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Beautiful car. Love the paint, what is it?

Great looking bunch of builds.

Thanks Aaron. Yea, those '70s cars were not exactly the flame throwing "muscle cars" of the '60s but it's what we grew up with. [I was 12 in '77] A lot of the older guys like to carp on those cars but they forget, or don't care that they're carping on fond memories of OUR childhood. BTW, I'm gathering parts to do another '77. This one will address the lack of HP. ?

It was a full 4 page feature article Mike., not a couple words and the pic of my car on the cover . That, I've done several times in both of the main car model magazines. So, yea, I do know the difference.

You can get pretty close using a couple sizes of plastistruct strips. Carefully glue the wider one on first with liquid cement, let it fully set for a day or two and glue the narrower one on. Worked pretty good for me. I added the trim on the box to match the existing trim on the cab.

A few years ago my '77 Volare Road Runner was featured on the cover. Harry did the text and I did the pics,, and of cores the build. At the time, no compensation was discussed and I do not now or then expect any even though I had been told by many people that I should have been paid for something. Again, I didn't expect it than and don't now that years have passed. I might even try submitting an article again in the future , , , but I would expect compensation for that. ?

Correct. It was switched over mid-year. To change the '79 Nova back to a '77 ,, or '78, you need the grille. Hood would work , BUT , the front panel below the headlights is different and that's molded to the body. If it wasn't for that it would be a simple matter of swapping grilles.

It would take a heak of a lot of work to turn the '79 Nova back to that .. not to mention any Nova is at least 10 times more popular than that car.

Yup, same here. Really, wouldn't mind having another one to do up with current techniques. Mike, I bet you're around 55, give or take? ?

From what I'm reading "blue heron" and "green falcon" weren't colors but option packages ,,, can that be right? "Later in the model year another Newport was offered, with slightly modified trim borrowed from the 1955 New Yorker St. Regis. Depending upon the color ordered, these late versions were named "Green Falcon" or "Blue Heron" and came in 2 and 4-door versions. The 4-door sedans used the same trim package as the 2-door Newport." http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990549376637/1955_Chrysler_Info_1B.pdf The article dosen't say what exact shade of blue they were but the one pictured above looks like "stardust blue" and I see another one on the net that looks like either "glacier blue" or "turquoise" and the ones in the ads below look like "Mediterranean blue" and "surf green" poly, which are metallic colors.

Jason, do you have a Michael's crafts in your area, or any craft store? I'd get some paint for stained glass like the Krylon stuff below. Walmart might even have it. Or even that Duplicolor Metalcast anodizing stuff from Canadian Tire.

Thanks JC. I'll be able to use some of those for sure.

One of my first cars was a '74 Bobcat wagon. It rusted out from under me never had a problem with the engine.

First thing would be to finish the 3 I have on my bench right now ,, '72 Chevy stepside, custom '65 Impala and the '77 Pinto. ,, plus the Rodan Boeing 720. After that ,,, who knows? Wherever that darn squirrel leads me. ? Possibly a custom 1st gen Eldorado on a Riviera chassis? Maybe another hotrod. I was thinking last night of a "King T" but with a center door sedan body. Possibly build/restore my Astro 1 Corvair concept car.

I was thinking turbo but since a turbo setup is in the custom reissue, I didn't want to be that obvious. SO, now I'm thinking something along these lines,,,

That generation AMT Chevelle has been like that from day-1. Check out an original AMT '70 Chevelle promo, the sides have exactly the same mistakes. The MPC Chevelle may have been modified a couple times but it's still more accurate than the AMT.

Lots of room Carl but I have something else in mind. ?

You type your text and hit enter to make a space and then you paste your pic and then you hit enter again to make a space. and so on and so on.

That blue part is a trailing arm. They call it a radius rod in the instructions ,, there should be one for each side.

LOl,, pretty close after I added the sheet plastic under the hood. Looks like I'll have to add that crossmember and some motor mounts yet though.

He's been selling them on e-bay for about a year now Gregg. Break out your savings because they go high. I looked at a real '79 in nice shape last fall I could have bought for less. ? And for all the work he put into it, I'm glad to see he's getting a good price. He has on on there now. I checked the past auctions and see the prices are coming down,, I'd expect , judging from the last few sold, that it'll go for around $350.

Craig, your post has inspired me to try to finish up my 1/144 Rodan 720. "Starship One".

I already fixed it Carl. The little arm got bent and jammed so it was stuck open. A couple minuets with a well placed pry bar and it's working again.

Just incredible !! ???

I will. Say, looks like the one in that pic still has the front wheels and metal axle on it. ?