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Really digg'n this one Chuck.

,,, and I e-mailed him with corrections after he posted it. ?

I noticed someone in the video said the original didn't have the 1/4 window pillar, that's incorrect. Here's a couple shots of my annual clearly showing it did have it.

Super nice, clean build ?

Mike, a bench seat and correct '79 dash would be a good thing to make. The seat is obvious but the dash, whole interior really, wasn't updated since the kit was converted from the '77 Ventura to the '77 Nova.

I have a '73 ,, annual.

The "Hang 10" and "Spirit of 76" decals were on the sheet of the last issue of the kit.

Thanks Zed, but I don't do the book of face. Please say Hi to him for me though.

Sometimes you're the windshield. Sometimes you're the bug.

Got it foiled over the weekend. Good thing it's a long weekend.? All the trim is BMF on this one, including the door handles. Still have to do the black around the windows and brush some silver on the PLYMOUTH script on the tail gate.

Engine looks great. I think I'd have tried to find a set of Ford valve covers to use instead of the Pontiac ones but probably no one will notice.

You got a nice clean build going there Bill. IIRC, that windshield is tricky to get in. BTW, those valve covers look to be from the AMT '66 Mercury. I used them on one of my builds too.

In '84 I had a '76 Caprice Landau, would have been a beautiful car if I had money to put into it ,, and a starter. Late one night after visiting a cousin at UNB I started for home but the car wouldn't. I'd need a boost with no cables let along a handy car to get a boost from. Ron's room mate had a big Honda cruising bike but neither had a car so we made due. all I had in the trunk of the car was a stray wheel cover and a length of copper tubing. Took all three of us but with one holding the stainless steel wheel cover tight to my chrome front bumper and a chrome tube on the bike and another holding one end of the copper tubing to the positive on the bike and the other end on my battery, I started cranking it over and we managed to get it started. ?

I like that a lot Chuck. ?

Yea, sure. I'd love to see that happen. I've actually thought about how it could be done before I started but I don't know if it'd be easier to adapt the convertible bits from a '64/'66 to the '67/'69 or reskin a '66 with the later sheetmetal. The cowl looks the same but I wouldn't know how much of the rest would have been carried over as the earlier cars were uni-body and the later were body on frame. But, yea, I'd love to see someone pull it off.

Chartpac makes down to 1/64". Very nice to work with as long as you don't mix up which is the sticky side. , , , Don't ask.? https://www.duall.com/store/product/110135.110135/chartpak-tape-gloss-black-1-64-x-648.html

Those wheels and tires came in the kit so there shouldn't be a problem with them. Those tires are pretty bloody skinny, way skinnier then even the '60 series on my 1/1 T/A. It's a classic case of "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain".

I'm pretty sure I just did the chassis out of the box in the lowered position when I built the Limelighter, but that was 14 years ago. But this should give you a pretty good idea of how it sits in the lowered position.

Yup, works now. ?

Dave, when I klik on the link it says "restricted access, password required".

Thanks everyone. I did this as a "pallet cleanser" after the complicated, involved builds of the Thunderbird and '32 Chevy delivery. I'd like to get at least one currently started [painted] projects across the table. Thinking on a couple "fresh starts" soon too such as a '59 Caddy, '37 Chevy coupe or maybe even an early 911. ?

Hard to say what's going on with the back of the car with just a pic of the front of it, Greg. But I can tell you 2 things. All '61 Olds had the same rear bumpers and there was no "Canadian" specific '61 Olds as they were never made here. I doubt it's a custom thing as the rest of the car I can see is bone stock down to the wheel covers.

That's one of the ones I have.

Personally, I'd like to see Revell do a few earlier small bumper cars , pre-1974. Fujimi has been reissuing some of theirs and I got the '67 911R and the '69 911S last year but the reissues don't have plated parts [headlight buckets, door handles, etc.] that the original issues had. But the Revell kits are easier to assemble and look as good Some say better but I don't really have a "critical eye" for those cars like I would for an North American car. Highly considering getting the '67 R on the bench next though.