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How about the ones in the AMT '32 roadster? Pretty close too and quite deep. Best shot I can find right now.

Thanks JC, that's the pic I was trying to post.

"Barnabus vampire van". It would need a new body

Thanks Bill. I should have known that as I've done it before too. Duh.

Title should be self-explanatory but not just Fotki but any other websites as well I can only attach pics from my computer now .

Yea, Like I said, the Toro and Eldorado kits used the same chassis and engine. The same engine was also used in thier '68-'70 442s but with a different driver's side exhaust manifold and front cover. BTW, how the heck are you guys posting pics now? I can only post directly from my computer, not the internet such as fotki etc.

Yup. Only thing changed on the kits were the body to become a Nova and the related parts on the chrome tree. Same chassis, same engine, same clear parts.

The engine and chassis in all the JoHan Toros from '66 to '72 were exactly the same.

Power steering pump.

JoHan Olds Toronado engine. The concave intake and turner-up driver's side exhaust are the giveaways. Could also be thier Caddy Eldorado engine. JoHan just used the Toro engine in the Eldos instead of tooling uo a proper engine since the Toro and Eldo kits shared all the other chassis and underhood parts.

Thanks guys, I can't take credit for the color or wheels though. It's a replica of a 1/1 I built up for a fellow club member. The chassis is just a one peice promo style with no engine

Pretty simple resin kit. Not one of the better resin casters though. Lots of clean up and surface prep. [still a bit rough in a couple spots]

Looks great Ron. Super work on the conversion, especially the back.

One of the first cars I got the use of as "my own" was a '74 Bobcat wagon. Drove it until the headlights rusted out of it and the doors were ready to fall off.

The '77 Ventura was converted to the Nova.

Thanks guys. Some of you are asking about the red on the first one. Sorry, I had thought I had answered sooner ,,anyway,, I can't really give a good answer to that queation as I don't know exactly what it is myself. A friend of mine runs the bodyshop at a local Ford dealer. few years ago he dropped off a box of leftover paint in touchup bottles. This is one of them. All it says on the top of the bottle is "Contour red". Last year Contours were made was 2000 so, my best educated guess is the paint is 2000 Ford Toreador red.

I have a front bumper/headlight unit coming from Modelhaus for mine. Might even use the underhood stuff and chassis from the Polar Lights '64 kit. Also have a PE set from MCG for emblems and a bottle of Tiger Gold coming from ScaleFinished. Yea, I've been thinking about a build of this kit for a while. Wish I had got one of the resin promo copies from Missing Link when they were doing them though.

Disappointing, isn't it.

It's a big block Mopar of some sort. The valve covers and shape of the oil pan would indicate that.

I think a "phantom" AAR convertible would be cool. You could bash it with the existing hardtop to have a proper AAR coupe AND a hemi convertible.

Grass and buffalo, real nice dioramas.

Putting this thing together for a friend and fellow club member.He builds ships and plains but didn't want to tackle this project. I suggested Modelhaus to him for a Falcon kit but he got this one from Australia instead for some reason. Quality is about R+R level and no chrome. I don't know what he paid for it but I still think he'd have been better off with the Modelhaus kit.

Same here. But I think it barely counts as a cover any more than "Ice Ice Baby" counts as a cover of "Under Pressure" or "Can't Touch This" counts as a cover of "Super Freak".

Could be, The movie came out the year before the song.

So, here's the green one. As you can see, the decals don't look as good as I'd hoped. More of a brown/beige combo than golds. Still, should look better with the tan interior in place.