Sport Suburban Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Here is a glue bomb restore I recently finished. It's an AMT 65 Thunderbird annual. This is what I found on ebay!! Thankfully it was not painted and the chrome just needed to be rechromed. Glue was heavy and left some pits in the body when I removed the top. Many of these kit's came with the 64 hood that says Thunderbird. I ordered a resin 65 hood but is was too thin to use. I sanded off the letters and foilcast the bird emblem and stuck it to the original hood. The AMT 66 T-bird donated a few parts to this build. Here is the finished build. I went with pastel yellow for this build. The black uptop is now removable but it was originally glued on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351 cleve Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Good Job...65 is one of my favorite birds...my father had one when I was a kid...very classy lines...Your resto is excellent and the color you chose looks very much like a color from that era.......................BEAUTIFUL.................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Raoul!!! That is absolutely beautiful. I love '65 T-Birds. The before picture looks like what I built in 1965. I was a little miffed with the '64 hood, as my uncle had a '65. I built one a few years ago out of a glue bomb too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a/gass Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 wow that came out sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Very nice save! The yellow looks just right. It's nice to see those old annuals restored! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Zap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Nice work Raoul,Actually all your builds that I've seen are stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Suburban Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Thanks guy's!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBradKeselowski Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Great job and great restoration to an old kit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova-ss Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 WOW you have done a smokin job on this car.I love the color.it sets it off great.I'm restoring a 57 Bird.Thank you,Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehansen Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Fond memories, good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsoder Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Wow ...what a transformation!...that is one FINE lookin' 'Bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughn Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Good restoration !! Love the color choice !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharr7226 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Oh man! It's beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofBass Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 If I may ask, what do you use to dissolve the glue to get the car apart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sometimes just a good long soak in Super clean does wonders,otherwise I use odorless mineral spirits just dabbed on an allowed to soak in slowly over (sometimes) a very long time. The freezer and water thing has never worked for me,but might have been good for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Suburban Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 I use mostly the purple pond. Many times that works with some gentile purswasion. Other times I have to get more creative. I have scribed some joints with my exaco knife and gently cracked it apart. On this one the windshield was so glued it I destroyed the glass and the windshield frame. I grafted in another one from the 66 donor kit that I used. Here are two pics of the 64 that I also built. This is what I started with. It's a promo with a destroyed roof. Here is the same 64 after I cut the roof off and spliced in the sections from the 66 donor molded in grey. Note that I still had the original glass in place to help fitment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayl Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Nice restoration, I really like the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Very cool and clean, congrats on such a fine work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 I gotta say that shade of yellow (butternut?) is one of my least favorite auto colors of all time. But on that one............not bad. Great rebuild tho, very authentic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Nice save . Ed Shaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Keck Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Nice resto, Raul, very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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