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My kits that I can't have enough of mimic the real stuff I've owned over the years- Model A Fords, 55-57 Ford passenger cars & wagons, C1 Corvettes Also have a weakness for the AMT '49 Mercs, any of the Revell '32 Fords & of course any old annual that's priced right.

The vintage tin & fiberglass was out in full force today, but only managed to get a couple pics of this Westfalia while out running errands.

My vote for the '62!

Beetle on the Causeway in Satellite Beach, FL and this straight out of the 1980s Corvette complete with bass boat flake paint job in front of Ollie's in Merritt Island, FL earlier.

Here's the two flyers I have. The model car show is new this year, and I'm thinking of entering a few builds since I'll be at the swap anyways.

If you really want to get down a rabbit hole of Ford Motor Company History- read up on the Evangeline, pictured here.

The crossover first appeared on both truck & car versions in 1954, the first year of the Y-Block. 239 in Ford cars & trucks & 256 in the Mercury. The crossover was used anytime a single exhaust system was fitted. There are 2 main versions of single exahust exhaust manilfolds, early & late. The early ones are thinner(1954-1956) and the later ones(1957-64) are wider and actually don't flow too bad. The 50s era Lincoln/heavy truck 279 & 317 used a similar mounted crossover as well. Heavy truck ram horn's exhaust will not fit on passenger cars as it interferes with the suspension.

Here's a few of mine: The first is of my great grandfather and his '26 Chevrolet, the 2nd pic is my grandmother with her '64 Thunderbird the last is the '59 Thunderbird my grandfather bought my grandmother for their 5th wedding anniversary.

There is an exact twin to that car down here in FL. Same color interior as well.

They scale out around 1/20. In addition to the Model A's, they also did a series of 1932 Chevrolets, Model T Fords Packards, Duesenbergs. Gabriel later issued these kits and in the late 80s JE Scale Models got the molds. I'd love to know where they are today. Here's the wikipedia link which gives the history better than I can. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubley_Manufacturing_Company

Local thrift store that I frequent really came through today. Proof even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while. As some of you know, I'm a big Model A guy. I collect Model A kits, especially the old Hubleys. I buy all of them I can find. This one followed me home for $10. Missing the instructions but the all important screws(Hubley kits used oddball sizes and thread pitch) are there & complete.

'66 Monaco in WalMart parking lot....

Nice 70s Thunderbird parked. You don't see many of these around here.

I hope someone makes aftermarket parts such as '59 & grill & hood. I'd love to be able to build a replica of the '59 F-350 I had. Very excited for this kit to hit the shelves. A squarecab kit has been sorely needed.

A Crown Vic is one of those cars that look good, stock, custom, etc. If there's one car I have loved since day 1, it's 1955 Fords. My Dad had a bunch of them over the years, I've owned around 30, everything from Wagons, Sedans, Hardtops, and a rough as a cob Courier. My Dad had a black & white '55 Crown and a yellow & black '55 Ford Convertible that my mother would drive us to school in often. I have a pic of the Crown somewhere, but here's the convert.

A couple I was able to get photos of. Now that the humidity level is dropping here on the east coast of FL the goodies are starting to come out more.

The sheet says the decals are printed in Italy. My bet is they're made by Cartograf, in my opinion the best in the business when it comes to decals. I've used quite a bit of them on aircraft.

I didn't post any of the OT stuff, but here's a couple more I have. Usually this show has a pretty good selection of car/truck kits in the vendor section, but it was kinda lacking this year. Still not a bad way to spend a Saturday morning.

1942 Desoto. Pretty rare!

Not as many car kit vendors this year, but some of the contest entries were really well done. The Aston Martin I thought was an incredibly clean build. Here's a few random photos.

Picked up a few things at the Modelpalooza show today. The '66 Galaxie convert was a nice surprise, the '63 Merc is an empty box but for $5 I couldn't pass it up. The 1/16 '57 Corvette was $10 so it followed me home as well.

I'd like to know what happened to the '56 Buick they were planning on bringing back. An email to them about it got no reply.