1972coronet

Riverside County's roads have a love affair with big alloy wheels and rubber band tyres ...

In my opinion , Classic , Muscle , Pony , etc. , cars don't look right with wheels which are larger than 15" in diametre . Certainly there are some exceptions ( I've seen some gorgeous scale representations here with big wheels / low-pro tyres on Muscle cars , and I truly like them    ) , but those exceptions are few and far between .

Like I've said before ; I admire Foose's work . As an artist and a gear head , I sincerely admire Chip's artwork (i.e. , the drawing of the project car which is being built) . I may not like all of his custom touches , but my opinion's of little consequence . Like anyone , Chip , et al. , has to earn a living , and if 33" wheels on P375-35R-33 tyres and multi-tone paint schemes pay those bills , then so be it .

Can't fault the guy for getting paid for building what his customers want

Typical College Boy mentality ... frat brats with mob mentality . They should live so long ...

I bought my copy of this kit from a local-but-is-a-chain hobby store , a few years back . I paid maybe $5.00 for it ! It was in the store's 'Red Tag' aisle .

I started building it , but my attention was distracted when Round2 re-released the 1975 E-100 van .

I painted mine with a silver metallic acrylic lacquer I got a work . The finish came out perfect !

I'm going to build it as a 'curb side' for a couple of reasons :

1.) I'm going to use some of the engine compartment items for other builds (the brake booster / master cylinder , etc.)

2.) The engine --while decent-- is lacking in some details . When's the last time you saw a Monte Carlo which didn't have power steering and air conditioning ???

I'm happy with my five dollar investment

AMT's 1953 F-100 and Revell's 1956 F-100 have the hubcaps .

Hone-O-Drive was literally just down the street from where I grew up !