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Matt McNally
Joined: 27 Sep 2020 Posts: 44
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:19 pm Post subject: 1984 Geoff Bodine All Star Racing |
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Geoff Bodine's 1984 All Star Racing Monte Carlo. Years ago I accidentally built up a gray chassis with the chrome 5 slot rims for a project and didn't realize that the car I was building at the time needed a different color chassis. I set the incorrect chassis aside and started looking for a GM car to use the chassis under. I found a reference photo of this car running the gray chassis and 5 slots so I used that photo and some Powerslide decals to build this car. As I was decalling it I learned that these cars ran 4 or 5 red stripes on the side, the car I was replicating ran the 5th stripe. the PowerSlide decals only have 4 stripes to I added the 5th stripe from some spare decals. Also needed to add the top white stripe on the star and change up the contigencies to match the photo. Not an exact match but pretty close.
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Henryjint
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 1973 Location: NY State's Hudson Valley
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Very nicely done! Great stance. _________________ Forum member since 10/25/2010 |
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George Andrews
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 460
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Nice build; however that car was from 1984, not 1981. Also wondering about the Blue-ish All Star Racing lettering on the rear fenders; the normal lettering was red. Maybe it was a 1-race-only deal, like the Honda Cars of Corona lettering on Geoff's Riverside - winning car of Nov. 1985. The red pinstriping was awesome!
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SkoalPerce
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 27 Location: Victoria, British Columbia
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome. Good job on the correct '84-ish front valance. |
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TN Vols fan
Joined: 18 Jan 2022 Posts: 286 Location: Crossett, AR
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Excellent build!!! I remember the All Star Racing cars. _________________ "Many men fish all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" quote from The Compleat Angler, lzzak Walton 1654 |
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Matt McNally
Joined: 27 Sep 2020 Posts: 44
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:31 am Post subject: |
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George Andrews wrote: | Nice build; however that car was from 1984, not 1981. Also wondering about the Blue-ish All Star Racing lettering on the rear fenders. Maybe it was a 1-race-only deal, like the Honda Cars of Corona lettering on Geoff's Riverside - winning car of 1985. |
Thanks for the correction on the year. I've updated the post to be more accurate and will need to edit my website later to correct those pages. As for the blue all star lettering, I have no idea. It was hard to tell when looking at the reference photos if it should be blue or black so I just went with what came on the decal sheet.
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68GTFastback
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 26
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 12:29 pm Post subject: Excellent |
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This is an excellent build. It takes a steady hand, patience, and expertise to do those paper thin red stripes. You nailed them! |
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bighoo
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 227
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2022 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Looks great Matt - beautiful work |
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elcejay
Joined: 24 Sep 2021 Posts: 97 Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Sweet build Matt. |
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Shepard327
Joined: 12 Jun 2018 Posts: 77
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2022 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet Looking Build!!!!
Geoff was a no Bs driver. They had the in car camera in his car when as Benny P said Oh Geoff is communicating his displeasure at his fellow driver. Kyle's not the first driver to show the double bird |
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MarkJ
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1306
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Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Another Excellent build, Matt. Always like your quest to get things correct. You nailed it again. |
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