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That MIG stuff looks like just regular heating duct foil tape to me.

AKA Rader "Stars". Seems they were only available for a few years in the '60s.

I think what Mark's saying is, The hardtop kit has the top as a separate piece, just like the Mustang BUT, the convertible was issued at the same time and it had that tonneau was in that kit instead of the roof peice.

In this article about 1/2 way down Winfield says he only made about 20 sets of Tera-Thrusts. https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/defining-hot-rod-and-custom-car-legacy-wheels-part-3/

I always felt there was too much curve down to the front of the hood. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to this one for measurements. My uncle who owned it is palliative care and the car is sold and shipped off to Sweden now. ?

Get the MPC grille with the separate bumper if you can. The AMT part doesn't have the outer trim the 1/1 has so it doesn't look quite right. Easiest way to tell the AMT from MPC is the AMT has the bumper attached and it's separate on the MPC. And be careful of ones that have separate headlight lenses, they originally came on the Blazer kits and are a touch too wide for the pickup cabs.

Was that changing a lower control arm on a Toyota, Bill? Yea, I seen that one and I don't usually watch this type of video

This car has been across the country, from the Pacific to the Atlantic. My grandfather bought it in Courtney BC in '73 and it's still in the family. My uncle Steve has it right now. I had it for a while but when my Aunt passed he asked for it back for something to work on to keep him busy and his mind off other things. So, yea. it's been from Vancouver Island to Cape Breton Island and after a long rest should be back on the road in the spring.

It was reissued in 2009 under the Revell brand as the "30 Ford Touring street rod" Should still be pretty easy to find.

One of the best candy apple red paint jobs I've seen in a long time.

IIRC, that Jimmy kit had a lot of the stuff shown in this ad.

Why not just go to a nail salon and see if they'll sell you a partial roll to try out?

Forget the Blazer , where the GMC Jimmy? I bet a few builders would like to get a set of those fender flares and a Hickey hood.

I think you got that completely correct Casey. Being a house painter and staircase finisher I deal with a lot of contractors. I can't think of any I know that don't drive a double cab short box 4X4. The ones that regularly need to carry stuff have enclosed trailers that almost never get unhooked from the truck.

You mean the way they fudged the roof on the '90 Mustang coupe or Moebius fudging the headlight bezels on the '68/'69 Ford pickups? Right, the villagers would be storming the castle with torches and pitch forks if it wasn't %100 correct.

you deserve all the accolades given you Steve. You're one of the best out there. ?

Had to bring up the pics for another board so I thought I's post them here again while I had them up for those who hadn't seen them before. Built this about 15 or 16 years ago. AMT kit with Revell Buttera suspension, Revell 5.0 engine and a scratch built steering wheel. Paint is that infamous HOK "Tangelo" orange pearl.

It was a great show. Ended 11 or 12 years ago but picked up again with an animated version with almost all the main characters. Had a lot of interesting cameos of famous Canadian actors, musicians, sports personalities and politicians including a couple Prime Ministers during their terms.

Brent's Cutty is a '68. The Ford pickup is about an '81 or '82.

The black sunvisor is from the early '90s AMT Ford pickups. IIRC, it was in all the versions. The bumper/ribbed panel 2 above it is the custom rear piece from an AMT '73 Mustang, possibly the '71 and '72 also but I'm not sure.

I figured out what that grille is. It's the custom front grille from a JoHan '68 Chrysler. The rest of the custom parts are in the box it was in also.

The box of parts I got it from was mostly old parts from the late '60s and early '70s so I'm thinking it's from that era. By the look of the plating and the back of it, I'd say it's probably from some old JoHan kit from back then but I really can't say for sure.

From the Monogram "Waverider" kit. I have that kit and considered using the grille from it but, no, very different part.

I want custom grilles for this which look close to the stock Parisienne Custom Sport's thin bars. Similar to the Grand Prix's grilles but without the park lights. Found the custom grilles from the AMT '72 Chevy pickups have the look I'm after and I have enough of them to easily make the front grilles. I found this custom grille in a box of junk I bought at a show a couple years ago. I don't know what it's from but it has the right bars and is big enough to cover the space between the trunk lid and back bumper where the original Grand Prix tail lights were. Looks about like the stock Parisienne or Bonneville filler trim but has no lettering so it's perfect for my needs. BTW, if anyone knows what that grill is from [the bottom one], please let me know. The AMT Impala inner fenders are way too square, even after I tried rounding them off some with my Dremel so I cut the ones from the Grand Prix chassis plate and will graft them on. And here's the body with some primer on it. Looks like I got the new roof lined up pretty good and I just need to do some final bodywork.

That turned out great Tim. Perfect color and wheels for a Phantom Cadillac.