ChrisBcritter

Some Evergreen plastic for the window frames, a scribing tool and putty is most of what you need - the roof is the same for the hardtop and the four-door sedan on the '62 Galaxie.

Re the tires: Caddies and Studebakers did both use 15" wheels... Re the bodies, here's the Jo-Han '60 Fleetwood vs. the Revellogram '59 Eldo: Width very close, length very off.

My boss's daughter had one back in the mid-'80s; I sat in it once and remember thinking the gearshift was practically in my right ear. About ten years later I came thisclose to buying a cherry low-mile '88 GT from Prince Chrysler-Plymouth (the dealer where the Challenger was stolen in Gone in 60 Seconds) but just couldn't justify having a sports car as a DD when I was always carrying junk and people around. Still kicking myself for that one. I even wrote a song about the Fiero for one of my car club's awards shows as part of a Pontiac medley. Hmm. Should I post the lyrics?

Umm... "havoc and melee"?

Very tough job, indeed. Several members of the LMMCC, including me, are working with Tom Piagari's widow to organize his collection; we're faced with trying to think like Tom to reorganize many, many projects which are spread out, back into salable units. I'm hoping we can market some of his wonderful contest-winning builds on eBay to folks who would appreciate them (like the people who collect Paul Hettick models - they're that good); and maybe have some go to the Model Car Museum (something Tom had mentioned a while back). It'll take time and effort, but we're getting through it bit by bit.

And this one. Great version of the 1965 Devons song - used to see Elliot Kendall at the PCC flea market and bought a couple of his CDs; real nice guy.

Just a suggestion for Chief Joseph - do you think there'd be a market for '63-'66 Chevy Impala non-SS wheelcovers? Your Mopar and Bronco ones are excellent!

"The tiger ate my pictures!"

Well, let's face it - if you don't add a notch, you wind up with this:

The Craftsman '63 Impala landed today - missing the steering wheel, which wasn't mentioned but visible in the photo, so that's on me. Interesting to note the body doesn't have that issue with the sunken trunk lid trim; maybe that happened when AMT's bean counters filled in the taillights?

not since 2003

Lots of makes represented here - probably the only car song that mentions Packard! "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it..."

Shoulda been a hit - plus you get three cars that would become 1/8 Monogram kits mentioned: Bruce Johnston and Terry Melcher are in there, and possibly Jan and Dean in the background. One of my all-time favorite car songs.

Ask around for leftover AMT Masterpiece Series pen and pencil set bases - they're nice big rectangular pieces of kit styrene.

Scored this nice AMT Craftsman '63 Impala cheeep from Wheat's Nostalgia, of all people: Missing the engine filler but that shouldn't be hard to find. Surprisingly I was the only bidder.

Uh, yeah... little brain freeze there. I'm really hoping my guy can take care of it - looks like a $30-something part plus labor. I did a backup about a month ago so hopefully no losses. Thing is I'm running XP because (a) I have gotten very used to the ArcSoft photo software in it, (b) my file access is all very easy and logical, and (c) I'm cheap. That old Compaq is paid for. One thing about XP that irks me: Can't access my Flickr account with it.

Take a close look at that detail inset - don't they have the raised and lowered positions backwards? Remember this is an upside down view.

Only 377 pages?

The '62 Chrysler 300 landed in the mailbox today; as expected no rear bumper or headlights but a mint original issue interior (at last!). Came with a bunch of extra stuff like another dash and firewall, plus some unrelated bits like an original issue '62 Plymouth dash/steering wheel, and a Revell '62 Dart GT hood.

Ugh. Power unit failed on my PC; lasted four years while the previous one lasted 11. Using my dad's machine (which is newer, at least). Thank goodness I still have a local guy who'll service old machines.

Looked at that thread, and oooeee... Maybe I'll take those Powerglide transmissions I just got and use them as masters for resin casting before they start crystallizing.

Got an AMT '40 Willys chasis for my Show 'n' Go kit - thanks Vince!

Yep - not even the Christine kit. Been building and collecting over 50 years now (with occasional purges); only took a couple cars to an MPC show in the mid-'70s, and not again until Tom Piagari took me under his wing and encouraged me to bring something to the LMMCC meetings, and then the Milwaukee NNL. I greatly enjoy adding little improvements to the simpler old kits, and I find I'm getting better with practice, so there's satisfaction in that.

OK, I dug out a '66 Fairlane chassis and a '69 Falcon Modified Stocker body and chassis for comparison: Width is close - Fairlane is 1/32" wider in the middle but narrower by about 3/16" in the trunk. Wheelbase needs to be shortened 5 mm at the first red line, and a similar amount at the second, jogging the cut through the flat part of the gas tank and keeping the spring mount spacing the same. Fairlane chassis vs. Modified Stocker, front wheels aligned. Note how the Fairlane rises higher in the front: You'll have to cut about 1/8" from the bottom of the engine compartment all the way around. You may need to remove the front part of the transmission tunnel so the interior fits. All in all it'll take a fair amount of cutting, but it's doable. The Falcon and Fairlane were very similar underneath in 1966.

One more, I think from 1992 - closed and torn down for a Home Depot soon after: