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  1. ChrisBcritter
    '59 El Camino would be a good start.
  2. ChrisBcritter
    Ouch. I was eyeing one of those at DuPage ; now I'm glad I passed.
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    So stand back when you hand it to him.
  4. ChrisBcritter
    Just got back from the DuPage show; picked up mostly parts - some glass trees with headlight lenses, a couple aftermarket-style air cleaners, pre-wired distributors and a couple Fireball Motorworks Chevy Q-jet carbs. I also got another nice clean AMT Craftsman '57 T-bird; molded in light blue and to my surprise thoroughly stuck together with about a tablespoon of silicone . This was taken after I cleaned all that stuff out and added a Craftsman top from my stash, then cleaned up the flash and mold lines, and made a bunch of little trims here and there to get the top to sit more or less correctly. A fun afternoon's work!
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    Yes, but... ITC made a '51 convertible in the early '60s with awful body proportions; however the grille, bumpers, dash, and taillight trim pieces are salvageable. Modelhaus made a couple '51s and a conversion kit, but they're tough to find now. Any others from the brain trust here?
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    The Deluxe emblem and V8 badge on the front fender were '51-only items, along with the chrome spears on the rear quarters extending to the taillights. Also the '51 Deluxe (base model) had no side trim; all '49s, '50s and '51 Customs had it. Brochure page from the Old Car Manual Project:
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    I've done it on a few of mine; not easy but not impossible. A few certain FoMoCos with scooped-out areas below the handle have been an extra challenge to smooth out ('61 Ford and '62 Mercury in particular).
  8. ChrisBcritter
    You mean Iowa?
  9. ChrisBcritter
    One thing that hasn't been pointed out: the car in this picture is a '51 Ford Deluxe Tudor Sedan - if this was taken in 1950 it would have been late in the year at least.
  10. ChrisBcritter
    A friend of mine on the Warbird Information Exchange forum owns the remains of a couple HUPs, including these two in the foreground that were salvaged from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in the late '70s. Note how a large portion of the rear fuselage was fabric-covered:
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    A fight to the finish, and you won!
  12. ChrisBcritter
    I'd say what I think of it but I've worn out my thesaurus looking for variations on "superlative"!
  13. ChrisBcritter
    At the LMMCC meeting last night, the raffle netted me a Page Resin chopped '69 Nova drag body: Not sure what to do with it yet.
  14. ChrisBcritter
    Hi, Tomo - good to see you back and doing well. If you're going to amass a collection, maybe start looking into commercial real estate; find a warehouse property you can put the cars in and rent out the rest of the space to other collectors = win/win. Happy motoring!
  15. ChrisBcritter
    Not sure; I found the photo on eBay years ago. I used it to get the size and shape of the license plate opening and the position of the seams:
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    Good find! That '60 kit has a couple problems from the factory; only the Windsor grille is flush with the surround, and the front bumper is missing the indent for the license plate: The Modelhaus made a corrected New Yorker grille, but good luck finding one now.
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    with Zsa Zsa
  18. ChrisBcritter
    with Three Stooges
  19. ChrisBcritter
    Every year of? Henry J, Willys Aero or Nash Metropolitan I guess. Same (with minor trim shuffles) from beginning to end, so if I like one, I like 'em all. Extra points to the Henry J for only having ONE body style.
  20. ChrisBcritter
    The soda bottle/heat gun trick worked for me, after I made a resin casting of the back window I needed to replace. It took four tries but I finally got it.
  21. ChrisBcritter
    The '60 Vette showed up today - original issue as described with the working suspension; windshield and hardtop rear window have deep tire marks so I'll be looking for replacements.
  22. ChrisBcritter
    Interesting that the radiator and firewall aren't clones of the originals.
  23. ChrisBcritter
    They're in the Revell 2-in-1 '64 Fairlane, the Trumpeter '65 Ranchero, and in the Moebius '65 Ford F-100 Service Truck.
  24. ChrisBcritter
    As for me, I picked up three little long-tail Powerglides from Shapeways: The pans seem a bit deeper than stock (?) but I'm happy with them. Also have another '63 Pontiac rear bumper on the way; now if I could JUST get a couple driver's side taillights (that eBay seller sent me four passenger side units; I returned all four but they never refunded my money).
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    Deleted - posted on wrong thread
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