Best Sprint Car kits?

[Andrew McD]

I'm traveling across the country and have the good fortune of visiting the Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville, Iowa tomorrow.  This got me to wondering what the best sprint car models out there might be.  With or without wings, it's all good with me.  

[TonyK]

The Monogram World of Outlaw kits were very nice but hard to find anymore. Revell recently had the Joey Saldana kit which was an updated version and very nice. Again, hard to find. Wished Revell would've made a bunch more of those kits with various sponsors but never happened.

[Andrew McD]

Thanks Tony........there are some available on e-bay at crazy prices.☹️

[RancheroSteve]

I've only built one a few years back, but it was a very enjoyable build, went together well and easily benefits from some added detailing. I had no idea prices for these had gone up, seems like they were as common as dirt (pun half intended) for awhile there, but it looks like they can still be had for $25 or less, still around or under the price for a new kit. There are numerous reissues after the original batch, with some updates, but still the same basic kit. Note that the Casey Luna version should have a Ford engine, but it has the same SBC as all the rest.

 

[Oldcarfan27]

AFAIK, The Monogram kits and the AMT kits are the only ballgames in town.

Monogram's are better, but the AMT kits are nothing to sneeze at. They have potential, but to improve them, you should get the tires from the Monogram kits to bring out the best!

You could probably trade for the tires here, as they ended up in some other kits and may be more available than the whole kit.

[Straightliner59]

There are quite a few on Ebay for very reasonable prices. Not all of them, of course, but I saw one or two that could be had for about $40, shipped.