I built this JoHan Chrysler in 1963 as a 'stock' model when I was 13 years old. About a year later I cut off the front fenders with the intention of building a "late model" short track stock car of this era. Race cars did not require front fenders in our local area until mid-1967.
Well, that build-up never got off the ground, as I used the body to 'improve' my hand-lettering techniques as a teenager. (Sadly, I don't believe my skills have improved much).
Recently I dusted-off the 'ol body and restarted my task of 50-some years ago - building a fictional race car of a local driver that raced an early-50s Chrysler with an early hemi at Tunis Speedway, the local dirt track.
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