ChrisBcritter

A large-format flatbed scanner could work wonders with some of these old posters - a friend of mine has quite a few reproduction movie posters done that way that look amazing.

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It was an occasional treat for us to go to the McDonald's on Waukegan Road in Glenview, IL - Dad would back the '53 Bel Air or '61 Dodge Seneca into the parking space so we kids could eat our food off the package shelf and watch the Milwaukee Road trains go by behind the building. Mom would bring Diet-Rite in Tupperware sipper cups (McD's didn't have diet soda then). Thanks to the 1970 Glenbrook South High School yearbook, here's that very same McDonald's:

Thanks Brian - I've been thinking about some mods to the '55, starting with aligning the roof grooves with the B-pillar (why didn't GM do that?) plus a 3" section and '57 Chrysler rear quarters. Quick and dirty 'shop:

That's a set of three kits, though - at $1.99 each, which makes the $40.24 figure $13.41 (and 1/3 cent) each.

(Snake knows what I went through to get this )

Yep - 'twas I. Both the radiator wall and firewall fit the '70 body just fine - it even has the locators for the firewall still molded in even though it was always a curbside.

Nice! A bit of trivia: In the early '70s, GM was seriously considering badge-engineering this car in the USA as a smaller Cadillac (which ended up on a Nova platform as the Seville): https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/ebay-find-1973-opel-admiral-this-could-have-been-the-seville-now-someone-should-turn-it-into-one/

Yes; sometimes you can find junker original issue kits with good interiors. This is the correct '62 Dodge interior: And '62 Plymouth: Happy hunting!

That's Glenview, IL where I spent part of my childhood, and the aftermath of the 1967 blizzard. Here's a shot of the 210 when our family friend Mason bought it new; no whitewalls but at least he sprung for the radio and Powerglide:

Don't throw away the Dodge and Plymouth interiors from the USA Oldies '62s - they're actually promo interiors for the '64 Dodge and Plymouth, which have the correct bench seats and door panels. Jo-Han released the Fury kit with a Sport Fury interior, and the Polara kit with a Polara 500 interior, both of which are incorrect, so the USA Oldies issues can help fix that.

in the hay

Like ours? We had a little weather the day before these were taken.

I suppose an Animal House Deathmobile version of the '65 Continental convertible would be a pretty easy one to set up.

man, sitting in

I thought of a trick to suspend a tire in the mold box so I could do the pour in two parts: I drilled holes in three sides of the box at the same height that were just big enough to insert straight pins. I put the tire in the mold with the pin points touching the tread just enough to hold it steady, and poured the rubber to the top of the sidewall. Once it cured I smeared on some mold release and made the second pour. Once that cured, I pulled out the pins and the mold came out in two neat pieces. I managed to get a couple usable tires from it: One thing I wonder about two-part molds: Will a pressure pot help, or does the mold seal up and prevent the pressure from popping the air bubbles?

Ooeee. Lucky I'm still here to tell about it.

The V8 from the original '63 hardtop and convertible kits will drop right in - although it has a manual transmission.

I had this Skylark from '83 to '86: Saw another one so I grabbed a two-shot: Power steering and windows, but manual brakes. Had a weird glitch - if I stepped hard on it from a stop, the column shift would drop into low without me even touching it!

education short bus

That was the idea - Exner to the Max(ner?). I resisted the urge to toss the parts, and they came back to CA with me for a someday project. Wonder what would make a different engine? Maybe a V-12 based on a pair of Slant Sixes, one turned front to back?

Tim, any word on whether they're still negotiating with Chrysler or Stellantis over the '62 Mopars? Or... dead issue? Realistically I suppose only the Plymouth Fury would be a potential seller, perhaps if a Max Wedge setup could be tooled for it.

My username sounds like something I would have gotten in third grade, but it's a much more recent invention (from 2011 when I joined the H.A.M.B.). It was just something that sort of rolls off the tongue easily, and of course it's a play on words from the old Post cereal Crispy Critters. The avatar is a shot of my old '62 Imperial at a vintage service station in Altadena, CA, taken back in 1983: The whole car: