Description

Polar Lights #6605: Richard Petty’s 1974 STP Dodge Charger, 1/25 scale. Factory sealed, 2001 issue

Richard Petty has said this was his favorite car. In 1974, the blue-and-red #43 STP Dodge Charger carried “The King” to his fifth NASCAR championship. He went on to win seven titles and 200 races in all.

The car started the 1974 season with a big-block V-8 (a large-displacement V-8 engine). NASCAR changed its engine rules that year, so Petty’s brother Maurice, the team’s engine builder, rebuilt it around a 340 cubic-inch small-block. Even with the new rules and the gasoline shortages of 1974, the #43 Charger was nearly unbeatable that season.

This is the 2001 Polar Lights release, made by Playing Mantis. It is long out of production.

What’s included - 

• All plastic parts needed to build the model
• A Slixx decal sheet (Slixx is a well-known maker of racing decals), with the STP and #43 markings
• Body painting templates (masks) for the two-tone blue-and-red paint scheme
• An illustrated instruction sheet

Condition:

New and unopened, still in the shrink wrap. The top of the kit box has a wrinkled spot in the shrink wrap, on the hood area of the photo, where a price sticker was removed. The box is beautifully square with no dents, corners are crisp. Please see photos.