ChrisBcritter

The AMT and Revell Valiant kits sure inspired a lot of wild custom treatments.

Look up Dennis Doty and tell him I said hi!

And the Pyro '48 (looks kinda like a) Lincoln Continental.

'65 Riviera wire wheels Radir mags from the Fireball 500 The deep two-piece chrome reverse wheels from the '57 T-bird if they still exist (Were those only in the Here Comes the Judge version?) '57 Plymouth wheelcovers that were in the original issue '62 Impala Kelsey-Hayes wheels from the '34 Ford coupe (or just put them in all the AMT '32 Ford kits) '65 Dodge Coronet wheelcovers from the AMT trailer kit (Jo-Han and Lindberg '64 Dodge Polara and 330 and Polar Lights '65 Dodge Coronet can use them) '36 Ford wide-5 wheels Open steel wheels from the '58 Impala or '59 El Camino (chromed, maybe?)

Well, this gets the "What were you thinking?" award for the RHD conversion alone . I have a '61 as well; those front bumperettes I'm using for grille bars in a sectioned '49 Ford. I built the Valiant stock but really should redo it someday (bad gray paint job).

Those sharp wire wheels from the '65 Riviera and the Radir mags from the Fireball 500, and maybe the deep two-piece chrome reverse wheels from the '57 T-bird if they still exist. Pipe dreams: the perfect '57 Plymouth wheelcovers that were in the original issue '62 Impala.

Now for some of the others: (I bid on these two at the same time and figured I'd get outbid on one and snag the other - nice going, dummy; ended up having to buy both. The one on the left is in marginally better shape so I may make the other a hardtop.) (I have the rest of the missing parts except the engine and wheels, so I picked up an AMT Challenger for those bits.) (This poor thing needs lacquer crazing sanded down and chrome redone, but it's all there.) (Not too bad; seen much worse. Debating whether to make it a hardtop or just use a closed convertible top from a Revell Chevy.) (Got this pile a couple years before the reissue; those battered quarters mean it's going to be some kind of custom. Mostly I've put a lot of effort into grinding away at it to get the grille/bumper to fit without any gaps. Guess what? The reissue has the same problem.) (And finally one that isn't so ugly.)

Well, you've seen these two: The '61 Continental gained stock parts courtesy of eBay: but the tops of the quarter panels and the emblems had been ground off by the PO. I decided to part out an incomplete '62 convertible (after sanding off a crazed lacquer job) that had good quarters, cutting each body between the doors and at the rocker panels: It wasn't easy getting everything lined up (scrape a little here, file a little there, etc., etc.) but it finally did. Here it is now, nearly ready for final putty and paint:

And here's the 1920's idea of blinged-out:

Tim, do you have any front view photos? What was the problem with the fit of the front bumper?

One of the prewar 2-cylinder Crosleys has turned up in Cuba, of all places; unfortunately the Revolico ad from about a year ago didn't have any photos.

If only briefly. Should've spent less money on cars and more on lawyers...

That also led me to the Stanford photo files, which had some interesting goodies like some of the students' Model T speedsters. Thanks!

Somebody really should build this: http://blog.caranddriver.com/24-hours-of-lemons-veteran-66-plymouth-belvedere-still-going-strong-this-is-how-you-do-it/

A long difficult story with a happy ending - congratulations!

Cute as a bug's ear. Somebody should rescue this one; looks very worthy of restoration (or just buff it up and leave it original): http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4646941029.html

That's going to be worth watching - have you thought of kitbashing them into coupes using the roof (but not the A-pillars or windshield) and back window from the AMT '57 Chrysler 300? I have one of the DeSotos and a 300 that I'd like to pull the trigger on.

Terrific save! It is so hard to smooth down crazed plastic. Does the silver polish leave any residue that would affect paint if you chose to paint it?

I remember that article (was it in Hot Rod or Motor Trend?) - not many Camaro lowriders then or now. Good choice!

Got our electricity back on this morning around 11:30 (went off during a very brief storm around 2:55 Friday afternoon) - thank goodness the basement didn't flood. Big relief, because earlier, ComEd was saying it might not be back on until tomorrow or Monday.

"...Porcupiiiiine... V8 Chevelle Draggin' it up now, you better be quick Nothin' can outrun my SS 396" -Paul Revere and the Raiders

Hard to think of anything that hasn't been done before. Real aluminum lightweight front fenders and bumpers? Opening glove box that lights up? Vent windows that crank open? Inflatable tires? Working windshield washers?

The first attempt at a drive-through market was less successful :

Yeah - looks like Tyler Perry's Madea did it: Brilliant web design there...

They're also running Batman, which oddly features an early '60s gray-green Humber Super Snipe in many of the backlot street scenes - it gets on screen almost as much as the Batmobile. Sadly the problem with MeTV (and now IFC for us Batfans) is that the shows are all sped up in places to jam in more commercials; you especially notice when the music soundtracks are constantly changing in pitch, and some of the words sound clipped off. At least when the DVDs come out in November that won't matter.