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Wood Brothers 68 Torino- Dan Gurney

 
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Bill J



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:01 pm    Post subject: Wood Brothers 68 Torino- Dan Gurney Reply with quote

Dan Gurney Riverside 500 winner from 1968. Dan Gurney won the first 4 "Motor Trend 500" races at Riverside Raceway. They were true 500 mile races on a road course that averaged less than 100 mph per lap. Long hard day! The 68 win was Dan's fifth and final Riverside 500 win.
Model ia a modified Polar Lights kit of a 69 Talladega back dated to a 68 Torino. Grill and front bumper are resin pieces from The Modelhaus, Ford emblem removed from grill. Paint is Tamiya Pure White and Tamiya Dark Mica Blue. Decals are from the latest Powerslide Wood Brothers sheet.



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Horrorshow



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fabulous build!
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Lionpride



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful model you have there. Nice work!
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bighoo



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very very nice - always liked that car/color combo
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TiminToledo



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nicely done!
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awsome!!
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Henryjint



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another beauty!!!
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Shunter



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks fantastic…excellent build.
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arca guy



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice job on this one!
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MarkJ



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Triple Wow on an excellent build. Everything looks perfect on it. A pure joy to look at.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice! ..up ..up
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fabulous Bill. I have a couple Talladegas in my cemetery and your conversion inspires me.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

SWEET!
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james220



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Were did you cut the Polar lights car and Torino to create such a magnificent work of art
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Billy Kingsley



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh that is awesome!
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gks1964



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice!!!
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Bill J



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 12:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

james220 wrote:
Were did you cut the Polar lights car and Torino to create such a magnificent work of art


I had a crushed AMT Torino body, cut off the front fenders ahead of the wheelwells. I marked the front edge of he Polalr lights hood on the PL body and fit the AMT Torino fender ends to that. The hood edge meets the front efge of the Torino grille opening. I used the PL hood, as is.

The hard part is coming up with a 68 Grille and bumper, I bought mine some years ago when Modelhaus was still in business. I have no idea where you could get a 68 grille now.
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james220



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks, some where here some one cut the front of the Torino and Polar lights car off at the windshield and did it that way. This sounds some what easier. You can get a 68 Torino front grill from Hart Resin Parts, it is not plated and has the pesky Ford logo on it. There stuff is really good almost just like plastic
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Bill J



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

james220 wrote:
Thanks, some where here some one cut the front of the Torino and Polar lights car off at the windshield and did it that way. This sounds some what easier. You can get a 68 Torino front grill from Hart Resin Parts, it is not plated and has the pesky Ford logo on it. There stuff is really good almost just like plastic



I didn't know Hart's Parts made a 68 grille, good info. I modified a PL body to accept a 68 grille for a friend. I used the 69 AMT Torino I had to copy the shape of the fender ends and matching fenders to the PL hood. Came out fine. There' usually more ways to get it done. I may consider doing another, I could make Dr. Craft's Allison Torino maybe.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bill J wrote:
james220 wrote:
Were did you cut the Polar lights car and Torino to create such a magnificent work of art


I had a crushed AMT Torino body, cut off the front fenders ahead of the wheelwells. I marked the front edge of he Polalr lights hood on the PL body and fit the AMT Torino fender ends to that. The hood edge meets the front efge of the Torino grille opening. I used the PL hood, as is.

The hard part is coming up with a 68 Grille and bumper, I bought mine some years ago when Modelhaus was still in business. I have no idea where you could get a 68 grille now.


I'll echo that last 'graph. Scored a couple off that Detroit-based resin casting outfit(who's name escapes me as I type) but offered really good casts with excellent chrome work.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a fantastic build!! Very nice!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice!
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hurricane21



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where did you pick up the nose mod piece? I've had no luck finding Modelhaus stuff anywhere. I've got a couple of street 68 Torinos but I wouldn't mind trying the conversion on a Polar Lights kit.
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Bill J



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I cut off the front fenders of an AMT 69 Torino ahead of the front wheel wells and cut off the front fenders of a Polar Lights Talladega, I used the Talladega hood as my guide to determine where exactly to out the Torino fender pieces. I left the pieces a little long so I could file to fit precisely.

The 68 grille came from Modelhaus, they are out of business for a few years now. Hart's Parts sells a 68 grille and bumper piece if you need one. Same as the Modelhause piece.

I sanded the rear spoiler to make it lower, as the 1:1 cars had less spoiler than the PL kit does. Also the 68 Torinos and Mercurys were ran with 2 4Bbl carbs on the 427 FE engines. The Boss 429 was not allowed until Atlanta 1969. The Fords and Mercs at the first races in 1969 were using the fe 427 but only allowed a single 4 barrel carb.
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MG Brown



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In racing trim, is the '68 Torino grille really that much different than the '69 Torino grille?

Pix I have looked at seem very similar.
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jh63fan



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looking at the kit pieces, the 1968 has a bar looking trim running horizontally thru the middle and a rectangular pattern for the grill, where the 69 has a horizontal grill pattern.
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Bill J



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 68 grille also is sort of pointed, comes to a peak from top to bottom and the 69 grille is fairly flat with all horizontal bars. The 68 grille comes with a Ford logo in the center, which I filed away. No logs on the 69 Torino Cobra grille.
The original annual AMT kit of the 69 Torino was a GT which had a different grille and a GT logo offset left of center on the grille area.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NICE!

I was still a kid when I saw pics of that carin a magazine well after the race!

Well done!
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68GTFastback



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:38 am    Post subject: Torino Reply with quote

Yours is a fabulous build that I am sure took many hours of patient work. Very deserving of the accolades you are receiving.
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Crime Dog



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

WOW! Thats fantastic!
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George Andrews



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dan Gurney is indeed the answer to the trivia question : " Who was the first driver to win 5 Five Hundred Mile NASCAR Races at the same track ??? " ..checkers
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