ChrisBcritter

Fingers crossed for you, Harry.

Looking at that side view, now I see where the '74 Matador coupe came from!

Big red "Baby Lincoln" - love it!

Excellent job on this Roundup! I've been watching these bodies on eBay lately and hoping somebody would tackle one. Nice to know Jimmy Flintstone did such a good job this time.

The front - say, mid-door to cowl - of it is '29 A, but the rear half is from a '27 T roadster, according to what I've read about how it was built. So I figured maybe cut it at the rear door jambs and mate it with the front half of the touring body.

I hope I can be forgiven for seeing this done up as a '60s show rod, like a touring car version of Tognotti's King T...

This is a bit out of left field, but has anyone here tried combining the rear half of the Ala Kart's body with the front half of an AMT '27 T touring to get an accurate '27 roadster body? Of course the turtledeck would be another matter, but it might be good for a bobtail hot rod.

That scratching sound you hear is scribers, X-Acto blade points and photoetch saws opening up hoods on AMT '64 Comets across the land!

The Aussie Falcon wagon didn't sell.

Yes, the first thing I learned about searching for car parts on eBay was to exclude the word "Fits:"

My mother once said the worst thing about being a woman was having to carry a purse. I'm not sure she was exaggerating much.

You know any satisfyin' profanity? (Walter Brennan in Task Force)

A bird as big as a battleship! You keep your shirt on and I'll go get my pants on. (both from The Giant Claw, 1957 - as bad as the visual FX are, it has a lot of snappy dialog)

Facebook - I don't have a page but there are a couple pages I check now and then for photos (one for Hobbs Army Air Field and one for Paducah, KY), and I follow some old friends back in CA including some of my Aztec dancer buddies (one still has a MySpace page). Tattoos - There's one Aztec insignia (my name sign) I want to do but I haven't had the cash and the inclination at the same time. Piercings - thought about it (ear) but never did it. Ever get a zit in your earlobe? I used to, so I figured a piercing wouldn't help the situation much. Mobile - Got a decent TracFone for my occasional calls that's smart enough to take good pictures; it can text but I've only used that to enter a radio contest. YouTube - I've put up a couple rare videos regarding the death of H.B. Halicki (Gone in 60 Seconds) that I could post here if you're interested.

You could also use it to convert the Jo-Han/X-El '59 Chrysler New Yorker four-door hardtop into a two-door, or just combine it with the rear half of the '59 body to make a 300E. You will have to reshape/extend the fins almost to the driver's door jamb. I'm redoing a '59 DeSoto as a two-door using the '57 300C; a couple quick-and-dirty shots of where it's at: And what I need to do next: Move the door handles back and fix the fins to match the line shown... What do you think?

How about using that clear-coated wire that is used to tie down car bodies in display boxed kits? You get the clear outside part and the metal rim inside it.

Back in the eighties I built a Blueprinter '64 Ford and one of the first Modelhaus '58 Edsel kits at the print shop where I worked (I had the run of the place after hours), plus I even took a stab at becoming a member of the aftermarket when I produced a sheet of 1956-62 California license plates. Sold a few of them here and there, then sold the remaining 200+/- sheets to Dennis Doty. Paul Hettick still uses them on some of those high-end builds he sells on eBay.

Fursuit time, eh? I want this one. (Better to be a cat than a rat )

Now those are some great decals! The 1/1 was a looker, too. Tommy, in which class did you drive your '55? I've got a long-stalled 1970s dirt tracker '64 Fairlane project on which I'm using the same kind of deep steelies with a set of those big American Satco street tires. It basically will look like your '55; stock body and chassis with a small-block Ford.

Got a '56 Ford rear end yesterday from gardnerpag44 - I'm using its nicely arched rear springs (with shock mounts!) to help jack up the 9-inch and get the '58 Fairlane riding high.

That truck is in amazing condition after 18 years - do you keep it in a vault? Looks like only 12000-something kilometers on it when I enlarged the interior photo.

This one bid up to $1980.55 last December:

Rob, that looks fantastic! I used to own an '86 LTD LX Crown Vic in two-tone blue, so I'm looking forward to seeing how your project turns out.

And they looked pretty in pink!

A few lesser-known favorites (to save space I'll just give the IMCDb links): The Giant Gila Monster (1959) Crazy Mama (1975) Pink Lightning (1991) Cell 2455, Death Row (1955) Drive a Crooked Road (1955)