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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 12, 2013 15:31:58 GMT -8
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Post by Art on Apr 12, 2013 22:59:16 GMT -8
I can see why it's popular, Chris. It's clean and looks realistic, and it's a Vette! It's funny how sometimes builds you don't invest as much time and passion into are the ones that get peoples' attention.
What kit is it based on?
-Art
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 12, 2013 23:49:29 GMT -8
Its a AMT 63 Corvette with a Owens Corning 427 engine scratchbuilt intake, Miniatures and Replica of Maryland resin Weber carbs and Halibrand wheels, Parts by Parks aluminum pulleys and assorted detail parts. Scratchbuilt seat belts.. I spent about 3 days massaging and modifying the body, opened the side vents, deleted the bumpers and grille, modified the front and rear roll pans. scratchbuilt tail lights and exhaust tips..Hand painted the Corvette scripts and gas cap, the chassis is box stock except a ride height adjustment.. All in all it was a blast. This car won at the Grand National Roadster Show the first year when it moved to Pomona when the plaques were the same as the real cars were awarded, quite a surprise and honor, it is the only award on display above my desk!! Chris  |
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Post by Patrick on Apr 13, 2013 10:37:56 GMT -8
I know you researched this, but...a B Prod Vette with Webers? That doesn't sound right for the SCCA Tech guys. Regardless of that, I do like SCCA Vettes and this is great Bro. The fun projects remind us of why we got into model building, right?
Patrick
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 13, 2013 11:32:23 GMT -8
Yeah B Production with Webers, why? Because I like it that way!!! Chris |
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Post by Patrick on Apr 13, 2013 15:00:29 GMT -8
;)Yeh, you be cool! (Tech Guys, "Sorry you'll have to run C Mod against that yellow sports racer!" Say do you remember the white Vette known as the Alligator(?), Guildstrand drove it?
Patrick
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 13, 2013 20:34:53 GMT -8
Patrick, here is a link to The Registry of Corvette Race Cars! registryofcorvetteracecars.com/commitment.html it is really COOOLLLL you can find any SCCA corvette , Cal Club all the way up to current by body style and it will show driver, color and history as well as modifications , a wealth of Corvette race car info for model builders!! Chris |
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Post by Patrick on Apr 14, 2013 8:00:28 GMT -8
;)WOW! Great fun site. Thanks Bro. I saw many Vettes that I got to see in actual action on the tracks of Nor Cal during the 60s-70s. Hum-m have I room for another Vette in the collection? Sting Rays are cool! (and that from a dyed in the wool Ferraristi!) Patrick PS I did find these pix of the "Animal" w/ Doug Hooper driving, perhaps at Vaca Valley Raceway. I did see it there.   It may not have been a "real" Vette. |
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Post by Art on Apr 14, 2013 8:53:25 GMT -8
That registry is what sent me off on the Butler Corvette project. I searched on Google for "Lynn Butler Corvette", saw the James Garner connection, and that was all it took to turn a simple fun build into a two plus year project!
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 14, 2013 8:59:25 GMT -8
The registry showed this as a Penske Car didnt it? To me it looks like a forerunner ti the Grand Sport... I am a Corvette Junkie with almost 200 unbuilt kits, I finally got one of my Holy Grails the other day a MPC kit #1 1964 Corvette.. the first kit made by MPC, I have had a mint empty box that my Dad gave me about 25 years ago and I could not find a kit for a decent price , I got a kit with a Body that has some damage to the rear deck but the guy gave me a usable builtup to fix it.. thats going to be a project of love and will probably be built in the SCCA style of the 63!   Chris Ps. Patrick , that Cross Ram Manifold with the Webers is a factory part with a GM part number, so it could be used in B Production!! |
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Post by rickh on Apr 14, 2013 13:40:31 GMT -8
Chris, is that MPC #1 Corvette the one that had the plastic coil springs? I remember getting an early MPC kit that was engineered SOO differently from the AMT kits I had been thriving on, back in the mid-'60s. And I haven't seen one since then. :-)
Even the exotic IMC kits back then didn't have workable coil springs. I thought MPC was really something!
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Post by Chris K. Hale on Apr 14, 2013 18:20:49 GMT -8
Yes it has plastic spring, for the 1965 thru 1967 version the used the same mold changing the side vents and other stuff, thats why it was never re-issued, and they included real metal springs in those kits.. Chris |
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Post by Patrick on Apr 15, 2013 8:27:48 GMT -8
LOL!  I knew you'd be able to justify those Webers somehow!! ;D I really like the Nickey decals (maybe good for the CanAm McLaren). Patrick |
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Post by dustymojave on May 1, 2013 21:33:41 GMT -8
Hate to pop your bubble Chris and others, but as a Cal Club/SCCA Tech Inspector and Rules Enforcement Inspector, just because the intake manifold carries a GM part number does not qualify it for use in Production Category. The item would have to have been specified in the FIA/ACCUS/SCCA Homologation papers. Since I have the Production Competition for 1972 and 73 right here at my elbow...And it does NOT show that manifold for a '63-67 Vette, OR that hood...
Specified "One Rochester 4Bbl. 1.38" Pri. 2.25" Sec. 7028219"
The big block is also NOT acceptable for a 63 nor for a B/Production car.
However Chris, as I told you at the IPMS show in Lancaster several years ago, I LIKE the model. The Webers look great, even if it IS an AMT chassis. And you built it, so you get to build it as you wish.
Last time I talked to Doug Hooper (at least the 2nd of those photos was taken at Turn 7 at Riverside), he was working as a reserve Police officer in San Fernando, in uniform and in a Patrol car. That was quite a few years ago. I last talked to Dick Guldstrand at a VARA race at Willow Springs when he was driving someone else's Camaro. Both would probably like this Vette.
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Post by Chris K. Hale on May 1, 2013 22:36:47 GMT -8
Like I said, it is a model that I am proud of and although it bends the Rules book a bit I really enjoyed building it to what ever spec.. I was and still am inspired by the Book "California Dreamin" by Antonick, about the Cal Club and early Corvette racing in California 1953 through 1963. a blast to read and a real motivator when it comes to early Corvette racing models.. I have known Dick Guldstrand since the age of about 8 , he was a customer at my Dad's slot car shop in Santa Ana, what a great guy!!! When I held the Modelers Meetings , model shows at Autobooks in Burbank he came in, he remembered me by name after some 40+ years and he did look at the model and was completely overjoyed!! I spent quite a bit of time talking to him about Corvette racing and models that day.. Again I know it is not a to the rules book model and it is what it is, a Corvette Model that really gives off the feeling of what Racing in the sixties was all about.. Enjoy it!! I will certainly build more similar to it. I was just looking at this photo today and feeling the juices flowing!!!  3 In A Row.....Chris |
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I knew you'd be able to justify those Webers somehow!! ;D I really like the Nickey decals (maybe good for the CanAm McLaren).
