ChrisBcritter

Got a '72 Chevy pickup chassis from a fellow I met at the DuPage show last weekend - going to kitbash it with my '67 to get the dual exhausts. You can tell the second exhaust was added to the tooling later - the second muffler doesn't quite match.

Kevin, if you're still checking this thread, what's happening with the '65 Continental sedan body? (sorry for the hijack)

Two surprises today, both on car carriers. First, going south on I-94 near the Lake Forest oasis, was a semi pulling a full load of Buicks - all late '60s/early '70s full size, in nice shape. Someone moving a collection, or rentals for a period movie? Second, a carrier passed in front of me on Buckley Road at the Navy hospital. On top was a scruffy but complete late '50s gray Porsche 356 coupe, and on the bottom was a BRG Triumph TR-4 that was seriously rusted, to the point that it had broken at the door jambs. Wonder how they intended to get that off the trailer...

I don't have a shot of the King T, but here's the package it came in:

I've got most of the double kit; the '32 sedan body shell is dead stock other than a couple tiny locator pins for the rear fenders - you can flick 'em off with a fingernail. I'm thinking of putting a different body on that chassis - maybe swapping it for a '32 Victoria shell or one from the AMT '34 Ford three-window (great excuse to customize it to hide the errors!). The Willys is missing the chassis and a few other bits, but there's enough to fix up a gluebomb if I ever get to it.

Here's their store locator; looks like I'd have to go to Indiana. http://www.olliesbargainoutlet.com/storeLocator/stores.aspx

If the body's as bad as it looks, here's a challenge - cut it up and build it as Chuck Porter's Chevy-powered "300-SLS" special (the last S stood for "scrap" - it was built from a wrecked Gullwing): http://www.mercedes300sls-porter.de/images/Alte%20Bilder/Corvette%20Engine%204,6%20L.JPG Add the engine from the 1/12 '57 Chevy and you're on your way. Much more info here: http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/BobEdmison.html

No, this was back in 2007. This was one of his two properties; besides the cars there was lots of Western and Italian furniture and memorabilia plus a lot of his artwork.

^^^ This '42 Continental was my favorite car there. If I ever tackled the Pyro kit again, I'd convert it to this one - that grille is much cleaner than the '48. Note the dual carbs and exhausts (Google "1942 Continental Palance" for better views of the engine). I begged my boss to buy this; it went for around $15 grand (it's now at a dealer in the same condition with a $42,995 price tag), but he already had a '47 Continental coupe. Instead, he bought this: '52 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith SWB Park Ward saloon. Runs but needs a valve job and the clutch rebuilt; bigger problem: the missing fender skirts are going to have to be built from scratch, probably. Even if a set turned up (ha ha) they might not fit considering they were mostly handbuilt and hand-fitted. Hey, I told him to buy the Lincoln... Nice lines, though, especially the rear end - looks a lot less stodgy than the coachbuilt Wraiths.

Back in 2007 my boss, his mechanic and I went to the auction of actor Jack Palance's estate, Holly Brooke Ranch in Tehachapi, CA, where he kept a bunch of old cars stored away. I took a few photos: ^^^ Odd to see dog dish hubcaps on a Skyliner... ^^^ '37 Cadillac, supposedly owned by Al Capone or his mother (more likely the latter since he was in Alcatraz at that time)... ^^^ '29 Cadillac coupe, missing a few bits and the engine apart. Really hate that red and blue color scheme... Part 2 is next.

Got rid of a bunch of stuff at the DuPage County model swap meet, so I added to my stash: Special thanks to Okey Spaulding for bringing his JoHan stash; got clear glass for my '59 Rambler wagon, a set of '60 DeSoto taillight lenses to see if I can modify them into '60 Chrysler units, and a pair of cheater slicks. Also got some buck-a-can/bottle paints, a '66 Craftsman T-bird rear bumper in way better shape than the one I had, and much of a '53 Ford convertible (minus the body) for $3 - need it for the dual exhausts and maybe the wire wheels for the '53 coupe I'm customizing, and maybe modify the chassis and interior for my '56 Plymouth sedan. Plus one guy there may have the '72 Chevy pickup chassis I need; hope so. And a bunch of cheap Matchboxes...

Pyro '48 Continental. I had built the Auburn Speedster first and didn't think the Continental would be so bad. Wrong, wrong, wrong... The tires had tread like a Jeep, the only correct hubcap was on the spare, grille molded inside out so all the openings were flush instead of sunken, engine barely looked like an engine, let alone a flathead V-12, front fender seams were huge and the fenders themselves too square... worst part is the molds are still around for this clunker, so nobody's ever bothered to do a good one - and with so few classics being molded any more, I doubt anyone ever will. Plus the Monogram '41 is too big to kitbash with it.

Yep.

Not too hard: "Well, I declare. If the clergy around here's gonna start stealin' everybody's automobiles..." (Hint: Mopar convertible.) Harder: "Can you drive a car? Then you can drive a tank." "But mine's automatic!" (Hint: Sean Connery - but not a Bond film) Toughie? "This short really rides sweet, man - now I know why everybody digs Cadillacs!" (Hint: Future Sweathog.)

Has anyone tried to use this stuff to remove wear marks on chrome parts, and will it blend in?

I'll be there. I can bring a couple of Hubley Model As (phaeton & Victoria), a started Monogram Ice T builder, and a '72 Torino race car (plus parts of a stock snap kit), if anybody's interested.

Now he tells me - and I left a nice builtup behind in California. I recall the tires were hollow rubber and were a bit loose on the rims; they'd also start going flat if I didn't roll it around now and then.

A little food for thought: Mild top chop, quarter windows closed up a little, top pie-cut at the B pillar and tapered a little towards the front. Does that help a bit?

Should the Minors be listed under Morris? The AMT Tiger is 1/25.

I thought I recognized those wheels on the trailer as being from the IMC kits. I wouldn't mind having one of their '65 Plymouths again. Very obscure kit, but two showed up on eBay this past week - Premier's 1/24th scale English Ford Prefect 100E: It would need a lot of whittling to correct, especially around the windshield and side windows, but it would be a great alternative body for a gasser! Anyone here have one?

If a curbside kit was produced and you wanted to detail it, I remember Checkers used '56 Ford front suspension, so the AMT kit would get you started.

Nice! Hope we see a build thread. I got a complete NOS rear bumper and taillight setup for my Monaco last weekend; of course it showed up after I'd put a bunch of effort into patching the damaged one I had - but this looks way better:

Should've read my horoscope this morning.

Would those places be a good source for clear red styrene? Say about 1/8 thick for carving taillight lenses.

MY must be "model year"...