Questions re: "Grump's" 66 Nova

modelman1960 · 05-07-2014, 01:25 PM

Hey Lyn, Thanks for the positive comments. It was a fun project that I managed to complete the night before a model car show. I entered it in the show, and to tell you of the quality of the cars in this competition, I didn't even place. Lessons are learned though. I spent some time trying to find out about the tire size of the slicks. All I could read was they were 7 in. slicks which was the maximum in Stock eliminator at that time. He did run larger diameter front tires though as an article in S/S magazine stated
for better roll out. That's what I did with his. The M&H Racemasters supplied in the kit are molded with 1100-13 on the side wall. I took taller tires from a 1/24th scale diecast Camaro Pro/S car, and there are no markings on those. Hope that helps.
Take care.
Walt

05-07-2014, 01:25 PM	#1
modelman1960 Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Central N.Y. Posts: 230 Likes: 2 Liked 55 Times in 22 Posts	Re: Questions re: "Grump's" 66 Nova Hey Lyn, Thanks for the positive comments. It was a fun project that I managed to complete the night before a model car show. I entered it in the show, and to tell you of the quality of the cars in this competition, I didn't even place. Lessons are learned though. I spent some time trying to find out about the tire size of the slicks. All I could read was they were 7 in. slicks which was the maximum in Stock eliminator at that time. He did run larger diameter front tires though as an article in S/S magazine stated for better roll out. That's what I did with his. The M&H Racemasters supplied in the kit are molded with 1100-13 on the side wall. I took taller tires from a 1/24th scale diecast Camaro Pro/S car, and there are no markings on those. Hope that helps. Take care. Walt