OldTrucker

FLASHBACK!!! I can hear Sammy Johns "Chevy Van" playing on the 8 track as it cruises the square.

This really takes me back in time to a more simple and good time in America! Buitiful build!

This morning I heard a neighbor telling another neighbor across the street that he put his whole paycheck into tickets for this drawing!!! People are crazy!

Now that is just way too cool! Thanks for sharing this one!

Wish someone would kit a new 67 or 68 Cougar kit! Two beautiful Fords!

That is just a cool looking rod! Great save! I think a person gets more enjoyment out of a build like this that they do out of a new kit!

That is one sweet looking hotrod!

Great weathering! Looks like it sat out behind the barn for a long while!

I actually saw one back in the 70's. It was at a spring shop th a catered to trucks and was there because one of their overload springs had failed on the rear. The camper overhang was longer than that in the kit and there were dolly wheels on the rear that were sprung and stayed in contact with the road surface.

Testors Orange enamel with a coat of clear.

Nothing to write home about. Tough kit to make look good without major redestruction. I was replicating one I built long ago that was a replica of a car the mechanic across the street from us at a Shell station owned when we lived in Portage Wi. Didn't take any under hood shots as there is little to look at kit wise. But it came out a lot better than I had hoped. Even with narrowing the bumper without refinishing it.

First off make sure God gets his cut as called for. Then... I'd buy property and build homes for all our kids with a trust to pay the taxes and maintenence. Set up trusts for all our grandkids Last make sure the wife and I are taken care of. I'd send her to the Mayo Clinic and say "fix her up" never mind the cost! Then I'd buy me a 69 Malibu and have it redone just like the one I had in the 70's!

Great save! Looks good enough for the gal I go with!

Nice clean build of the best looking of the Tri 5's!

The only airbrush I have is the old can fed Testors and it is still new in the box around 20 years old!

I went into Taco Bell and tried to order a Dominos Pizza and when the girl looked at me very puzzed and said they don't sell pizzas I then asked for a bucket of chicken but by then the manager had come to the counter and told me either place an order or leave!LOL Some people have no sense of humor so I went two doors down to Taco Johns!

Pay it forward Steve! I'm sure you know someone here that is worthy of this kit and would be pleased to build it!

I had the Mod Squad Merc wagon! Made a hot rod out of it and gave the surfboards and figures to a friend along with the band members from the garbage truck kit!

Ray, I actually put the backup lights there as a rememberane of my 64 which had them in the wrong location when I traded for it and I just left them there. Guess I should put them where they belong! I used clear with a little white added over bare metal foil.

That is a beauty!

Beautiful Mustang! Great work!

So scarce I don't even remember it!!! Sweet looking car!

Was going to build this to represent one I once owned but decided to go box stock. This and the 65 GTO were finished up about the same time and are a few years old builds as are most of what I have been posting.

This kit hung around for a long time before I gave in and built it as a vert. Wanted to do the hard top but couldn't get it right with the roof. Yes, I forgot to dechrome the hood insert and paint body color with the hood.