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#3 Oreo Monte Carlo!

Added 9-2-2001

This is the chassis for my Oreo car which is complete except for some wheel detains (tire decals, and painting of center caps etc. Since this is the first 2000/2001 car I have built I have just now realized that the chassis/body combination has a flaw! The wheelbase is almost too short to fit the body wheel openings! In the future I will have to modify the chassis and body to correct this! It did go together flawlessly though!

This will be it for this car here on the Bench!
The next set of pics will be of the completed model
which I will post on the Modeling Center site!!!

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This is the #3 Oreo Monte Carlo driven by the late Dale Earnhardt in the Bud Shootout at Daytona in February 2001! These are pictures of the body, unpainted with Talladega/Daytona modifications added by me!

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Front quarter view notice roof deflector and rear spoiler with lip added.

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Closer rear view of new spoiler and adjustment rods. (Notice split for template)

I did not use the methods described on Mr. Nascar's site but decided to use the kit rear spoiler and sheet stock (Glued on the front of the kit spoiler) and sheet stock for the roof deflector as well (The support brackets are fully functional as they hold each half of the deflector on the roof!) My reasons for not using Les and Jodie's methods are as follows:

1) Not enough guts!!!
2) Not enough patience!!!
3) No dremmel tool!

They aren't perfect (The rear of the rear spoiler is a bit rough but not enough to hurt unless you get within a couple inches of it!) but they are as far as I am willing (able???) to go!


Updated picsof the #3 Oreo body!

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Here it is with the 3Amigos decals applied!

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Rear quarter view notice rear spoiler adjustment rods (Something new for me!)

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Closeup view of the front of the new spoiler!

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Closeup of roof deflector showing rear support brackets. This also has the split for the template!

Here is the Oreo body with the black painted!

I masked it and left the white primer showing for the white areas which will be painted next.

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I painted the gloss white around the bottom, along with the skirts and front airdam extension in flat black. I then proceeded to put the decals on, what wasn't on the 3Amigos sheet I took from the 2000 #3 kit sheet.

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<<<This is a detail shot of the nose which shows the grilles. I applied the upper grille decal from the kit sheet and then applied black "tape" to the ends. I also cut out "tape" for the lower grille. "tape" refers to black decal stock I used as grille tape. I also cut a strip and 2 little x's out of an old #28 hood decal to simulate the red tape on the grilles used to remove the tape from the grilles on the real car!