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Old Coyote
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 249 Location: High Point, NC
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:55 pm Post subject: Home Depot "Great Pumpkin" Pontiac |
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... the Home Depot "Great Pumpkin" Pontiac Grand Prix ... owned by Joe Gibbs ... driven by Tony Stewart
... box stock Revell/Monogram kit ... Testors enamels ... Slixx decals _________________ I may have to grow old, but I refuse to grow up |
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George Andrews
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 461
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Very well done ! Wondering if the rear spoiler is the piece that came with the kit ? It likely would not be Cup legal, running straight across the deck lid. |
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George Andrews
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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The 2 versions of the #1 Pontiac shown have the only spoiler I've ever seen on a 1996 - 2002 Cup - legal Pontiac. I'm sure the Tin Indian teams would liked to have had the extra downforce that straight - across spoiler would have produced; the increased drag not so much. |
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Old Coyote
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 249 Location: High Point, NC
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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George Andrews wrote: | Very well done ! Wondering if the rear spoiler is the piece that came with the kit ? It likely would not be Cup legal, running straight across the deck lid. |
... the spoiler and body are cast as one piece ... I truly wouldn't know if it would be Cup legal or not ... I just used what was in the box
the other kit bodies are surely different ... probably came in a different kit
... I honestly had never noticed the difference before ...
... looking at the pictures closer, the body on the Home Depot car does not have a "licence plate" recess on the rear bumper .... the other two do .... definitely two different kits ... Great catch sir ! _________________ I may have to grow old, but I refuse to grow up
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jh63fan
Joined: 10 Sep 2021 Posts: 373 Location: Tarheel State
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Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Just for the heck of it, I checked about 6 or 7 different releases of that body style and they all had the contoured rear spoiler and license plate recess. I don't have any of the Pro Finish kits to check. Could it have possibly been a test shot you have somehow. Someone on here will know the answer.
By the way, fantastic looking car. Seems you like doing those fade paint jobs. |
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George Andrews
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 461
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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" Fascinating " as Mr. Spock would say. Maybe you do have an obscure variant ??? I always liked that body style of Pontiac Grand Prix, so different from the more formal Monte Carlo & Olds.
BTW, I always liked the Kyle Petty / Coors Beer / Elvira Halloween Pontiac too, even though the last version of the previous body looked like a door stop !!! |
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