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Ron Hamilton

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  1. Looking good so far. That is a conversion I plan to do in the future on a '72 as well as a '74 Charger. I did the conversion on a '74 Roadrunner, and it worked out great. I bought several '71 Chargers while they were cheap, and I am glad I did, as I have several projects where they are used as the base kit.
  2. Nice!!!!!!!
  3. Very nice build Al!!!
  4. I happen to like it! I would be happy to get it.
  5. I happen to like it! I would be happy to get it.
  6. That one you did is very nice. I have two I want to do. One as it was brought home new in the early '70's as a Bronco Ranger, and the same vehicle lifted with flares, aluminum slot mags, On/off road tires, engine mods, and a re-paint. Something like this one, with whitewall mud/snow tires.The tricked out one will be I the same color family, without the stripes, but I may do the flares in white along with the roof.
  7. I appreciate the work you have put into this one, and the others you are creating. I only hope that I will be able to get one.
  8. Interesting conversion. I bought a '68 caddy Coupe De Ville promo that had the A-Pillars broken. I can fabricate new pillars, so that will not be a problem.After seeing yours, I may try my hand at either a Sedan Deville, or a Fleetwood brougham, as I have a derelict '68 convertible body and another promo chassis. Keep up the good work.
  9. You know I love it!!!!!!
  10. Bill, I love this project, as it is done technically correct to my eyes, and you did not take the easy way out. So far, everything looks as if it were a gasser from the 1960's!!!
  11. Nice car.
  12. Very nice!!!!!
  13. I understand about the wanting to foil the trim rings. They do improve the look of the build, which was great to begin with.
  14. I love it!!!!
  15. Nice!!!!
  16. You did a wonderful job for your Mom with that nicely done model of her car! Thanks for sharing this with us!!!
  17. Very Nice!!!!!
  18. No one has done what you want in the aftermarket industry. When I built a '70 GTO several years ago, It took quite a bit of work just to get the front end on the car. It can be done.
  19. I opened the bag on this one, and placed the body, glass, interior and chassis together to see how bad the warp is. Everything seems that it will be fine when I assemble the kit, as the body traps the chassis, and everything fits pretty good as intended. I did some research on the Mach 1, but I could not find any info on the "Iron Horse", or the "Autolite Special" versions of this kit from AMT, as to their being an actual one-to-one cars. I believe that these are AMT creations that were done to get some more mileage out of the tooling, and not based on an actual car. This kit being an early to mid 1970's offering, it leaves a lot to be desired as to details, so if I can scrounge some more detailed parts I will go that route. If not, I will detail paint it as best I can, as it will be a shelf model, and not entered in a contest. I found a few photos of the 2 versions of the car that Ford did in the late '60's for the show circuit on the web, and in a book about Mustangs written by Pat Covert. I still want a Mach I, as I have always liked the car, and want to build a model of it. I figure that I can remove the fuel cap indentations from the trunk lid, re-locate the fuel fillers to the sail panels, modify the side windows, and mount the mirrors to them, then I will be that much closer to the Mach 1 I wanted in the first place. I have a set of resin Appliance Apache Wheels and the hood with the indentations, an appropriate set of Firestone Gold Lines, a rear window from a '68 Shelby kit, and some photo-etched Mustang Running Horse emblems for the grille and body sides. I even have the Mustang II Style front end like what is on the other version of the car. I think the first version is cleaner looking, but the 2nd version is also interesting, and could be done with more work I like the fact that this one is moulded in white, as I absolutely am not crazy about the kits that are moulded in colored styrene. After looking at my friend Rex Turner's Mach 1 build under construction, I may tackle this one in the future.
  20. That's close to what my friend had. His car was a slick top like your build, which will bookend nicely with my white '71 Charger R/T Hemi. Looking at this one is enticing.
  21. I may do mine as a '68. I bought the Modelhaus '68 conversion kit several years ago, and I have 2 convertibles. I may just do it.
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