garagepunk66

Maybe clone the slant 6 from the Deora kit and put it on the same separate tree for building the full "Turn Up The Base" models

I honestly think you would be better off starting with the current AMT Hell Drivers kit or even a distressed MPC promo. The rear quarter panels on the supermodified are essentially stock except for the extended wheel openings. The supermodified spoiler is also significantly narrower

I have the utmost respect and regards for your skills and products. I apologize if you thought I was stating otherwise

I wasn't referring to your eBay offerings at all. The stuff I was looking at was super crude, not at all to your high standards of work. I believe the vendor was Vic's Resins, sold by seller Southern Motorsports Hobbies.

I'm rather surprised no one mentioned a proper 1959 Ford F100 conversion for the new AMT 1960 Ford F100. I'm not terribly impressed by the seller on eBay's current offerings. 1959 is the best choice of the 57-60 trucks for conversion of the 1960, as the fenders, bumper, and hood are the same. It would require scanning the original grille/bumper, and making a separate bumper, along with a lower valence, as well as the upper mesh grill that is in the leading edge of the 1959 hood. The conversion would also require that the builder file out the opening in the hood to remove the 1960 "nostrils" bezel that is molded in place, to install the upper mesh grille.

Amen to that!

I would be down for the Atlantis opening-doors '55 (plus the '57, for that matter), if only just for kitbashing material, especially for the "Competition Wheels" tree that will be included. I could easily see nabbing one of the newer tool Revellogram tri-fives and making a period '60's C/Gas or B/Gas car, or an early Modified Production car. Those kits are brimming with some pretty accurate period goodies, including that cast aluminum hood scoop (Ansen? Possibly?) in the '55, which to my knowledge, hasn't been kitted elsewhere. Those scoops were the darling of the Modified Production classes in 1964-65. Crossram-equipped M/P cars often ran two of them in slightly staggered positions directly above the carbs on each bank. If you wanted to lean into that Idea a little harder, you could source the crossram-equipped 409 from the AMT 62 Impala Super Stock kit.

A 39 La Salle top-shift as shown would be highly welcomed, as would the shifter. Another unrelated but welcome addition would be a 1960's-70's Mallory Super Mag Magneto with and the square Super Mag Transformer. I think the only source of really nice ones is the Jo-Han Funny Cars. The Polar Lights Funny Cars have them too, but they aren't nearly as crisp as the Jo-Han Super Mags

Those are all doable improvements, that virtually all of Round 2's clone kits have excelled at, as those have been extensively re-engineered for precision fit. Interior could be made platform style like they did the Coronet, with options for door panel tooling inserts. Round 2's upcoming 69 Coronet kit is further proof that the formula works. To be fair, even if we only just got a cloned 68 with fit and engineering improvements, it would be a huge coup for them.

Glad to see this idea getting traction Dave. I have been advocating it for a while now.

The windshield header area needs a lot of improvement too. The drip rail moulding does not dip down at the front as it transitions into the header moulding, just like the other 66-67 GM A-Bodies. The kit/Craftsman body dips down making the windshield header moulding is too low

Absolutely spot on with the Hasegawa kits. Round 2 could do a much better job. All of the guys pining for reissues of IMC tooling we haven't seen in 50 years or more need to become a little more aware of what tooling still exists, what doesn't, and what Lindberg actually had before Round 2 bought them. All of the IMC VW related releases are not a possibility because the VW tooling went to Union in Japan and vanished when they went belly up. Hard to say if the Avenger GT-12 body inserts were included. IIRC, Union got all of the GT-40, Ford J-Car, Ford Mk IV, and Lola T-70 Can Am Spyder tooling as well. It's likely long lost along with the rest of the Union-owned ex-IMC tooling. I would say with confidence that whatever IMC tooling that was in Lindberg's possession pre-Round 2 was really only a smattering, which was left at George Toteff's tool and die shop for repairs around 1979, and never got picked up. If any of the potentially good selling IMC car kits existed, we would have seen Lindberg release them. The IMC VW tooling probably would not warrant cloning either. It is neither a particularly accurate VW kit or a drag car. Same goes for the GT-40's, etc. way too fiddly and not that accurate either

I am no Aussie, but that's a XR Falcon. The XY roof definitely has sail panel extensions for a slight tunneling effect

Probably less than the 2 inches of difference in the windshield. Different roof sheet metal for sure to accommodate the B pillar and the taller windshield. And yes the slope is more upright on the sedan roof You could still build it as a quasi-phantom special order COPO "Chief's Car. GM pretty much let municipalities run wild with options

No, it would not be correct. Actually the windshield is at least 2" taller on a sedan and the side DLO profile is higher This aspect contributes to some of the proportional accuracy issues of some of the resin 65-70 wagon conversions out there. Once you add window frames to the Hardtop body, the resulting DLO will be far too low. Hardtop body styles are almost always "chopped", to some extent, from the factory