Finally finished this deconstruction/ construction build. I built this 45 years ago as a Buddy Baker Charger. I didn't even paint it, just built it and decalled it. My wife found it in a paper bag in our dumper room so I decided to rebuild it into what you see now. I saw Bobby compete at Meyer Speedway in Houston Texas back in June of 1971. He had just won the Golden State 400 the Sunday before the Wednesday night they rolled into Houston on their way back east. It was the Space City 300 and he won it too. I think this might have been an ex Marty Robbins Charger. Its painted just like his cars were. It took 109 hours to complete the project.
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Certainly worth the effort Mark! That turned out gorgeous!
That is absolutely beautiful! David beat me to the word gorgeous.
Beautiful build Mark, well worth the time you put into this project.
Bob
What an incredible resurrection....absolutely stunning :)
My first thought was.......... Marty Robbins. Yes, this has turned out very nice, Mark.
We all can rest easy that you got that front air dam thing worked out ;D
Are those your decals as well?
(I also have one of these stripped down and will certainly use some pointers from your post as help on mine)
Great work, Mark.
Wow!!
This turned out fantastic!!
Thanks guys. Yes, Jim they are my usual inkjet decals. I don't think anyone has done a sheet for this car.
Beautiful. And it does certainly look like a Marty Robbins car. Well done!!
Rett
Cool you saved this model and gave it a new look! 8)
Very cool model, Mark !! I´m a very big Cola Fan, so i like all of Bobby´s cars of his coke-era.
The paint sheme looks familar, look what´s waiting on my bench for completing:
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Great job! Don't ever recall him racing the Marty Robbins paint scheme, but I always liked it.
Here's how this car may have come into being. See link
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/32826/on-this-day-june-20-1971-riverside-international-raceway
Nice work Mark!
Thanks, guys. If you want to see short videos of the race, click on the link below. I used those videos to come up with the colors I used for my build.
https://www.gettyimages.com/videos/1971?sort=mostpopular&offlinecontent=include&phrase=1971
Quote from: David Bogard on December 14, 2018, 12:58:49 PM
Here's how this car may have come into being. See link
http://racersreunion.com/community/forum/stock-car-racing-history/32826/on-this-day-june-20-1971-riverside-international-raceway
Thanks, David for the link. That explains why the car was painted in Robbins livery because Marty planned to run it later after Bobby was through with it. That clears up that.
Here are the leftover decals.
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