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Ya wanna know what I think? ,, Bill Geary and Juha Airio better look out ,,, there's a new top dog in town. ?

No, I don't believe they do still exist. They would have been updated yearly until '70, which was the end of the line for the Coronet kits. Yes, they were release announcements but they were apparently either testing the waters or based on mis-labled moulds, depending who you talked to. And, as others have said, obviously if they were out there they would have been reissued already. No one would have left an sure money maker like that in storage.

Left looks like AMT '65 Chevelle/Elcamino and the right one looks like the custom cap in the AMT '64 Mercury Marauder .

'S OK Jim, ramble away. I tend to do that too when the topic of '69 Rivieras comes up. ?

Thanks guys, ?

Great old survivor and excellent restoration. Kudos ! ?

Looks great in grey Randy. ?

Thanks Carl.

Seems there's been a lot of Riviera models being built lately. So to paraphrase Ms Joplin, "My friends all build Rivieras, I must make amends". ? To that end I decided to build a Thunderbird as sort of a "call and answer" to all the Riviera builds. Nothing too complicated. I had one of the AMT "Allison in Thunderland" funnycars for a while with plans to build a street car from it so when a pair of pre-built '69s came up on e-bay for a good price I jumped on it. I'll use the funnycar body, which is completely stock , for this build with interior and chassis from one of the builts. I now have the stock funnycar body painted and 1/2 foiled. Tamiya black spray with Testors wet look clear. I'm also picking away at the '62 Chrysler seen in the pic as it's a long term project but right now, this one's really speaking to me.

Great looking car. Excellent job on the trim and details. ?

I almost didn't open this thread ,, another '69 Camaro and all but I'm sure glad I didn't. That is one great looking build. Love the paint and the custom touches.

Excellent !! Very cool and I also dig the wheels. ?

Marc Nellis , a member on here does some red resin tail lights. He may do these, I don't know. But it's worth firing off a PM if you can find him. A moderator may be able to help with that.

The Monogram "Son of Ford" '32 has similar wheels also.

Ron, Just round off one end of a regular metal axle, put it about 1/4 inch in the end of your aluminum and start working it around in circles, pushing the end of the aluminum out a little bit as you go around. Start with small circles and slowly increase the angle while slowly allowing the axle to come out a tiny bit each time. Eventually, the end of the aluminum will be flared out . Work slowly so it dosen't bend too much at once or rip the tube when it starts to get thinner as it flares out. You can then polish the tube with a bit of your favorite polish and cut to length. That's how I did these ones.

So, was it someone here who got it?

A couple weeks ago I seen a sealed MPC '72 Impala go for just over [IIRC] $500 CDN ,, about $375 USD.

Ya know, I do understand why someone would want to spend that much on a model. After all,, what would you really rather have, a $300 '66 Fury or 10 $30 '32 Ford kits? Just depends how much you'd rather have the Plymouth. Me?,, I'm quite happy with my cheap resin re-pop.

The real cars never had them, '71 was the first year for those and only "455 H.O.".

I'd love to get my hands on a nice copy of the "Quicksilver" kit.

IIRC, '60 was the last year for the 2 door full size Chevy wagons and the sedan delivery. I believe the slanted pillars are due to Tom Daniels designing the kit with Elcamino doors.

That's no excuse.

It's a waste of a good '71 Riv is what it is. ?

That's looking great Roger. Love the maroon with the steel grey. I hear ya about those wheels, hard to get them to look good. Almost makes a guy want to spring for a nice set of 3-D printed ones. https://www.shapeways.com/product/6PXDTJXEQ/set-of-four-kelsey-hayes-quot-bent-spoke-quot-big-little