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They all look good to me, a nice year of building you've had. Really like the '61.

It really is kind of an addiction, as it's hard to pass up a kit you really like or even good deals on kits you may not have a ton of interest in. But, you can add me to the list of those who are at least trying to slow down on buying kits, though I've about doubled the amount I bought this year (probably 10 or so) compared to the last few years. I have sold off around 35 kits the last two years, as well as a few to a co-worker who is getting into the hobby.

Beautiful super stocker, Tom. Love all the detail under the hood. Thanks for the tip as well about the rear axle, I'll have to remember that.

Wow, love that shine! ? That is a great looking ride. Well done!

Thanks Tom. Removing the side trim is a little tedious & time consuming, but not all that bad. I started by attacking the trim with an emery board, then followed up with a couple different grits of sandpaper. Slow and steady is the key, stopping to check your progress often.

Thanks much guys. Yeah the red wiring isn't correct. It was the closest I had to the light orange wiring I saw in a lot of the old pics of these motors while researching it.

What a beautiful builds. So glad you were able to restore the red one in memory of your friend.

Sweet pair of CJ's Tom, thanks for sharing them. I need to get around to building Hubert's car sometime, to go with the Dyno Don one I already built.

Even with the fitment issues you mentioned, you built it into a winner. I was kind of on the fence about picking one up, but seeing yours might just convince me to take the plunge.

Had a lot of fun building this one, as inaccurate as they are. I built it to resemble the early carbureted version. Competition Resins supplied the hood and the wheels all around. Lots of parts were raided from my spare parts boxes: tires, wheel backs, seat, cam covers, oil filler caps (which you can't even see now lol), radiator hose, intake, carbs, and air intake tubes. The tubes are a little short and don't quite reach to the radiator support but I'm ok with that. The headers didn't have any collectors on them, so I fashioned some up with aluminum tubing. Up front I drilled out the headlights & turn signals, while also removing the windshield wipers. Paint is MM Hugger Orange over MM Flame Red. This little bugger was a blast, and honestly it has become one of my favorite builds.

She's a beauty, well done!

Thanks JC. It was a little tedious but not too bad. I started off with one of those emery boards for nails to file down the trim. I began on the top side and worked my way all the way across, then followed up on the bottom side. The hardest part was the leading edge of the front fenders, naturally. I had trimmed down one end of the emery board at an angle in a way (sort of like an x-acto blade) so as to fit into those tight contours easier. Then followed all that up with finer grit sandpaper. It's not perfect but feel I got it pretty close as far as trying to keep that peak down the center fairly sharp. I am currently working on another one of these and feel I got some better results this time, a little sharper peak-wise.

Had the first snow showers of the season pass through today. Yuck, not ready for it. At least the ground is still warm enough yet it all melted on contact.

Add me to the list that likes that green too. These are nice kits and your build does it justice, congtrats.

That is just flat out cool! Love it. One can never have too many cubes LOL ?

And a few more...

Guess I'll contribute some to this amazing thread, don't think I've posted any here yet. Keep 'em coming if you got 'em!

Thanks guys. Thanks Roger. They came in that color, was one less thing for me to do! LOL Thanks Atin. I did have to modify them a bit to fit. I had to grind down the mounting bosses on them to get them tucked under the fenders. To pin them to the brakes I found that a short piece of toothpick was just the right diameter and worked, so I went with that. I'm sure I could have cut off the pins on the stock kit supplied wheels and used those too.

Your attention to all the details is off the charts, this is just beautiful! Under the hood, the interior, chassis, paint, I love it all!

Ok, none of these were today or even yesterday, but anyways... A beauty of a 70 Cougar Eliminator at the local bar/resturant. Nice and clean 90's F150 The following rigs I saw while on a Black Hills/Yellowstone/Grand Teton trip last month. Cool little hippie VW van at the Missouri River overlook in Chamberlain, SD. Backcountry/winter tour rigs in West Yellowstone, Montana. Looks like it would be a fun job to have. Sweet F100 at our hotel in Billings, Montana.

What a beautiful bird! Those colors are perfect, and excellent choice in going with the custom wheels, they look stellar on it.

Great idea, and it fits the '66 well. It's nice to see these big old barges built and shown. Congrats!

Thanks guys. I may just have to pick up another one of these someday.

Thanks guys, it's a fun little kit indeed.

Well done, count me in as a fan of the Airacobra's too.