ChrisBcritter

Tools, paints, parts - anything but another kit (he says... )

Many did not. My Spanish teacher in junior high gave us a graphic description of the collision that killed one of her friends (driver, crushed by the steering wheel), disfigured another (middle front passenger, face hit shift lever and dash) and injured her (right front passenger, leg broken in two places against the dash - and further injured when an equipment box fell on her in the ambulance). It was probably the only time I saw her get emotional.

There is a certain subset of collectors who will fight each other tooth and nail (or checkbook and platinum card) at auction for very-low-mileage cars even if the car itself isn't too exciting a model. Key term being "at auction". If this had been consigned to some vintage car dealer at that price, I bet it would have sat for a long time.

True, but I'd want opening side and rear doors (modeling masochist that I am) - isn't the resin body pretty thick?

Always thought that model of Holden would look better with a wider grille; quick 'shop...

First series '60s Econolines might do well, since there's a jillion ways you can customize them - for that matter, can't believe after almost fifty years of the Little Red Wagon kit that IMC or its successors never tooled an A-100 van body.

Maybe time for a '60 and/or '61 Chrysler 300?

Fix that Nova wagon, as in make it the multi-choice build, and I'll buy at least one or two. Per JohnG at Round2:

This is what the earlier ones looked like; there used to be one parked out front of Harry's Radiator on Valley Boulevard in Rosemead, CA that was identical to this one: And in Yucca Valley, CA, the front end of one is mounted on the front of Ole's Alignment (a motor spins its wobbly wheels): And for the heck of it, here's one more (from Louisville, KY) back in the day: Cute as a bug's ear and slightly larger.

Aurora had some nice dramatic box art. As for AMT's, the All Stars kit's not bad, but I've seen worse...

Speaking of VWs, I had one once... or should I say a four one one once... Why in the hell was I smiling?

Thinking of wagon kits that could be based on existing Revell/Monogram tooling (I'm sadly leaving out AMT/Round 2 since there probably won't be any more new tooling from there), I'd like to see a '59 and/or '60 Chevy, '64 Fairlane (somebody must have built one of these as a drag racer?) and a '67 Dodge Coronet. And I know it's been done in resin already, but after I saw this photo on the H.A.M.B. yesterday, a '50 Olds would be a natural: The thing with marketing wagon kits is you could do the stock, cruiser-lowered-with-surfboard-rack and drag versions - bringing back the 3-in-1 idea.

Aurora? Oof. Multi-piece body, undersized tires and no chrome. If you need 1/32, find one of these instead and spare yourself the headache: (from slotforum.com)

Shout out to Gulfport - my mom's side of the family is from down there (and one of her cousins raced stock cars at the local tracks). How close to the water is the new place?

Now that's funny. At least the nail polish was your mother's idea! If you'd "borrowed" it for that, well - spanking time, right?

I guess this qualifies? Dropping down to 1/32, Pyro had several: Meanwhile, Lindberg had these:

When I was seven, my neighbor bought a new '68 10-passenger Country Squire; it was the first time I heard of a color named "Lime Gold". I remember Ford running commercials about all the new features it had that other wagons didn't; the "brand X" wagon they used was a '63 Dodge 440 which happened to be what my family had. I remember reenacting the commercial with the neighbor's kids... Maybe a '70 Country Sedan based on the police car tooling would be the least expensive way to go; then the aftermarket would do the Country Squire?

Tough looking car! With the shorter wheelbase, where did GM take out the two inches, ahead of the cowl or somewhere else?

Primered rear fender flares and paint the gas tank and rear axle white, with two extra stock taillights for each side, and little orange horseshoes on the lower panel below the rear bumper (Clark gas stations used to give 'em away IIRC).

I just picked up the Lincoln Futura this past weekend in it's '03 re-release. Primitive to say the least, but I couldnt leave without it Speaking of which, I just now found this shot in the 1957 Downey (CA) High School yearbook: Not sure what Kay is holding, but Sandie's got a Futura.

Actually about the only non-stock item with that kit is the grille - cut out the center and replace it with very thin horizontal bars and you should be good to go.

A '53 Merc convertible would be nice; just needs a long, long trailer to pull...

It was briefly discussed on this thread; the Chrysler Newport needs more - like the glass?: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=101766 The most viable might be the '62 Plymouth; they could tool a new, detailed chassis and engine to make a Max Wedge dragstrip burner. With the Jo-Han '62 Fury molds gone (or very AWOL at least) they wouldn't have any competition.

Got a batch of NOS leftover '66 T-bird parts (needed the lower front pan) and a Craftsman series '57 T-bird roof (the one with the correct shape): Now I just need a hood, two rear bumpers, a windshield frame and a headlight bezel to get another couple builds from my '57 T-bird parts pile.

How about that - shoulda bought a lotto ticket.