This Penske/Sunoco ( chassis # 002) was raced in the 1966 Sebring event. By 1966, it was powered by an aluminum Chevy 427 with a single Holley 4 bbl race prepped by Traco and detuned to 500 HP for reliability. It was unfortunately a DNF due to an accident. It is, however, the only surviving unrestored Grand Sport. That chassis as well as chassis#001 began life as coupes and were converted to roadsters. This Exoto model in in track time livery with "Penske" blacked out with tape.
I remember when this came out some collectors complained that the engine was not properly scaled - Claimed that Exoto used the same 327 small block as a base. Never mattered to me - For some reason in this livery the car really looks like a beast
I remember the board discussions on this one Rich but forget the answer. It was questioned as to whether or not the tape could be removed to reveal the Penske name, like that shown on Frank's model, above.
A good friend of mine purchased this same 1/18 Exoto replica back when it first came out. He took some superb photographs of it that I still have somewhere. What a cool car and model !
@perrone1Frank's model is actually a different model with a different code. You could order the roadster in "Pre-Race" livery (untaped). As to whether the 427 had the 377 block, I don't know who could tell as from the intake to the single Holley, it was definitely different/
@perrone1Frank's model is actually a different model with a different code. You could order the roadster in "Pre-Race" livery (untaped). As to whether the 427 had the 377 block, I don't know who could tell as from the intake to the single Holley, it was definitely different/
Yes, absolutely. What I mean is is your tape removable to show Roger Penske beneath it or did Exoto just model it with the tape only?
@perrone1 I'm pretty sure the answer was no. The black tape was not, if I remember correctly, tape at all but a tampo graphic - in other words paint. It was a small change that allowed Exoto to make an additional 'limited edition' run on the same car. On the other hand, if you were clever, you could remove the black strips and replace them with homemade decals. Removing tampo graphics and replacing them with different decals is how I made a number of my 'one off' models.
It is interesting that after I did so there were a number of cases where Exoto then came out with the cars
@perrone1 I'm pretty sure the answer was no. The black tape was not, if I remember correctly, tape at all but a tampo graphic - in other words paint. It was a small change that allowed Exoto to make an additional 'limited edition' run on the same car. On the other hand, if you were clever, you could remove the black strips and replace them with homemade decals. Removing tampo graphics and replacing them with different decals is how I made a number of my 'one off' models.
It is interesting that after I did so there were a number of cases where Exoto then came out with the cars
Thank you! I believe that was the final conclusion of the discussion when someone said they tried to peel back the 'tape' and found it was just tampo stamped! Tony didn't miss a trick to amortize his tooling by any additional model he could make.
