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Thank you all for the compliments. It turned out as well as I had hoped. My skillset is getting better.

If you find them let me know. I may make them myself but I have to overcome the inability to PRINT white or gold.

Made another set of hoops today for my 68 Shelby build today. I am getting a little faster at this now.

Thank you Tom. I just read an article about the Lawman Boss Mustang. I have added it to my project list.

I am fortunate that a friend nearby texted me that he has a set. Woo Hoo!

The zoomies and the shift linkage are way cool. May I suggest the seam on the front tires be sanded off?

Well executed. The stance looks ok to me.

The paint is drop dead gorgeous. What caused all the "texture" around the perimeter of the engine bay. Liquid cement?

I guess they are trying to get the Kustom geezers together while they are still alive. Good for them.

I love this idea! Low budget and home made!

I have an up coming project that could use these wheels. What kits did the come in?

Thank you all for your positive feedback.

Yep, 3 model boxes FULL of them.

Very nice. Maybe a little bigger rear tires.

You simply cannot defy the laws of physics. To remove heat energy from the air in the room, that energy has to get transferred elsewhere. A miniature swamp cooler can take some of the air's heat energy and vaporize water from a liquid to a vapor. However, the energy is not actually leaving the room. Once the humidity climbs to a certain level, that is all the cooling that you'll get. One other note: Fans cool people (because they can sweat), they do NOT cool rooms. If the room is sealed up tight, a fan will actually slightly HEAT a room due to the energy imparted into the air molecules by the spinning blades and the inefficiency of the motor converting some of the incoming electricity into heat. If you are not in a room, turn off the fan. (Open windows to a cooler outdoor environment is another story)

Thanks Roger, I invested over $500 in a mini-lathe for the express purpose being able to make them.

Well isn't that just the cutest thing.

Way cool creation you have there. I like it!

I agree with many of you. A package of stainless steel thumb tacks would give you a lifetime supply for little cost. Go to the Dollar Store.

My younger brother owned a light metallic blue 65 Impala Super Sport. By the time that he got it in 1976 or so, it had a 350 SBC and a Powerglide. He beat on that poor car mercilessly. One of his favorite things to do was go "Drift busting" which is blasting through snow drifts before the snow plows could clear them away. You can't do that in today's cars. You would get an air bag in your face.

Most of my inspiration comes from the car magazines I have read over the decades. I like a variety of contrasting color schemes the domestic car manufacturers have come up with. Mix in a big block and some aftermarket wheels and I am good to go. With the semis, I cruise the net until I find a color scheme that I think I can pull off and go with that. I am happy that there are so many color choices out there to be creative with.

I like both of them. The first I would buy. The second is way cool but likely beyond my skillset.

I have moved models a couple of times since they were built. I too used to roll them up in newspaper, fold and tape the ends over the trunk and hood. Pack them snugly into a large box that no one else was allowed to touch. Since i rarely attach side view mirrors they were not and issue. The paper wrapping keeps any parts that do dislodge from being misplaced as long as you are the one unwrapping them. Semi trucks with mirrors, antennas and mudflaps take much more care and require that they ALWAYS are maintained "This side up" and NOTHING is stacked on top of them. When I hauled my hot rod on a trailer on our cross country move, the semis rode in the trunk of the car to keep them away from everybody else's stuff and made sure I was the only one handling them.

Thank you all for your compliments.

Quite impressive. Lots of detail and quality craftsmanship.