Jim Reed '59 Chev

[Lizard Racing]

Jim Reed was a New York Yankee in NASCAR-land.  This car won the Southern 500 and two other races in 1959.

I was a bit disappointed in the Yesterday's Decals not being entirely correct and complete.  But they look good anyway.

[vintagercr]

Looks good to me!

[bbowser]

Love it!  Great subject, well represented.

[MarkJ]

Always loved the 59 Chevys. You did a fantastic job on this one.

[ChrisR]

Very nice! I love the old NASCARS.

[slusher]

Great build

[Reeves Racing]

Looks great.

The decals look good from here.

Were the black and white wheels to keep track of rights and lefts?

[Lizard Racing]

I've not been able to find an answer to that.  The race picture at Darlington shows white wheels, while the post-race picture shows black wheels.

He was known to run different sponsors left vs. right side, as shown in the pictures.

During the race: white wheels and Fisher Bros.

Winners circle: black wheels and Jim Reed's Garage.

Thanks all for the kind comments.

[Dogfish_7]

Don't see that one very often. Nice work!

[59 Impala]

Nice build Bruce.  I like your build.  I agree about the decals.  Like I said in my thread, a friend of mine made mine for me.  I do have to find the rest of the sponsor decals to finish mine.  I read somewhere that Jim Reed ran the white wheels on the left side and the black ones on the right.  Dan

Edited June 12, 2016 by 59 Impala

[mikemopar70]

Really nice, good looking Impala.