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The local hobby shop or model railroad store has Evergreen Plastic sheet with different siding and sidewalk patterns that can be cut to shape and painted

Awesome! There is just something oversized about a big block impala tuned for drag racing.

I've seen that done and the decals were much better on all colors - copy shops like Kinko's are also a possibility.

Thank you for posting more details and pictures. I'm still thinking out loud on that vinyl top on the Lincoln. The photographs show a dark stain at the bottom of the top between the rear door and back window. The more detailed pictures fail to show that area. It might be something else but I'm thinking rust. It's one of the places rust starts under a vinyl top. Rust starts and the vinyl has to be removed to replace the metal - big job, expensive... Replacement metal would probably have to come from a donor car and it's a big possibility that any potential donor car would have the same problem (Most Lincolns that I can remember had vinyl tops)

Reality will set in when you need repairs. The Lincoln is 36 years old, and the Nova is 55. They will need repairs, and there be challenges getting replacement parts. There were fewer of the Lincolns produced and probably not many still running - parts will be more difficult to find just because the demand is too low for anybody to make replacements. The downside is problems with hard-to-find parts always comes at the worst time. The Chevy will be much easier to repair because there are still a lot of them on the road being driven and most of the parts are the also used on other Chevrolet and GM products. Most parts to keep it running are easily available. it seems like any car from Florida will be a "beach car." The salty air can do a lot of rust damage on the underside and/or corrosion in the electrical parts. Some of it will be where it can't be seen or repaired easily. Salt will cause difficult to diagnose and repair problems. Just thinking out loud here, vinyl tops... if the vinyl has already failed or maybe if it hasn't... A vinyl top can lead to rust under the vinyl. The car companies didn't put much paint on the roof under a vinyl top, and the top rusts. Repairing the vinyl may require replacing the roof as in welding a new roof on it. It's fairly common on a lot of restorations of muscle cars that were built in the '60'swith vinyl tops. Generally, the owner or shop says "no more" and restores the car with a painted roof.

Like the blue one, Removing the trim looks soooo good. no, the brown one... no, I like the altered wheelbase.... Ah heck I like them all.

Very Cool!

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That is much cool! Looks good, beautiful craftsmanship. Ready to go. Aim that thing at Floating Mountain, push the pedal on the right side and go fast!

so Cool! great color, well done

Thank you for the post, Good tip, great tool - It is something that I will use on project that is getting closer to the workbench.

Thank you for posting - it's very helpful. and here is Westcott's 1932 chassis diagram for the modifications to install a Model A body J:\Wescott Catalog\Catalog Illustrations and Photos\Frame Diagrams\FrameDiagram1929Hiboy.vcd (wescottsauto.com)

Nicely done and I enjoy the presentation with the magazine. Also, one of my favorite cars although it was far away on the other coast. And I would also like to see this one available again.

Sits right! well done

Box art isn't for us... Hobby shops have a range of customers from the regular customer that knows the products better than the help to first time shoppers. Let's say someone is going into a hobby shop for the very first time looking to pick up something to do that may be interesting - anything - could be a train, could be a Gundam, could be paint, could be an RC could be a plane, could military, could be a ship... Might be for a birthday gift for a grandkid that asked for a model car. Model car box art is competing for customer's attention against all of that. Model car companies are probably putting all that they can into box art.

I guess I'm old enough to remember whitewall paint that was generally available in small cans at most auto parts stores - wasn't the greatest but it was a lo-buck alternative to real whitewalls. Tire black was also available but too shiny and looked cheap. Generally messy to use and make look good. Ranger Tire Paint - The premium sidewall tire paint. (rangerpaint.com) There are paints (testors gloss enamel is one) that will never dry on rubber or kit tires.

Looks Awesome. Great colors and very well built. 1971 is high school time for me and the family was a Mopar family. I thought a Duster or a Demon would be my first car. I was a bit delusional and ended up with an old Chevy, but years later, the Demon feelings are still there. Thank you for posting your build. I enjoyed following along. I need to build one of these and your build has a lot of information that I can use.

I've never primered or painted on the tree... But, I always find things to fix after primer. I've been planning on using this method on the next project. A light coat of primer on the tree would really help these old eyes.

Glad I could help on the tires, I think you will be happy with them but sorry, I am not familiar enough with Tamiya Bright Red. it could be bright with the intensity of the red, or some bright reds have more orange. In the photo on Slixx web site, the red looks about the same as the Coke decal if that is any help. Also, the film photography and printed photos in the magazines at that time had a lot of trouble producing accurate colors in red. In other words, you're probably OK with whatever you come up with.

You're right, I forgot about the wrinkled slicks...my bad. I wouldn't use those or recommend them either. The Competition Resin CRT-510 tires do not have wrinkles. Imagine the 1980's Monogram Funny car, dragster, or ProStock rear slicks but narrower. The inside diameter, outside diameter and Goodyear sidewall lettering are the same.

Competition Resins - also available at Slixx Decals, makes a couple of good options. The CRT-510 is a copy of the taller and narrower slicks that were in the original Monogram Cuda and Duster funny car kits long ago. Monogram changed the mold to make the slicks wider in the 1980's. To me, it is the tire that looks right on these earlier funny cars and the Mongoose/Snake front engine dragsters. The wheel back needs to be narrowed to fit.

For what it's worth and I may be missing it altogether... I use Unread Content to find posts that I haven't read. The default search period is 365 days. Some history - a few years ago the default was only 30 days but some upgrades changed the default to 365. At that point, I played around with it and tried resetting my search period to five days It was quicker. However, the site was still pretty fast with the 365 default. Not worth changing every time I logged on. I've played around with the search period with the current slow search speed, and it speeds things up to revise search period to five days. Dave, thank you for all your work around here, it is appreciated.

Unfortunately, it's more likely to be consumed by the warehouse/industrial neighborhood next door... Would be nice if it remained a motorsport facility,

There is what is supposed to happen - and for me what does happen. I add a little bit when I start with a paint that I am not familiar with. Waiting for more paint because some of it didn't end up where it's supposed to is a bad feeling. (are we supposed to admit things like that?)

This is so awesome! I enjoy how you put your own AB touch on every model. Like others have said, the display brings back a lot of good (and old) memories. It took me back to my youth and every store that had the magazines that had that ad.