Falcon Ranchero

Those 1966 Classic Revivals of Duesenberg, Packard, and Pierce Arrow (etc) gotta be extremely rare; and they are extremely cool. Never even knew the Packard and Pierce Arrow got revived in 1966 like the Duesenberg though I know the latter became a real car whereas the other two seem to just be model ideas. Certainly never knew they made model kits of them either.

Gives me something to do. Also easier collecting right now than collecting real cars. But seriously though I find it nice and relaxing, painting away and gluing those pieces together until there’s a complete car. Plus I can try out my own colour combos or custom ideas.

I have a pretty good lighting situation, my one lamp emitting ample light and also acting as a heat lamp; nice during winter months since the basement gets pretty cold, plus, leaning the painted parts on the tree against the poles of the lamp have them dry faster from the heat.

Randomly found this in the living room just now. When asked where it came from my parents insisted that the Easter Bunny must’ve come. 🙄 yeah ok. But still that’s pretty cool.

I noticed the roof on that was quite wonky; I’m sure there’s a way to get it looking better

Might be because the car looks to be a '56, not a '57. Still the same cool body style, just shorter fins and dual headlights instead of quads

Now the hot babes from my high school still are

What a shame they wrecked that Camaro but it was hilarious. Though I am a big fan of The Cruising Vessel, which I do belive has made it into this thread.

Well I do have until May to decide; they might be able to drive it up here since they have to come up for another reason. We shall see what my decision is.

Wow a '57 Lincoln; That would be cool to build. I really like the 1:1 cars, especially this pink an black one. Can't wait to see whatcha do with this model.

Good points; I mean yeah the car really isn't terrible at all, and it is from Toronto Ont, so not terrible winters, and even then, it has extremely low kms on it so it wasn't driven too too much on salty roads. But it has just always been parked outside when not in use which is probably why the exterior isn't the greatest. But as you said, some work done to it ought to get it looking great enough. It runs smooth and underneath is not very rusty. But I haven't actually seen the car in person. All these details are what i've been told. And buying it is a decision I have to make from these photos and the details, cause the minute we head down south to pick it up, it's mine before I even drive or inspect it myself, so essentially I would be buying this car "sight unseen" but since it's from relatives, I know I can trust that the car is everything it was said to be. Personally I like any american car from 1952ish to 1975ish, from that point to 1993 it's selective cars. But this car I like. Well you know I like the big ones.

Yeah these two above statements I've seen and done; the crawling under the table witha flash light to get a tail light or something, and then yes, having to touch up with silver after shaving off the burr on top of the bumper. I mean I don't get all pissed off about it; it's more like an "aww man, geez" type deal, not like I start cursing till kingdom come.

Might end up going through with it; I mean really the price, and the car just can't be beat. An actual classic car, right now, costs a bit too much for us now, a good one being anywhere between $10,000-$25,000 whereas this reliable, pretty darn classy, non-show car quality car is about the cost of a lawn mower, and I could basically treat it as a modern car while still having something appealing. But I mean until we go to get it there's no harm in still looking for classic-er cars for sale...

Trouble was, two dudes posted a sentence at the same time, so we got two sentences startin' with trouble, Plus since that last sentence ended with trouble, this one starts with trouble too, so we'll end witha punch.

A few more pics of all the greatness to be had

oh yeah. had that happen numerous times. Pretty sure the original parking lights from my '56 Del Ray are in the basement vaccuum. But that was 4 years ago. LOL but I did make new ones from clear nubs.

Oh yeah, it's a pretty big car; to put a face to the name so to speak, here's what $1500 gets me. Interior is in quite better condition than the exterior.

Does anyone know if the hardtop '59 Cadillac Seville kit is still possible for future release? Just because I was hoping to get one to complete my "Big Three in Luxury" collection having now built both the '59 Lincoln and '59 Imperial, it would only make sense that I should want to have the 2-door hardtop '59 Cadillac to go along with them.

sort of places

Saw that one. No, not a convertible guy, and unfortunately the cougar I'm talkin' 'bout isn't on kijiji, its on facebook marketplace; a little trickier for us to get a hold of the seller since none of us have facebook (though a relative does so we just ask him) but the car is super nice.

That is super cool; I like the '60 Pontiacs. This is a vintage kit, correct?

$22,000 fresh orange re-paint

Rains came today; further enhancing the snow melt after yesterday's stifling 12 degrees celsius and sun. Also, I have a car if I want it. A 1985 (I believe) Pontiac Parisienne four-door. Pale grey witha black vinyl top. Kinda rough around the edges but very low Kms. Relatives down in Southern Ont. said it's mine for $1500. Can't lose on the price that's for sure, and I may be satisfied with it. However, to go and get the car would be a few months from now so I'm still looking for \other Classic cars. There's two in the next city over, a '70 Cougar and a '57 Ford, both extremely reasonable prices considering condition and power. Ususally we go on a weekend trip there occasionally but it's not going to happen for this weekend. Maybe next but I don't know if those cars'll still be for sale then. Especially the '57. Mint condition 2-door with a Thunderbird motor. $15,900.

Looks like the URL expired for that image; I can't see it now either. It was just a '70s Corvette done up as a motorhome. Looked cool

Finally got one after waiting nearly four years to get one. Ordered this for $26; a very reasonable price for a curbside, which was one of the reasons I never got the kit earlier because I didn't want to spend $43 on a kit with no engine so I am quite pleased to have got this one now. Inspired by the '59 Imperial in the 2003 movie, Secondhand Lions, though it is a two-door not a four-door I did keep in mind the colour scheme from the movie car. All I need now is a '59 Cadillac two-door hardtop and I'll have the big three in luxury for 1959 since I have in addition to this Imperial the near impossible to find 1959 Lincoln. The tires on this Imperial are blackwall on both sides, the set from my AMT '57 Chevy that I didn't use on that car cause I wanted whitewalls for that one.