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Mean looking little Comet! Could we see a chassis photo?

Estate sale score this morning! '65 Impala promo; taillights missing and weak paint on the hood and trunk, otherwise decent, $8.00: Even better - Craftsman '64 Chevelle, missing one wheel and tire (and the remaining three had tire melt on the wheels) but otherwise complete and untouched by glue, $5.00 (this has been on my want list for ages but they're tough to find cheap and/or nice): And this was an impulse buy, a Mattel Power Shop for ten bucks: It does run nice and quiet; does anyone here have one of these and can tell me what may be missing (besides the directions)? Edit: Found info and instructions at samstoybox.com.

John, I just used a little trick: I ran 726 HYH through the CA DMV personalized plate generator, and it didn't reject the number. Doesn't look good...

Missing Link Models was supposed to be coming out with a hardtop body for the '65 Continental - anybody seen one yet?

Beautiful work as usual, Tulio! How about doing a comparison with the original '58 kit next? There are a few details on that one which are more accurate. I used to be half owner of this Ranger; one of four '58s known to have this color combo, Snow White body and roof with Ice Green cove:

And the Bonneville while you're at it, so I can kitbash my old 2+2 convertible.

PLEASE do a search for the '63 Falcon convertible and '64 Corvair Craftsman molds. And tell us if they're gone. Hey, you found the '64 Comet...

Rob, when you go back tomorrow, can you find out what the AMF/Wen-Mac Mustang, lot 5420, sold for? The B-J website has lost the info. Lot 5424, the Delco shock demonstrator with the two '63 Chevy promos, sold for $575.00.

Went to an estate sale in Park Ridge this morning hoping to score some Motorifics: Got there on time but there was a line out the door already and had to wait half an hour in 10° weather to get in. By that time the rest of the locusts had descended to the basement, and almost all the toys you see below were gone or spoken for, except... Got it! Only paid a buck for it and the model railroad building cutout building book (to scan for patterns): P.S. And it turns out all the Motorifics they had were Mini-Motorifics, which I don't collect anyway.

Just a few quick shots from the basement: The last shot shows my recently-acquired SMP '62 Chevy convertible. It took an evening's work with photoetch saws, a razor saw, regular and chisel X-acto blades, and a small screwdriver, but I got that windshield out intact without any new damage. Then I fixed the broken right windshield post, replaced the missing vent pillar with a piece of square rod (cut from a fan belt!) and ground down and polished out the windshield to remove the glue splotches. On the right is a '62 Continental convertible that may end up getting parted if I can't budge any more black paint off.

License revoked.

My low-tech solution for a '64 Galaxie: Left the roof in bare plastic and sprayed it with Krylon satin black lacquer. When the surface crazed it looked pretty close to a scale vinyl roof; you just have to make sure every other surface is masked off.

Don't forget to check the Automobilia section of the website: http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/currentautomobilialist.aspx?aid=525&sd=01/12/2014&ed=01/21/2014 Some of the items really stretch the definition of automobilia (3-foot-tall statue of Bugs Bunny???) but there are many items that would look good copied in scale for dioramas. In past years they've had some collections of promo models (got my red '63 Ford convertible and dark aqua '66 Chrysler 300 hardtop there) but this year there are only two. Lot 5420 is an AMF Mustang with box: And lot 5424 is probably a Holy Grail to some of us here: Anyone know how this thing works? One amusing thing about the automobilia list is the B-J copywriter's constant tossing-in of random adjectives in front of the listings (Iconic, Neat, Stellar, Fabulous, etc., etc.). The Mustang's listing is the highpoint: Brian Griffin couldn't have written it better. :lol:

Boy is that sharp. Has anyone down there ever imported a '66 2-door hardtop or convertible body and upgraded it with the Brazilian trim? And it's a bit O/T, but what is that VW wagon in the second and third photos? At first I thought it was a Brasilia (like the one Maysa Matarazzo got killed in) but it looks different, like a cross between a Type 3 front and a Brasilia rear.

Nice, nice work! Are you going to build a correct real Eleanor?

Beautiful save on this one!

Update - arrived safe and sound. It was mostly easy to dismantle, probably because the original builder used up most of his glue installing the windshield and taillights. This will take some photoetch saw and Dremel work, but not impossible. Off to the Awesome dip... And a bit of thumbnail prying removed the wheelcovers intact.

Whomever made this resin Henry J could be a source for your bumpers and other stock parts - only problem is IDing the source. I wouldn't mind having one myself. http://www.henryjcars.com/hjc8/promomodels/promo1.html RMR also makes a phantom Henry J wagon, with bumpers: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/flamefink/rmrresin/50s/HenryJWagon.jpg

Nice clean job, Tulio! What tires did you use to replace the kit ones?

Scored this cheeeep on eBay; should have it by Friday: Original issue '62 Impala convertible. SO hard to find one without all the custom parts glued to the body - plus if I can get those '57 Plymouth wheel covers off intact, they'll probably be going onto a '58 Impala.

That's an Auto Cutter, and you must have a surgeon's hands to be getting such straight lines! For my windows and front door lines I'll be using a side profile image of my old '58 Edsel Ranger sedan (front doors and window frames are same as Ford) scaled to 1/25, and a photoetch saw blade.

Beautiful work on both of them! Way better than you'd expect from a Hubley kit. Can you explain about the muffler tape? Seems like it would be too thick to cover trim; what's the secret?

Just got this '57 Ford from eBay cheap: Chassis is already assembled and very nicely painted (better than my talents!); all I have to do is build up that 406 4-speed; tough part will be the four-door sedan conversion. Also have a '67 Impala 396 on its way for my '67 Chevy pickup, and a Thunderbolt shell and interior bucket - cutting up the shell for the window frames (looks like they'll fit my '63 Galaxie notchback) and hood latch, and the interior to replace one I lost in the last move...

Thank you! Did you get to measure it? I've thought about getting the deluxe edition '60 Starliner to gut for some projects, but that '61 wagon is very wide. Even its own chassis needs to be widened about 1/4" on each side to fit that body...

One of my many stalled 30-year-old projects is a Hubley '61 Ford wagon, which is 1/24 scale. I need a suitably wide front suspension setup for it, and I thought of the Monogram '58 T-bird - can anyone tell me the width of its front suspension from spindle to spindle, and is its rear track the same? Thanks! (And if anyone has one spare taillight for it, I sure can use it...?)