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I liked working with the low side body trucks. It was easier to reach in when at a wreck site with cops breathing down my neck. Part of being on the wreck-roster was that we had to pick up the broken parts and sweep up the glass, etc.

I have a set I have to dig out and I'll post pictures. I forget if they are resin or are from a kit. I have had them for years. Edit: I have a set of these that are resin, will need the usual clean up thing.

I have a bunch of Motors Manuals, the oldest is from 1939. I have never bought a new one, either someone gives them to me or I find them at garage sales. When I did work on my 1964 Olds 88, it sure was a handy reference.

I may give the acrylic lacquer a try. I used a Krylon acrylic clear... the can was fairly new but I had problems with it. I've been using a body shop 1K clear, Model Master Extreme Lacquer clear (great with their paints), a Mr. Hobby product from Hobby Lobby and of course Tamiya TS-13.

It looks like it should work. You certainly have enough to last a while. I used the silks recently. To attach the rear panel on an old MPC stock car.

The printed engine was a bad fit and I didn't want to start cutting up the chassis. I'll post more, but I have gone back to the kit engine... I made the crappy kit headers work. The next one... if I ever do one again... will be using .062" solder for headers. I have 2 of these cars in work, since they are very similar. The other is a Southern Stocker Buick.

This is the stuff I mentioned. Sally Hansen is another brand.

I went to the 1994 Arca race at Daytona, it was a good race. I catch some on TV now and then, like Milwaukee. At the end there may have been something like 8 cars on the lead lap. The talent of the drivers varies quite a bit. FS1 had it on the other day, I was doing something and missed it. I'll look for it again.

That's a new one for me. It has to be worth a mint.

I was in NYC for a job writing car manuals in 1980, incidentally the same day that John Lennon was killed. I even stopped by the Dakota on the way to 57th street. I did well at the interview, but turned down the offer. I later found out that it was for the Haynes line of books. I bought one for a Caprice I had, one of the worst car books I have ever seen. It had random junk in it, like an exploded view of a 1964 Impala tailgate with no text to back it up anywhere.

1970 Eldorado i saw on Saturday. It was extremely clean looking.

I have some 1982-ish stock cars with dull chrome, it some cases it actually looks good. It does come off easily just rubbing with a paper towel. Drop the parts in bleach, the "chrome" vanishes in seconds.

I bought one small box of the stuff and it lasted 20 years, I bought another box recently.. it may outlast ME. I find lots of cool stuff in beauty-supply shops.

Working on an old Southern Stocker Buick. The kit rear was not cutting it. I have a few VCG Resins Dana rears. I cut off the axle tubes, used 1/8" styrene tube and 2 mm brass rod to attach them. New perches are from styrene bar.

When I do something similar, on yhe hidden side, I use fingernail wrap material on the seams. It has an adhesive backing, stick it on and use a thin CA glue over it. Strong like bull 💪.

O yeah... we mixed 8 week old Ivan in with our older cat, Chloe. She despised him until the day she died. I had to feed him separate, she would eat her meal, then eat his.

Me and mist coats do not get along too well. This just may be my general problem with clears. Lately Duplicolor has been a weird line of paint for me. I have better results with hobby clears and one 1:1 car clear that I like. When in doubt, make up test samples.

Thanks, I'm hoping so. These are kits with many flaws and shortcomings. I see too many built box stock-ish on the contest tables. I grew up watching the real coupes, Pintos and Vegas race.

The '68 and '69 were fairly close. It would be nice to have either... even the '70 Rivera was a great car. I worked with a guy that had a '68 convertible with the 400 and factory . speed on the floor manual. Green with a white top and interior.

I was thinking about the Foose chassis as well.

Amazing build... wow. We had one at work, 4WD with a 6 cylinder and 4-speed. A '64, always garaged (heated) and used only around the grounds, never plated. When the facility was sold in '92, who knows where it wound up

That is a '37...

Is that like Detail Master braided line or is it like string?

On old wreckers, the cabs and beds were at times not a matching pair. Old beds were moved to new chassis/cab combos.