customline

Oh my....and you couldn't work with that? 🤣. I had a '66 Merc ragtop that was in danger of that happening. The body was holding the frame together...rotted away at the rear kick-up on both sides. I was a welder then...you can imagine.

Wouldn't it need to be a lot worse than that? you can lift a body off a frame and it doesn't do that unless it has no structure left in the body. Maybe it's still there in a flat pile of rust flakes and four tires. 🙂

So many 46-48 coupes and tudors were shredded on short tracks all over the country. Back in the early '70s, a buddy and I were driving around in a neighboring town and he spotted that big round profile on the back row of a small used car lot. It was a '42! He bought it for $200. It didn't run, as I recall, and under the hood was a flathead I-6. He had it towed home but never did anything with it and eventually sold it. I was too involved with my own project and waved it. I wish I hadn't - such a rare car. Those were fun days.

Thanks, Len. Got no mufflers yet. A neighbor complained and a deputy showed up. The mods were nothing exceptional, but a heads-up on the front track for anyone thinking about this swap. I missed that one till it was too late. Another case of moving too fast. Welcome to my learning curve. Thanks Dennis, it can be rewarding. Thank you, Carl, I hope it stays that way after paint 🤓 Thanks, Rooster!

This one is making a little progress lately and I know how much we all love mock-ups so here we go. Did I mention that I totally love this body style? Got more work to do on the chassis like an exhaust system which will be exiting in front of the rear wheels. The Columbia rear end needs some detailing, brake lines, etc. The interior mohair has been painted with Krylon satin "sand dollar" and will just be stock. It still needs a coat of flat. Not sure what I'm doing with the dash but it will get an added guage panel below with four guages. A floor shift will replace the stock column lever which has been removed and the socket drilled out. I plan to use the AMT windshield and vent wings from the latest kit but the side and rear glass will be scratch material (the original glass was not good.) No decision on the body color yet but it will be stockish, maybe khaki or maroon. Thanks for coming by and your comments are always appreciated.

Shouldn't have any problem finding one in New York 🙉

I love that seat, Bil. It looks like it belongs in a horse-drawn coach.

That engine detailing is insane.🤯 I thought I was looking at a 1:1.

I'm sorry about Roger. I don't usually look at this thread but I did, and I saw what I thought was a '69 Impala ragtop, a 1:1 from my youth that I would like to model. I've got the AMT '70 kit here somewhere but wondered if a '69 kit exists.. Thanks for your responses, Bil and Steve.

I'm curious about the ragtop, Roger. Is it a '70 or a '69? If it's a '69, I will have more questions. 🤔

That's the question. Either aftermarket or kit. I only need the intake. If there's a kit that includes it, that's fine. Thanks for your help 🤓

She's in denial too. 😔

Thanks, Carl. I hope to get more done this week when it warms up.

Just a taste for now. I think I might need alien technology to make this work.

I recall a few weeks ago my wife going crazy looking for her bottle of pills and it was in her hand. 😑

Oh it's here.

I'm not done with the '41 yet, Greg....'nuf said. 🥴

It will look okay in an acrylic box on the shelf but I can't undo the front track issue, there's just nowhere to go with it. This happened due to my impatience to do a full mock-up. Lesson learned.

Yeah. Me too. Whatever you decide on, check front track with the wheel/tire you're using. I'm in trouble with that. Glued the wheels on assuming it would be okay. I may end up reverting to the $hitty AMT chassis.

On the back burner, waiting for weather to warm up. Y'all know how this goes.

I'd like to try that Corvette cove on a Fleetline 🙂

Looks great, Rooster. 👍

Nope. That's Zippy's story.

I haven't done many chassis swaps. I felt like this one would be easy enough and worth my effort. So far, it has been. One thing that I'm kind of anal about is closing up the "unimproved" areas that can be observed from the bottom around the transmission tunnel. The AMT kit is completely different in design from the Revell. The problem with this build is getting all three components to come together in final assembly and everything to mate up with the additional pieces I have attached to close it up. I don't know of a better solution so this is mine. It ain't great, folks, and I made errors that need correcting but, hopefully, it will accomplish the goal. The gaps between the firewall and inner fenders were closed 👇 The work was tedious due to the constant assembly and disassembly. 😩 I extended the Revell floor out to the firewall and then got busy cutting card stock templates. I used various guages of styrene sheet scraps (I have an abundance) and attached with various suitable glues. Getting sloppy with CA is a sort of bad habit and..... 😒 moving on....... All 3 components had to be in their places in order to make the pieces but I could only attach the pieces to one of them in such a way as to be able to assemble everything at the final. When this area is painted, I think it will, at the very least, not draw attention to itself 🥴. More on this later. There's some clean-up needed but the holes are closed. On a lighter note, these two are now married. 👇 Well, stuck with each other. 🤣 Sorry if this wasn't interesting but it needed to be done. Thanks for stopping by. 🤓

Same here, John. I was a welder back in the day. I also did some body work with lead, wax and paddle ( with mixed results) 🙁. I'm going to do some experimenting with a "cheapie" iron. It looks like fun.