Randy Ayers Nascar Modeling Forums

In1961 a Chevy impala was entered in the sedan race in England. The big impala with its 409, and 4speed, dominated the fancy smancy European sedans. But, the American upstart had to drop out of the ra ...

It’s interesting that the model companies have made ‘58 Chevy kits down through the years, but ‘58 Ford kits are extremely rare. In fact I doubt they were made in anything but annuals. But, in real l ...

These are cars anybody back in the day could recognize. Today if the badges were removed from most cars, the average guy, or gal, couldn’t tell you who made it. This was real racing.
I just want to ...

Congratulations Johnny, I’m on year 48 my own self. We were married well before we could legally buy a beer in a bar, and could only vote because they had just made it 18 instead of 21. Everybody said ...

Wedge;

Fifty years ago my grandad said he probably would never visit the place he grew up in again. He was from Missouri, and my grandmother was from Arkansas. I had just graduated High School in ...

I love it. The color is so correct that I had the same thought when I saw it that I had when Mopar made them ( what were they thinking). It’s spot on, and the fact that it has a wedge in it is just th ...

They used to be quite common in old muscle car kits, but then all the kit manufacturers discovered the incredibly ugly Cragar five spokes, and have made nothing else since. Maybe one of the resin cast ...

They were called Ansen sprints, and were copied later by ET who added a uni-lug feature, that allowed the owner to change the lug pattern.

Olderndirt

I’m pretty sure this is the model year an Impala was entered in the European sedan race in England. That big old Impala drew a lot of stares, and snickers, until the green flag dropped. It ran away an ...

Thanks Randy, I was thinking my senility had finally won the war. Same thing I am only seeing the last picture.

Olderndirt

I’d paint the hood flat black, with hood pins on the front. Oh, and add the E.T. and, or class on the windshield in white shoe polish.
By the way the paint color is perfect. Back then if the paint ...

Rich;
I suspected as much. I have one of Big Donkeys Chevy 3 window coupe body, and hood, sets. I got a Fireball8 resin kit off this forum that isn’t like any being currently offered, so I don’t kn ...

I gotta ask, did you build the body, and fireball I8, as a personal challenge? I say this because both are available in resin. Just curious.

Olderndirt

O.K. Now you’ve done it. I knew I had two little Ranchero’s squirreled away. So I dug them out, and am working on one now instead of finishing some other projects. This is all your fault. Where did yo ...

If you really want to take a trip down memory lane, go to the Okie Bowl Hardtops sight. These are just high end jalopies. It like being young again.

Olderndirt

You’re not alone. I too am a builder that prefers early modifieds, and what I like to call the earlier jalopyfieds. I build a few late models from the mid sixties as well. These were great race cars b ...

I think the Falcon I remember had tripower instead of two fours, probably to make it more steetable. I do remember he opened up the front of the mock scoop on the hood, to get it a little more air. I ...

There was a convertible that ran at our local track, back in the day. It also was a ‘64, and was also bright yellow. But, it was a Malibu instead of an Impala. We used to get a big kick out of seeing ...

Maybe it isn’t a 409, but an smaller 348. Not that that would make any difference with that light car, and those skinny tires.
The fuel injection surprises me. In my area six dueces ruled the track, ...

Oh yea!! Those were the day when men made race cars out of junk. Now, they mostly make junk out of race cars.

Olderndirt

I Remember the guy that owned the one I mentioned worrying about tire size, and compounds, because he drove the car on the street, and wheelie bars were forbidden. So he had to get the rear tires jus ...

I love these cars, especially the ones with the big old “W” blocks in them. Most people forget how many of these big old truck motors went to the track.

Olderndirt

I’m confused. The header spacing indicates this is either a Ford engine, or a big block Chevy. But the valve covers don’t look like either one, and the distributor is at the rear of the engine indicat ...

Man, does that bring back memories. In ‘68 I was a freshman at College of the Redwoods in Eureka. There was a bunch of local guys that raced at Samoa raceway, when they were’nt attending classes. One ...