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jjsipes
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 1:59 pm Post subject: 1962 Daytona 500 Winner Fireball Roberts |
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As I'm finishing up my 1969 Richard Petty Talladega, I went digging through my stash and came upon my 1962 Pontiac as driven by Fireball Roberts. Body has been painted, cleared and decaled. The decals were an old set of Fred Cady decals. Wasn't happy with the decal so I took them off and dug out my Powerslide decals. Upon looking at them, I noticed that the door numbers were foiled on the Powerslide decals. Does anybody know whether the door numbers with foil on the Daytona car? I see where Powerslide offers the door numbers in the "paint" look. Should I get them for the Daytona winner or use the foil numbers?
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Bill J
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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The door numbers were NOT foil at any time the car ran in 1962. Foil numbers were first available for cars in 1967. Pior to that any metalized numbers were done in gold leaf. Smokey's Pontiac ha gold painted numbers.
There is a replica car around with gold foll numbers, incorrect! |
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MarkJ
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:11 am Post subject: |
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Bill J wrote: | The door numbers were NOT foil at any time the car ran in 1962. Foil numbers were first available for cars in 1967. Pior to that any metalized numbers were done in gold leaf. Smokey's Pontiac ha gold painted numbers.
There is a replica car around with gold foll numbers, incorrect! |
Thanks , Bill for that info. Ive been wanting to do Zervakis 61 Chevy but the door numbers appear to be metallized . I guess they were gold leaf. How would you replicate that? Also the roof numbers appear to be black or maybe its some kind of weird effect caused by the gold leaf that makes it look black. I'm confused. |
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spooker
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Wow, Mark, you did a great job on Smokey's "birdcage" roll cage!
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MarkJ
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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I hope J.J. is also known as Mark because I dont think i could have done that nice a job on the cage. |
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jjsipes
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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spooker wrote: | Wow, Mark, you did a great job on Smokey's "birdcage" roll cage!
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MarkJ wrote: | I hope J.J. is also known as Mark because I dont think i could have done that nice a job on the cage. |
Thanks guys. It was pain in the butt. I did wind up ordering the supplement sheet of the doors numbers from Powerslide for this. Just waiting on them to try and finish this on up. It sucks not having much work but, it has been a blessing with having the kids in virtual school and having some modeling time as well. Since this "pandemic" started I've been able to get at 15 models completed. |
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spooker
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Ooops! Sorry about that! I guess I was in a hurry with that post! |
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Bill J
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the roof numbers were black. JJ, I add my compliments on that cage and the interior is exactly perfect. Can't wait to see it all together. |
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jjsipes
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2021 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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Does anybody have an engine shot of this car? Pontiac engines were a light blue in the early 60's but I have seen some pictures that show a gold engine block. I just painted mine light blue but now questioning that choice. |
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Bill J
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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Smoky always painted his engines gold. The regular Pontiac engine color in those years was light blue and maybe around 1962 went to a light metallic blue. |
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jjsipes
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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Started to redecal using Powerslide decals. Going much smoother than with the original Fred Cady decals. Real pleased with how well the door numbers laid down in all the body lines.
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jjsipes
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Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Does anybody have a decent shot of the shock setup on the cars from 1962? Working on dual shocks on the front and don't have a picture of how the bottom end mounts. |
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MarkJ
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:06 am Post subject: |
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Wow, J.J. that body looks perfect. What brand of paint did you use and was it rattle can or air brush? |
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jjsipes
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Mark. I used Tamiya Gold, Black and Gloss Clear straight out of spray can
MarkJ wrote: | Wow, J.J. that body looks perfect. What brand of paint did you use and was it rattle can or air brush? |
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MarkJ
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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jjsipes wrote: | Thanks Mark. I used Tamiya Gold, Black and Gloss Clear straight out of spray can
MarkJ wrote: | Wow, J.J. that body looks perfect. What brand of paint did you use and was it rattle can or air brush? |
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Thanks. Again, that body looks perfect. |
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jjsipes
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:48 am Post subject: |
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Decals are completed. Hope they all stick. Already had an issue with the red pinstripe and a Grey Rock coming off after a few days of doing the drivers side.
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jjsipes
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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Had to do a quick mock up.
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jjsipes
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Just put a coat Pledge Floor Gloss on it and this happened on the hood, roof and deck lid. The hood cleared up hope the rest does.
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Tom M. Board Moderator
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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Some details of the front suspension during the time Banjo had it painted red and white, courtesy of Dr. Craft:
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jjsipes
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2021 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Tom..
Tom M. wrote: | Some details of the front suspension during the time Banjo had it painted red and white, courtesy of Dr. Craft:
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MarkJ
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Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:56 am Post subject: |
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jjsipes wrote: | Just put a coat Pledge Floor Gloss on it and this happened on the hood, roof and deck lid. The hood cleared up hope the rest does.
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That always scares me when I use the new name for future. but the foggyness always clears up. |
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joe b
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 209 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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jjsipes wrote: | Thanks Tom..
Tom M. wrote: | Some details of the front suspension during the time Banjo had it painted red and white, courtesy of Dr. Craft:
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what's that small lever at the bottom of the seat with the white wire leading behind the seat?
great work JJ. yours looks a lot better than my build. i screwed up the gold by trying to wet sand it, also i missed the chrome strip running along the top of the rear fenders. don't know if it was just there for just the daytona car.
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Bill J
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Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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Joe, back in those day they had an inertia mechanism on the harness/belts. Much like our modern shoulder belts in cars we all drive today. The lever was a release mechanism to release the inertia reel, which would tighten up from time to time during a race.
After an accident, forget the year or the specific accident, inertial harnesses were outlawed and the harnesses became solidly mounted. |
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joe b
Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Posts: 209 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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thanks bill. wonder if anyone has tried to replicate that on a build.
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Bill J
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if anyone ever tried to repicate the harness release lever. Most cars from back then had the lever on the center tranny tunnel, the right side of the driver. I would guess it was a driver's preference thing. |
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