Koellefornia Kid

A lot of great projects, Tim! I'd love to see some of them under glass soon! ?

I like where this is heading! The wheels are looking great under that pony and I dig the asymmetric stripe idea!

Yes, a bit pricey plus shipping to Germany on top. But I´ll keep them as an opportunity in mind, just in case my replicas will fail. But I'm pretty confident they will work.I already used these wheels some years earlier on another D'Agostino build, The Golden Starfire: Just used different hub caps back then. @Can-Con: Thanks for sharing your your beautiful ´66 Riv and the work you invested in it. But I'm afraid the slanted A-pillars are not the right technique for the Pantheon. But we'll see, I didn't touch the roof yet...? still a bit anxious. But I already opened the Grille... ...and will try make a custom tube grille these days.

I will follow that build for sure! I think the Impostor is much better looking than the Foose kit Revell offered! Didn't know it was modified that much but it definitely looks great and I really like your approach to it!

Beautiful custom rod! Love that blue!

Very nice conversion work! Looks great!

Nice build! Brings back memories of the mid-80s when the whole family gathered in front of the TV to watch the show every monday evening...

Too cool! Looks like that engine was made for this kit, it fits perfectly!

Great stance and nice shop truck finish!

Looks good! I like the grille!

OK, the body has been cleaned now Next up will be the heavy part. I'm a bit anxious for I know I'll have to cut the roof in at least 5 pieces! The first cut is the deepest... ?

Thank for the infos, Steve. The grille and the headlights won't be a problem, as the original's headlights are fixed in the vertical position and will sit behind a custom tube grille (to be scratch built(. And for the back up lights : I think I can live a cleaner looking rear bumper, or maybe I find some suitable decals...

Yeah I guess the chop will be tricky. According to an article in Traditional Rod & Culture magazine the original has a three inch chop, a widened roof and a laid back backlight. I think the most difficult part will be to get the c-pillars look right ?

Very nice fat forty! You perfectly captured the ´60s look!

Looks great! Love the colour combo!

Thanks a lot guys! Glad you like it! Trevor, I used this paint: A german brand I'm afraid, found at amazon.

Awesome! Simply amazing!

Cool Chevies! especially the blue pickup! Very nice!

So clean! Nice build!

Hi there, got a new project on the bench. The idea is to turn this amt ´69 Riviera kit... ... into this: John D'Agostino's beautiful custom Riviera Called Pantheon. I'll be using a ´69 kit while the Pantheon is a ´69 but I didn't recognised any significant differences between these two model years. If you are aware of any, please let me know. Already started a few weeks ago to replicate the signature ´53 Cadillac wire wheels which couldn't find in any kit or at any aftermarket supplier. Some years ago I found a set of wire wheels at a well known auction site and made resin copies of them without the knockoffs: Then I drilled a hole in the center and used slices of Evergreen tubing and bearing balls to replicate the beautiful bullet caps: Afer testing them in amt parts pack skinny whitewalls the wheels were sent out of house to get chrome plated. Hope to get them back finished, soon. In the meanwhile there is lot of work to do and I will begin to clean to body. All handles, side markers and lettering will have to be shaved, so let's get out the sand paper... Stay tuned and thanks for watching!

Last year my brother’s christmas gift was Dom Toretto’s ´71 Plymouth GTX kit from Revell. It is a very nice kit and I was thankful for the great custom wheels that were included but I never intended to build the movie car (which is a ´72, by the way). But I remembered a Satellite that I’ve seen at a Mopar meet in Switzerland some years ago and decided to build something similar. So I got rid of all the GTX lettering as well as the rear spoiler and covered it in Tawny Gold Metallic: The wheels were swapped for a set of Pegasus Vantage wheels with widened rears and photo etched disc brakes: After applying the Tawny Gold the colour reminded me of cinnamon, that’s why I called the build Cinbad The interior is box stock except for a MCG pe steering wheel: The stock 440 engine was topped with a scratch built EFI Stroker unit: Thanks, brother, for this nice X-mas gift! It was a pleasure to build! And thank, guys for having a look! Comments are welcomed and appreciated!

Very nice and clean build!

Love that mean look!

Sweet!

The colour works great with the blacked out chrome parts! Very nice!