ChrisBcritter

While looking for old photos on the North Carolina State University Library site, I found some architectural drawings for a car dealership, Ocean Motor Sales Lincoln-Mercury, dated 1947. The files are very large so I'll post a link here: http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/catalog?utf8=%E2%9C%93&id=mc00096-001-ff0261-000-001_0005&search_field=all_fields&q=ocean+motor+sales (I looked on Google Earth at North 2nd street in Wilmington, but I guess the building is long gone...) Happy building!

I should be there - looking forward to it.

Excellent job on a tiny model! (I would have guessed it was 1/25 from the photos.) Reminds me of the one from Don Stanford's novel The Red Car - just add a set of 1954 Colorado plates.

Sorry about the thread jack on the IMC VW - yes, I have one I was thinking about backdating (to an oval rather than a split) and I like the way you did this one; just figured if it were an early enough body it might work. I should have specified that. (I know I could get a new kit, but a bird in the hand...)

The wheelcovers are better too - properly convex-shaped, not flat like the Jo-Han originals (I love JH kits to death, but what is it wth those flat wheelcovers??).

I've never built one, but it's on my bucket list - what are the problems I need to watch out for? Factory or not, I love that shade of blue!

Do the molds still exist for the old IMC VW? And does anyone know what year VW it's supposed to represent?

These kit lots are coming up at the Los Angeles County Administrator estate auction tomorrow: Happy bidding!

Always wondered why that happened; since the separate roof doesn't fit all that well and neither do the B-pillars. I went ahead and built mine as a phantom convertible (the IMC '48 Ford top boot fits very nicely).

I can see starting with a '59 Buick, a '57 Buick Roadmaster promo or resin, headlight surrounds from the Chrysler Turbine, the ends of a '60 Cadillac rear bumper, '50/'51 Studebaker hood/bullet, '64 Galaxie interior for the seats... Any other ideas?

One other very nice thing about 1959 Fords: Whether you have a PMC (wagon, Ranchero), AMT (hardtop or convertible) or Revell (Skyliner) model, all the parts interchange very well. (Five different body styles of the same year and make, at the same time? Must be a record...)

I looked at the site; somehow Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" started running through my head...

Sometimes. It's actually a bulge at the bottom of the fender. There was a chrome extension that fit over it (which should have a horizontal rib) and lined up with the bumper.

Don't remind me. After I looked at that Dodge I got, uh, distracted... fortunately only bought two sets of Motorific tires. By the way, are you Jesse C. on WIX? If so, small world... And I recall your avatar had an unfortunate incident with a B-24...

If he were an Orangutan, his arm still wouldn't be long enough to reach the handle. (Love those exaggerated '50s illustrations.)

Another idea: take a look at a 1959/60 Mercury windshield - it wraps even higher into the roof than the Chevy did, and it may have enough extra material on the top to add to that. It's a $2.00 Modelhaus part.

I just got a look at your "new" Dodge - wow, that's the straightest one I've seen in ages. It must have never seen the light of day. An X-El repro '59 Dodge or Plymouth would give you the correct glass, if anyone ever had the nerve to cut one up. I wonder what could be done to keep it from warping now? Maybe epoxy in some braces/bulkheads underneath?

That's interesting - the box-art car does seem to have the grille a bit lower than the real car. Maybe I can fix what I have... Definitely watching this build. Thanks!

Dumb question, probably, but did real Modified Stockers ever run with tires like these? Or was AMT just using what they had available? I built almost all of these when I was a kid but I always wondered about the tires.

Found this from tumblr via the H.A.M.B.: Check out the odd promos: '63 Nova and Impala bodies mounted on sticks showing separate frames???

Sorry, I know it's an old thread, but it popped up when I was searching for something else. Any update on this one? Hemmings Classic Cars has an article in their August '13 issue about a builder who has made a clone of Black Bess; haven't read it but a photo I saw several years ago showed the body being built up out of '58 Chevy and Edsel bits. I took a stab once at making a '58 Packard Four Hundred coupe out of an otherwise unsavable '60 Lincoln, but it was melted too much to fix (was from a junkyard diorama I got from H. B. Halicki's estate sale, of all places). I would have used a '57-59 Dodge rear bumper and for the hood bulge/nose I'd have used a narrowed Duesenberg hood and grille shell.

Marcos, they can take that kit out of production now - nobody will ever do it better than you just did! One question: What made it necessary to go with Alclad on the bumpers? Were there mold seams on them?

And if you wanted to build one, it would be relatively easy since the body lines are mostly flat and everything underneath is stock 1941 Plymouth.

You mean all AMT '32 Fords are off by that much? Rats. I bet the phaeton would be the hardest one to fix. If you didn't have the Revell kit to provide the rest, how would you correct the hood and grille of an AMT kit to match? I have a Tudor, a Vicky, and a B-400 conversion all in the project pipeline...

You all did beautiful work on these! That said, Arii really made a mess of the shape of that roof - I wonder if a modified '58 Impala roof would look better.