Harry Gant's Sportsman Chevrolet.

[mitchum]

My brother came to see me yesteray and he couldn't wait until Christmas to bring this one over. I love it! And it was built just like the real cars back in the day, before you could just buy the pieces and stick'em together.

He was browsing the model "junk yard" up at Earl's Speed & Custom in Gaffney, just like we used to do the real ones, when a new tool '57 Be Air caught his eye. Just like the old school racers, he loaded up the body and hauled it back home, stripped and gutted it and started on a cage.

One of the much maligned ERTL Winston Cup kits, some paint, a little imagination along with some serious "back yard engineering" and this masterpiece was ready for the lettering brush.

Just like the real one, it even carries an "orphan" front bumpver from a '57 Ford. I like to think it made it run faster. LOL

To paraphrase the credit card commercial-
Salvage yard body-$4.......ERTL stock car kit-$4..........Fantastic $8 one of a kind late model sportsman car-PRICELESS!

Everybody should have a kid brother as wonderful as I do. Here he is with his latest creation.

Here she is, loaded and ready to head out for the season opener at Hickory.

 

[Mopardh9]

That is awesome brings back memories of the Tiger division down at Stafford back in the late 60s.

 

[mitchum]

Thanks, glad you liked it and that it brought back good memories. But it looks like it won't look this good for long if Tiny Lund has anything to say about it, check out the "Changing of the Guard" thread.