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69-70 Tran-AM race car detail

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Rbisch4:
Anyone know where I can find detailed pictures of original 69-70 Boss 302 Tran-AM Race Cars?  I have the available books, but detailed photos of the entire Cars top to bottom or any other info that would help in my research would be greatly appreciated.  Detail like all cars originally built to race and known survivors.  I have access to an original 69 race car which has not been seen in many years so that is my first starting point as far as photo documentation which will be a huge help, but I may end up building a 70 so I want full detail on both years. Ultimate goal is to build a Concours level car to enjoy, take this some shows and occasionally take to some historic races that a replica can race in as I know some races only allow true cars of the era which is understandable.


Thanks

Bob Gaines:

--- Quote from: Rbisch4 on November 26, 2017, 04:13:17 PM ---Anyone know where I can find detailed pictures of original 69-70 Boss 302 Tran-AM Race Cars?  I have the available books, but detailed photos of the entire Cars top to bottom or any other info that would help in my research would be greatly appreciated.  Detail like all cars originally built to race and known survivors.  I have access to an original 69 race car which has not been seen in many years so that is my first starting point as far as photo documentation which will be a huge help, but I may end up building a 70 so I want full detail on both years. Ultimate goal is to build a Concours level car to enjoy, take this some shows and occasionally take to some historic races that a replica can race in as I know some races only allow true cars of the era which is understandable.


Thanks

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The short answer is that is easier said then done. Let me explain. I understand what you are trying to say but there are not stringent concours guidelines for competition cars like there are for stock built cars. The race cars were built custom based on the race team/run group needs. Even within the same team two cars may be built different between the two. Because of the many differences you can see why it is hard to have judging classes for them.  Between Ford race teams they may have completely different looking cars in every aspects between one and the other. The time it was run is ANOTHER whole different can of worms. Most people doing this build a car to a particular "window in time " .  They use pictures of a particular time or race to justify the modifications . Restoring a race car or even a faithful build of a replica of a race car can be hard because doing all of the things that could have been done to a particular car during its racing career may not present a correct restoration of ANY given time in the life of the car. Just some things to think about so that you can go about this in the way that makes the best sense to your situation.

Rbisch4:
Thanks Bob.  I assumed it would be not an exact science especially since cars "evolved" over the years as they traded hands and were raced before folks wanted to preserve them has historical.  I hope to get as close as possible to the day they were built for 69-70.  Given that I already know going into this I will have slight deviations to make the car road worthy to take to shows and drive to the track I will have subtle differences that can easily be made accurate with little effort.  Send anything you have to rbisch4@me.com.

Thanks
Rob

427Fastback:
I can help you out but I could not get that address to work...I have a 67 Mustang T/A replica and may be able to point you in a useable direction...Cory(coryellwyn@hotmail.com)

J_Speegle:
Agree with Bob not an easy task in many ways and often that is why builders choose to build clones/copies of specific cars rather than a homogenized version of a bunch of cars - or in turn a car that never was.

Most will start with a specific car that they are interested with based on its history, race that it won, color that they like or other reason.  From there search out possibly a magazine article that had allot (or at least a fair number) supporting pictures then go down the list of reaching out to any of the builders, sponsors or ex owners of the real car.

I think that if you research and look at them all both years your going to end up with not a clone or copy but something else that might not have the impact your looking for in a finished car. Just my thoughts

So IMHO narrow down your focus, start collecting and searching out both national and regional publications from the period  as a start

Unfortunately have a fair amount of 66 and 67 details but not the later cars

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