ChrisBcritter

Righto. Also - just got the word that the Lake Michigan Model Car Club meeting this Saturday has been canceled - the annual Model of the Year banquet will be moved to April.

Great! Is the working headlight/taillight setup intact with the battery box and switch?

Don't know about restorations, but I bet low-mile cherries will always have some following. As I've mentioned, my friend in CA has over 200 cars now, brass era to recent - many of them low mile cars exercised just enough to keep the juices flowing. There's an 11,000-mile red with bordello-red velour '86 Sable among them. Somebody had to save it...

Any update on NNL Milwaukee? Seems to still be on, but... My car club back in CA has canceled events as well; the membership skews older so they're being careful of course. The LMMCC banquet on the 21st is still on as far as I know - will post a heads-up if that changes.

Laid down a coat of flat black on the '65 Nova's chassis using the smallest of the Testor's accessory nozzles, so I could get paint into tight areas without overdoing it. Test fitted the engine again and it looks like the alternator will interfere with the hood. Huzzah.

Scale Repro's Plus plug wire is the same gauge as the MAD wire, with a duller finish. I used it on this 327, using the kit distributor because the coil was attached to it:

Nova 327: Throttle return spring hooked up, air cleaner on, belt/fan/alternator on; one alternator bracket and I'll call it done. Next: paint and weather the chassis, paint the headliner and engine compartment, and head for final assembly.

Yes, for either Round2 or the aftermarket. Especially if it would also fit the '65 GTO (and could be adapted to the Revell '65 Chevelle, solving its roof problem once and for all ).

Back to the Cutlass. I wonder what the process was for getting the rust off the molds, and if it left any pitting/scoring that had to be filled in? Tim, can you add any details, like whether the glass was redone, and will it still have clear red taillights? Any chance it will have a raised convertible top?

or any inhibitions

Good info here - I want to do a lowered convertible top for a '50 Ford (no boot) to duplicate a movie car; all this helps.

Hop on, we'll both go!

Look for a '63 Falcon promo or Craftsman with the windshield broken off, and you can combine it with the roof, glass, chassis and running gear from the Moebius '65 Comet. If you're quick you can grab this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-Fird-Falcon-Convertible/274291240339?hash=item3fdd082d93:g:0PcAAOSwbTNeWsD5 Or this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1963-ford-falcon-convertible/274291244856?hash=item3fdd083f38:g:blcAAOSw7oheWsKf

Let's try an uptempo oldie: "Well I went down in the valley one day (I went down in the valley one day) Met old Satan on my way (met old Satan on my way) What did you reckon old Satan did say (what did you reckon old Satan did say) He said 'turn back, boy, you're too young to pray'..." (Hints: A duo. Almost made the national top 100 in 1963 but did much better on local charts. Appeared in a movie. Their career ended when one of them was in a car crash in 1966. Not Jan and Dean.)

to the animals

Let's dissect the hanger shot image: Looks like: '64 OLDS F-85 F/C CONVERTIBLE POOR (CONDITION?) RUST ALL OVER 5 (?) (?) EJECTOR PINS 7/15/99 Disc brakes were the "new thing" at the time; the '64 Falcon kit had them as custom/race parts too, IIRC.

Maybe Sebring Yellow with a black vinyl top and interior, or Omega Red with white top/interior? Via autocolorlibrary.com:

'65 Nova 327 - Detailed the plug boots with a couple drops of UV resin each, and installed the oil filler tube after cutting a tiny notch in it and adding a tiny piece of photoetch to hold the end of the carb return spring (not connected yet). Obviously not a Guthmiller or a Geary, but a little better than my last effort . Anyone have decals for the 327 labels?

Maybe - although if you want to split hairs, the 4-4-2 was really the muscle car. Hopefully Missing Link will run off some hardtop bodies.

Cuz ev'rybody loves somebody sometime... I imagine it could be kitbashed from the Renwal Revival Stutz and Duesenberg bodies on a stretched '69-72 Pontiac Grand Prix chassis and drivetrain (as the real thing used), if you're brave enough to cut up three rare kits into plastic confetti to do it!

That's the one whose hanger tag described it as very rusty, so they're putting some restoration effort into it - question now is, will the body be restored to stock, or will it stay a topless funny car?

No more than the usual broken box/"Your connection is not private" warnings I always get on Fotki. (Yes, it's due to XP.)

Got all eight plugs wired on the '65 Nova's engine. Lesson learned: Do the distributor first, then run the cables to the plug boots.

Early, early this morning wired all the spark plugs and the coil in the '65 Nova's 327. Now to put the other ends in the distributor correctly, or at least convincingly...