Snake45

The argent-painted Mag500s were standard on all '69 SS396s AFAIK. BUT if you had ordered your car with COPO 9737, it would have come through on 15x7 Rallys (like the Yenkos). I've never seen or heard of a "regular" '69 SS396 ordered with COPO 9737, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. It's very theoretically possible. If the no-trim-rings thing bothers you, use Rallys and tell 'em your model is a rare COPO 9737.

Your rear bumper fix looks good, but I won't be able to live with that gap between the bumper and the end caps. I'll have to plug that with some styrene or something. Drive on!

I'm pretty sure I saw the kit at my HL Saturday too.

Very clean work! Well done and model on!

Very nice, both! Thanks for showing them both together, I think this is the first time we've seen a direct comparison. Well done and model on!

Very cool! I think the last reissue of that Camaro is molded in a pearly green kinda like that color. I bought one but haven't opened it yet.

Yes, please! Email me at SnakeACP45 at aol dot com and we can make arrangements. Do you need those Buick wheel covers? I can't imagine ever using them. Thanks!

Cool color and one of your best finished yet. Model on!

Those wheels and tires make it badass! Well done and model on!

Sweet! Well done and model on!

Very, VERY sharp! Well done and model on!

Many thanks, I'll gratefully take you up on that! PM doesn't work for me here, please email me at SnakeACP45 at AOL dot com ...and we can work out details/trade. I appreciate it! Thanks! I tried to research it and couldn't find that much.

Bought this one off eBay. '63 or '64 Nova. Complete with custom parts installed, except missing grille/headlights (I have the custom rear pan, just not shown here). Never painted except for the engine compartment. All emblems/trim/nameplates intact and sharp. Doesn't look like the windows have been "death glued" in. The one-piece chassis is charmingly simple: The 6-banger is present and seems to be complete, including the custom 2- carb setup: I know there are those here who would love to clean this one up and display it as the true survivor that it is, but it's not my style at all. I'll raid a Rat Packer for the stock grille and front and rear bumpers, scrape off the jive-time decals, and build it up as a late '60s-early '70s "high school hot rod." Still thinking about color. The right fender skirt popped right off with virtually no damage underneath. The left one was a bigger problem, and there's some glue damage in the worst possible spot: right at the lower part of the curve at the front edge of the wheel opening. Looks fixable bit it will be tricky. Amazingly, it looks like I'll be able to save both rocker trim panels.

That's a good-looking engine, Steve. Drive on!

Yah, Walmart had a few of them three or five years ago. I bought a '69 Camaro, and a P-51 Mustang that's something like 1/67 scale.

There were also several somewhat nice stock-ish 1/32 street cars. I can think of '55 Chevy, '69 Camaro, a Nova, '68-69 GTO, maybe a '34 Ford, a Cobra. I wouldn't mind having a few of these. They're getting hard to find.

Some interesting stuff there! A few are worth cleaning up and displaying as-is. Others are worth major rebuilding effort.

That roll bar will do a great job of protecting the battery!

Not one single model kit of any kind at my Ollie's today, not even a Lindberg Raccoon Skeleton or whatever undesirable thing you can think of.

Mine had all the "new" kits everyone mentioned, no clearance kits, none of those particular kits at any price. Couldn't fine anything in the whole store worth standing in the long checkout line for today, not even with the coupon.

We all used it back in the '60s, but IMHO it's way substandard for the 21st Century. I'd rather see an unwired engine than one wired with sewing thread today. Just my opinion, worth exactly what you paid for it.

righties are dexter

I'll place my pre-order tomorrow! Today's my birthday and The Lovely Mrs. Snake told me she'd buy me whatever book I wanted, so this will be it!

I'm not downloading ANYTHING from a stranger!

Sorry, can't see it.