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  1. Dave Darby
    Top: Issue 1. Middle: Issue 2. Bottom: The Street Rods issue. Bet the truck trophy top is simply welded off. Round2 doesn't seem to like cutting into the tools anymore.
  2. Dave Darby
    I don't think the 1/25th tool still exists. AMT did a huge scrap and purge back around 1973. Reduced the taxable assets but a lot of those cool old annuals bit the dust from that.
  3. Dave Darby
    Do these look familiar? These are the re-tooled Ala Kart wheels from the recent Mod Rod reissue.
  4. Dave Darby
    Tim, do those new chrome reversed wheels look much like the newly retooled Ala Kart wheels in the Mod Rod reissue? That's what they look like on the box.
  5. Dave Darby
    Yep. The first Re-issue has wheel covers that are similar (I believe) to the 64 Corvette wheel covers. I had one of those for a while. Something I haven't seen mentioned yet is if they restored/retooled the crossed flags trophy base. The 57 Ford also used to have one. Will post a pic if I get a chance.
  6. Dave Darby
    You knocked that one out of the park 6 ways from Thursday. Gorgeous build.
  7. Dave Darby
    I'm one of those that wish they would have included the original wheel covers. Fortunately I have a few sets. My guess is (looking at the box art) that it will include the newly retooled Aka Kart wheels from the Mod Rod reissue. All good. Really glad to see the service truck parts restored!
  8. Dave Darby
    Only one thing to do then. Stick a Y block in there! ;-)
  9. Dave Darby
    Textbook perfect.
  10. Dave Darby
    I love it! What did you end up putting under the hood?
  11. Dave Darby
    Actually, the suspension is the easy part. Pretty much the entire King T chassis and running gear can be found under the the MPC Outcast and Fire Truck kits.
  12. Dave Darby
    Absolutely gorgeous.
  13. Dave Darby
    Excellent in every way.
  14. Dave Darby
    If you are missing any parts, the MPC Ice Cream Truck has most of the chassis and running gear for the Wild Dream and the Outcast/Fire Truck kits have similar from the King T. There are others, but these come to mind off the top of my head.
  15. Dave Darby
    I'll have to dig up the photos of the one I had. I didnt notice before that they were molded in one piece. Regardless, the Woody has separate heads and intake manifold and I've test fitted the intakes between several Monogram small blocks so I know they will fit. (One of my bucket list projects involves using the blower from the 55 Street Machine on a Monogram T bucket to recreate the Swee-Tee). It fits perfectly, as does the Woody intake.
  16. Dave Darby
    Not a lot of progress - still trying to come up with some suitable head light stanchions. But it mocks up decently.
  17. Dave Darby
    I hate to nitpick but that car is residing in the totally wrong zip code. But send it here to South Carolina and I can fix that for you! Seriously though, that's a gorgeous build. Well done.
  18. Dave Darby
    The Monogram 56 and 57 Chevy tools would make great boat anchors. I've seen Palmer kits that looked better.
  19. Dave Darby
    Looking good Bill! Looking good Bill! No seriously, really nice work!
  20. Dave Darby
    The presentation is almost as cool as the build. Very awesome.
  21. Dave Darby
    I have a gut feeling Testors never had the molds. They may have just packaged them and distributed them much like AMT did with Johan stuff back in the early 70s. Testors also branded the old IMC 48 Ford kits. But... ya never know, maybe somewhere off in a dark corner in Rockford, Illinois....
  22. Dave Darby

    My 3 from 2018

    Dave Darby replied to Curt's topic in Model Cars

    Love the Maverick, but that Bird is off the hook cool.
  23. Dave Darby
    Actually saw this for the first time today. Off the hook amazing build.
  24. Dave Darby
    Gorgeous. Great color and really has the feel of an early custom.
  25. Dave Darby
    You had me at the fully chromed A pillars. Next to nobody gets that right.
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