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    This could be it: Full story: A photographer/photo collector friend of mine knew I was a car nut, and he gave me a batch of eight photos taken in L.A. in the 1940s of Cords and one Auburn speedster. Most were modified in some way, and this one has a '42 Cadillac front clip and maybe rear fenders ('41 Caddy trim on the hood). Whether it's actually the Von Dutch car, I don't know for sure - I sent copies of the photos to Rik Hoving but he didn't say if this was "the" Cordillac or not. Still, how many could there be?
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    An Australian eBay seller named "a-modeler" has Eduard photoetched mesh in many styles and the prices are reasonable, even with shipping from down under; I've bought a couple sheets from them. Here's the 4x4 hex pattern; there's also 6x6 (I believe the intended scale is 1/35): http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=a-modeler&hash=item3f5ebbb5cb%3Ag%3AYnEAAOSwoudW6I-u&item=272172299723&_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=eduard+mesh&LH_PrefLoc=2
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    Could you post a shot of the contents? I'd like to see how that Aqua Pearl plastic looks on the body. And for you modeling masochists, the roof from this car combined with a '65 Olds 88 body would give a good start on a '65 Starfire.
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    Me three. When I started this '61 Falcon (a sloppy green builtup I got at an Old Town Escorts meet), it was intended to be a current-style street machine. Now it's a nostalgic '70s street machine. Mishmosh of Pinto, Mustang II and SC/Rambler bits in the interior and chassis; grille was modded with sections cut from a '62 Cutlass grille and '76 Eldo headlights. Four-lugs in the front, five-lugs in the back . I may rethink that SBF engine, or at least beef it up. Assembled with the miracle of masking tape: The spoiler does need to be finessed a bit...
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    Thanks for posting that photo - I have a vacuformed uptop I picked up on eBay recently that was supposed to be for a '59 Chevy; doesn't quite fit my '59 Bonneville but it looks like a match for yours. Now to see if it will fit my '62 Impala...
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    Got tires and some extra stock bits from the IMC VW - thanks Vince and Brad - and started to Frankenstein the VW rims with the Hubley Renault hubs for the Dauphine project; just in time as I just finished the mods to the curbside chassis. Wonder how much more work I'll have to do before Ebbro brings out a full-detail Dauphine?
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    This Ranchero kit must have been a big seller for AMT, the way these originals keep turning up - did they keep it in production longer than usual, like they did with the '60 El Camino? Did the Styline version come out at the same time, or later?
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    Internet Archive to the rescue https://web.archive.org/web/20130301072855/http://www.copcar.com/mo0903.htm
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    I've had some luck using a photo etch saw blade and a lot of patience; on a '62 Chevy convertible I managed to remove the glass without destroying the frame or the cowl. Glass got a bit scratched but it needed polishing anyway; next time I'd put tape over it.
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    Would Micro Foil Cement work OK?
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    Got my order in for a '56 Plymouth interior, '61 T-bird steering wheel/column and taillights, and '63 Impala taillights for the AMT kit (drilled out the molded-in ones 25 years ago and parked it, so another 20 weeks won't matter now...). Wish I could get more stuff but this will have to do it.
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    Set of '59 Mercury open wheels and axles, which will get my '59 Edsel 'vert rolling again (same parts) but got outbid on a set of '58 Imperial wheels .
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    Got hit by a bosozoku stick.
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    From gardnerpag44, a '55 Nomad tailgate - so a parts car is now a builder - thanks! And from eBay, a Monogram NASCAR T-bird engine; the headers will be adapted to fit the SOHC for the '58 Ford.
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    Let alone Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis. (Now if you'd said Pat Boone, I'd have said, "That I believe." )
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    Let me guess: "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned"?
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    Black '60 New Yorker convertible - red interior and white top.
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    Are you going to try to build one of the Buicks up? I have a grille/front bumper - needs rechroming and the tab with the screw holes is cut off, but still savable. PM me if you need it.
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    IMC '48 Ford kustom I built in the late '70s, chopped and channeled:
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    Runs on methane?
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    Cover it with plain aluminum foil, burnish it down tight, lift off the foil and fill it with Bondic or resin, and you've got it - once it dries remove it from the foil, attach it to the model, foil it using adhesive or Bare-Metal.
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    Thanks Bill!
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    I'm currently looking for a set of headers for the SOHC engine I'm building; of course there's not much available so I'm thinking of just modifying flanges to make an existing set work. I've noticed these from the 1/24 Monogram NASCAR T-bird: Can someone tell me how wide these are where I marked on the photo? Thanks! (And if you have a better suggestion, let me know - the engine is going into an AMT '57 Ford chassis with a straight axle setup.)
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    VW 411

    ChrisBcritter replied to Vilperi's topic in Model Cars

    They certainly were sold in the USA - here's mine back in 1979: Hope they do a wagon...
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    As I've mentioned before, the wheels/tires from the MPC Stutz Bearcat are a big step towards making it accurate.
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