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bfmiller
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 Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 6:27 pm Post subject: Did Anybody Compete in a Chevy Caprice? |
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I found an old ERTL kit of a 79-80? Chevy Caprice with Richard Petty on the box. Thank you for your help with this.
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DaveVan
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| Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| They did run those Chevys in Cup but they had a different rear window that had a look like the fastback Monte Carlo SS years later. The Ertl kit needs LOTS of work to make a decent replica. |
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BVAUGHN
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Is your kit the one that has a metal body ?
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18degrees
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Didn’t Rusty Wallace run one in his very first race for Penske? Maybe at Atlanta? Think it was dark blue and white, #16 and sponsored by Norton.
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DaveVan
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| 18degrees wrote: | | Didn’t Rusty Wallace run one in his very first race for Penske? Maybe at Atlanta? Think it was dark blue and white, #16 and sponsored by Norton. |
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john843
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SkoalPerce
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Rusty, Benny, Richard and Kyle, Buddy in #28, Jaws in the #88 Gatorade, Richard Childress, and Roger Hamby's #17 Kings Inn, Dave Marcis too. |
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SkoalPerce
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Pretty sure I have seen a Jack Beebe Race Hill Farms #47 too.....either Bodine or Handsome Harry were driving. |
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AdamtheWayne
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I think there was a Waltrip Gatorade kit as well.
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AdamtheWayne
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| Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2020 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Yap! That's the one. Now that I think about it, I may actually have one of these kits. It would explain the mystery bumper in my spares box.
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odcics2
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Shouldn't this thread be in Grayside?
May get more info there... |
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George Andrews
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| Winston West driver Jim Robinson also ran a Chevy Caprice, though I cannot right now think of any other West drivers who did. Perhaps partly due to NASCAR allowing another year of eligibility for the BIG 1977 Monte Carlo, a favored car of West Chevy teams. Richard Petty stated in print that the Caprice was actually a bit shorter than the '77 Monte Carlo, making it better suited for short track duties. |
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bfmiller
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| BVAUGHN wrote: | Is your kit the one that has a metal body ?
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Yes.
$10.00 at an antic store.
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bfmiller
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| Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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| odcics2 wrote: | Shouldn't this thread be in Grayside?
May get more info there... |
Going to post this question in Grayside.
Thanks for everyone's help.
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