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1957 CHEVROLET 150 ‘BLACK WIDOW’

It’s good to see Revell’s reintroduced the 1957 ‘Black Widow’ Chevy 150 Utility Sedan kit in 1:25 scale. Although it can be built stock, the kit represents one of a small number, said to be six or seven, new vehicles Chevy provided to be converted into NASCAR stock cars. Briefly, before a racing accident persuaded the car manufacturers to officially withdraw from racing, Chevy was extremely successful in NASCAR.

Assisted by the Atlanta-based Southern

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