ChrisBcritter

Lady Penelope IV edition, driven by the Parker 8.0 System:

That Color Tag system is very interesting; Letraset also made a unit called Color Wand that seems to do the same thing: Reminds me of when, years ago, I used an iron and some heat transfer foil to re-chrome a plastic car emblem for a '79 Chrysler LeBaron - I recall it worked OK.

Not to mention you could take a scriber and cut circles over the original headlight areas to look like hidden lights (like a Cord), and scribe the wheel opening outlines into the rear fenders so it appears to have flush fender skirts. Might be easier to mold in quad headlights, too.

I believe that was another item corrected in the second issue - IIRC the first issue didn't have the rectangular slots above the grille.

That's the USS Princeton - more info here. Looks like your brother-in-law would have been on it in the sixties; it was scrapped in 1971. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Princeton_(CV-37)

Well, this was a stunner. Made a lowball bid and surprisingly won it: X-El '59 DeSoto. It will be getting the guts and part of the roof from a '57 Chrysler 300 that I put away years ago for just this occasion, becoming a two-door Sportsman hardtop. It'll stay a Fireflite, however, not an Adventurer. Does anyone have a suggestion for a source for an accurate '59 Wedge V8? Or maybe a dual quad 413... Has anyone here tried such a conversion?

Buy back my house and a few of the cars I lost or had to sell when I was broke. And about a half-dozen more AMT '63 Nova wagons.

Easy to assemble? "All right, you numbskulls, gimme some glue!"

Good find! I was looking at that one, since it's the first kit I ever tackled at age 7. (Didn't want to buy; just reliving... guess it really is a time machine.) Might be cool to combine with the Revell Z-16 kit to make a stock '65 Malibu, since the AMT body is more accurately shaped, especially the roof. What do you plan for it?

Couldn't edit to add: The car Mr. and Mrs. Ruffin were gassing up was a dark blue '50 Ford convertible with a tan top - we found paperwork for that too but I didn't get the chance to scan it.

These were among the papers when we cleaned out the Westwood apartment of a woman who had lived there since 1953: Flying A gas calendar card; other side was a 1952 calendar, IIRC Flying A 1951 credit card: (I have these saved as VERY large files, as I wanted to make t-shirt iron-ons from the logos. PM me if you'd like to have the 3300 x 2551 pixel versions.)

Man, what a beautiful job you did - I hope I can get paint to look half this good after being out of practice. This particular photo is special for another reason - if you look closely, it tells better than words can about how badly AMT messed up the driver's side window opening!

Picked up the Scale Stars Avanti at Hobby Lobby on its second and final reduction for five bucks; they also have one Lindberg 1/16 Bull Horn T-bucket left, final discount $13.76 if anyone is looking for it... also got a set of Revell no-name blackwall bias-plys from the '65 Chevy kit for my '64 Caddy rebuild.

My boss bought a one-family-owned '50 Studebaker Land Cruiser at an estate auction; among the old papers inside was the original registration:

Don't look too askance at the washing machine collectors - my friend Richard, back in the desert, collects them and has some cool cars as well ('69 bench seat 4-4-2 'vert he bought new and a '60 348 Impala sedan among them). There is something appealing about the '50s-modern design with the flashy control panels...

Very cool! Could we see a shot of the chassis to see how you finished the front end setup? By the way, member crowe-t is looking for the stock wheelcovers if you didn't use them:

I saw the topic and thought I'd post about the spider I smacked on the workbench last night, but never mind...

Cool period trick! I was wondering if you might do that; one of my neighbors in the mid-'60s had a '58 Bel Air post coupe with those taillights.

Nice-looking wire wheels (even if not appropriate for a GTO). What kit are they from?

Check your local store - the Michael's in Glenview near me accepts Hobby Lobby 40% off coupons.

I've read that the last time the remains were seen by a wreck diver on the Andrea Doria, there was little left recognizable but four whitewall tires. Replica builder Marty Martino had started building a recreation of the car, but Eshaver (who knows him) mentioned here recently that the project has been stalled for a few years now.

Mercedes 280SE 4.5 or 6.3 Mercedes 190SL (with Rosemarie Nitribitt's license plate H70-6425 on the decal sheet ) Rolls-Royce Corniche Ford Consul Capri '58 Vauxhall Victor estate '57-'60 Opel Rekord (really want to build a gasser out of this!)

Top of the list: 1959 DeSoto Fireflite. Close second: '57 Buick Century. Then the rest: '62, '64 and '65 Imperials '58 Edsel junior series (Pacer/Ranger) '57 Ford Fairlane Willys Aero '55-'57 Nomads (the only Tri-Fives I really care for) '63 Ford Galaxie '39 Ford/'40 Mercury convertible sedans '51 Frazer '58 Plymouth Studebaker and Packard fintail Hawks '56 Packard 400 '57 Cadillac '67 Eldorado Chrysler Norseman

I also remember seeing smaller Oldsmobile toys around that time; the one I recall in particular was red plastic, about 1/32 or a bit smaller, and had a friction motor and chrome plastic wheels with rubber tires. This one was a '64, however. I have a hunch yours might have been a knockoff of the Corgi '61 Olds, which was a miniature knockoff of the Jo-Han '61 Super 88.

Welcome buddy! Glad you joined up, Tom - wait 'til everyone sees more of your builds! The '58 Ford four-door hardtop especially will make some jaws drop around here.