Here is her story:

After building numerous NASCAR Golden Era clones, Florida's Tom Kitchen sat down and pondered what could top his last build, a 1957
Ford Grand National Fireball Roberts NASCAR Replica? The car got plenty of press around the world for it's attention to detail. Tom
finally decided to build the infamous 1962 Ford Holmon Moody team Galaxie "Starlifter".

Back to modern day, Tom took a 1962 Galaxie 500 convertible, installed a rollbar, aluminum interior, racing seat belts and Stewart Warner Guages.

As for the top, there are few if any survivors of the fiberglass tops used on the real "starlifters" (some say starlifts), So, Tom found a 61 Starliner, cut the top off and installed it.
 

Under the hood, Tom had the factory 390 bored out to the specifications of a 406. He installed a 427 cam and tweaked the cars 4 speed transmission.

On the outside, Tom had the proper lettering painted on including "The Golden Boy" Fred Lorenzen's name on each door. He covered the front lights, put exhaust ports on the side and created "wheel rubs" on the side.

His result? A car that fools nearly 99 percent of the Ford folks who think it is a "real NASCAR". Although that was not his intent, it shows his attention to detail.

Tom took the car to Historic Darlington 2010 and while it did not compete in class racing, Tom did open it up on track making numerous laps at well over 100mph.

Texan Derik Lattig bought the car and took the fuel cell out and had a gas tank installed so it could be driven to rallies and to car shows.
Lattig also had glasspacks installed as Tom sold the car "NASCAR ready" and it was loud. (The glasspacks can easily be unhooked for that
true NASCAR sound) Lattig also had a prop maker for the movie "Star Wars" recreate the pushbutton, toggle switch starter control panel
found in the real "Starlifter".