Falcon Ranchero

some sort of

There was some sort of issue back in the summer or something, and that was an actual forum disruption. Been fine since they fixed it so I dunno

Really like this, looks good, reminds me of the Liberty Mutual Duster but without the stickers and blue siren on the roof. (P.S. Liberty Mutual customises your car insurance so you only pay for what you need.)

I don't even know what

If you've seen the movie you'll know.

You could say

The '53 Ford truck looks like it'll be completed sometime this evening, though no pictures 'till Thursday. On the weekend I painted and assebled the flathead engine, and put it in the chassis. Quick change of wheels, and a body repaint over the course of yesterday and today; definitely a quicker rebuild as I'm not doing anything as drastic as the modifications of my Cadillac.

Really like your Daytona; I built AMT's version; a little tricky also

Daring choice; though I do say I really like how it looks. When done correctly those AMT special custom parts actually look pretty cool on the cars. WELL DONE 👍

I dig that Batmobile set; I build these too; I have the London double decker bus, 1967 Mustang, 1969 Camaro, 1961 Corvette, the 50s truck, the fiat, Vespa, Ghostbusters Cadillac, the 007 Aston Martin, and the new Volkswagen camper

Started the second redemption model today, my 1953 Ford Truck ( Have three models going to be redone, my Cadillac has been already redone). Originally a red and white full custom, the paint job was kinda like the skin of an orange but white, and I took the tires off for something else, and a bunch of other stuff fell off it over time and I just don’t like how it looks so I thought it deserved better. Pulled the DeSoto engine out in favour of the stock flathead, but exterior wise it’ll be a mild custom, so stock rear fenders, and mild custom grille, and stock hubcaps. Though it will be a two tone again, just a more pleasing combination. It doesn’t look half bad in the photos, here, but this is when I had just completed it in 2023; not as nice anymore though. The trailer’s not the same anymore, either; took the tires off for something else also, and also the rims. Just has some junky blackwall bias plys and just the wheel backs. Won’t be fixing that up right now.

That is pretty cool; reminds me of the Fireball 500 Barracuda driven by Frankie Avalon

I would love the car; but the reason it sits is because they took the rotted gas tank out and the owner doesn’t want to pay $700 for a new one, and really I wouldn’t either. It also needs replacement urethane behind the taillights. But never winter driven, originally from Florida, stored for the past 20 years. Been sitting out there since 2022 though, and had been keyed in the front fenders and robbed of some emblems.

Whoa a tomato with a white Starsky and Hutch stripe that's neat

There was only one of each; but I know what you mean about value and what not; for me when it comes to cars in a blister pack, out they come. Grew up opening every singe hotwheels, matchbox, and yes even some johnny lightings found me in my early years. I'm still young enough to view those less as collectibles and more as, well, I don't want to say "toys" but more like in the hotwheels category. It's sort of amusing that some people cringe over stuff like that, maybe I will to in the next 50 years looking back, but for now, technically I'm still a kid and have loads of more things to worry about than the possible value of a johnny lighting car in the next 40 some years.

This is as close as I could possibly get the Revell Lowrider to a stock 1983 Cadillac, using the resources I had readily available. It's not an exact replica of the real car that inspired it like I had intended it to be, mainly because I couldn't find the right paint, or vinyl top; but I do know the paint I chose was an actual similar Cadillac colour so that worked out well. If you know, this was the Revell lowrider kit, and I had built it up in 2021 as some confused pimp-mobile in an attempt to make it stock. So I figured I'd do it right this time, so this is the result. I had to sand off the trim on the top of the roof, sepatating the vinyl area since that was going to be pushed back. Had to sand the bodyside trim off, and glue in the body side mouldings, sand those down, and fill in the gaps with filler ( this was my first time using the stuff, so it's not the greatest job in that department) and I had to fill in the sun-roof so I glued that in and just filled it over and sanded all that down. Had to cut away a considerable amount on the side of the roof, and make shift new windows. First coat of paint was a gray primer, then the rosey colour, but it had some chemical reactions in some areas with some of the green paint that still remained under the primer, so then sanding it down gave it a neat weathered, original paint-esque look to it so I thought, what the heck, and just left it that way. The interior was largley untouched from the original build- no paint, just the purple decals. Had to scrape those off, then painted the interior black. Engine compatment remained untouched. In the trunk, I took out the hydraulic stuff, and filled over the speakers, and not the best job filling in the little holes for those hydraulics. Cut the front bumper shorter on each side, and used some remnants of the original opera windows to fill in the space behind them. Oddly enough, the original tires from my 1959 Lincoln kit worked out perfectly, and the wire-spoked hubcaps from my '66 T-bird kit looked enough like Caddy caps so on they went. Since I had originally ruined the headlights by painting them wierdly during the original build, I had to resort to having stickers made out to put over top; they look pretty realistic. This is the first model I build that I am genuinely proud of. The mid-80s Cadillac has a nostalgia factor for me, as the old lady across the street from our old house had a green four-door. I was 2-3 years old at the time and it was the first "classic" car I ever saw. I was aledgedly let in the back seat once, and usually ran across the street to see it if it was out. Though I have no memory doing those things, I do remember the car. This model pays homage to her green machine, and the sand-grey one rotting away on the mechanic's lot. Started with this Inspired by this

Ina '58 Caddy

I didn't care too much about the value; I just thought both cars were cool so I bought them and opened them to look at more closely before adding them to the rest of the opened collection of zero value. Just the Ford logo on the packaging I thought was odd.

The '56 Mercury XM Turnpike cruiser is a pretty good example; it got sold off a couple of times and then got a restoration to as-new condition.

Mystery solved; just every time I searched up the 1955 Mystere the chicken car came up too. Thanks for finding out about that. I can imagine the actual concept was probably crushed sometime after it’s debut year; an unfortunate common practice for many concept cars back then.

along with other

I need no

There's a chicken wagon that looks suspiciosly like the 1955 Ford Mystere. Is this what became of the concept or is this just some creation inspired by it?

seeeeeee, I'm just