Originally Posted by
Pompiere
A couple weeks ago, I saw a Mercury Grand Marquis painted to look like the Dukes' General Lee. I have seen other General Lee cars, but, at least they were Mopars, even if not the correct model and year.
I have seen a few street cars painted to resemble NASCAR race cars, including a 1980s Ford Fiesta with Bill Elliot's paint scheme. To each his own, I guess.
Now that would make me laugh. A Fiesta at least is a tribute to me, but all Nascar cars are now just tributes to the vehicles they pretend to be. I liked how it was in the 70's and earlier, where stock cars were actually constructed from a production body in white.
Long ago there was a TV documentrary on the Petty's showing them constructing a '71 or '72 Plymouth, terrific, I even bought the plastic model car kit and built it up.