Racecar Resurrection

[Lizard Racing]

Both of these cars were originally built in the late '60s and been in storage in pieces for the last 30+ years.  I even still have their original boxes!

The sprinter was a Grant King Sprint car made into an early '50s Indy car.  Now it's a late '60s sprinter, before cages came in.  This one was rebuilt with the Chevy engine  and Indy tires for pavement races.

Roll bar and nerf bars were fabricated from Evergreen.  Decals are leftovers from Vintage Racing Miniatures extensive midget sheet.  Seat is from Big Donkey.

The Lola has been around a long time too.  Body panels used to fit better.  This was just a reassemble job to use up parts.

This car represents a Lola T70 updated about as far as it can go.  Adding a big-block engine and wider tires helped these veterans campaign another season before being replaced with newer cars.  There's nothing older than last year's racecar.

 

Wider tires and wheels are from the parts bin.  To be more correct, I should have made some fender flares to cover the tires.  I had to forego any body work and paint because I don't have a color to match and the old body mods were done in filler putty over cardboard.  Very fragile after the passage of time.

Two very different cars from the same era.

[Phildaupho]

Very nice to see the Grant King car. Grant was from my city of Victoria BC Canada like a few other racers that got there start on the local speedway and went on to do very well in the USA like Billy Foster and Roy Smith. I just read in the newspaper this morning that there is going to be a late model stock car race with 25 entries at the 4/10's mile oval Western Speedway in September without spectators and be live streamed on the local independent TV station

[Dave Van]

The King kit looks much better than my attempt!

[alan barton]

Love the Grant King.  They are a tough kit to get looking good and you have excelled here.  I especially like the wheel and tyre treatment.  I have built four of these so far with another three to do - still chasing that perfect look!

Cheers

Alan

[PappyD340]

Nice!

[alan barton]

Just had another look at the last photo.  Like the way you got some slope into the hood - I have done that myself before but it ids not easy! Also like the Big Donkey seat - the more I look at this car the more I like it!