the Polar Lights body :-\
Greetings from Germany!

racecar dave

Love the old NASCAR. Not todays crate racers