Harold

What a great build (how'd I miss this one???). First- rate craftsmanship.

You did this one justice. Love the lowered stance. As for customizing, there isn't much that can be done to these Studes without destroying the basic shape of the car.

And here it is with the new wheels... As for the roll bar, well, there would have been too much re- engineering of the doors and door jambs to make it economically feasible to eliminate it. Plus, all the cars they'd have to crash test after the engineering was complete. Too much cost.

Here's one of my favorite models (and one of my favorite kits). I built this one eight years ago, and after several moves over the years, it was starting to look a little rough around the edges. I partially disassembled it, and polished out the cab and box with some Turtle Wax polishing compound (it's clearcoat safe), followed by some Black Magic wax. This is one of the last ones I painted with Testor's enamels- Arctic Blue Metallic over Aluminum Metallizer and several coats of Testor's clear gloss. Man, did that polishing compound work wonders. Also, after eight years, I added all the underhood decals and the side mirrors. Looks like it's ready for another eight years. This has to be one of the best OOB engine compartments ever kitted

Y'all nailed the great ones. I agree with all the choices mentioned. As for faves, Juha Airo, Mark Gustavson, Bill Geary, Chuck Most, Jairus Watson.

Thanks for the complements, everybody. Since the pictures were taken, I swapped out the wheels with a set of custom 5- spokes from a '92 Stealth. Now, if I can just remember what box the side mirrors are hiding in...

Wow. oh wow, oh wow. Killer job .

Great job, great weathering, great presentation .

Looks great, but seatbelts were required at least by '65 (shoulder harnesses were required in '68),

Absolutely stunning .

For years the Mercury has had nothing to offer over the equivalent Ford models. After the death of the Cougar and Sable, what was the point anyway. There was no real reason to 'put Mercury on my list', unless I wanted a rebadged StupidUV or Fusion. Edsel Ford must be spinning in his grave...

1/25th Towing-We Work for Scale

It depends on the build date of the car- while the model year, say '65, started in October of '64, the federal regs didn't kick in 'til the beginning of the calendar year. Seat belts were a requirement in the mid- '60's, my dad's '65 Vista Cruiser, '63 Corvair and '64 F-85 all had front belts. They became a requirement for the rears in '66. Dad also had a '68 Ranchero that he bought new, and since it was built before 01-01-'68, it did not have the federally mandated shoulder belts. His '69 Fairlane wagon (which, as a fourteen year old kid, I got to help him order it- he nixed my idea for the 390 ), had seat belts from stem to stern, shoulder harnesses for the front and the federal requirement for '69- head rests.

'Got it one piece at a time And it didn't cost me a dime...'

Great work, Krishna.

Nice job, Matt. A nice clean build.

I made the boot out of .020 Evergreen sheet and .030 x .125 and .020 x .040 evergreen strip. This was kind of a 'wing it' job- the trick was getting the lower edge to make that transition from the quarter panel to the rear deck. After I roughed it in, I slathered on a coat of Bondo, shaped it, used some textured suede spray as a base coat, and finished up with Testors tan acrylic and some spray Testors Dullcote.

Here's my Grand Prix. The rear window was MIA, so I made a convert out of it. The scratchbuilt items include sun visors, top boot, third brake light and the targa bar across the B pillars (and I plan to maybe redo that).

Wow. That is one sweet Riviera.

Nice Rambler. What are your plans for your Cross Country?

Front seat belts were a federal requirement in '65. However, I remember in those days people would actually remove the seat belts from their cars.

Living across the street from an upholstery shop sure has its advantages. The '37 belongs to the owner of the place, and it ain't no trailer queen. The TR6 is a 31,000 mile original, and it runs really nice.

Ah yes, the car with the face that someone once described as 'the insect that ate Tokyo'.. I think all the current crop of automotive stylists (a broad description, given the sorry state of what now passes for 'styling') should be locked in a room with images of the Pierce Silver Arrow show car, the Cord 810/ 812, the '63 Riviera, '53 Starliner and, for good measure, an '88 Reatta. Pound it into their heads that some of us want cars that look like cars, not some nightmarte image of Japanese anime or this crease and fold nonsense that has become so prevalent. And please, lets lower the cowls on these things to a, give the vehicle some visual lenght and b, avoid the bunkermobile look.

Prison City, eh? Marquette? Milan? Lapeer?

I'm 150 (on a good day). Haven't gained a pound since high school (which was about the same time the first land creature emerged from the primordial ooze ).