ChrisBcritter

Are there any other surviving cars you know of from the movie - in particular the two '58 Edsels used in Luke's last scene? (I don't mean the '59 that was blown up, but the two '58 four-doors (one Pacer hardtop, one Ranger sedan)?

Might be a good start for the first-ever LeMons Challenger? Bet it's not even that rusty underneath.

OK - never mind. Thanks for checking.

For me, it was the guys I grew up reading in Rod & Custom and Rod Action in the '60s and '70s - mainly Tex Smith, Bud Bryan, and Spence Murray, following the progress of their many project cars.

Can you get him to scan and post the instructions pleeeeez?

The Crew Cuts (the Chords had the original version)

Sleeper? Riiiight!

Here you go: The used car salesman "Speed Felon for Mighty Misdemeanor Motors" is at 35:09, but watch the whole thing - especially the part with the model kits.

Good lord, somebody bought it! The seller should change their handle to "rudyrusso". Saw one of these a couple times at the kit collector show in Orange County, CA many years ago - the seller wanted around fifty bucks for it then ("Fifty bucks never killed anybody", but it would have injured my budget too much...).

Though I was too young to remember it, first influence was my dad's junior executive hot rod - a '57 Buick Century. Thanks to product placement, Imperials - in the 1960s, a lot of them showed up on TV programs; the fact that I saw very few on the street made me long to own one that much more - so I had the red Corgi convertible. Loved how a luxury car could look so aggressive, more so than Lincolns or Cadillacs. Probably would have bought the AMT "Hero" kit if it weren't for all the cowboy junk tacked onto it. As to real-life cars, there was a '58 Chevy Biscayne coupe in my neighborhood that was painted gold, had the front end jacked up, no front bumper, radiused rear wheel wells, mags all around and '59 Pontiac Catalina taillights. No idea what was under the hood but it looked and sounded badass. (Doesn't some resin caster make a '58 Biscayne?) Another local street rod was a '26-'27 Model T tudor that was primered, had no covering on the roof, and was channeled with chrome kidney-bean wheels and zoomie pipes on (IIRC) a small-block Chevy. I only saw it maybe twice but the memory always stuck with me. Later on I got hooked on first-gen FWD Eldorados - again, a tough looking luxury car - drew 'em on my third-grade notebooks.

I think he means the MPC flip-nose Ford pickup.

I'll throw in a third possibility - Team Tinyvette's LeMons racer: (Images from Team Tinyvette on the 24 Hours of LeMons forum)

Bravo Al! As a fellow Lincoln builder you make me want to get back to mine. It's not easy to make that trim on the fender edges look good, but you nailed it. One question: Did you have any issues with the fit of the front bumper/grille? The opening on mine had to be filed out a bit on either side for it to fit.

Leo Carrillo, who gave us Leo Carrillo State Beach and owned a Chrysler Town and Country convertible with cow horns on the hood.

Nobody too famous sang this (the best version was on a Scopitone); it's a movie title song: She'll turn your head, though she might use a judo hold And on her shoulder's a chip made of solid gold If you're a master of the underworld you'll be accepted in her queue She is the perfect mistress of her art She is the perfect mistress, too Again a movie song (not a title song), this time sung by somebody famous; not a hit but should have been: She makes love without a smile Ooh hot dog it drives me wild

A Gene Winfield face-painting booth would be an interesting idea... or Ed Roth or Von Dutch? Thanks to both of you for all the photos - Tom Piagari's replica stocks are amazing.

That is one VERY helpful bit of information, Steve - thanks!

It'll be cool to see those outdoor photos - it really takes sunlight to do those purplish shades justice. Looking forward to seeing what you do with the interior as well. I'm still plugging away at my mild custom '60 - got the roof chrome and New Yorker emblems removed, cowl seams cut and door/hood/trunk seams scribed. Have to add another layer of putty to fair in the grille at the bottom; got the grille frame cut out and ground out from behind, and some Eduard mesh for the Windsor grille is on its way from Australia. Measured the space between the chassis and the bottom of the interior and found the bucket could be made about 5/16 deeper without hitting the chassis... One thing I'm debating whether to mess with is the lack of a license plate indentation in the front bumper, but I may just leave that as is.

And the instructions were just as funny part, if you can find a copy - I'd like to see them posted on that Fotki page. (I wonder if the person who thought up this promotional item saw that "$257 Ford" model kit piece from National Lampoon? )

Compare the Revell drip rail (from A to C pillar) to the AMT and notice how much flatter/straighter the Revell one is than the AMT, which is gently curved like the 1/1.

OK - I might have you covered on the interior tub - PM me after you go through the parts.

Congrats on that find, Steven - looking forward to the build threads on them! What do you need for the '63? I have some '62 bits left.

From another estate sale over in Glenview: The Granada's missing one taillight, most of its chrome has faded down to the clear plastic underneath; the T's box got wet at some point and the decals got messed up: I'll take a whack at scanning and restoring them. Both of these may be trading material...

I'm interested - I've been thinking along those lines with my '64 Chevelle to make a set of clear backup light lenses from the ones molded into the panel. Of course if you have a funny car body, it has a more correctly contoured roof as well... hmm...

My favorite Great American Jukebox dashboard: 1956 Packard.