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You can't hear me. But I'm singing Volare right now. I love these cars. I know, I'm sick. Scott

Very nice Nick. Fun combo. It's a shame Chevy never offered a '66 Chevelle 2-door wagon. Your's looks great. And growing up in the 60's, I love the Schwinn Sting Ray. I assume that came from the old MPC/AMT Model A woodie/pickup kit? The camping trailer also has the right looks for the mid-60's. Time to "See the America First". Scott

Very cool! Now Buzz and Todd need to be upgraded to a new Stingray when that kit appears. Scott

Wow! Very cool! I've always admired the work it takes to build full customs like yours. The other thing I like about yours is the design. Some customs one can admire the work, but question the design. In other words I've seen some customs that were not very good looking, even if they were built well. I like the looks of what you've done. And, I love doors. Great job. Scott

Fun to see one built. I'm also disappointed now that I've seen one built. Your build is great. In other words the work you did is great. But, boy! I had heard bad things about this kit in the past. People weren't exaggerating. The angle of windshield and door vent wings look terrible. It's a shame. Round 2 is reissuing this kit for Mustang's 50th Anniversary. After seeing your, even as nice of a job as you did with it, I will not be buying the reissue. Scott

Boy, I was buying this, hook, line, and sinker. Great model. And a great background story. I've heard of state governments doing stupider things. So this kind of made sense. Plus I now wonder how a Cosworth Vega would have done in that role? Scott

How about more info and better photos of this kit. I want to know more. What kit did you start with? What scale? How did you do the roof? I've built AMT's old '55 Nomad as the phantom El Camino with the parts included in the kit. And I had good results. I'm wondering how similar your build was to doing that one? Scott

I can't resist a pun..... Cool! I had to do it. I'm sorry. But, it's true. Very nice job. The color makes more sense than yellow for a nice delivery truck. I like it. Scott

Maybe the lack of a way of getting fuel into their truck's engines, is why your mail doesn't come in a more timely manner Al! I hope Mr. Mendoza has a sense of humor. Over all it's a nice model. It's just missing a thing or two. Scott.

I did one exactly in the same color as yours a couple of years ago. Using the same Testors paint. My ended up looking kind of dry and flakey. No where nice as yours. I've had a lot of troubles with Testors paint and have switched over to using Tamiya. With a little Future floor wax my '65 looked OK. So I have no plans on redoing it in the near future. Great color for that car. Scott

Despite the "mistakes", I like the build you did. It looks very, very nice. Scott

Oh.... And you have no intake manifold or carburetors for your engine! Split exhaust manifolds are cool. Your car has a way to exhaust gas, but no way to take in air or fuel from what I can see. Scott

How did I miss this one? Pretty cool. Nicely done, except.... You made one small mistake, especially if your running without hub caps. You have your your front wheels on the rear. And your rear wheels on the front. The the center of your rear wheels has a part that bulges out. These are the grease caps for the front wheel bearings. The rear axle does not need these. So there should be nothing sticking through the center of the wheels in back. Other than that one mistake, you did a very nice job. At the same time, the car would have come with the hub cap as standard equipment. So why not use them? Scott

I built one of these recently. I found it to be a simple, but fussy kit to build. And mine did not turn out as well as yours. Very nice. I too would like to see more photos. And hear more about the modifications you made. Scott

As I noted in another post on 1960 Plymouths, like these cars a lot. And Alan you did an outstanding job on yours. Very nice. I need to find and build one the JoHan '60 Plymouth wagons one of these days. Scott

Both Plymouths look great! I really like the color combination on the hardtop. It looks right. The wagon look great too. I'd like to see more photos of it. But since it's done by another builder it should probably be a separate post. As much as I dislike '61 Plymouths, I love the 60's. I think front looks a lot better. And I love the fins. Plus you could still get the toilet seat trunk lid on the 1960 Plymouths. Scott

Very nice E-Type. Only an XKE if it's left hand drive and sold in the States I believe. So yours is an E-Type as far as I'm concerned. And I'm with you on the need for modern tooled model of an E-Type/XKE. Hopefully someone will get the hint. Scott

Now that is both weird and cool. I like it! Scott

Very nice build. But an ugly combination of colors. It's strange how cars would be built like that back in the old days. In a couple of books and magazines I've seen, there is a pink and white 1956 Buick convertible with a blue interior. And that is the way it was ordered. So that's the way factory built it. Back in the day they would recommend certain color combinations with others. But, if you wanted something different, they would sometimes accommodate you. I like the green. And I like the blue. Just not together. But, again you built a very nice model. Scott

Looking at your car and the engine setup, I kind of figured that may be the real reason you put the driver on the right. But, with you being from Australia, and my warped sense of humor, I could not pass up an easy dig about driving from the right side of the car. Which is OK to do by the way. Even here in Minnesota. As long you also stay on the right side of the road. Since we drive on the right side of the road, that must mean you guys drive on the wrong side of road. Right? Or is that left? Now I'm all confused? Scott

Just watching old racing footage on YouTube last night with him in it. One of the greats. Not only raced successfully, but survived at a a time when many other drivers did not. All of the footage I've ever seen of Sir Brabham, he always came off as a fairly humble man. I've never heard or read a bad thing about him. He had lived a good long life. I'm praying for his friends and loved ones. For I'm sure he is I'm a better place. Scott Aho

Looks very nice. A fun and cool concept. Scott

Great job Matt. I'd love to see more of the E. Can you post pictures here? Or give us a link to where we might see pictures of the E? Scott

I like your dad's taste in cars. The '65 is very cool. I have no personal stories about '65 Comets, other than I like them. And I'm looking forward to building the Moebius kit when it comes out. Scott

Sometimes people give me the bird..... Oh, wait a minute. That's something else. Any how, very nice job on the Thunderbird Steve. How can your friend, Ron not like it? It may bring some tears under the circumstances. And that's understandable and OK. By the way, I love the window sticker. It matches Ford's advertising campaign for the car at the time. If anybody gives me a bird in the future, I hope it's as nice as the one your giving your friend Ron. In most cases the birds I get are not that nice. Scott