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Thanks Steve. I was planning to use the chassis from the 62 on this.

Don, appreciate the kind words, thanks. Trevor, yes bumpers etc are all there and look quite nice. Thinking I can use the 64 Marauder decals for the missing scripts. Thanks Brian. I found the decal set on fleabay but I can buy the whole kit for just a bit more

Pathway leads out of the room and once again you find yourself in the world of Zork

Wimpy ate it

Anyone know which version of the 1964 Marauder kit these decals come in?

As the title says I need a front and rear grill/bumper for the 63 T-Bird. Got an old custom I want to resurrect.

Bob, that was one of the things that made me attempt this. If it was gone I would have just scrapped the whole thing. I did loose the RH vent window frame in the stripping process, still in the brake fluid tank I think, but that's no big deal. Bill, I prefer the 64 myself and have plenty of 64 hardtops but no verts.

Thanks Carl, we still have a long way to go. Chris if I knew it was that bad when I started I probably would have left it in the box.

Greg, we shall see how lucky it was a month from now if I'm still plugging away at it. 🤞🏼 I just felt sorry for the poor thing Michael, I couldn't help myself. Thanks Alan, after almost spending a month removing paint I almost gave up.

over a pint

Bondo is a cheap date, it should get along well with the "automotive" primer. As long as they don't fight over who pays the bill.

After a lost summer of dealing with family issues I'm trying to get back to the bench. Picking up where I left off on some projects just isn't stirring my juices so I figured I would start a new one. Probably not the smartest decision but I recently bought an AMT 1963 Monterey that was in seriously sad shape. I have a soft spot (in the head) for these types of rescues and I love these vintage kits. The best part of this is probably the box because the car itself is beyond sad. And if it wasn't for the box I might not have been able to identify what this car was. Dig that groovy paint job. It's amazing that the windshield frame is intact on this beater. Also came with some spare bits but the engine and interior bucket are MIA. But the front bench seat is there which is key. Interior bucket can be sourced from the readily available 64 Mercury Marauder kit, which by the way is the convertible bucket, not the hardtop. The dash for both years is the same except for a change in the color of the gauge faces. Interior pattern is different but it's close enough for me. Maybe we'll call it a 63 1/2. Getting the paint off the body was a chore as there were so many different layers of paint. Purple power took the paint off the sides, brake fluid took most of the paint off the topside. But the remnants required some oven cleaner. But the paint crazed the plastic in areas so we didn't completely get away clean. The hood took it the worst. After a lot of work and some primer it doesn't look half bad. Hoping to save the emblems but I think it ended in a draw. Emblems on the rear flanks will survive but the front fenders are barely there. Aside from the paint the body was slightly warped. See the extra space on the sides of the chassis, the left more then the right. I put a wire tie around the body with the firewall and chassis in place and sent it off to the dehydrator for a few hours. I did have an after pic showing the nice tight body but I seem to have lost it along with the chassis for now. Doesn't matter as I'm not going to use that chassis anyway. Perhaps one of my favorite bits from this kit is the up-top, that's a keeper. Just needs some trim added around the perimeter of the well to make it look factory. Well that's what we have for now, see ya next time.😀

sounds so sweet

Read the newspaper this morning over coffee with the boys, the coffee was good, the news was bad, some things never change.

thems frosted windows

with chocolate frosting

their day off

1972, sales of the Volkswagen Beetle model exceed those of Ford Model T

makes me squirm

Gibbs brothers are down to just Barry these days.

her inner thighs

Science is a myth that makes self righteous people feel important because they know something about nothing that no one else understands because it is a total pile of soft brown stuff that sticks to the bottom of your shoe.

Jim, appears the downshifting got you through the next corner. Are you going to put a clear over this to keep it there?

Races fill the spaces all around the oval path, bets are numbered in sequences while the bookies do the math, last is first and first is last so why did I pick the slowest psychopath.

Snapping turtle butts