ChrisBcritter

Got a package of the AMT whitewalls so now I have a correct set of wide whites for the '53 Studebaker, since Round2 won't put correct tires in this issue (why not? The '53 Vette has them. ) Also got an NOS Jo-Han USA Oldies issue '62 Plymouth interior. Remember my posting about finding that the '62 Dodge reissue used the '64 Dodge promo interior? Took a look at it and sure enough, it's the same for the Plymouth: '64 promo part, slightly modified but fixable - and now I can finish a correct '64 Fury (as opposed to a Fury with a Sport Fury interior like the kit).

I recognize some of the custom parts. Up front they're the hood, headlights and fender extensions from the AMT '64 Grand Prix; it's missing the clear headlight covers and '54 Kaiser grille. Looks like two Double Dragster kit canopies on the back.

I wear one too - my sister-in-law's father got it for free when he bought a pair of pants; he didn't need it so it got passed along. It has three fake chronometer dials and a pushbutton that doesn't do anything, but it does seem to keep time.

You may be thinking of the 2+2 that was a modification of the Bonneville kit. The Grand Prix hasn't had any major modifications other than (IIRC) in the original kit the headlights had separate clear lenses and all the reissues had them molded in (did they use the promo part?).

Jo-Han Caddies were all four-door Fleetwoods from 1958 through 1962, then deVilles from 1963 through 1970, along with the Eldorado coupe from 1967 through 1976. Then Coupe deVilles from 1977 through 1979.

OK, I'll close this one. Jerome Brown, #99 of the Philadelphia Eagles - he said this in 1987 when he was in college at the University of Miami at a Fiesta Bowl dinner with Penn State (And just like the Japanese, Miami lost afterward ). Legendary L.A. radio sportscaster Jim Healy used to play the sound bite a lot until Jerome got killed in the 'Vette.

Good luck with it! I got a siphon feed Neo last year and I'm starting to relearn what I did years ago. By the way, I found out to my happy surprise that the Testors Aztek airbrush paint bottles screw right into the Neo's siphon cap!

Clean outside, scruffy under the hood - looks like a few cars I've owned. How did you fix the stock taillights - cut down the custom lenses and use plastic strip for the bezels?

Score! That's not the first one I've seen with the front fender spears glued on backwards, either . Will you keep the generic wheels, get stock promo wheels from Modelhaus, or...?

Not too long ago someone was looking for the source of an old decal - a witch doctor holding a big hypodermic needle with the word "Injecter" (sic). Did a search but couldn't find the original post. Well, in one of my eBay searches I ran across this in a '61 Ranchero (not the Styline kit): Is this the one?

Right on all; just to add: A: From the old Revell kit. B: Also '60 T-bird. C: From the AMT kit - Monogram is 1/24 but more accurately shaped (AMT's are too flat). H: Correct - but the ones on the Jo-Han '67 and '68 promo are more accurate (Imperial used it all three years, '66-'68).

The '64 was reissued around 1974 as a stock-only kit in the USA Oldies series; however, the front seat mold was apparently missing so the bucket seats from the '67 (IIRC) kit were substituted. Other than that it's correct, but slightly undersized so the promo it was based on would fit its box.

They never have been in the El Camino; there may have been some confusion on that because the Street Rods issue of the kit showed them on the box art and the original kit's box art was not very clear. The dog dish caps were only on the original annual and Craftsman reissue 1959 Impala, but were made to appear like a full wheel cover (you'd have to cut away the outer part to make them look and fit correct on a painted steel wheel).

Highly usual - only once have I found a flat black that came off easily in the purple stuff; it was 50-something-year-old enamel. I just this week stripped a chassis that was painted more recently and it took two days of soaking and two evenings of scrubbing to get it cleaned up well. Good luck with this model - I used to see this kit often when I was little and they seem to pop up at toy shows a lot as well, but I never see them built for some reason.

If you don't, I know someone who probably would send a truck out from CA to get it! He collects a lot of odd '70s/'80s cars. And I'm his worst enabler.

Wow - cool model and a cool story (What a relief that must have been...). Any photos of the 1/1?

Might be able to help you out there - sending PM.

PM sent.

...+ $8.95 for shipping, as opposed to $4.99 + $2.99 shipping from the eBay seller.

I think he's asking what make of car it is.

Promo wheels for Jo-Han's '64 Caddy won't need backs; they're a snug fit in the tires (which are same as the kit tires) and the axle holder extends out to the chassis. Outwardly they'll look just like the kit parts but you may need thicker axles.

While searching for AMT whitewalls on eBay, I came across this listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141777755144?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Seems like the seller has obtained a large supply (64 sets sold so far) of tires from the Moebius '65 Plymouth kit. Could the seller have gotten them from their outside supplier, or is this a back-door deal with Moebius?

Spot the blooper: Somebody should get the gong...

RIP George, you were a nice guy the few times we met. Condolences to Brett - wish we had spent more time together. A couple video stills from when he and Brett brought a Batmobile to our car club's drive-in movie night in 2005: ^^^ Only shot I got of George and Brett together. George with Bat-maven Scott Sebring and wife.

Could you check the link - it just goes to this same page.