Harold

Nice job on the Pontiac.

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It's Dodge Demon and Plymouth Duster. The main difference is the Demon used the longer front clip from the Dart.

1966-67 Fairlane GT or GT/A ('A' standing for automatic) 1968- 69 Torino GT (fastback preferably) 1963 Studebaker Avanti R3 1966- 67 Olds 442 1967- 69 Barracuda (fastback or notchback- the notchback looks so cool) Duster 340 Challenger T/A and for a big brute muscle car, how about a '69- '70 Marauder X100. Or a '63- '64 letter series 300 1967 Buick GS Rebel Machine any AMX or Javelin (i prefer the 2 seater AMX, but I'll gladly take the four seater)

I've done that on a few models- a '65 Lincoln, a '65 Coronet and an '82 EXP. The Faygo bottles I use have a nice natural green tint to them, so they look great as windshields.

For more Ford info, there's also lovefords.org.

What gets me is that these weather people make a big deal of saying, "Well, its going to hit Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and the northeast." Do these cretins think its going to bypass Michigan??? Anyway, on Mondays and Wednesdays, I have the same professor for both classes on that day. Yesterday, he called a pre- emptive strike and cancelled everything for Wednesday. Snow Day

What I do is carve out the lights to the edge of the headlight ring. I then use baby moons for the buckets ( mounted on the back of the grille) and toss in som clear lenses. '65 Coronet '66 Buick '65 Lincoln '66 Mercury

Well, its finally nearing completion. Aside from a few foil touch ups and finishing the hood, I can almost say its done (almost, but not quite). I wasn't thrilled with the windshield or the visors, so once again I made a windshield out of a 2- liter Faygo bottle (mmmmm....Black Cherry). I then made a new pair of visors from some .015 sheet and linked them together with a small piece of .020 by .040 strip, which also gave me a spot to mount the inside mirror (which is why I have to re- foil the windshield frame). The interior is bone stock except for flocking and a few Detail Master pieces- a CD player with a CD hanging out of it, a pair of keys, a pair of shades on the console and a tach face from a street rod instrument set. I even made a turn signal stalk from a piece of wire. The engine has a Detail Master distributor. I also cut the pulleys apart from the belt and file a groove into each one. I then made a fan belt out of some masking tape. You can also see the hinge I made for the hood out of OD/ID brass rod and tube. I really hate chrome headlights, so I carved out the chrome lenses with a X-acto knife. I then epoxied the baby moons from a '56 Ford to the backside of the grille and added a set of lenses from a '58 Edsel.

Yes, Joe, they do need to be cut out to allow the rear bumper to fit. I'm not sure 'bout the custom rear pan, but they definitely need to be removed for the stock piece.

Yeah, this one builds up realy nice. My only gripe was spending a weekend carving in all the panel lines- trunk opening, fender skirts and fender caps. Other than that, its a great kit that'll fil a major slot in any T-Bird freaks collection (namely me ).

Just back the delivery truck up to my door and unload all of 'em . Can't wait.

I find the Barrett- Jackson auctions to be a total waste of time. For one, its always the same cars- Chevelles, Novas, tri- 5 Chevys and more hemipowered Mopar muscle cars than were ever actually produced. And do you have to keep reminding us of the obvious? All Lincolns from '61- '66 were 4 doors, with reverse- opening rear doors. All Chargers (until that ugly 300 rehash) were all hardtops. And a 2- door post sedan is not a hardtop by virtue of the b- post. Plus, they do a disservice to the marketplace- some schmuck pays $200,000 for a '68 Dresden Firebomb 2+2, so someone thinks that '68 Dresden Firebomb 2+2 in his back yard on cinder blocks is worth at least half that. I like what my brother says- "Why is this on Speed when the cars are pushed across the stage?"

There are a few things about this kit that I had to address. I removed the gussets from the trailing edge of the hood opening and separated the engine compartment from the interior shell. The transmission pan is off dimensionally, but its nice to see automatic- equipped cars, so I can live with that. My main gripe was the ride height, but that's my gripe with a lot of other kits. I do like the parts breakdown on the chassis, which made it easy to make spindles and give the car poseable steering. The interior is darn near close, and all I really did was trim it out (hey, it even has a gauge cluster decal, which still seems to be absent from some newer kits). As for the grille, I'll be carving out the headlights and installing a set of baby moons from behind for headlight buckets, and throwing on a set of clear lenses. It already looks good parked next to my other '60's muscle cars. The wheels and tires were exchanged for a set of big and little AMT Eagles and I pirated the wheels from the Model King '71 T- Bird. Now I want to finish my Turbo Charger- a Revell '67 Charger with the engine from JoHan's Turbine Car (and Chrysler came this close to building an initial run of 500 of 'em).

Beautiful work . There's one I see around town in the summer that's light metallic blue with a set of Minilites and the removable top. It sits at the light in front of my house and you can hear that sweet little Windsor burbling away. Sweet.

Sweet. Now if only NASCAR would take the hint .

Here's one that's waiting for the engine to be finished. Its the Polar Lights Coronet, and judging from my research, it's purty durn close. I've been building it with the same care I usually take, and added my usual flourishes: the right wheel- tire combo, a lowered stance, posable steering and a mildly detailed motor. The color is Plastikote Dark Brown Metallic with Dupli- Color clear. I do need to make some overlays for the visors out of thin sheet (.010).

How about a proper '69 Ford Torino GT fastback. The decal sheet would include instrument faces, four different stripe sets (red, blue, white and black) and engine bay markings. The engine choices would be a 390 or the 351 Windsor. Just thinkin'...

I found this little guy at the Humane Society last fall. His name is Reno and he's a Golden Retreiver mix (I'm thinking Sheltie for the other major one). He's a year old and he's just a blast to have around. He can catch snowballs in his mouth and I'm also teaching him to count using small Milk Bones. So far, we're up to three. I still miss Roxy, but this guy brightens everything up.

I'd reply, but this is a family forum . Probably the time I was working as a dispatcher for Best Cab and I got this one driver to spend half an hour trying to find Flint Dry Dock and Storage to pick up a crew from an ore freighter. He deserved it. He said when he drove cab in Toledo, he learned the whole city in one night. Four months later, I was still driving his cab for him over the radio, and he'd burned me a few times by lying to me about where he was and what he was doing. Several drivers and myself were there in the office falling out of our chairs laughing. It was just that hysterical. That was in '90. Even today, when you mention his name to any cabbie in Flint, the response is always the same- "Oh, you mean Boat Docks!"

I'd try either the Monogram '58 T- Bird or the AMT '58 Edsel or '64 Mercury. One thing that bugs me, though, is Ford didn't use blue on their engines 'til 66, so why do these restores insist on painting all Ford engines blue (I've even seen that done on a restored '53 flattie). Black w/ gold valve covers and air cleaner is the ticket.

Amen, Harry. I've been running the #99 Ford at Laguna Seca on GT5. How about an exhibition race on the Nurburgring North Loop? The Nationwide guys run a lot more road courses- Road America, Montreal, Mexico City- heck- drop some of the dates from places like Texas and turn 'em loose on road courses. That #99 is a blast on the Daytona road course.

Which is why he's being investigated for all the missing oxycontin ....

Ooooooooh- I sure like where this is headed . Is that the '61 roof on the '60 body?

I like to let things cure for at least a week (I use Dupli- Color primarily). The longer you wait, the better the polishing. There are factors, no matter what paint. Weather, humidity, temperature are the determining factors. One of these days, I'll score a food processor.