Grandfather's 1940 NASCAR progress pics

Here are some progress shots of the car I have been working on for a little while now. This is a replica ( as much so as I can replicate ) of one of my grandfathers NASCARS he raced in the first year that NASCAR ran. The actual one in the photo is a 39 Ford as I found out the otehr day and the model is the Revel 40 Ford. No real difference in the 2 years except that one was heavier according to my grandmothers brother. I am hopeing to get this done by next weekend to give to my dad, looks like I better get busy. I am applying some of the tecniques that I have learned from building armor the last 6 months and having fun for once not worrying about trying to get a showroom look. Let me know what you think , I'm always open to comments.

Here is pic of the real one, this is the only ref pic I have so some things are guess work and from talking to family that also worked on the car with my grandfather. There is a pic of it upside down that my grandmother has. Thats why my grandfather said he had the # 69, so they could still tell who it was upside down!