Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Let's see some '40's,'50's,'60s and '70s NASCAR Tributes.....

I was looking at a book showing the history of NASCAR and realized in stark constrast to today's cookie-cutter cars-( They all look like a Toyota Camry, whether their supposed to be a Ford Fusion or a Chevy Malibu or whatever ) that the old ones has serious, distinctive style. The 1949 Olds Rocket 88 stock car piloted by Buck Baker looked totally badass. One of those with a snarling 455 under the hood would be way cool. The late '50's Pontiac, Buick and Olds offerings don't have the cult following of the '55-57 Chevys so building a Nascar-themed late '50's BOP car shouldn't outrage too many people. And if you "gotta have" a tri-five Chevy-like I said in an earlier post-Woodyz Hot Rods is selling new '55-57 Bodies and chassis under liscence from GM. Some '60's models that would be cool-# 1. Full-size Pontiacs. High Performance Pontiac Magazine had a feature on someone who copied Fireball Roberts 1962 Catalina that won Daytona. It looked totally badass. In fact any Pontiac from 1960-68 would work-with 389,400,421 or cubes under those long hoods they could back up the image.  # 2. Full-size Fords. The book showed a 1965 Galaxie Stock Car. It was way cool too. And since most of the big Fords of this era had 390 cubes under the hood-they'd have the power to back it up. # 3. "Oddball" '70's Replicas. Lot's of people have done Chargers like Richard Petty's '74, and Chevy Monte Carlos like Darrel Waltrip drove. ( PHR's "Project Talledega" ) I'd like to see an AMC Matador like Mark Donohue briefly drove, or a Mercury Cougar done like the one David Pearson drove for the Wood Brothers. Or a '78-79 Dodge Magnum. Or a '77 Cutlass like King Richard drove when he retired the Iconic '74 Charger. It would be nice to see something other than Camaros, Firebirds, Mustangs, and Chevelles. Mastermind

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