ChrisBcritter

Huge improvement from where you started - Bravo, Sam!

And of course ""L@@K"!

Riddle me this!

NO Rule Six!

51... structure fire

And a B-400 convertible Victoria even nicer!

A couple handy-dandy online calculators say either $74,879.43 or $76,443. However, the income tax rate on $8000+ in 1957 was 34% for a single person; head of household was 30%.

and some lunatics

The firm my dad worked for at that time (Pettibone) built that lifter on the right raising the doors - it was a bit more reliable than the Vega. Ironically it was better known as a junkyard mule: I bet it later hauled a Vega or two to the crusher...

and dye them

Always wear clean!

I was going to do that GTO swap, but I can wait - Round 2 will probably do a better job than I can. Tim, I trust this coupe will be one piece; the roof will not be an add-on, right?

One thing you didn't get was the "Wide-Track" - Canadian Pontiacs were easy to spot from the narrow Chevy track width.

seats stuck to

I suppose the rear bumpers and upper quarter panels would give you a leg up on converting a '57 Chevy to an El Morocco. Or you could get really creative: (Quickie Photoshop job.)

Something unusual there? I see two Skyliners with the second color of the two-tone only on the roofs; usually you see the second color just on the upper body, with the lower body and roof matching:

Jo-Han was pretty arbitrary with their colors - my '64 Caddy convertible is molded in a very pale green.

In case some of us haven't seen them, my Flickr page has this album of blueprints dated 1959 for a three-bay Texaco station, with measurements - feel free to download them and build whatever scale you like: https://www.flickr.com/photos/62734960@N02/albums/72157686504022760

Don't forget the cymbal roll!

Nicely restored little Texaco in Paducah, KY, now a visitors' center IIRC:

Good catch! Looks like a section of the mold was cut off and put into the '53/'54 mold:

That's what I need it for - AMT '55 Bel Air sedan - not a racer, just a mild custom streeter. Also for the '55 Nomad, which will be much more of a custom, if I don't go with some other engine (348 or Caddy).

Hi Sam - No, that's a kit body that has had the B-pillars very cleanly removed. You can see a tiny remnant here of the split between the door frame and pillar: Promo bodies are all hopelessly warped now. The kit chassis also had the information on the bottom like the promo. I've cast the '60 grille as a separate piece from the bumper with the lower part corrected, clear turn signals molded in and headlight buckets added. It will look way better than the one in the Ranchero and can be set back in the body to look more like the real thing. If you have a bumper, I have a spare grille I can send - PM me.

Thanks Casey! Looks close enough to get by - I just want an early Powerglide for my '55 and '57 Chevy Bel Airs.

Hi again! Are the Powerglide automatics in the '53 and '55 Corvettes the same? I know one is for the six and the other is for the V8, but did AMT use the same part on both? Thanks!