smellyfatdude Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Done to replicate my own car, purchased shortly after I turned eighteen. When I finally scored an annual kit a few years ago, I painted it Model Master burgundy, and did a black interior exactly as my 1:1 was. The engine is blue, because that's what color it was painted by the local high school shop class that rebuilt it. 390, 4 barrel, Hush Thrush mufflers with Thrush resonators. You knew it was me from about three blocks away. Edited March 22, 2013 by smellyfatdude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Nice. You must have been a popular dude in high school! I love seeing replicas of cars of our youth or that have some special meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Another stunning model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Very cool SFD. To build a replica of your own car is always fun. Great looking car. Roy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Nice looking Merc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Very sharp model, SFD, love the color and detail... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 What a beautiful car! I like the early-mid '60s Mercurys, and that one is simply gorgeous. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-Machine Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 There's a lot to like here. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 The new guy's got some skills. Another eye-catching build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nxr Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Beautiful Model, great detal and rare subject, also high schools had machine and car workshops? thats so awesome man, i wish my high school had anything like that down here in brooklyn all i had was metal detectors police officers everywhere and constant fighting and extortion lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo bill Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 My kind of car, and my kind of build!!! Lovelly done SLD!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duntov Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 This is one NICE piece of work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris guthro Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Love your builds! Something ud actually see at a local show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Can't go wrong with a big Merc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Very Pretty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellyfatdude Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Love your builds! Something ud actually see at a local show! Kind of ironic that you said that, Chris. I bought this car in the fall of '82, and sold it a year later for the same thousand bucks that I'd paid. Eight years later, while my then girlfriend and I were at the local Cruise Night downtown, gazing at all the cool cars at the show, lo and behold there it was. Completely restored, of course, and looking gorgeous. Only a couple years after that these cars were going for $25,000 - 30,000, in that kind of shape. But I still get my dream car, it's just smaller now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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