ChrisBcritter

Surprised nobody's suggested a Modified Stocker yet!

Oh that is sweet, since my dad bought one new and it was the first car I ever rode in: Dawn Gray over black. Wanted to get one of those R&Rs but never had the funds when one popped up. Hope some other resin outfit decides to bootleg recreate it!

For me, it's the rare (but not well done) ITC '40 Mercury convertible. Unlike many rare kits, you don't usually find eBay bidders clawing at each other to get it, probably because it has almost as many accuracy issues as a Pyro Auburn Speedster. Will I build it? Yes. As a gasser. After I fix the body problems. (Re the Floride/Caravelle: Record also made a Dauphine that is fully detailed; unfortunately it has issues with the body shape. A friend of mine is looking at combining it with the Hubley body to get an accurate model.)

1955 was the first year, at least for the Chrysler and Buick. Here's mine (sorry but the parking lot's JAMMED on the Fourth of July!) It's a Country Squire; PMC did the Country Sedan as a promo. Revell molded it in Code E Silver Mocha.

Got the blues just now - Testors GTS and Royal Blue pearls on special at HL. Also picked up the gravity feed Iwata Neo so I'll probably trade off my siphon-fed one. Amazingly I managed to walk out without any kits!

I have the ITC grille in my parts pile, Bill, and I may have one spare original issue '50 kit custom hardtop roof that you 'd need to un-chop - let me know if that would help.

Just got back from the Deerfield store; the kits and a few paints are on sale now (same kits mentioned above).

Found it online; think it was an expired eBay listing.

With Torinos marked down at HL, this would be a good time to grab two to build the four-door!

Big improvement - and x2 on the headlights (did Missing Link ever do the original headlights/bumper, to go with their '65 GTO promo body?).

Here's a genuine PCE plate I found online somewhere, well over 499:

Hope you don't mind one correction on this sheet, NJ - the Charger's license number was 571 CUG: You can use these if you want (the one with the registration sticker goes on the rear): Hope this helps!

Looking at this photo, I'm very strongly reminded of Philip Harkins' novel Road Race: Story of a young hot-rodder who builds a '30 Model A roadster. He gets into a scrape with the law and is taken under the wing of a race driver who has a Duesenberg special. There's even a description of his rod that mentioned he "moved the body back and down, and the radiator forward and down" which sure looks like the case here. I wonder if Harkins knew these people, or just saw the photo and used it as inspiration for the novel? Anyone else remember this book?

Tom P. was casting up some parts, and was kind enough to give me a complete AMT '62 Falcon display engine fresh from the mold, and also the optional supercharger setup.

Went to Vernon Hills today and saw several gaps on the shelves; I was hoping for the '53 Ford pickup to be discounted but it wasn't. They still have both versions of the '76 Torino, the Porsche 914, and the Datsun Z. I did finally get a lighted X-Acto knife for $3.67 and a miter box for $1.97. Saw the Paasche airbrushes and was tempted; but I already have an Iwata Neo. If I did get another airbrush I'd want a gravity feed; they had that version of the Neo there but it was $49.95.

Big time '70s flashback! Gotta try that kit again someday.

And how 'bout jazz singer Teri Thornton's languid vocal version? One of my favorites: When I moved to L.A. in 1981, 66 had been almost completely bypassed except for one short stretch in Texas, so I can at least say I to spend a little time on the Mother Road. Of course after I got to L.A. I burned a lot of fuel on its western end - Santa Monica Boulevard - but that's another story.

Do they have the refills?

I think that's a '38 Lincoln Zephyr with a shortened grille.

Hudson, Holden and Opel Commodore. In a somewhat related vein, I remember seeing a Buick dealer newspaper ad with the abridged headings " '86 Hawk" and " '86 Lark" - for a moment it looked like Studebaker was back in business!

I'd like to see what you could do with a '62-'65 Fairlane!

Any '53 Ford pickups on special?

Yep! Of course, AMT had a little trouble with it: Either the door's a bit short or the quarter window is a bit long, or a little of both. They fixed it on the '63.

Note the fine print: the Falcon's a promo. Looks like both boxes could have been shrink-wrapped or taped together to make a two-fer.

Oh yes there was, sort of: The ITC kit. Looks like the grille and taillights on Tom's kit may have been copied/sourced from it, but he'll still need the dash and hubcaps.