Falcon Ranchero

just as bad (side question has anyone ever tried to read this entire story from page one to now? I attempted but just got to page 30 something. It's a commitment.)

If you think that one's corny, check out the '59 Olds ad, also with Florence Henderson. "O-L-D-S, that's Olds, pronounced NEW, and that's news, GOOD NEWS"🤣

those dang onions

Sun popped up

1969 AMC Rebel Commercial- it's a fun one

WOW that's gorgeous; absolutely love the 1960 Plymouths. Was hoping to get my hands on a '60 Hardtop but if I can even get I wagon I'd be satisfied. I like how it's mildly customized with the wheels and the engine 👍

I find that snow also helps with realism, and totally outside is ideal. Was hoping to experiment with perspective to make a car look real size in front of a real garage but it was a little too snowy today. On calm snow days it's really neat. The photos of my 1962 Pontiac Catalina are the most real appearing ones I took so far.

Yeah that 428 has caught my eye a couple times when looking at Thunderbirds for sale. 1966 is my favourite year of the 64-66 'birds cause the '66 front end looks somewhat like a Mustang with four headlights so it adds to the sportiness.

Cool stuff, i really like that '60 Custom Ford; I too have the Thunderbird bubble top and I was actually thinking about using it on a customizing 1961 Ford but it never happened. I was a little unsure of how to make that work, but you did an excellent job on yours there.

Yeah I noticed that one too; there's also a '70 Coronet, a couple of '70 Mustangs, a '70 El Camino, and a '70 Ranchero. Basically muscle cars but remember, none of those cars in the photo run on gas. Doin' that to a muscle car today would be a crime

That's a cool commercial; and if you really want to dance, the Plymouth ads, 1960, 1961, and '64 Valiant are pretty groovy. They're at the very top of the topic if you're interested.

would see that

it's still kinda

That's pretty slick; I just recently built a stock sleeper version. Your drag car is super awesome.

This build was inspired by the first classic car we went to look at back in May 2022. It was a 1966 Thunderbird that had been sitting since '93. It was baby blue with a white top, but it was a little crusty. Had a black interior and 1972 hubcaps. Also had the regular roof as opposed to the Town coupe. The car ran but made clanking noises. It was a restoration project, but we really didn't have any space for such an endeavour, so this model is a showcase of what I would've done to the real car, had we purchased it.

Recently found the actual very first kit I put together, Revell's Snap Tite 1957 Chevy Bel Air. 10 years ago I put it together just like it was depicted on the box, no trim painting, no grill black wash, applied the decals, never cut the burrs off of some pieces, and it looked kinda dumb. BUT, as 2024 came to a close I figured I'll re-build it, and so I used all the skills I learned building kits and gave it a two-tone treatment, as well as detailing everything. Changed the wheels to the ones my 1960 Impala came with, which proved problematic, but they're good now. Re-completed January 1st, 2025.

and sasquatch encounters

Or These It's funny because if you watched Herbie the Love Bug, Ralph's Hot Rod shows up in the Mexican Road Race scene. That was in 1968.

Can't forget these

Those buck teeth are pretty nasty

Really like the GMC, the Buick, the Challenger, as well as the bronze Cougar and the 4x4 Ford and the crusty Ford truck on the trailer.

That 1960 Plymouth Coronado stretch Limousine is by far the coolest model I've seen on the forum wow. Totally awesome work that's so cool man 👍👍

What if I told you all these cars in the photo didn’t run on gasoline. Not one. These cars either run on electricity, steam, and other forms of energy. I guess in 1970 200 entrepreneuring students were involved in some sort of alternative fuel challenge so these cars were used as experimental vehicles to pilot new fuel ideas. Not much info I could find online, this photo came from a picture book I just got. Would be cool to know what some of the vehicles run on and the groups that made them.

That is a work of art, way cool 👍

That ‘67 GTO is gorgeous