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Color is verry close to "winchester grey". A chrysler color available that year.

If you paint the areas between the spokes in black, they would fool alot of people, including me. And beside, those wheels were not exclusive to Ford. Anybody could've bought them, why not on a Buick?

I figured that fireball would've thought of this. I removed the wipers on my firebird and scratchbuilt some crude wipers, but would gladly buy some, even something generic.

I am all ears for companies offering more for our money, but it appears to me, that some companies would rather not sell a product, than offer good value for the money. Opening the box and getting proper decals and nice tires might be as good as its going to get.

Not fond of the rally wheels, therefore, I would use the magnun 500's. As for the color, google the 1970 color chips. Try a color that nobody uses and stands out from the pack. " cream" , for example.

If its any constelation, the subjects I would like to see will never see the light of day either.

A frie d in high school owned a firebird "GTA". It was a nice peppy car. I would've loved to have owned one.

I think the odds of a re-issue are low enough to the point where-as the best option is to buy the bullet and purchase an original. I found one on kijiji a few weeks ago for 25 dollars, its a 1968, mind you. But they are out there somewhere.

You think its possible to cut the bumper right the middle, remove some material from both sides, and re-glue?

A few products that I use don't ship to canada , or is really expensive to ship. I usually take a trip to US once a year, except this one, and ship everything to a town just across the line. Sometimes its free shipping to a US adress, so it could be a viable option.

This kit must've been farely advanced for its time. Most of the kits released before and after had one-piece floorpans. And another thing, if the wiper blades and arms were deleted, did the kit include them as seperate items?

I can eloborate on this later. Easier if I uploaded a picture.

Long wAy to go, but started foiling. Can only do a little at a time, get too nervous, and need to step away. I thought I had the photoetch for this but I do not. Shipping is crazy expensive to canada so wont be able to get one until I can travel to US, whitch won't be for quite some time. That said, I dont think I will add much from it. Maybe only the thunderbird logos. I think it looks cleaner without the trim .

Badass.

Love the color!