Paul Hettick

Have a stock body and headlights for resin casting in the works. Lots of proportional corrections have been made. the sides and wheel opening shapes were so far off I grafted JoHan 77-79 sides in place Just have to add the moldings, pad the vinyl top and do final clean up. It is a bit further along than shown in the pics. Kit will have a body, headlight bezels, clear lenses and stock wheel covers.

Saw a 57 El Morocco in a destruction derby around '69 or '70 at Ascot in Gardena Ca.

Hi Alan and thanks! It will be a complete kit with rear facing 3rd seat, tires, glass, chrome ect. It is still in the development stages and Can't give a release date yet. The 78 T Bird is taking much longer than I had planned. It will be available.

The 67 Impala/ Caprice makes a lot of sense. The Family Truckster does as well. With some clever engineering it could also give birth to a plethera of Country Squires and Merc Colony Parks as well as base model wagons. Any new wagon kit is welcome.

Did I hear a request for a '59 Dodge?

There is a ebay seller with Pontiac Can Ams.... Look kind of like Dr. Larrys kits.

Thank you all for your positive input. Very nice and encouraging!

Here's the interior. A good friend did the interior master. His work is the best I have seen.

Thank you all for the kind words! Chris, Molds have been made from the master and a full kit will become available. Paul

Thank you all very much. Yes the Polycast wheels will come with the kit. It will be a complete kit down to the tires, axles, photo etch hood orn. and if I get off my butt, decals..

Put one together. Will have a photo etch hood ornament when they become available. Don't have a price yet and still some work to do before release.

I'll take a 1/8th scale '59 Mercury Colony Park wagon please

Yeah lots of nice cars met the derby fate. Around 1980 I bought a very nice 63 S-55 Merc fastback for 200.00. Metallic Tan, white vinyl top and pearl white bucket seat interior. Drove it all summer then gutted it and ran it at the Intermountain fair derby on Labor Day weekend. Wrecked lots of 57- 64 Fords and Mercs

This was built to replicate a car run circa 1970. Many cars were street legal, driven to the arena kick the glass out and chained up there. Uses a kit roof and thin aluminum body panels. 900 was my number as a derby driver from way back when.

Thanks for your continued interest guys... still only have the one copy I took to the Toledo NNL, and have been waiting for the photo etch work since last May. They will be available, just can't say when.

Anyone care to take a shot at how much it costs me per unit to bring this kit to market? Plus near 200 hrs development time. I am unable to make the molds and do the casting. I did this T Bird because of a strong affection for the car. The vendor is doing me a favor by casting these and I do not wish to overwhelm him. Thanks to you who appreciate this. Again, anyone care to take a stab at my cost per unit?

Gosh, sorry I posted the pix.

Bill, the Revell Torino is a bit too large both in length and width. That's why I chose the JoHan 72 Torino as a base. It scaled out perfectly. In reality they should be the same but Revell got the dimensions a bit oversized. I don't have one here in front of me but I'm sure, with work, that chassis could be made to fit.

another hopefully better pic of the nose or beak.

Hi everyone. Here's the first Thunderbird. Don Holthaus is doing the molding/ casting for me. I lightly tacked the bumpers and grill in place for photography. The taillamp, ft. parking lights are done but not pictured. Still have the glass buck to make as well as the interior. Having the hood ornaments done by a well known photo-ecth source as well as pinstripe and seat insert decals. Sorry the photos are a bit blurry I need to go to camera school. No release date or price point yet. Thanks for looking.

Thank you all for your kind comments. The body and exterior parts have been completed. The chassis is JoHan 72 Torino with added catyletic converters. The taillight and front parking lights will be cast in clear resin. The interior and glass buck will be made once the body is cast. The red on the roof is textured paint to simulate a vinyl top.

Thanks all! Upon seeing the enlarged photos on my screen I see a lot crusty corners that need cleaning up, especially around the windows. I've fixed the gap above the right side of the tail light. Yes the interior will be started on soon. The taillight unit will either be cast in clear or clear red resin. I'll have one of each done and see which one details up the best. The front parking light is almost completed, will be cast in clear resin.

Awesome vintage photo Pete! Here's some new progress pics. A little more massaging on the deck lid, front bumper, add headlight cover birds, door and trunk locks and that's about it for the body.

Well as they say, you can't please everybody. First, due to physical limitations, I choose to use my limited time I can work developing new masters and have the masters molded and cast by an outside source. I'm not going to say what my unit cost is per kit but it's more than you may think. Using an outside source for casting I have to be careful not to over run his capabilities. If I sold mail order and get slammed with 100 orders it might take a year to fill them then every one's mad. Prices will fall as demand catches up.. I started the auction for 100.00. Soon that's what they will be selling for. I do need the extra $ I'm getting on the first few sales to help offset the mold making cost. As far as the wheel cover goes, I have not built one with the kit supplied wheel covers yet, otherwise I would have used that photo. I cannot copy someone elses wheel cover and put it in my kit. So a great big I'm sorry to everyone I have disappointed.

A good friend who wishes to remain anonymous did those fantastic seats!