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This is the the AMT "Old Pro" Nova, done this time stock, rusted and neglected, since the interior is not very visible, i included one picture from the build before it was installed, hope you like it

Very nicely done..I remember the 1st time I saw this car at Cordova Dragway in Moline Illinois..My brother who was in the Army as a Green Beret took me..I was 12 years old and could believe this car went down the track on two wheels..Bro, you hit out the part with this one.

Thank you Steve..I really tried to get the stance right on this build..I didn't want the front end up in the air and I wanted it to look realistic..Your comments really hit home saying I got it right.

Thanks for the tip

You could write a book on building 1/12th scale MFH kits Chris ! Joking apart. Another time build in progress.

Another new build. AMT 1/25 scale 1964 Chrysler Imperial in Royal Ruby with red interior. Finished with SprayMax 2K clear coat. This arrived in the mail in February and the good thing is the original builder didn't paint the body and only assembled the car with a mix of stock and custom parts. The glues used during the sixties appears to be one that melts section of the plastic so I had to do some repairs using body filler. I replaced the kit's custom wheels(I know those are from the kit because they're shown in the instructions) with spare wheels I had leftover from the Moebius '61 Pontiac Catalina kit. It's really hard to find the original Imperial wheel covers because these Imperial models themselves are extremely tough to find. For now these Poncho wheels will do and keeps the car in its time period. Kind of like a Day Two car.

Nice concept of yours taking shape here Les.I Incidentally, no one makes Skoda jokes any more !

First World Problem. Diet or Zero Sugar Soda in Cans. 12oz, can will now fill a 24-32oz cup with foam when you poor. Way, way too much carbonation. It takes longer to subside too. Root Beer was always bad for this but now almost all Diet Sodas are this way. I know. Really small irk, but now that I've shifted completely to Zero Sugar sodas, it is moving up on my list of daily annoyances.

Thank you. It was kind of funny, I was the only person that he really bonded with. He’d get in my lap and sleep or just hang out. He would tolerate my wife and others but that was about it.

While in the area we shot up to Big M Junkyard in Williams, CA. I picked up a few things for the '55 Ford Convertible project. The owner was gracious enough to allow me to take the Nikon out in the yard while I was hunting parts. Here's some selected photos.

Dave is a cool dude. A fun week of messing around with old Fords, trading ribald jokes, and eating at all the hole in the wall restaurants in the area!

Hope Tom returns. steve

It was great to meet you and I am glad to see how well you and Dave took to each other. That front clip and decklid you scored are awesome. Can't believe that sheet metal sitting outside for 70 years survived so well.

No problem. And by printer, I mean printing company. If you do Facebook, Joe has a page where he gives status and offers up available decals.

Thanks to fellow forum member @Rodent I'm now the owner of one of my bucket list cars. What started out as a simple "hey a friend of mine has a car or two you may interested in", resulted in me flying out to California from Florida this past Monday and spending the past week getting it ready to bring back to Florida. I'd been looking for a factory yellow/black '55 Ford convertible project. It's a project but it has all the right stuff- power windows, power seat, V-8, automatic but I will convert it to manual transmission. A big thanks to Steve and our mutual friend Dave for providing some great California hospitality to this old Southern boy.

It was a pleasure to meet you as well Steve! Nice to put a face with the person responsible for me dropping copious amounts of cash and getting not just one, but two cars across the country. LOL. Like I told you earlier, you can now claim the award for being the first forum member I've met in person.

Discussion on cometcentral.com: https://www.cometcentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17013 These guys are saying only 20-21 of the "A/FX" style hoods were made later in the '64 racing season and given to the teams that were campaigning the A/FX Comets. Apparently the A/FX cars were all originally shipped from Dearborn Steel Tubing with the Thunderbolt-style teardrop hoods. I'm sure no expert on these cars, but the guys posting in the above thread seem pretty legit. Hemmings article also mentions the same thing regarding the hoods: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/x-marks-the-spot-1964-mercury-comet-calliente/ So no, doesn't seem like the dual-scoop hood could be correct for a true factory stock build.

I have been communicating with forum member RSchnell for a while (I know what the "R" stands for!) and I finally met him today and we hung out for a while. Really nice guy. "That's nice", you say, but I live in California and "R" lives in Florida. Where and why did we hang out? Watch the 1:1 project car thread for more information 🙂 I will let him post the pics.

Cases and cases of China Doll faces she places in vases with weighted down bases while she paces and paces as he bets on the races.

It looks great