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Great patina! I like everything about it.

A true work of art that should have been a real vehicle. Oldsmobile really missed out on this great concept. Perfect in every way, man I wish I had your talent. If you don't mind could you post some pics in this topic too? Your WIP on this and some others was the reason I did it. Thanks, Mark

I drove the kids for a 3 hour ride (each way) to get this little fuzzball "Pepper" yesterday. My son has one of her cousins "Mia" who's 8 now. They don't live with us but he still has his room and visits alot which is great. My daughter wanted a dog & we told her no, so her older brother just now decided his dog needs someone to play with. Ya, ok, I'm old but not stupid. It's not that I don't want a dog, I just hate that they don't last long enough. I guess I'm selfish & want more time with them, it's crazy how attached you become to these animals. Someone needs to figure out how to make them live as long as a tortoise or parrot.

Thanks for all the great comments. Thanks Dave, I used the sophisticated finishes paint & blotted it on heavy for the thicker rust.

Great job guys! Exactly what I was wanting to see. Keep um coming everyone, I know there's more out there!

I've seen some AMAZING el camino style projects lately (Steve H Olds & BIGTRUCK Buick) and I know there has been many more. I thought it would be cool for everyone to post your "should have been" el camino style trucks here. I've done a Charger & Camaro but I can't find any pics of them so I'll start it off with my 65 GTO I built years ago.

Nothing great, just more junk.

Thanks for all the great comments everyone.

Great work. It's nice to see something get repaired.

I'm a big fan of the show but I think I'm a bigger fan of your work on this truck! Amazing job, Cooter would be proud!

First pic is my grandfather in the drivers seat in their down hill racer that the neighborhood kids built back in the mid 20s. Second is my father (tall guy in the back) letting the neighbor take his Indian for a ride.

Thanks, the last picture has the body from the Midnite Cowboy kit, the other one is scratch built.

Thanks Bill, I'm a huge fan of your builds. Yeah, the wheel lift, boom, winch, bed sides & bumper are all stuff I built. The lift pivots and everything slides and adjusts for the vehicle being towed. I made it so it can be removed & the old smash & grab sling can be used too, that pivots and moves the way it should too.

Thanks, I copied it from my fathers old 77 Ford. Thanks Cap.

This was a snowplow kit but I left the plow off. I built a Chevy like this a while ago and someone wanted one like it so this is what I came up with. I used a chopped up floor from a wrecker kit & built the rest. The person that's getting it is sending me the "Fat Mike's Towing" decals for the doors. I added some wires & hoses under the hood and some poor looking door panels. The last picture is of the other one. Thanks for looking.

Perfect! I love everything about it, great job.

Your dash looks great, I wish I could get one to look like that. I just built this kit as a wrecker and I was disappointed about the fact that there aren't any door panels. The Revell 76 Chevy sport truck kit came with decals for the dash & door panels, I would have thought they would add them to this kit too seeing how there just about the same kit. Here's my bad version of a door panel I added. Anyway, great looking truck I can't wait to see more!

I got the bumper for my GMC wrecker built & mounted, it just needs some more weathering.

Holy cow!!! I love it!!! GREAT JOB!!!

This just came. I'm going to try something like the Lincoln wrecker.

This is nice! 36 is one of my favorite Fords and I love that you made it stock.

Here's 1 of mine.

WOW, I tried to strip one from this lot and nothing would remove it. This one cleaned up nice. I'm saving your pictures to show the original builder how good his old model looks now.

Great rebuild! You made it into a real show piece. I'm pretty sure I know where it came from?. If you think it looked bad when you got it you should have seen it before it was cleaned?. Again, nice work.