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Looks fantastic!

Turned out great! This is a model I've been wanting to build for a long, long time, especially being a slant 6 fan. Seeing your build is inspiring!

I dig the taillight treatment! Cool!

Very nice! I like the stance!

Your paint & detailing of the interior look fantastic!

Thanks, Andy. Pickups , it would seem to me, would be a lot more user friendly with the all around lower bed that this fwd platform would provide. You certainly wouldn't need a staircase tailgate!

CaraRam! I have decided on the model name. Current project will be the CaraRam. I also have other projects in mind; CaraGlam (custom pickup) and El Carnero (pickup w/unaltered quarter panels & outer tailgate "sheet metal"). I even have a race car in mind if I ever get that crazy & Rambitious!?

Finally I have an update & pics! (Camera & computer not getting along ?). I have been fighting & procrastinating over extending the "belt line" to the bed sides. I had envisioned a smooth side bed, however the belt line just fell into place and after several attempts at ignoring the obvious to achieve a smooth side, I finally relented! I added back up lights & removed the character lines from the tailgate. It is ready to paint at this point. Will post more pics then. Comments, suggestions welcome.

Wow! A Tucker hot rod ! That's something you don't see every day.

No progress here. Been concentrating on the pickup conversion...

Its looking good!

Me too. I'm crazy about the '60-'61 Dodges (& MoPars in general). I purchased both HT & wagon versions of '60 & '61 Dodges from Modelhaus. I started the '61 Wagon years ago(very little progress) , a Polara that I plan to convert to a Dart Seneca to replicate one I once owned. My folks bought a new '61 Polara 4dr, red w/ a white top. I was wondering if you plan to correct the speedometer? The "translucent" speedometer is, to me, one of the coolest features of these cars & I would like to figure out a way to better represent it.

Very interesting... The profile of the now front fenders is reminiscent of the late '40s - early '50s (bullet nose) Studebakers. Don't know your plans for taillights, but the old headlight buckets might house the large round taillights used on some years of Matadors(?) GOOD LUCK!

I have at least 6 of these kits, ht. & conv. in different colors. I haven't built any yet & wondered how well they built up. I don't recall seeing any built or reviewed before, so I wondered if they were junk or what. I may now have to get 1 out and get it on a shelf! Thanks for the review & build tips!

Thanks Mike. I agree the front is much too flat (& bumper too wide). Its as if some one tried to make a 3 dimensional object appear 2 dimensional! Also, the "greenhouse" looks too long & the rear deck too short. If the greenhouse were shorter it would put the door in a little better perspective. Its for sure something is quirky with its proportions.

Excellent weathering!

I am farther along than I remembered. Although it may not look it, its been painted Chrysler Bright White. (Everything on the '98 I owned was white except the window trim, drip rails{?} & the rub strips on the roof.) Mostly painting the black trim around the windows & assembly is all that's left to do. I may attempt to scratch build a pair of fog lights. Perhaps not a real challenge for a round, but I seem to get so far along on a build & never finish. This thread give me the excuse to gett'r done. Here it is next to the pickup project

Oh yeah. Been a year since I worked on it. Pics on the way. Extracting it from the coffin today.

As I am deep into a conversion of a Caravan to a pickup, I may as well pull a stock Caravan from the crypt & finish it. So I will offically submit the stock Caravan for round 7. It will be representative of the '98 I once owned. With any luck they will both be completed by the deadline.

The weathering looks great! I have been wanting to try my hand too. Maybe some day...

Lookin' GOOD!

Thanks! The roof certainly has a slope to it! I'm still doing a little tweaking. Hope to post more pics soon...

Thanks, Tom. I have owned two, an '88 and a '98 and currently own a '06 Town & Country. The '98 was the best vehicle I ever owned, but had to replace it after 240,000+ miles due to a combination of computer, rust, damage, etc. It was a perfect storm of everything needing maintenance & repair at once. ? The model is identical to my '98 with the exception of the fabric pattern & wheels. There is a slight difference in the dash in that the model does not depict the ''eyebrow'' information center that was above the speedometer/tach cove. Mine also had fog lamps.

Thanks for the encouragement. This is my 1st real dice & slice project since my tween years in the early 60's. I've been smoothing some of the body work & contemplating the details. should have more pics in a day or two. I have "custom" build idea for a Caravan that will the use stock configuration quarter panels & bottom section of the hatch w/non opening (or a pretend its feasible) tailgate. It will incorporate the C pillar(?) as well.

Very nice