unclescott58

Boy, I can tell the time period you grew up in Tony. Your dad's LTD II Squire sounds interesting, but a tank? To those of us growing up in the 60's and 70's that's just a nice mid size car. A tank would the full size '77 Country Squire. One of GM's pre '77 B body wagons. Or the '76 and earlier Chrysler Town and Country. The LTD II was a nice size car. But, no tank. Scott

So is it a CJ-5 or a CJ-7 in the box? And any photos? Scott

Notice when they do show the clay model, it's mainly the '59 Buick. The Buick design proposal is the one General Motors based their new B and C body cars for '59 on. All share the common Buick front doors. Once the basic Buick body was agreed upon, all other divisions designed their front and rear clips to fit this design. For cost savings all '59 GM cars shared the same bodies. In 1958, Chevy and Pontiac shared the A body. Oldsmobile and the small Buicks were based on the B body. The big Buicks and Cadillacs, the C body. For '59, the A body was dropped. And the C became basically a stretched B body. Fleetwood 75s were built on a so called D body. As in the past, this was basically a modified C body. This saved General Motors a lot of money. The 60's changed all of this again, as other size cars, requiring other bodies came on line. But, for 1959, there was basically one GM body that year. Scott

I was happy to be driving anything back high school. I was plain car crazy, and I even thought wagons were cool. Look at my three of favorite post war surviving brands of cars. Buick, Packard, and Chrysler (pre war add Cord). I've always loved Buick's Caballero and Estate Wagons. Plus Chrysler's big Town and Countrys. Mercury Commuter, Voyager, and Colony Parks were also cool. I like big luxurious cars. And have always thought big three-seat, nine-passenger station wagons were cool. Other kids may have thought me strange for lusting over these cars as much as (actually more than) Mustangs, Camaros, and Barracudas. But, my tastes have always run on the odd track. And that's okay. They still do. Scott

What your talking about Dave, is not the Hydragraphifics shown in the two videos above. Your back to what Harry was talking about. This Hydrographifics is not what I saw in magazines back in the early 70's. Never tried the 'Psyco Swirl'/"swiradelic" thing you, Harry, and Andy were talking about. But, I've thought about trying it several times over the years. Hydragraphic is simular and different at same time. Scott

The purrer is the most important part. If that's working, the rest can't be in too bad of shape. At least as far as the cat is concerned. Scott

Very cool. Now that's model building. Scott

JB do have to contradict everything? A couple of months ago I started looking for the Stevens Interenation parts, because I wanted the t-body. I have yet to see one at a decent price. So I'm glad AMT is reissuing this stuff. I am courious JB, in reading your postings. Do like anything being issued or reissued out there? And are you ever happy when something is released that others will enjoy? Scott

We are our own worst critics. There is nothing wrong with how you did this car. It's prefect as it is. Scott

I love the primivite old AMT Craftsman kits. The detail was good enough for me. I done care if it a curbside, or full detailed kit. It's the subject that interests me. And the old Craftsman kits looked close enough to the real cars for me. I've read before about Dave Burket hearing that most of these kits being lost. I'm not doubting him. But, I'm hoping what he was told is wrong. I wonder when he was told this, and by which owner of the molds at the time? Round 2 seems to be doing a very good job of finding, and/or restoring these kits to their former glory. I'm not giving up hope. Scott

Wow! Is this cool! Think of the possibilities. I wonder how soon, if ever we'll be able to do stuff like this at home. I can see some real cool looking street rods using Hydrographics. Scott

Hey, I think they photoshopped the photo on box way back when! With computers just above rocks and stone knives. Obviously they air brushed the photo taken from the show of the CJ-5, and converted it to a more modern CJ-7. The show came out about same time as the CJ-5 was fazed out, and CJ-7 was being fazed in. If your tooling up a new Jeep kit aimed at kids, wouldn't you look long term and do the CJ-7. Most kids would never know the difference. Interesting observation about "Keyser (and Joe)", Tim. Wrong spelling for Kaiser. And wasn't Joe gone by the time Kaiser got Jeep? I'm assuming that's what your referring to? Scott

OK, I made a mistake. I should have taken a closer look at the wagon in the photo I posted. It is not a '67 Grande Parisienne Safari. It is an Executive Safari with a Grand Prix nose. It says "Executive" right on the front fenders. The Grande Parisenne nameplate was on the rear fenders on that car. So I went searching for another, correct picture of a '67 Grande Parisenne Safari. This looks like one. Scott

It is missing from Round 2's web site. It was there a few days ago. I'm hoping they've decided to relook at this kit and find a way of backdating to an earlier version of the kit. Like they done with a few other kits. The late 70's/early 80's decor and four-wheel drive did nothing for me. Offering a stock van with options to build it into other things, makes a lot more sense to me. I hoping that's what's going on here. Scott

They putting out stuff like this, they can have all of my money. Scott

I missed that Rob. And your right. Scott

Interesting to see the number of people commenting on this one. AMT really need to consider reissuing this one if they can. Scott

The first Countach I've ever seen that I like. Very nice. I've seen your 911/CRX. Now I want to see your BMW/Cadillac. Scott

Fantastic job. Very nice. Scott

Any photos of what your talking about here? Scott

Here's another one that would be cool be see in more ways than one. Is this a customized '67 Pontiac Executive Safari wagon with a Grand Prix front clip? No, this a factory built, Canadian only, 1967 Pontiac Grande Parisienne wagon. The full line of Grande Parisiennes in '67 and '68 came with Grand Prix hidden headlamp front ends. So in Canada you could have that neat looking front end on something other than a 2-door hardtop (or a convertible in '67). I want the '67 wagon. Scott

Got bad news about this one Harry. It's not considered a station wagon by Packard. They referred to it as a "station sedan". Station wagon or station sedan, it would still be cool. And despite what Packard called, I would consider it a station wagon. Most people do. But, there are a few Packard people who like to correct you if call this generation station wagon, a station wagon. So, remember it's not a wagon. It's a station sedan. Scott

I have a question about pre war Town and Countrys I never gotten a clear answer on. Were they considered part of the Royal or Winsor line of Chryslers? They had to be one or the other. Right after the war, most were part of the New Yorker series. A few Windsor Town and Country 4-door sedans were also built after the war. But, the pre war barrel back wagons? They were six cylinder cars. So are they Royals? Or Windsors? Scott

A real '62 GTO. That maybe one of the few cars worth the price? Then again. $38 million for a car? Any car? If a car is worth $38 million this is the one. Scott

Look closer at that Fury. It's a '69. Not a '70. Scott