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Got the interior painted. Used Tamiya Matt Black for the vinyl portion of the seat and a dusting of Metallic Gold over the cloth portions of the seats and doors. The chrome is done with a Gundam Marker. Little final clean up and detailing before assembly.

Great looking build. The paint and body trim are all well done.

One has to have a little understanding of how vehicles are or were taxed in England. Guess they thought of a three wheeled vehicle as a motorcycle and the taxes were much lower than a four wheeled vehicle.

If this is anything like their '65 Plymouth kit, I'll be buying a few.

Great looking 1:1 Camaro and your model looks like it will be the same. Always fun to build a model of your present or past vehicles.

Going to enjoy following your grand experiment here.

The interior still looks great, and I agree, they are only original once. Fortunately, there are several companies that offer OEM level replacement parts for the rest of the interior.

The whole sink hole thing was a real disaster. Read some time ago that they were able to rebuild most if not all of the original cars. Beautiful looking facility and I would hope to visit in the future as well.

Hi Jim, Thank you for your interest. You're correct about the engine decals. They are in the stock kit as I checked one in my stash. The Custom kit only has a few license plate decals for whatever reason. As for the engine I also think you're correct based on my old Motor's Auto Repair Manuel dated 1962. The specs listed show the top engine for the '60 model year was a 352 cu in single four barrel and 300 hp. In 1961 Ford offered 3 different horsepower rated 390s. All had a single 4 barrel with 300, 330, and 375 hp. They also offered a three two carb setup rated at 401 hp. 1962 was the year that the Blue Oval got really serious with big inch motors as the Mopar's and GM were sort embarrassing them in the NHRA. They still had the 390 with a four barrel and even a three two setup with 375 and 401 hp listed. This is when the 406 arrived with a 385 hp four barrel and a 405 hp duel four-barrel engine. This was a point in time when all the manufacturers started lying about their hp ratings to get and advantage in different drag classes. The 427 cu in engine arrived for 1963 and everything was changing on almost a daily basis. I try to do a little research on models I'm building and use these old manuals from my early years working on cars to reify firing orders and other things I'm not sure about. Again, thank you for your interest and appreciate your knowledge of the subject.

Great looking build. Like the detailing throughout. I agree with your opinion of Tim Richmond's driving abilities. He was one of the most dominant drivers during his all to short driving carrier.

Beautiful looking body lines and the paint is very smooth. Like how you blended the parts of a NASCAR body and the engine and interior from other kits all together. Great looking suspension details.

Trying to recreate a car that appeared in neighbor's driveway in the summer of 1960. Started with an AMT Starliner Custom kit, the one with the blue car on the front. The engine is based on the kits parts, and I have no way of knowing what was in the real car, but it sounded like it could have been this.

Like the realistic looking finishes, especially on the engine.

If not checkout the AMT '60 Ford Starliner kits factory style cast iron headers.

My wife would drop our AT&T U-verse in a heartbeat except they still carry the "car shows" I like so much.