Joe Handley

I think that might be cast from the Greenlight 1/87 diecast of the licensed Supernatural Impala

Cool, thanks Michelle! I have a few of the General Lee licensed kits, including a convertible one I've posted in right now in the on the workbench section. I like this one better than the MPC General Lee/Country Charger glue kit that has been out off and on since the late 60's.

Cool, I was wondering what changes Round 2 made to that kit for it's post DoH era (no pushbar and antenna holes it looks like), may have to look at a couple of those now too!

Yes, multiple times, it was a struggle to put together and may trim the chassis a bit so I don't hurt what ever I use for paint.

Having discovered the GTX Convertible is coming back to market, I ordered one to see how they have the back seat area mapped out for where the top and it's well wraps around the back seat, then Dad is going to try and build it for the model club's end of year project, "Convertibles", while this Charger and one of the Prowler Concept Car Snap-It reissues made info a "Highboy" (basically, fenderless) is what I'm going to try and finish. Still waiting on the Recall Wheels, for some reason the USPS chose to route them through Chareston, SC on their trip from Michigan to Northern Illinois

I saw something about that on YouTube, I think in a video from Adam the Woo or Justin Scared when one of them went there. The city will only allow southwestern appropriate coloring on the businesses there, so that is the only McDonalds in at least the U.S., if not the world that you'll find that doesn't follow the corporate color scheme.

Yup, when she slid into me I had the steering at full right lock and she caught the left front wheel and tire before hitting the sheetmetal and the shock from that is what took out the gears, figured the TRE's and related nuts were a "better safe than sorry" measure. The clockspring in the column was damaged when I tried to curb park it before realizing the steering wasn't working and overextended the wiring in it. I was thinking the same on having the dealer fix that, especially with the car having the "MaxCare Lifetime Warranty on it", better that they do the work with the right parts and have a record of it vs a body shop that might be strongarmed into an el-cheapo repair.

Nice to see that Snap-It General Lee get some love here!

Got te message that the parts are in the mail, thanks!

Dealership finished the mechanical repairs on my 200 yesterday and I was able to pick it up last night after work. They ended up replacing the steering rack (gears innside were shattered!), tie rod ends, nuts, and clockspring in the column, which cost more than the rack after the core charge was factored into that part! The insurance picked up all $2200+ dollars of that repair too, which is almost what I paid for my '85 Lebaron GTS when I bought it in '95, and not much more than a year of liability insurance on that car for an 18 year old too Now I just need to get the bodywork done and already have a new gas door on order since the hinge for that was giving up over a year ago and figure now would be a good time to pay to have that, the back d/s door ding and left front corner damage fixed. All the damage is on that side if they have to blend for the crash damage, this just makes sense.

I didn't realize that was him when I read of his passing on Magnus Walker's Instagram page. I remember seeing something not long after Firestarter broke here in the States that he was walking out of his apartment and a couple neighbors started giving him a hard time because he was ripping off the hair-do from the guy in tne Firestarter video..........not realizing he was that guy

That is horrible and way too young. Reason he wasn't on this new 90210 might be that he's been playing Archie Anderson's dad (yes, THAT Archie!) on some teen drama called Riverdale (yes, THAT Riverdale too...) since it started a couple years ago.

Forgot to post a pic last night, filled the antenna and pushbar holes as well as started modding the back seat for where the top structure folds into.

It would if I had one or was able to get one easily, but only thing I would really need was the that I couldn't get from the Revell Charger kits would be the top boot that appears to be a resin copy from the original issue of the MPC '69 Coronet Convertible. I have thought about the Fireball "Late 60's Dodge" door handles to replace the not so great molded on the door handles and the Revell kit ones have a portion of the sprue is attached in a less than great spot in comparison. Not sure what I want to do for the side markers, the as molded in ones really aren't much better than the also molded in door handles.

I've messed around with a couple of these a bit, the push bar and antenna holes can be filled with regular Evergreen rod sized, then you just need a little Moltow for the bumper. Will need to do that with the drop top I'm building right now. BTW, good looking build Tom!

I figure that with these kits being a snap kit intended for the kids and grand kids of those of us that grew up with the show, they probably designed them to be a bit sturdier than the original kits or a more traditional model would be.

Moved the daisey panel using scalding hot water. Also have started modding the interior tub to imitate a top frames around the back seat and ordered the Recall Wheels from Kris at MAD Modeling for it too.

Order placed, may have to look at that K20 bed at some point too, kinda want to build the jump truck from "The Fall Guy" too............

Thanks guys, I'll place an order when I get back home then. These will be going on that '69 Charger Convertible I'm building from the General Lee Snap-It kit.

Who makes a good set? I've found 2 different casters, but the one that seems to make the nicer set appears to make paying for them difficult and the picture the other one doesn't appear as nice, but that could mainly be due to them being in bare white resin vs painted and photographed in a way that better shows the appearance of them.

I figured a little heating would work best with how much that daisey panel sticks up in relation to the quarters.

Thanks! Not sure how it will be on the Revell and reworked MPC/AMT glue kits, but a Dremel is very useful on the buttresses that make up the C-Pillars on this MPC kit. Had to grind those as close to the quarters and daisey panels as I could before getting them to where they are now, as seen in the last two pics in the first post. Also found there will need to be some heat reshaping of the daisey panel since it wants to ramp up instead of lay flat, again, not sure if that will be an issue with the Revell Chargers, or even the reworked MPC/AMT glue kits. Been thinking about adding door handles and mirrors from either the Revell kit or from an aftermarket source to this build too. Still may look for the Recall Wheels, especially after seeing how good they look on that red 1/1 I posted the pic of. I'll have to keep an eye out for both if I go to any shows this season, between Mom and work, there hasn't been much time for that, but now that I don't work Sundays, it'll be easier. Do you ever go to Wheaton or Lombard for their cruise nights?

May have done that too, they were a multi-talented group, after all! Mickey Dolenz is not only an actor and a musician, but he's a physics geek who has made two stops at the nearby Fermilab facility! https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-fermi-monkee-st-0217-20170217-column.html

I'm out in West Chicago (near the DuPage Airport) and have somehow never seen that car! I'll have to keep an eye out for it now, hope it makes it out this direction.

A friend mentioned it to me before I saw it online, although he said it was the drummer who had passed (this friend is in his mid 20's), and when I asked about Mickey Dolenz he tells me that it was Peter Tork that had passed. He was surprised that I had been so familiar with them after explaining that Peter was more of a bass player as well as did singing, Nesmith's Mom inventing Liquid Paper and other little facts.