COMPLETE: Benny P's 1974 Kings Row Laguna

[SkylineFan]

SOmething different for me..... and for this board, but hey, here it is....

Built using a monogram chassis and MPC Body that was a glue bomb at 20 yrs old! Thanks goes out to John Schaefer for the awesome modelhaus wheels and Rod Statman for the reference help.

[mikemechanic]

That's awesome, never seen anything like that before. Good job.

[Layla's Keeper]

Looking great. Lagunas are some of my favorite stock cars.

[MickSz]

That rocks ! Retro racers, be they LeMans or NASCAR, have such character. Nice work !

[willimo]

Beautiful! What's the little pipe coming out by the driver side taillight?

[RallyRaider]

Great restoration work! The white and gold livery is very classy.

[Layla's Keeper]

Originally Posted by willimo

Beautiful! What's the little pipe coming out by the driver side taillight?

I can field that question for you, Will. It's an overflow tube. NASCAR, to this day, uses a gravity can fuel filler system during pit stops instead of pressurized rigs (think of F1 or Le Mans pit stop fires and the usual cause - rig malfunction - the gravity can is actually safer). The way the teams know the fuel cell is full is by filling until gas comes out the overflow tube. Don't worry though, they have a smaller catch can that slots right onto the overflow tube. Making that portion of the pit stop safe as well.

[JTRACING]

Sweet ride!! i like these old cars! Great job Dave!

[SteveK2003]

Awesome gauge detail. Decals or paint?

[robrex]

Very nice work!