Stanward VonDiederichs

Do have to say you all have good ways to remove the chrome plating. I had two of the items that were talked about and I tried both of them and they both worked great. I used the degreaser cleaner and the oven cleaner by the next day all the chrome plating was off and so far it didn't affect the plastic castrols was suggested but I didn't have Castrol degreaser cleaner I had mean green cleaner it worked just as well. I do like reading through your comments because it teaches me about stuff that I'd never thought of and mold making I have not it since I worked for a jewelry manufacturer I started in waxes injecting waxes.

A car left behind in the LA fires that are going on right now. I know both areas of these fires Palisades fire in the Altadena this makes me sick do you realize how many cars were maybe even left in a garage and Hope that be okay?

The other three are Siata 603 roadster Steve McQueen owned one of these roadsters and owned a Spring the last they car they made the red one is a 200 Balboa I would like to put a little 289 cobra motor in one someone did and that one may be the one that someone did put a 260 cobra motor in. This company has quite a racing history that most people don't know about the guy that created this company in Italy was a race car driver in the early days of racing Grand Prix and one end of the money he made he created by building frames for race cars and bodying them. I remember reading about this company back in the early 60s about the time Shelby came out with the cobra Hot rod magazine get a real nice article on this company and Carol was a fool for not trying to buy this company back in 1967 this is a secretary's car it started with a four banger and this company in 1953 dropped 1100 cc Fiat motor V8. That's where Carol got the idea with the AC Cobra from this guy since Carol race Grand Prix so did this guy in the early days. All these cars would be 1100 cc Fiat motor came to America the dealer in Los Angeles was at the European car show and fell in love with it and bought every car built and had them shipped to America. 300 is the rarest one to find now with the crosley motor and transmission in 1955.

Thank you for sharing what you have here both these body styles I am looking for as a kit. The sedan delivery especially I like sedan deliveries my first car was a 54 Chevrolet sedan delivery did I used to race on Wednesday nights at Lyons drag strip in Wilmington California. The pickup I just thought it was neat looking and the one I used to have photos of was with a blown four banger motor in it with a tilt front end suicide doors and a lift bed I thought it was cool looking . but that last one the wagon the newer body style I remember somebody in one of the towns I used to go into he had one of those and it was chopped the headlights the tail lights we're frenched it was a in processed a full custom I never have gone back up where it was to see if you'd ever finished it but I liked what the guy was doing he was a young kid. How well did the parts fit for these kits that you have shown and how complete are they.

Thank you for your comment I'm only hoping that the other two parts of this project I will get the same reply and I hope it turns out.

Oh I think you understand what I'm trying to do with your comment. What I'm looking for Google search does not understand every photo that they're giving me is everything but they're giving me modern stuff and I don't want modern stuff I want old stuff so I can reproduce it.

That second part of your comment I kind of forgot about that part with the kids I thought it was rather funny I wonder how many got their heads knocked off. 😢🤣🤭

That's true but I'm trying to work with what I had in the kit and I'm not having fenders or headlights. I only wish I had a 31 motor for it for one thing they have gear in the transmission. The fuel tank I wanted to show it because I was going to have a fuel pressure pump with the lines going in the tank. Nobody makes too much speed equipment for four banger so I have to make everything I've been in touch with a lot of the aftermarket suppliers and that's what I kept on finding nobody makes it they consider not profitable they're sort of right everybody is like me when I was young putting big monstrous rat motors in everything and I didn't want that's why I put this is a first for me I'm almost 80.

Oh that 1600 Volkswagen motor I got you tried talking to me out of it to the other one but I figured out what it's going to go in I'm going to build a little VW dragster I remember seeing from England.

Like I said the quality of what you produce is well worth the price that you charge I am happy with your product and there's a couple other motors I am interested in when I can afford it I had to put a $6,000 motor in my truck so all I can do now is drool at your stuff on your app.

I didn't mean it the sound the way you took it I understand on the time the labor and all that stuff I understand that and I do think this is better than an injection mold a hell of a lot better and why I have bought as many motors that I have from you there are others that I do want to get to that you have you do have some pretty nice stuff and I enjoyed the time talking with you you made me understand a lot of other parts of the operation.

Hi I really do like the motor you sent me and along with the others eventually they all will be in something or save it for my 53 Ford pickup I was building as a Bonneville truck from the 50s

Charles's stuff is so nice I couldn't help buying not just one but three and I think there's a couple others I'd like to have too. These are all future motors for future projects special ones Texas3D are nices people the only thing I do not like is the price it's almost as much as the kit but quality makes up for it.

