Falcon Ranchero
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The paint colour pictured below was applied to my Great Uncle's Thunderbird; if I wanted a little can of spray paint that was close to if not exactly the same colour is there a brand, be it Testors, Tamiya, Krylon, etc.. that would have a spray can paint similar to this?
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Currently have no kits to build so I was considering ordering a kit in the future; just wanted to ask what's the 1966 AMT Thunderbird kit like? Is it good to build, does it look nice when completed? I'd like to see a photo of a built example if anyone has one. Back in 2022 we went to look at a '66 'Bird for sale that needed restoration, so I had this cool idea of how I'd want it to look, but we decided not to get the car. So I want the kit so I can build the 1966 Thunderbird that I saw in that real prospect buy. Also, the 1965 AMT Thunderbird kit; I've only seen original '60s kits online so I can imagine AMT hasn't got a new cast out yet, if they ever will; unless does anyone know if in the near future the '65 will come back? Was hoping to build it just like my Great Uncle's '65 'Bird.
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from the highest
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Mind your manners, man said, as he mindfully maintained his mannerisms merrily
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Well, here it is. Picked it up in downtown St. Ignace this past October and it was the only one in stock. This is AMT's "Polyglas Gasser II". Started the build on Sunday, finished last night; pretty quick build; though I actually tried to take a slower pace, painting the most detailed interior since my 1965 Bonneville, and actually waiting a day for paint and glue to dry. Took two photos of it last night in our "Winter Scene" that we display on our hope chest for Christmas. But this morning I took it to my grandma's house, displaying it on the '60s furniture, and took it out into the snow. Total was 29 photos, but here's 27. Really photogenic car. This is the first kit I built that when chrome valve covers were an option, I didn't use them. I wanted a nice, simple stock look, and so the same colour valve covers were used, and they look good under the hood. The kit came with white letter tires, white wall tires, and bonus redlines, but I wanted plain black wall tires, and so these were sourced from my 1977 Pinto kit.
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Beter is actually a word, looky here: "One who beats or whips, a flogger, also a boxer (b) one who grinds spices; one who beats cloth, a fuller; a metal-worker."
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and the FBI
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Some Toronados Not an RV but was a modified fifth wheel hauler
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I know with my Great Uncle's '65 'Bird, he paid $300 for it in 1987 and he was I believe the fourth owner, but he usually refers to himself as the second driver, because by the time the car was sold to the second owner, it was in rough shape and needed restoaration that didn't happen. Then passed to the third owner; left it on his front lawn; never did anything with it, and then my uncle got it and he actually restored the car by 1988, and became the second owner to actually drive the thing. It wasn't really a basket case; there's a photo of it when he got it before restoration, but it was pretty crusty.
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and games 'till
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is just plain
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It's funny though too because there's a surprisingly healthy population of Corvairs in town here; I think a few more than the 7 or 8 '69 Camaros around here; so they are pretty popular little machines; I don't hate them; in fact I have great admiration for the '60-'61s as 3 '61s cruised through the jungle of the Darien Gap back in 1961 and 2 made it out alive. Real hardy cars
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the reason why
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LOL; not entirely a huge fan of the Corvairs, but I have taken photos of some of those same Corvs at other shows
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and pointy icicles
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Brother from another mother and a sister form another mister is how those rhymes go i think
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Yeah it was actually for sale before this show, and we had seen it at last year's local show with a for sale sign and it was owned by an older couple downsizing a collection. Unfortunately the car was out of our price range at $39,000 which was actually reasonable considering the condition. Original 383 car turned 440. The photo of the car here at the A&W show was with its new owner, and he was a way younger dude who put different rims on it. Though the rims on it now are way nicer than the previous ones.
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The final show of the 2023 season; even with the prospect of rain, the local A&W had such a big turn out, late comers couldn't find a place to park. A&W had been rained into cancellation twice prior, so it was good the show happened this time.
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Though school is over after the 13th, today is technically the last day as today we go to school to do two tests, the rest are online so after today I'm basically done for the week, so that's like 4 weeks of christmas break, instead of the regular 3, and even then elementary and high school only get two weeks. Hoping to find some small part-time job if I can over the break.
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in door pool
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What did you see on the road today?
Falcon Ranchero replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I dig that Saab, man; out of all European cars the Saab has to be my favourite, especially the early '49 to '69s; but I may be mildly biased being of Nordic European heritage myself -
While on a camping trip we drove into Suds for weekend shopping and wouldn'tcha know there was a car show goin' on so of course we stopped in.
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Front of the car was nice, but the rear with those tailfins...whoa
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ain't no fool
