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This model was built to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Alan Kulwicki's Winston Cup Championship.
I used the cage and chassis from a '96-'97 T-bird kit (I finally have a use for these now!). It fits the '89-'93 body pretty good with little modification. I only used a couple of pieces from the older kit like the seat, rear shelf, and shifter. I wired some ignition boxes from a Mello Yello Pontiac, added a window net from a Craftsman truck kit, and exhaust pipes from an AMT stock car. The holes in the wheels were opened up by grinding the backsides with a Dremel tool. I also added Detail Master photoetched seatbelts and a helmet from a ProFinish kit.
The instrument panel was completely scratchbuilt from sheet styrene, sheet aluminum, aluminum tubing, straight pins, and Grandt line rivets.
I also scratchbuilt the driveshaft, steering column, fuel filler and overflow, and weight jack posts.

First up, some of the "in progress" shots:



Some interior details:



Early body work:


Final mock up:


The completed model:








My AK collection so far. The Zerex Ford (bottom left) is the first stock car I ever built back in 1990:



Thank you as always for looking,

G

Wow, fantastic job!

Hello Greg,

Waow, what a clean built , looks perfect, and I’d like to be able to take such a good pictures too.

BRAVO.

Franck
http://www.gf-models.eu

That looks fantastic. Absolutely love the dashboard. What a spectacular build. The collection looks great.

Very nice!
Mark

Very nice Build .

Looks great- I just got some AK Thunderbirds from eBay, your build is inspiring!

You seem to have an infatuation with Hooters. Can't fault you there!

Excellent job Greg, a nice tribute to a legend.

Really cool build, great colour scheme and a nice collection - well done.

Love these Nascars, must build one some day soon.