TarheelRick

Extremely nice looking van, enjoyed watching the build come together.

Enjoying watching this one come together. If I remember correctly my uncle's '41 had a floor mounted starter button. To crank it you put the key in the ignition, then mashed the starter button to fire it up. The button was off to the left of the gas pedal and behind the gear stick. Anyway, really like the detail you are putting into this one.

I'm in love with that blue/silver '53 (?) Ford Sedan Delivery.

Definitely nice looking SC. Like the subtle changes you made to the build. I would like to find another one to see if I could build it in similar fashion.. When I built mine I was not too fond of the large tumors on the side of the engine block, never could figure out what they were supposed to represent. Mine also came with two sets of cylinder heads, and the transmission halves did not match up - almost like one side was auto and the other side was standard. Anyway I dropped a BBC into it and the problem was solved.

Just saw where Paula Murphy has passed. She set a land speed record and was the first woman licensed to drive a Funny Car. It seems the great ones are beginning to leave us.

My first spray booth, back in the middle of last century, was a cardboard box on my bed. I did spread newspapers around the box to protect the bed-cover. Also taped a piece of paper over the top of the box to drop down as a cover when I finished painting. Mom kept a close eye on me to make sure I didn't paint the bed-covers.

Definitely some outstanding detail work. It takes excellent craftsmanship to turn that brick into the jewel it became.

That door is a model in itself. The only thing missing is a couple of bullet holes; it's hard to find one in the wild without a few holes in it.

Really taking shape very nicely, keep those updates coming.

Some mighty fine scratchbuilding. Really like all the extra details you are adding, and that interior looks awesome.

Another Tarheel welcome to you, I am just west of Winston-Salem.

Yeah, but he is wearing fireproof gloves. Very nice build of an old classic.

I'm glad this one has resurfaced, somehow I missed it the first go around. That is some beautiful work. One thing that caught my attention was the way the man in the suit, just off the starting line, is checking out the polka-dot bathing suit.

But it tastes nasty.

I know I have put my name into several of the CBPs and have finished none, but I think I might be able to do this one. Count me in.

Looks like you have a decent body/interior. As far as the chassis, I'm not very familiar with AMC products but I wonder how close a Nova chassis is to that body.

That is one awesome build. Nothing subtle about it, just looking at it you know it is going to have incredible power under the hood. Paint looks exceptional. Overall sweet pickup.

I would rather have a box of rocks than an electric Mustang.

Really looking forward to progress on this build. One of my passions is local short-track racers, have built a few of them. Below is my version of a Figure-8 race car.

The Chevy "mystery engine" is the one Junior Johnson ran successfully in the '63 NASCAR season. Well, as successfully as he could be before blowing them up, he did grenade a few during the season. But, when they were running he gave Freddie, the Silver Fox, and the other blue ovals a run for their money.

"All of our associates are working with other customers, please wait for the next associate" garbled elevator music, "There are x# calls ahead of you, please hold on for next associate" more garbled elevator music. Or my real favorite is "All our associates are currently helping other customers, please call back later. Good-by." I had one the other day that told me I was #3 in line, the next time they came on the line I was #4, I hung up and called back much later. Do all these places only have one person working the telephones and are they on coffee break? I will normally put my phone on speaker and lay it on the desk. One day I actually completely went through this forum, replying to builds before I got to speak to a live person.

Excellent paint, interior, ans overall build. How did you get that rich leather look to the seats?

Sweet little gasser, really like the idea of the V-6; should classify it in H/G. A side story, when these were first introduced they were compared to the Corvette in appearance. A friend of mine bought one. When he came by to show it off I asked him who had washed his Corvette in hot water and shrank it. He was not amused, crawled in his "mini-vette" and drove off.

Watching this build, I am a gasser fan. Looking at that last picture, it appears both the front and rear axles are not centered in the wheelwells. Of course it could just be the perspective of the photo.

X-Acto makes different size handles, I have two or three different ones.