My previous blog, "Let The Arguing Begin", I mentioned several cars from my favorite era of NASCAR racing. Think back to your favorite era and tell me the car you liked best. A make, a paint scheme, whatever stuck in your memory as the best looking car you ever saw.Like most of you I have a few. One or two my suprise you, but we all have our favoite.1) Hoss Ellington's 1973 Yellow Pylon Chevelle,
#28. Beautiful.2) Petty 1974 STP Charger.3) Wood Bro's 1970 Purolator Montego.4) Glotzbach's 1970 Purple Dow Daytona.5) Cale's 1977 Blue Busch Monte Carlo.That's my top 5. What are yours?Bumpertag in S. Carolina
I'm sorry, I memtioned the cars in my reply to "in response to the speed".
Right on, start wherever you want. I forgot about the 1967 Plymouth Belvedere... what a car!!!
1. 1969 Ford Torino Talledaga, blue with a gold roof and #17 on the doors. DAVID on the roof.2. 1976 Mercury Montego #21 Wood Bros. Driver David Pearson (and a cigarette lighter on the dash)3. 1969 Mercury Cyclone white with a red #98, Junior Johnson, driver LeeRoy Yarbrough.4. 1967 Plymouth, Petty blue #43. (Sorry Tim, only 4th).5. Midnight (not sure of the year) driven by Rusty Wallace.
Dick Hutcherson number 29 1966 Ford Gal Gold with red numbers Fred Lorenzen 28 white blue numbers Bobby Allison 12 red gold Donnie Allison number 1 Hawaiian chevy plus Harry Gants number 77 chevy sportsman car orange with yellow numbers
Leon mentioned the Bobby Allison #12. I liked the Mercury he drove for Holman Moody with Coca Cola sponsorship in 1971. Lots of superspeedway wins that year!
#1 Smokey Yunick 66 Chevelle, the first car to hit 180 MPH at Daytona #13#2 Booby Allison's 65 Chevelle #2#3 Ivan Baldwin's 66 Chevelle #07 LMS#4 Smokey Yunick built 60-62 Pontiacs, I am bias any LMS or modified before 80!
In checking out some of Robbies pictures, remember the old leaf springs with the lift kits?
Ok all yall I saw on the list above yall missed the lonely A M C Red-White-Blue paint scheme of the 70's and Bobby Allison what was more patriotic than this car with Bobby of course at the wheel
Waw leve it to Robbie first class great pic
Waw leve it to Robbie first class great pic
Way to go guys, thanks for the memories. Those are some beautiful cars and some I hadn't considered, like the white #11 Holly Farms Chevy. Not my favorite but it was a good looking car. I never cared for the Matador, it just didn't have good lines on it, the boby looked like it was designed by a school kid. I had forgotten about the Pearson Pontiac. I think he ran the purple and also a red version.I thought of another car that caught my eye. The 1975 Laguna #72 Kings Row of Benny Parsons. The white and gold gave the car a very clean look.Thanks Guys.
there were a lot of great paint schemes from that era for sure!! I'd have to say that the STP dodge w/ the blue wheels and the big STP on the hood... another is the #43 '71 gtx-roadrunner-satellite STP (the one in "the last american hero, hard driver"). My other faves were #12 coke chevy, Smoky Y's black and gold #13, and so far, nobody has mentioned Mario Rossi's winged #22 w/ Bobby Allison. That was the perfect paint scheme for that particular car. there's so many... I could go on for days, so I'll leave w/ this one David Pearson's Holman-Moody blu & gold #17 Torino Talledega
Great picks. I think the fastback Truxmore #90 torino was a good looking car myself. Like you said, there are so many.
1973 Bobby Allison Coke Chevy Monte Carlo
Well geez, besides just about the entire fields from 68-70 ya mean? OK, how about Petty's STP Charger, Darrell's Bud Monte Carlo( or Neil's, if ya don't like Darrell), the Miller Buick that Bobby Allison won the championship with, the Coca-Cola Monte, the Cam2 Merc, Martin's Coors Light Ford, Rusty's MGD Pontiac, Davey's first Havoline T-Bird.
Hey Jim, I think you wanted to say the 1972 Coke Monte Carlo. I don't think I ever saw Bobby in a 1973 Monte Carlo with Coke. I remember him in a 1973 Chevelle, or Malibu, with Coke as the sponsor. That was his ride at the first race I went to.