Ms Norm - 440 Dart

I got fed up with waiting so I dragged out the Revell Mr Norm '68 Dart from my cupboard.
I'm resisting the temptation to drop a Hemi into it but it's hard.
Plan is to stick with the 440 but with a bigger carbie & free flowing air cleaner.
I'm thinking low as possible wearing 2 tone satin black & grey but can't decide on the wheels.














I'm torn between the minilites, the red oxide and the yellow (which i'd do black centres/chrome rims)

This set get my vote!...........most the of others are


BTW........Luke just added this to his website


http://www.earlymodelkits.com.au/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2060

I like the mini-lites, but you'd have to stick to some kind of road racer theme to pull it off I reckon.

I agree with Bryce. Go with the mini-lites

Paul - those are from the Revell Motor City Muscle GT500 Mustang. Thanks for the tip. I'll give David Koolkits a chance to get me one first though.

Road racer theme is good. Except that it has a vinyl roof which you don't see on many race cars.
It'll need minitubs with them to get it low enough.

zenrat wrote:
Road racer theme is good. Except that it has a vinyl roof which you don't see on many race cars.
It'll need minitubs with them to get it low enough.

True - but they certainly did exist in the 70s:



I've also seen a local Valiant Pacer hardtop (same as the Dart) that competes in sprints and has done Targa Tas and it has a vinyl roof (and an auto!) which would make for a very non-racy combo...

mini-lites look OK

The Minilites look MAGnificent! Paint 'em up and have another look with the car.

minilights if your going race theme, and if your not then the 2nd photo gets my vote, all the others look like they belong on a bmw or something

Gee Zen I think you'd better go with the Minilites or you will never hear the end of it!

Go with the ones in the second photo down, minilites look tuff on minis and sh1thouse on anything else. But thats just what I think! Let the bagging begin!

number 2's the poo.

checkmate wrote:minilites look tuff on minis and sh1thouse on anything else.

Are you on drugs Rob?

Have you seen Eric Bana's XB coupe?


Or Beechey's Monaro?


Or Moffat's Mustang?


Care to change your opinion?

Seen them all Bryce, they look like sh1t! Poxy as, would look better with dirty old 12 slotters on them. I think they just look tacky and cheap.

Well if you're counting votes, I myself would go with the second picture, just my pennys worth....

checkmate wrote:Seen them all Bryce, they look like sh1t! Poxy as, would look better with dirty old 12 slotters on them. I think they just look tacky and cheap.

Well, as a wise man once said, there's no accounting for taste...

I prefer the 2nd set as well. The minilights look ok but more as a race type car imho

checkmate wrote: I think they just look tacky and cheap.

Yeah I agree, 12 slotters do look tacky and cheap

...........we should all know Fred well enough by now, so I'm pretty sure he well use anything but the Minilites and option 2

How can you go past the hemi?

all the input sounds great but in the end its all down to you zenrat what ever you choose will the right one all the best colin/I to have this problem off chooseing paints etc

Maybe we should all dissent over which wheel would look best on a T-shirt?

Do your own thing Fred and surprise us, otherwise you'll never hear the end of it.

Paul wrote:

checkmate wrote: I think they just look tacky and cheap.

Yeah I agree, 12 slotters do look tacky and cheap

They are a Ford wheel so you get that!

micsmav wrote:How can you go past the hemi?

Easily. "Ya can't beat cubes" so therefore a 440 is better...

Plus i'll be building a Hemi Dart just as soon as my order arrives.
As I said, i'm torn between the Minilites, the red oxide ones and the yellow ones...

either the second picture or the minilites would look cool

Second picture wheels are too large diameter to get the front down where I want it without chopping out the inner guards.
Same with the yellow ones.
In fact only the minilites and the red oxides will let me drop it in the weeds without major surgery.
However laziness has won the day once again. The kit wheel backs will not fit into the red oxide wheels easilly so I will be going with the Minilites so I can use the kit wheel attachments.
I mini tubbed the 2nd side last night and finished narrowing the rear axle. I also dropped the front wheel mounts and primered the engine.
It is at this point that Bryce posts