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Did did some checking. The vinyl roof was optional on the 1970 LTD Broughams. Not standard equipment like I thought.

Yes. I too think the Police Car kit's roof never looked quite right. I'm pretty sure the four-door hardtops and the four-door sedans on the real cars were slightly different. And I know that all AMT did back in the day to convert their LTD hardtop kit, body wise, into a Galaxie sedan was add door window frames. They did not mess with the roof on the kit beyond that. They didn't even change the glass to add the vent window glass. Only the frames. So yes, I've always thought the roof didn't look right in the Interceptor Police version. Still I was happy that they release a fairly accurate police car kit at the time. Even though it was a Galiaxie 500 with an LTD interior and no vent glass. When it really should have been a Custom or Custom 500 to be a true police car. But, back then we were happy to get something as close to the real thing as AMT was offering us.

1970 LTDs came with a steel roof unless an optional vinyl roof was ordered. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the LTD Broughams may have come with the vinyl roof as standard equipment. AMT's kit interior represents the non Brougham version. So the car can be correctly built without a vinyl roof.

The bookmobile in the suburb of Minneapolis I grew in, Fridley, MN, was about the size of a city bus. I loved the bookmobile. It's a shame they don't have bookmobiles today.

Very nice build.

Wow! Very nice.

Two very nice models. Chevy vs. Ford is always a fun subject.

Beautiful.

Looks very nice.

So, any guess on how soon the Proteus might be on our local hobby shop shelves? I know you cant't tell us exactly. But what is your best guess?

I hope that rumor is true. And when they do, I hope they give us some Magnum 500s too.

Tim, I looked at your NNL pictures. Thanks for sharing them. I noticed a picture showing Round 2's upcoming Deora reissue. What do you know about this kit? Mainly, has the original tonneau bed cover been restored to this kit? And I'm assuming the above '70 Monte Carlo is not the old Motor City one. But, the one AMT tooled up in the 1990's or early 2000's?

Every week. One of my favorites on YouTube.

What about the Fantastic Voyage sub? I known it's not a model car. But still I'm interested in that too Dave.

Cool I'm looking forward to the Ventura. But, I noticed in Tim's photo a place card behind the Catalina announcing a wartime Dodge WC. What is this about Dave? And what scale will it be offered in? Also, totally off subject, what is the word on the Fantistic Voyage submarine model I've see mentioned on another site about a year ago?

Oh. I also had to sand off the Galaxie 500 emblem off of the trunk lid.

Literally tonight I just finished building a '70 LTD hardtop, using Modlehaus parts and AMT's recent '70 Ford Police Car kit. I had the original kit back in 1970 and wanted another one. Since AMT did only minor changes when they converted their original '70 LTD to the Police Car. It was very easy to convert back. All you need are the correct hood, front bumper and grille, a rear bumper with the correct grille texture between the taillights, correct wheel covers, and whitewall tires. All of which Holthaus sells. Then you just cut out the sedan style window frames. The interior was not changed between the LTD and Police Car version. So nothing is needed there. And bingo. You've got a '70 Ford LTD four-door hardtop.

I'm glad you brought the "flipper" name up. I was never sure. But I too though Fiesta may have also been called "flippers" too. It sounds like this is your understanding too.

Sombrero wheel covers look just like sombrero hats. Fiesta wheel covers are totally different. They normally had three blades running out from the center to the edge of the wheel covers. Cadillac in the early 50's came with and made the Sombreros famous. Oldsmobiles of the mid to late 50's did the same for the Fiestas.

Even as a kid, I did not like things like the raised door lines on the Auburn kit. In fact I'm more tolerant of it today, than I was back then. I still don't like it. But, if the subject matter interests me, and there are no other options, I'm more willing to overlook it now. Plus, now it adds a "old fashion" charm to some of these kits.

I did and didn't like it. A good little history on Honda. But, the flicking of the paper in commercial got hard for me to watch in the end. It felt too hyper or something? I'm not sure what it is? But, interesting message. And in general a good way of presenting it.

Wow! Fun reading. One forgets how much things have changed in ones life time. Film and smoking. Never smoked. Always hated it. But, I did sell cameras and film at a local camera store chain back in the late 70's and early 80's. The stores were called Brown Photo, and were fairly popular in this area for years. Now long gone, of course. I remember at one of our stores we had one guy who worked the film drop off/pickup counter, who could tell if somebody was dropping off film with some questionable pictures on them. Now, Brown Photo had a policy about not printing pictures of a sexual nature. But, if was "artful" and somewhat in good taste they would print them. This guy could tell when people, by their reactions, were dropping off these type of photos to be developed. And would remember their names. When the photos came back, he'd then open the envelopes up a look to see if he was right. 9 times out of 10 he was right! Needless to say, he got fired for this and few other things. But, it was amazing how he could pick them out.

That was much better that I expected. I both enjoyed it and was impressed.

???? I'm not the greatest mathematician, but.... If your average age on September 29, 2015 is 39.6 years, you were not born in 1957. The math does not work out.

Got a very nice Marx tin service station, that friend found at a swap meet for me for only $35! And it's in very, very good shape! It's missing all of the plastic pieces. Pumps, cars, attendants, etc. But it's not all bent up. No scratches that I can see. Everything is straight and clean. I've been looking for one of these for years now. One of my favorite toys I had as kid. Most I've seen now days go for over $100, and are not as nice as the one my buddy found for $35. I'm very happy. i also purchased Auto World's Petty vs. Baker slot car set. Very, very cool. Tried ordering it from Auto World themselves. But, I got recording that they were busy, and to leave my number and they'd get right back to me. I call a week ago Friday. About an hour and half before they closed. They called back sometime Monday morning, while I was at work. And since they didn't call me back before they closed that Friday, I had gone on eBay that night, and found a seller selling it for less than them with free shipping. A great slot car set. But, poor customer service on Auto World's part. Sorry Auto World. I would have purchased it from you guys directly if you had gotten back to me that Friday. Oh, well. At least I got the set.