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Thanks Andy and Dave. I thought about the barn find look a lot but wanted to see her as I built it years ago. About the only thing I'll do is replace the front tires, headlights that are now missing and a few nick nacks here and there. I'm not going to do the same thing I did to my 70 Dodge Challenger that I built here with going all out just because I wanted this one to be as it was back then.

More pics after taking it all apart. I was surprised at all the dust that had collected in the interior.... I may change that supercharger intake out. I think I have something that will work and look somewhat better... Here's the original glass hood after cleaning all the dust and grime off, shaving some excess flash off and dipping into Future:

Good grief man! Awesome paint finish on this one bud! Wow!!

Billy: Thanks bud! Stephen: Physically yes but I'm hoping for the best under all that dust.

Man that looks really good Randy!!

I must have gotten lucky because I sure didn't have the patience or the skills back then to iron things like that out. lol

Dude........

Man do I ever hear you there! I tried to use the decals on my F-100 that looked great on the sheet. Hell they even laid down great on the hood but when they dried they bubbled up so bad they looked like colored bubble wrap!!!

Cool! I built this one about 20 years ago and it was a dog of a kit. Will be watching.....

Great start! I really like the wheel change up. What's up with those red wheels on the box top?

LOL!!!

Thanks Kevin! Daniel: Yes siree! That is a clear hood. It's hard to tell though.

I started this over in the General Modeling section because I couldn't remember which kit this was. Thanks to those who replied and helped me find out just what this one was. I'll be taking this from its current state back to the way it was when I first got through with it some 30 years ago. First will come the clean up, then replacement of the headlights that have long since been knocked off and the installation of the windows. Also I'll be re-conditioning / replacing some of the parts that were damaged from heat along the way like the front tires. The parts will be coming from a spare kit that I picked up this morning. The end result is to not re-vamp this thing but merely to put it back to an original build state and then put it in my display case. I drove 500 miles visit with family and pick this up from my parents house over the 4th of July weekend and its the last of 5 models from that room that I have rescued. The other 4 were under the protection of display cases so they didn't fare this badly. What you are looking at is a model that's been exposed to 30 years of dust and North Texas 95+ degree heat in the back room of my parents house that has no climate control of any kind. So with that. I'll get started Baseline pics:

Sounds good Jim! I'll be watching............

Looks great!!! Keep it coming.............

I really like the exhaust work Jim! Where would you get the exhaust clamps if you were to go that route?

Great work Mark! You're really making this one come alive!!

I've been watching this one for a while now and have to say that this is one of the craziest, yet coolest , ideas I've seen yet. Great work so far Darren!

That sir, is 30 years of sitting out in the heat of a room without air conditioning. The tires have "melted" somewhat.

LOL!! Ha! Ha!! Thanks for the input Jesse!

Thanks fellas! Rob: That's what I intend to do. I just cleaned up the hood and dipped into Future and I've already got a kit spotted and will use it for the headlamps and windows. I'll be restoring it to the way it was when I finished it and nothing more.

I built this 30 years ago and is the last kit that I picked up from my parents house over the weekend. This one didn't fare as well as the others that I've picked up from there over the course of the last year or two due to not being in a case. This is probably what the rest of 'em woulda looked like without cases though. My question is what kit is this? I cannot for the life of me remember.

That's a good idea! What's funny is that I have used guitar string before on other applications and it works great! What you've done here with it looks superb!

Hey Mark that's a good lookin' build so far! What did you use for the wire harness conduit?

That looks flippin' SHARP! Dude you are killin it!!!!