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13 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

That's a good build of that car. I don't know what you started with, but you did it up well! Very stupid movie though.

I always thought the late model Chrysler 300s looked like this car - high beltline, chopped, blocky roof, headlights and all.

BTW, this is another one of George Barris custom cars and he ruined a classic Lincoln Mark III to do it.

Thanks! It was a resin kit by Planet X, not very complex but it went together nicely.  Funny you should mention the 300s...I want to do another one of these in its Futurama trim, and thought an AMT 300 would be the perfect starting point.

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4 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

Thanks! It was a resin kit by Planet X, not very complex but it went together nicely.  Funny you should mention the 300s...I want to do another one of these in its Futurama trim, and thought an AMT 300 would be the perfect starting point.

GMTA!

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I did a "what-if" the show was back on the air today restomod build of the Starksy and Hutch Stripped Tomato. 

Molded in the front bumper, added a hood scoop, custom wheels and low-profile tires and stanced ride height, recaro seats replace the bench seat and of course a total redesign of the big fat stripe.

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"Uh... I don't have it finished yet, man."

"Well, then, read what you have, young man."

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It's the '64 Coupe deVille from the chase scene through Chicago's Navy Pier in Cooley High:

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Got a ways to go yet, but it's getting there. If you're familiar with the Jo-Han kit, you'll spot all the mods to the hood and interior.

 

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anyone build the 57 chevy conv, from eddie and the cruisers, or there was a yellow fastback mustand in a cop she, cant think of name, they even brought the model out of it. and what about the 57 tbird from the old detective show or private eye show, and they brought a model of that out to.

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8 hours ago, gray07 said:

anyone build the 57 chevy conv, from eddie and the cruisers, or there was a yellow fastback mustand in a cop she, cant think of name, they even brought the model out of it. and what about the 57 tbird from the old detective show or private eye show, and they brought a model of that out to.

Don't know about the yellow Mustang, but there was a green fastback on "Spenser, for hire"

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And the Tbird was from a show called "Vega$"

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The only thing that I have built that you might call a "movie car" was an "interpretation" of the '61 Ford Starliner in the movie Hollywood Knights.

I took a few liberties with it, but a lot of it was up for interpretation anyway as it made a very limited appearance in the movie.

 

Steve

 

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21 hours ago, RestoModGuy said:

I did a "what-if" the show was back on the air today restomod build of the Starksy and Hutch Stripped Tomato. 

Molded in the front bumper, added a hood scoop, custom wheels and low-profile tires and stanced ride height, recaro seats replace the bench seat and of course a total redesign of the big fat stripe.

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Wow,excellent job.

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4 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

The only thing that I have built that you might call a "movie car" was an "interpretation" of the '61 Ford Starliner in the movie Hollywood Knights.

I took a few liberties with it, but a lot of it was up for interpretation anyway as it made a very limited appearance in the movie.

 

Steve

 

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That qualifies, thanks for the movie pic too!

Looks great!

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23 minutes ago, 57peppershaker said:

Thats pretty cool Pat. Is it a 'tooned' kit or a modded die cast ?

Thanks , it is a shortened Revell funny car body with a Revell Daytona nose ,hood , wing ,and taillights. IMG_1894.jpg.aaf787d955de047133080d8fa3fcbcbd.jpgIMG_1895.jpg.3913f8e12accfaafed572a956406a4a2.jpg

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On ‎6‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 3:59 PM, RestoModGuy said:

I did a "what-if" the show was back on the air today restomod build of the Starksy and Hutch Stripped Tomato. 

Molded in the front bumper, added a hood scoop, custom wheels and low-profile tires and stanced ride height, recaro seats replace the bench seat and of course a total redesign of the big fat stripe.

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That looks so much better than the TV car.

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On 6/2/2018 at 1:03 AM, gray07 said:

....there was a yellow fastback mustang in a cop show, cant think of name, they even brought the model out of it.

I think this might be the one you're talking about. The car was cool, but I don't think the show was on for that long back in the 80s, that's probably why no-one remembers it. 

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Ponch's Firebird from everybody's favorite motorcycle police show,CHiPs...lol.Now I just have to find a kit to match his car.When I was a kid,I always thought Ponch's car was really cool,for lack of a better word.

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