What if the USAC decided to race trucks in 1972

[Kennyboy]

Built this Moebius 1972 Ford Ranger Sport Custom as a "what if" race truck.

Our local club (Auto Modelers Group or A.M.G.) had a one year build of your choice a 1972 c10 or this Ford or the 1972 Ford 4x4. I chose the Sport Custom

As you can probably guess, I used only the body, glass, and trim pieces. Everything else is still in the box lol. The chassis and driveline came from a Revell Nascar kit. The rollcage was Custom built from several Nascar rollcages. Norm Nelson himself I made from a Don Garlits figure. The front bumper I scratchbuilt from Evergreen sheet and Stainless fuel filter screen. The grille was cut open and customized with screen and scratchbuilt headlight covers from acetate sheet. The rear bed cover was also made from Evergreen sheet. The hood was dropped at the front removing the F O R D letter section and sloping it downward for aerodynamics. 

Took forced perspective photos of it in front of a printout of Darlington where it would have most likely made the rounds. I did not take a lot of photos near the end of the build due to the amount of time this took to make complete.

Decals came from Mike's decals. I chose the livery because I am from the Racine area and worked at Kilbourn Gardens in high school. I can say I am glad this build is done....I like how it turned out but it fought me every step of the way as any heavy Custom kitbash will have the tendency of doing.  Enjoy!!!

Edited December 7, 2023 by Kennyboy
Threw in a couple pics to show how far it came

[bondo bill]

neat concept and execution

[Russell C]

If you'd only shown the top photo and said the plan was to build a model replica of the 1:1 there, ya could have totally fooled me.

Really nice work!

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[Darbo]

Fantastic, love the decals

[Horrorshow]

Love the “thinking outside the box”

[Zippi]

I really like this build.  Nicely done.

[TooOld]

Wow that's pretty cool !  Super clean and just plain beautiful ! 

[Zen]

Well done! Need some more pics please .........

[PappyD340]

SWEET!!

[Jim B]

Looks great. Very well done. 

[TarheelRick]

As mentioned earlier, some exceptional photography of a beautiful build. Like the concept and execution of this race truck.

[Chuck Most]

 Nicely done, and very believable despite being a fictional design. The model looks especially realistic against the track backdrop.

I had a similar idea but I never got past the point of "carving up Moebius F100 parts to fit a Craftsman truck chassis" ?

[bbowser]

4 hours ago, TarheelRick said:

As mentioned earlier, some exceptional photography of a beautiful build. Like the concept and execution of this race truck.

Totally agree!  Great idea and execution.

[Dragonhawk1066]

The truck looks great, and the background makes it look extremely realistic!

[Street Rod]

Super cool build! The truck looks like an actual race truck probably would have been done back then and the track pictures look very realistic. Two ? ?!

[Lunajammer]

That’s amazing. And I seldom use that word.

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[slusher]

Outstanding!

[TonyK]

Oh wow! Amazing work and photography. Glad you finished this amazing model and shared it with us. So cool!

[Maindrian Pace]

Awesome build; the stance, paint/decal scheme, and overall idea are top end. They really should have had a truck series back then, how cool would the big three trucks have looked battling it out on the track?

[Bainford]

Cool concept. Great execution. That thing has a great look. Now it just needs a Chevy to beat, er... race against.

[Sledsel]

Sweet!!! I Love "what if" or "Phantom builds"

[redscampi]

This is stellar! Now you need the support vehicles...

[Chirps]

Amazing!!