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Radar43



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 4:14 pm    Post subject: 1979 Petty Question Reply with quote

Richmond, March 11 1979 why was Richard Petty`s Monte Carlo blue with STP red strips on the hood, roof and trunk? I have seen one grainy photo. Does anyone have photos of this blue car and any information? Thanks
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can you expand a little? That pretty much describes the bulk of Petty's STP cars.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one?



STP was trying to cut their funding at minor races because of going winless in '78 so the Pettys were cutting the amount of red on the car. After Petty won at Daytona STP came through with more money but not in time to get the car prepared for Richmond painted with the usual amount of STP Red.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AHA! Now had you (Radar) said there was no red on the sides I might have caught on quicker. I'd like to see better pics of that one myself!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Taking a look at pics of King's 1979 Daytona 500 - winning Oldsmobile; there are no red stripes or STP logo on the hood at all. Richard said in his 1976 autobiography King of the Road that "... the STP red is really hard to paint; to get the right gloss. And it can't be touched up, so the front and bottom of the body had to be blue. "

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Radar43



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:51 am    Post subject: Petty Reply with quote

So this raises more questions. What did the race #1 Riverside car and the race #3 Rockingham cars look like. What race was the car back to what we are accustomed too?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Best I can remember, there was a feud going on about $$$'s between STP & Petty Enterprises. This livery on the car pointed out to STP how much exposure the current level of sponsorship money would get them on the car.

BTW the car had the normal day-glo red and Petty blue scheme at Riverside but without an STP oval on the hood & at Daytona the car lack the normal day-glo red stripes or the STP oval on the hood. By the next race, Atlanta 500, the funding issues were resolved & the car appeared in the normal Petty/STP livery but with 3 smaller additional STP ovals on the quarter panels.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sweet variation! Saved for use when the Salvino kit arrives.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seeing the STP Dodge many times in the 70's, including 2 close up times, one at a Detroit Autorama and at the Volusia Mall in Daytona, that STP color
POPS and almost sears your eyes in the sun!!

It was always hard to capture the full impact of that color on film.
Add in variables in the exposure time, developing process, amount of lighting available and the car never looked the same twice.
Today, another variable, the laptop or PC monitor!

It's also well known that any fluorescent colors fade quickly in the sun.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

odcics2 wrote:
Seeing the STP Dodge many times in the 70's, including 2 close up times, one at a Detroit Autorama and at the Volusia Mall in Daytona, that STP color
POPS and almost sears your eyes in the sun!!

It was always hard to capture the full impact of that color on film.
Add in variables in the exposure time, developing process, amount of lighting available and the car never looked the same twice.
Today, another variable, the laptop or PC monitor!

It's also well known that any fluorescent colors fade quickly in the sun.
This is why so many people think Petty blue changed over the years.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Somebody made a custom die cast of this car and it sold for big money in 2016.


1979 RICHARD PETTY #43 STP MONTE CARLO BLUE SIDES RICHMOND 1/24 CUSTOM NASCAR 80 See original listing
1979-RICHARD-PETTY-43-STP-MONTE-CARLO-BLUE-SIDES-RICHMOND-1-24-CUSTOM-NASCAR-80
Item Sold
Condition:New
Ended: Apr 06, 2016 , 8:53PM
Winning bid:US $412.77
[ 14 bids ]
Shipping: $12.00 Expedited Shipping
Item location:USA 1, United States
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AdamtheWayne wrote:
odcics2 wrote:
Seeing the STP Dodge many times in the 70's, including 2 close up times, one at a Detroit Autorama and at the Volusia Mall in Daytona, that STP color
POPS and almost sears your eyes in the sun!!

It was always hard to capture the full impact of that color on film.
Add in variables in the exposure time, developing process, amount of lighting available and the car never looked the same twice.
Today, another variable, the laptop or PC monitor!

It's also well known that any fluorescent colors fade quickly in the sun.
This is why so many people think Petty blue changed over the years.


I have various items I painted Petty Blue as a kid. Still look Petty Blue to me! Still have a can of TB3 MoPar paint (1972-3 Dodge Super Blue)
The cap is exactly the same as the original headlight door cover from the #88 Engineering Daytona, and it was painted that color in 1969.

At one point, I was going to send Tom the pics. He was then going to try various model paints to see which one was the winner! Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

anyone have clearer, higher photos of the top of this car so we could see the markings exactly?

thks joe
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