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    That website hasn't been kept up in years, basically abandoned. Their e-bay store is active
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    The windshield from a '50s car might have the right curve to it on the ends. If you can find one with the right curve you could cut the lenses from it and paint them with clear red paint.
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    I remember when 2L plastic bottles come out here in Canada back around '77 or so. If you dropped it the right way it would explode !
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    No, it's not the same. regular white glue dries hard, this stuff stays tacky, a bit gummy when dry.
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    Get some foil adhesive and brush it on where you want to put your foil. It will keep it stuck down on the flat paint. Also good under that ultra chrome foil that has a reputation for not sticking. This is what I use.
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    "Vic's Resin" has one now but the bumpers aren't plated. I got this one years ago at an NNL East. I think it's the same one Vic sells now. I used the AMT '70 chassis and added the hidden headlights.
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    Here's one for you Dan. Back in the late summer of '96 or '97 I was riding home from work with a couple other guys and seen something very similar to the pic below. For some reason, I didn't bother saying anything to the other guys, just watched it for a few minuets out the truck window until it disappeared. A couple years later I ran into Stanton Friedman and told him the story. He didn't seem too interested at all. LOL
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    Yea, I've been having a pretty lucky Fall so far. Between these and the '64 I got from you, I'll have no shortage of interesting cars to work on this winter. ? BTW, I already have the bumpers from the '64 and the two '65s I got this week stripped and nearly ready for replating. Just have to drill out the molded in headlights and they're ready to send out.
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    Picked these up at the Moncton N'B' club's swap meet last weekend. It's the only swap meet of it's kind in my area and I feel pretty lucky to snag these. The '65 Olds and Chrysler were high on my "wants" list. Complete and in good shape. The '68 Chrysler and the Impala are also nice catches.
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    Yes, Modelhaus ,,but,, Yea, I guess so. The person who posted the pic, it was of the T-bird and 2 other kits, said Don will only be selling 30 or 50 of each kit. I can't remember which it was now.
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    Don Holthaus had a selection of 3 kits for sale at the big NNL a couple weeks ago, the Thunderbird was one of them.
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    Haven't had a lot of time to work on it lately but it's on it's wheels. Being a bit of a glue bomb underneath, the frame was warped in a couple areas that were hard to spot but with a couple relief cuts in strategic spots, I think I got it pretty strait. Lowered a bit with cut coils in the rear and flipped king pins in the front. The "Allison Thunderland" funnycar kit the body came from also had new king pins and front backing plates in it. Very handy when restoring these old T-bird kits. Wheels are the Kelsey-Hayes "strippers" from the AMT '63 Corvette with AMT parts pack whitewalls.
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    That's gonna be sharp in that color combo. Seen one like that for sale in northern Maine back in the '80s. BTW, only the '63 and '64s had the fake scoops in the side, '65s didn't have that at all.
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    Hey, if I can get 2, you should be able to get one easily. Your cars are cover material for sure.
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    If you like that, wait till you get a cover. ? ?
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    Lots of patience. Glued the front to the windshield frame first and worked the back on a couple days later. The trim strips hide the seams at the back.
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    Tiger gold from Scale Finishes.
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    They weren't all fake. When I had my '82 Firebird S/E I had to buy a torx screwdriver specifically for those screws. Pain in the ,,,,
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    I was keeping an eye on that one but didn't bother to bid as I have one already. Love that Syd Mead style artwork on the box.
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    Steve , Here's a couple pics of the JoHan '70 442 wheel in a small MPC tire They look pretty accurate to me if you can see beyond all the old paint. They'd need to be stripped of the old Testors paint and re-finished but I can send them along if you like.
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    I'll take a couple pics and post them up for you. Honestly, I haven't looked at them in a while but they are nice. Also a touch smaller in diameter than the other 500s available. As I've said before though, my favorites are the ones in the AMT '70/'72 Chevelle SS kits. The depth of them makes them look dead on for the Olds 500s I had on my Nova.
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    I bet it would be pretty easy for someone with experience making decals to do the lettering as a decal.
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    I may be able to help you out with that. I have to work tomorrow but let me have a look after work.
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    Missing link has the earlier caps with the Olds rocket crest in the center, if that helps.
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    Looks like this will need a new body. I hope they correct the top of the rear fenders on this one while they have the chance.
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