'70 Grande

I grew up in eastern Iowa in the 1960's/70's. Whenever Ramo visited our regional dirt track it was always a big deal and the grandstands would be full! I'm pretty certain he won every race I saw him in watching from those grandstands... an incredible driver.

Really like this build; it replicates the 1:1 very well! I've always liked these Monza race cars; have my own freelanced build of one in-the-works... your great-looking build might inspire mine to find its way back onto the workbench!

Excellent build! Curious what you can tell us about the paint colors you used on the body and interior, they look great!

Great looking build! How did you get the headlights to look so realistic?

Wow! That is really clean and crisp build! If a magic-gennie popped outta a bottle and told me I could have a 1:1 '67 GTX in any color combination that I wanted in my garage tonight, this would be the exact color scheme that I'd choose! Well done!

Another example of a kit from the long-ago past that captures the look of the 1:1 extremely well! Your build looks terrific... just like back-in-the-day! I've got one in-process, might just pull it outta the kit vault and take it to the finish line after seeing your great build.

Is it just me, or has this post "kinda gone-off-the-rails"!?!+!?

Any idea how many vendors will be selling kits at the swap meet?

Wow! Just looking at it, I can hear it's "rumble"!

Nice build... looks so "right" from every angle! We're the white decals pretty easy to get laid-down?

Wow! A spectacular build that qualifies as a work of art! Stunning... simply stunning!

Thanks for the info gentlemen... now I'll have to figure out what to do with it! Alan; would appreciate any pics of your built-up that you can add to this post

Found a bag of 1/25 car parts in the deepest, darkest corner of my parts box. Does anyone recognize the pieces shown in this pic? Any idea what kit they came from? Are they old? Trying to determine if I should attempt a salvage-build out of them... obviously I'd need to find a bunch of parts to sub-in if I go that route. Any thoughts regarding what kit these parts came from would be appreciated.

To me, this kit is a great example of a kit from the past that captures the look of the 1:1 really, really well. Back when it was first released, I doubt there were many saying it "doesn't have the correct fender-shape" or "needs a bigger windshield-opening"... or any of the variety of critiques that kits issued today receive. AMT did some really good models back then and this is a perfect example! Your build looks terrific... just how I remember these 1:1 Torino's from back-in-the-day... well done!

I wonder if the tires in that Scout kit are the same ole' 2-piece ones of past issues?

I've been searching for one of these Elva kits for at least a decade... they rarely pop-up on eBay and when they do they usually get big $'s. Your build looks terrific!

If my calulations are correct, this Titanic kit would be a bit over 35"-inches in length.

That is quite a find Restoman... that Chevelle kit in just about any condition would go for $100+ out on the "Bay", and as you describe it, probably $200+!

I'm curious about the "motorcycle-based"(?) 3-wheeled delivery vehicle parked behind the moving Yellow/Red Taxi on the side-street in that first pic... what the heck is it?

Wow! That is a stunning transformation and build!

Agree with all of the comments listed above... thanks for keeping this venue up-and-running (and growing), at a time when we've experienced more of the opposite in our world today.

You're off to a good start with the mods you've made to the stance and tire positioning... looking forward to how this build finishes-out. Welcome back to building!

Got one of my final "Holy-Grail" kits just a few days ago... won't start building it just yet as I need to get familiar with all the tiny bits and pieces!

My only example; I think it qualifies because its all VW beneath!

I have always felt the Buick Skylark was the overall-best-looking of GM's mid-1960's A-bodied cars, and your restoration proves that point; well done Snake... well done!