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• ERTL #8105 Richard Petty 1981 Chevy Caprice; anybody got the instructions for that one?
  • Have the kit in the stash somewhere but not readily avail -to your question re the body, wouldn’t call it palmeresque but it’s not accurate , most glaring error being it’s the formal roof style body as opposed to the actual car was the sloped back rear window style bod
    • If it's an '81, it's completely wrong as NASCAR went to the 110" wheelbase cars that year *NM*
      • For these two kits (petty and waltrip) being accurate doesn’t really seem to have been a factor, …but the boxes were pretty , lol *NM* *PIC*
        • This is pic of the kit itself from the box side panel image *NM* *PIC*
        • Either way they were the only kits of this subject matter to ever be made, and IIRC the run for this body in NASCAR was quite short.
          • One of the resin companies (SMH if I recall) did the correct style body to fit the monogram GM chassis . Also Too Many Projects did a 3d print version of the correct style body in street form that could be converted . Yes, you are correct these were the only Caprices done by
            • Yes, definitely more of a collectible than anything else. I wonder how many were made… a friend had one many years ago and I think that was the only one I ever saw. *NM*
              • ERTL did both a kit and a pre built version of both, also a 1/64 scale version , they pop up on eBay from time to time *NM*
            • How about using it for a replica-stock of a regular 1981 Impala? Looks like the front-end grill-lights are a decal.... Anyone has pictures of the actual kit parts? *NM*
              • Really don’t mean to bag on the kit (heck I bought and still have them both) but its toylike at best, Modelhaus at one time did do a street version of the body but honestly if looking to build a caprice I’d go with the one too many projects did , it’s way more accurate *NM*
                • Looks like it was the earlier version with the bubble rear glass. *PIC*
                • I remember seeing these on the store shelves back then and really wanted one. That is, until I looked at one in an opened box and saw how toy-like they were. My enthusiasm for getting one soon waned after that. *NM*
              • Whats in the box -PICS
                • Cool collector's piece as is! Thanks for posting the pics! *NM*
                • Waltrip Caprice *NM* *PIC*
                  • Another *NM* *PIC*
          • Vwery few NASCAR teams ran the Impala/Caprice coupe body then ('79 and '80). Rusty Wallace's FIRST Cup ride was in a Penske-owned Impala. *LINK* *PIC*
            • I remember watching that ’81 Riverside race on TV and recognizing at the time that I was witnessing a changing of the guard in a sense, regarding cars. Then there was the issue of the smaller, squared off cars randomly flying in the air on the superspeedways… *NM*
  • I have the Waltrip Caprice instructions if that will help you any. *NM*