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No, I'll probably leave this one alone. I had planned to get a beat up one to strip and repaint into this: I've had a set of decals to build it for years. Now that Salvinos has released an Olds, I'll probably use one of those.

Turned out really well. In the original Monogram molds, the front windshield fit from the outside. Did Salvinos change that design? Here's a sample from an old kit I just unearthed from storage.

Looks great!

Nice restoration!

To continue my builds of these annual molds AMT butchered in the '70s I give you the final one I've completed, the 1965 Oldsmobile 88. This along with two others, was built soon after September 11, 2001. It's one of those things that sticks with with you. I built these in quick succession and then other things happened and I never built the others. I still have the rest and would like to finish all of them. Anyways, I tried to duplicate the box art. When I pulled this one out of storage I noticed the decal's carrier film had yellowed. The other ones have yellowed too, but it's not nearly as noticeable. I also included a picture of the box art of the Modified Stocker kits I need to finish.

Hi Randy. This is an old picture someone posted from the way the car looked in America’s Car Museum in 2013. I'm pretty sure these are the wheels they attempted to duplicate. I think they missed the mark.

To continue my builds of these annual molds AMT butchered in the '70s I give you the 1969 Ford Falcon. This along with two others, was built soon after September 11, 2001. It's one of those things that sticks with with you. I built these in quick succession and then other things happened and I never built the others. I still have the rest and would like to finish all of them. Anyways, I tried to duplicate the box art. I have no Idea why I added the Jon's Auto Parts to the rear flanks. They're not on the box art.

I have thought about butchering a stock 65 GTO with another Modified Stocker. Wouldn't take too much to duplicate one. I think the wheels, and hubs were shared with one of the kits. It should be easy now that they are being released again.

Darnell, was wrong. It can be polished!

Looks good! Well done sir!

Looks really sharp!

I'm pretty sure this is covered in another topic so I won't cover it. This is one of the many annual molds AMT butchered in the '70s to give them new life and make more money off the existing dies without spending vast amounts on complete dies. I was one of the many kids who sought out these Modified Stockers and built them with too much glue and bad paint jobs. I no longer have any of the cars I built in the '70s, but fortunately someone discovered the molds and due to the nostalgia craze of the boomers, we got a second chance in the 2000s to build them again. So, as these were released, I purchased all of them. Unfortunately, one of the ones I remember building and looking forward to building again, never materialized. The 1965 Pontiac GTO. It turns out, AMT decided to reverse the modifications (poorly) and release it as a 3 n 1. I've looked for an original and even though they are out there. They're too expensive or too damaged as far as I'm concerned to try to build. Back to the ones I do have. I started building this soon after September 11, 2001. It's one of those things that sticks with with you. I built three in quick succession and then other things happened and I never built the others. Anyways, I tried to duplicate the box art. The green came out a little too dark.

This is the first Mint die cast I ever owned. My dad gifted it to me almost thirty years ago. Franklin Mint's 1977 Petty Oldsmobile Cutlass. It's still attached to the same plastic plate from the plastic model display case I put it in when new. The paperwork is in an envelope taped to the bottom. I have the box and Styrofoam clam shell it was shipped in too. It survived moves from North Carolina to California to here in Kansas. Finally, it went through the move across town here in Kansas. It hasn't been out on display for almost 7 years. It's not a bad representation of Petty's car from 1977, considering it was modeled in 1992. Two of the most glaring things wrong in my eyes are it should have mesh and frame on the grill instead of being open and I've never seen wheels on any NASCAR racer like it during that time period or any as far as that is concerned. My dad eventually gave me 3 more Franklin Mint Petty cars, which I still have. Anyways, here it is:

They turned out great! I've done a few strip and repaints.

Ooooh, I like it, I like it!

Another one of the many old cars I'm digging out of boxes that haven't seen the light of day in at least fifteen years. I'm in the process of cleaning out my hobby/storage room. I've decided to document and take pictures of all my old built models. This one is about 28 years old because I remember building it as soon as it was released. The magazines panned it due to several inaccuracies such as the roof line above the door having too much curve and some issues with the engine. The only thing I remember not liking about the build was it sat too high up front. I don't remember exactly how I lowered the front, but I did. I can't remember what color this is either. It does suffer from some yellowing from the clear enamel. Anyways, here it is in it's dusty glory. More cars to come.

Thanks everyone. It has aged well. Better than some of the others. I'll be posting more soon. Thanks for the info. I'll look into their website.

I'm in the process of cleaning out my hobby/storage room. I've decided to document and take pictures of all my old built models. This isn't the oldest, but it was built about thirty years ago I can tell because it was in my boys room on a shelf near his crib and there was a bunch of baby powder dust on the inside. It hasn't seen the light of day for about fifteen years. It was totally in pieces when I unwrapped from it's cocoon. The only thing I couldn't find was a front turn signal lens. I attempted to make this look like burnt orange. I painted it with Testors paints, Competition Orange covered in some metallic red I think. A little darker than stock, but not bad. It also was sprayed with clear enamel and like every car of mine that was painted with clear enamel from that time, it yellowed with age. It needs the Road Runner Superbird decals to complete it. I don't think anyone was making them back then. Had know clue what the bottom of a restored unibody car should have looked like at the time

Looks Great!

It's not a diecast, it used the Mark Martin #6 Folgers body and various other bits. A Days of Thunder Lumina for the chassis.

That turned out nice. I just found the one I built around 25 years ago. It needs a good cleaning, maybe I'll post it someday.

Looks sharp!

Thanks, I wish I had known at the time I was building these that the numbers were going to be wrong and there were alternatives available.

I became a big fan of Geoff's back in the day when I read about him driving his modified Valiant up north. You've built a good looking car.

Great looking Mustang!