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I had thought about the back window using an insert for the small window. The markers are actually inset into the openings so for a lot of us decals would not be ,, lets say "ideal". and it's a lot easier to fill in the openings then it would be to cut them out. This is how it's done with 1/1 replacement fenders. They don't make '67 specific fenders without the openings. But we'll see when it out.

The pic Moebius originally used was from an on-line sale ad of a customized truck. Am I correct in thinking that the big window was also available in '67 along with the small window? Anyway, I'm thinking that when this does hit the shelves it will be a '68. Makes more sense to do a '68 cab with the big rear window and side marker lights then the small window, no markers '67. Then the cab can easily be used for every other year up to '72.

First, a pic of the beginnings , , Used the cab from an MPC '78[ish] Chevy 4X4 annual with fresh chassis and box from a more current '84 [ish] GMC. Chassis has been "Z-ed" about 4 scale inches just behind the cab and the bed floor moved up. Spare tire removed and a couple crossmembers added. Rear suspension is 4th gen Vette with coil over front suspension both from the AMT street rod version '34 Ford coupe. Steering rack is scratch made with poseable wheels. Wheels and tires are 3-D printed. Exhaust is solder with mufflers and hanger scratch made. Engine is a printed GM supercharged, intercooled LSA. Interior has modified door panels printed steering wheel, window cranks and scratch made steering column with shift lever and tilt and signal stalks. Seat is from an AMT '57 Chrysler. Cab and bed have side trim added, door handles and drip rails shaved as well as resin bumpers with shaved bolt heads. Grille is modified to '73/'74 GMC style with custom designed and printed grille inserts added. Paint is Tamiya in a custom mixed "apple green" shade with racing white sides. Bed floor opens with scratch made struts.

Just an FYI, that kit front suspension is wildly inaccurate. 3rd gen F-bodys use a "modified" MacPherson strut front suspension. No upper A-arms. I wonder if anyone else ever noticed this or just us who actually own an 3rd gen?

Just finished the last details. I'll shoot some pics and post them up tomorrow in the "under Glass" section.. I'd also like to thank everyone for all the kind comments on it along the way, I really appreciate that.

Is that stuff still right full of bubbles when it's dry?

Yes, what Sid said above. I was surprised that the pin was actually on the pully/belt assembly but there it is. 🤨 In addition, IIRC, when I built mine I glued the back end of the tranny up against the fender unit where they touch. I don't remember if there is a pin on the top of the tranny for that though but, looking at the instruction sheet, there seems to be a hole there.

I've had a bunch of tests, they don't know what's going on with it. Docs speculate I may have had a super mild case of the covid but I didn't have as much as the sniffles for at least 6 months before this started. They say there's nothing they can do for me.

A bear in his natural habitat.

Definitely need to fill some of that gap up somehow. I think that would help a lot. BTW ,,, a bit late with this but I think your distributor looks about the right size compared to the one on my T/A.

IIRC, the Revell pro street Beretta kit had some pretty accurate separate side mirrors. Maybe someone could just resin cast those. I don't have that particular kit or I would have cast a few sets so I could have some for my annual kit.

Just informed that John Dezan passed this morning. He was known on the Spotlight board for a long time, was on there when I joined around 25 years ago. Most would probably recognize him posting as "Can-Am Garage" He was a fixture on there as well as attending many shows in eastern Canada and The U.S. A true friend and he'll be missed greatly.

I pretty well don't eat any sweets anymore. Taste buds went on vacation about 2 years ago and haven't come back. Best way to describe it is like being color blind. You can still see fine but you know part of the spectrum is missing so nothing looks "right". I've lost the "sweet" and "salty" part of the flavor spectrum. I CAN still taste stuff but it's very "watered down", I guess you could say but some stuff is downright bad. Any carbonated drinks or made with soda water , all I taste is soda. Coke and Pepsi tastes to me like Murphy's Oil Soap smells and Sprite and 7-Up tastes like moldy books smell. I know this sounds like a joke but I can't tell ice cream from sour cream now. [I know, one is cold ha ha] I'd LOVE to have a banana split with caramel, strawberry and pineapple but ,, Ice cream = sour cream strawberry = very little flavor pineapple = little flavor, mostly just burn caramel = just greasy texture, not much else banana = every banana, no matter how ripe and brown tastes like the greenest one possible right off the tree. BUT, I have lost about 70 pounds , so, yea, yea for me 🙄

Liquor and ho , ,, OH, wait, you mean when I was a kid, right? 🤨

Oh yea. A lot of cowboys had their way with that tooling. Doesn't help that it started off as the '67/'68 kit either. They tried but the front fenders and rear 1/4s are just too different between the years to make it work on that kit.