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Another cool one Greg. We're do you find all of this stuff? Never mind answering that. Just keep on doing it. I find these postings a lot of fun. And sometimes they give me ideas I want to try in model form.

Another fun one Greg. Part of what makes the picture is the dog. I like it.

Yes they did. JoHan offered their '64 through the '68 Cadillac's as both 2-door hardtops and convertibles. I don't about before 1964, or after 1968.

????? Why does that eBay ad make you decide that? They were wild times. But not because of that.

Seeing the list of equipment on your car Steve, you can see I'm right. You have nothing to be ashamed of in owning a J.

The car has got a slight Japanesse look, especially in the front, to me. It looks okay. But, I like the looks of the factory Mustang much better. Especially at the price they're asking for it.

Very nice find, at a very good price. There is nothing wrong with JoHan's Caddys from the 60's. They look great built up. And they look great where it counts, in my opinion. In the body, interior, and under the hood. The detail of the chassis may not be what it is in today's kits. But, it's as good as most kits were back then. I have both the '64 and '68 deVille convertibles. I need to build the '64 one of these days. And I need to find a '68 Lincoln to go along side my '68 Cad and '68 Imperial.

Very cool. Just a J? Not an SJ? What's wrong with that? Of coarse an SJ with the 428 would be great. But, that doesn't discount a plain J with the 400. That's still cooler than 99% of the cars on the road today. It's just missing a little of the SJ frosting.

The other night, at the local Crosley club meeting, we got into telling jokes. One of the other members turned to me and asked, "Do know the difference between curtains and toilet paper?" I thought about it for a minute, and I had say "no?" He then said, "Remind me never invite you over to my house." ?

I wonder. Which Ford GT are they talking about? I hope it new one.

Were the above all Barris' customs? I know a few of them were.

What do you use as a base kit for the above? In other words what chassis is it designed to go on?

Went to there site. Looks like a very good site for a variety of things. Thank you.

Another one I wish Revell would consider bring back. I've never had one in the past. But, from what I'm seeing, and knowing it had the Pontiac Tempest 4 as an engine. I want one.

The Renwal Visible V8 was one my favorite kits from when I was a kid. I hate what Revell was done to that kit by taking away all the electrical parts. The Revell version without the working starter motor and flashing spark plus is just not as fun as the original Renwal one. I'd love to see the Renwal/Exner Revival kits reissued. People keep saying they wouldn't sell well today. By reading the responses here, it looks to me like they might sell. I hope the dies/tooling have not been destroyed. And someday they will be reissued. Lastly, one of the Renwal "visible" kit I have not seen anybody mention here, is Renwal's Visible Pigeon. Yes. Besides visible V8s, men, women, dogs, horses, frogs, etc. They once offered a visible pigeon! Scale Model Supplies in St. Pual, MN had one on their shelves for years. In fact, I haven't checked lately, for all I know, the kit may still be there. I'll have to look for it the next time I'm there.

A good old classic kit of one of my favorite Vettes. Old and primitive. Low in modern standards of detail. But, it still builds up nice.

I too would love to see all of AMT's and MPC' vans reissued in their original windowed version. The Chevy Open Road is one of my holy grail kits. But, both the MPC Dodge and Ford vans back to their factory windowed passenger van versions would be very cool too.

Though I'm not big fan of Mr. Barris, I'm sorry to hear about this.

Note to the above post I mad. And for what ever reason I can edit my posts after a certain point down in them? But, in the second to the last paragraph, dealing with GM E bodies. The sixth sentence should read, "Even though the Toronado and Eldorado were front-wheel drive cars, and the pre '79 Rivieras were rear-wheel drive." I missed the word "pre" in there. Also for those of you who care. The 1977 and '78 Buick Rivieras were not built on the E body platform. Just for those two years, it was built on a modified B body. It rejoined it's E body brethren, now with front-wheel drive in 1979.

Converting a GM two-door hardtop into a four-door hardtop, and get it right, would be beyond my skill levels. GM had money in those days. Even though the full-size Chevys, Pontiacs, Olds 88s, Buick LeSabres and Wildcats are all based on GM's B body platform, it's surprising how many outer body panels were not shared between models. All the four-door hardtop roof panels between the divisions was probably shared on the B bodies back then. And I wouldn't be surprise if the Buick, Olds, and Pontiac two-door hardtop B bodies shared the same roofs. But, with Chevrolet being the big money maker for GM, it not only got its own two-door hardtop roof. It got two different two-hardtop roofs for the Impalas. One called a Sport Coupe. The other called a Custom Coupe. From 1969 on, the AMT and MPC Impala two-hardtops represented the Custom Coupe version. Before that, the Sport Coupe. Then we can open up another can of worms. And talk about Buick's Electras, Oldsmobile's Ninety-Eights, and the Cadillacs (other that the post '66 Eldorado). They were built on GM's slightly bigger C body platform. And some years there were variations of C body, referred to as the D body. And before 1959, Chevrolet, Pontiac, and sometimes Oldsmobile used the A body platform. Starting in 1964 the A body would come back. But, not as a full-size car. Now as GM's new intermediate cars. The Chevelle/Malibu, Tempest/LeMans/GTO, F-85/Cutlass, and Special/Skylark. Confused yet? No? We can go into others. Like fact that Buick's Riviera, Old's Toronado, and Cadilla's (post '66) used the same body platform. The E body. Even though the Toronado and Eldorado were front-wheel drive cars, and the '79 Rivieras were rear-wheel drive. And GM spent the money to give them each their own roofs! And there are X, Y, G, and other body platforms to muddy waters farther.

Does anybody offer Gulf Blue in a spray can? I'm trying to replicate Steve McQueen's Porsche 917 from the movie LeMans. If nothing exact. Is there anything in a spray can that is fairly? I'm also looking for a bottle of orange brush paint that is a close match to the decals in the Fujimi kit, of that Porsche.

There is a reason I use Tamiya lacquer spay paints. With enamels I've always had a tough time getting good results. Mainly with orange peal. You pay the price for Tamiya paint. But, I save in the long run by not needing to strip off bad paint to redo it again.

The immediate post above by Casey, is what I do now too. I've gotten tired of Testors paint bottles. Not only do they jam up, requiring pliers and and hot water. But, I can't read the labels on any of their bottles anymore. Part of it is my older eyes. But, most of it is the small print on the labels. And once i've run the bottles under hot water once or twice, I can't read what exact color is in those bottles. I've had the Tamiya bottles refuse to easily open too. But not as often. They have no paper seal to stick to the top of their bottles. Their bottles and caps are big enough to get a good grip, if they are little tight. And their caps are the same color as paint in the bottle. So I don't need to read the labels as much to see what I've got. Plus, the paint is just better paint than Testors. I a few Testors bottles laying around. But, if I can find the same color with Tamiya, I'll buy the Tamiya. That's true with their spray paints too. Tamiya paints cost more than Testors. But they are worth every extra dime.

Great looking Demon. The color is right on.

Beautiful.