I agree this guy does some really nice work I've gotten three motors and one bellhousing and transmission what I wasn't expecting to see the linkage for the transmission.

Oh I know it's been a long time for this answer but if I do another 60 Corvette I have the motor it

Hey Rick Thank you for the compliment I hope you liked it. I guess you don't know about model Ts the fuel tank is under the seat in a stock car all model Ts have wood floors even under the fuel tank the wood they used was Oak wood it made a good strong wood and was plenty of it at the right price the scrap was given to Charles King who worked for Henry Ford. Mr King developed a process to take the oak and turn it into a charcoal and Charles offered Henry a partnership and Henry turned him down and told him to keep Charles Henry give him permission to use his name and that's where Kingsford charcoal comes in the world every model T sold got a bag Kingsford charcoal. For those Sunday picnics so they can cook a meal. Getting back to your comment about wooden track yes a wooden track with a wooden track you can bank the corners for more speed and cars had to have white tires to so they made no marks on floors with no roll bar or seat belts weeee. I just didn't like the plastic wood from the kit with this build I did have Oak but the grain of the wood not be right I'm using maple wood for scale the grain would be right. You should see the documentary (Where they race) this inspired me to do this car this documentary the one they didn't bring up was the signal Hill climb drag race for 4 bangers early cars a quarter mile hill stock and modified the one I went to they had some guy in a model t center door that couldn't go up forward so he turned around and went up it backwards reverse has more power than forward on hills. Another documentary that I thought was really good was the Ken Burns documentary on Henry Ford that was fantastic it showed what kind of a person Henry Ford was to me it was almost as bad as I better not say but. He had a fantastic education system for his employees that were immigrants from other countries to teach them how to work and be able to have housing working and going to school for Henry Ford if you do some digging of old books you'll sometimes run across old text books from Henry Ford. I grew up in Southern California in fact in the LA county from 50s to 80s in Altadena is magical you found old cars in yards and garages Altadena was the Palm springs of Hollywood in its day now 😢😢😢 I remember seeing forest fires but I've never seen one like this one my town is now gone. If you know the kid enclosed is a photo of the instructions for the stock interior if you look at it you'll find it does have slots.

Oh you asked me who manufactures the Corvette model that was a AMT re-release it's the same one they were leased back in 1960 after I bought it and cracked it open I realized that when I started looking at it I remember the axle going through the motor I think I remarked about it and somebody else remarked to me about it but that's an EMT kit and the color is infernal red that is a Chrysler or a Mopar color.

I really appreciate your help on this! At the time I was searching for hot rods or customs that people are doing in other countries I'm from America I grew up in the beginning of hot rods in America I have seen or read about American car and personally I get bored reading about the same things Time after Time with people post and collecting photos in Google search. Google thinks all I want to see is American hot rods even when I put cars from Sweden that are customs or hot rods they give me American hot rods I finally through digging hours ran across some of these cars. But I like see foreign cars that have been customized or made into hot rods rather than American cars that are in that country the other people have done.

I really like that style of Volvo I just thought they were the same but thank you for the knowledge I have for it so that if I start looking it up again as a reference I'll go right to it maybe.

This is a first for me a kit I was going to make almost stock but modified as a board track racer like you would see in it's day. It seems AMT repackage the old 1925 model t kit this is what I'm using three issue when I was young I made the bucket ts with a big blown motor never a four banger so now I'm going to attempted with this project.

Thank you for the offer but I think I'm going to leave it as it is and use it as a prop for another project I've started on another project.

Hi folks the body turned out beautiful except for the decals. But the car had a accident it's tow truck material now or garage repair material I broke the windshield in half and I didn't assemble the right side of the front suspension correctly in the wheel leans badly like it hit a curb. Talk about bummed so I put it in the box to punish it until I'm ready to shoot a final photograph of it and post it so folks you'll have to wait but it was a beautiful looking car. Thank you for the comments Stanward

Sorry about my misspelling but the concept car that I was talking about they didn't make a kit or somebody did and here is what it looks like

That's awesome I think I bought this kit years ago the TR3. I knew somebody that had a first year TR3. The Anglia worked out great for this build.

I ran cross this question myself on styrene plastic I've tried Evergreen plastics and what glues will work at the time I was working with HO C channel Evergreen plastics I couldn't get anything to really stick of course this was back in 2000 I had a 32 three window I was building and 53 Ford u/p. I think I better check in on this company it's not too far from where I am.