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Not really a fan of this body style but wanted to use the Cadillac engine and the tires in this kit for another project and make some room on my shelf. If you want to build a stock version the chrome will probably have to be stripped ans cleaned up. I used some wheels from a die cast I had and the hubcaps are furniture tacks that I added. I removed the wing window and the divider on the front window and filed off the door handles,windshield wipers and the trunk hinges. I added a different carb and made air filter on the engine. I wanted to leave it in primer and could not find a good flat black.

Just finished this one, it was lowered a bit and the tires brought in under the fenders. I made some headers made from solder and spark plug wires and a scratch built air filter and some carb hookups and added some tail lights from a 63 corvette.

Thanks Casey, that what I thought, just wanted to make sure.

I am thinking of building this kit and was looking at the options for the stock and custom versions of this kit and found they have two different part numbers for the rear axle/driveshaft options. The part no for the stock axle is 11 and the custom part no is 61. I only found the stock axle in my kit and the bag was sealed so I wanted to know if I am missing that part or was it an error on the instructions. I have looked at a online review that shows all the parts in this kit laid out and did not see 2 different rear axles. Anybody have a kit with 2 different axles ?? I thought they might have options for a rear axle that was raised or lowered.

Hi Tim, I would like to know how you built a working drive train on the 1969 charger. Slot car gears?? BTW enjoy all your articles and learn something new from them every time .

Thanks for all your comments, its appreciated. Kurt, the front wheels had gold rims on a lot the photos that I found and I also found versions when they were magnesium color.

I bought this kit at a flea market for 5 dollars and decided it was time to build it. I was impressed how well everything fit together. I know the details do not represent the actual car but from looking through the photos I found it seems the car was modified from race to race so maybe it could represent the car if it was restored. I used all the parts from the kit except for the fuel pump was way to small so I scratch built a fuel pump that was big enough to run a fuel line from the fuel tank to the engine. I stripped all the chrome and used testor's metalizer spray paint. Criticism welcomed.

If you look in some hardware stores that sell wood stains they might have free sample stains that come in a small package. One store I went to were giving away boxes of them and you can get different colors to test out. I use them to stain the wood in pickup beds.

Thanks for all the comments Sonny, that is the interior included in the Rat Roaster kit.

David, the wire looms were hand made from evergreen plastic

The baby moon hubcaps are actually upholstery tacks that I bought and modified to fit some chrome rims I had

I just completed a pair of 32 Highboy projects. The first one is a replica of my Dads 32 highboy which I built from the revell highboy model he had but the kit had a ford engine so I bought the 32 rat roaster kit with the chevy engine and swapped engines on the kits. Here is the 32 highboy And the 32 Rat Roaster

Welcome Tom I would like to know what you did to get the tires and rims to look so realistic

Reminds me of one the muscle machine die cast cars You did a great job on weathering that engine, what kit is the engine from?

Another method you might think about is drilling a hole thru the dash and mounting the decals on the back and then fill the front with canopy glue. the glue dries clear and holds the decal in place.