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Being as I have done bout ever thing there is in carz krimes , I might suggest a small perhaps old gas station , a small, non- descript art- deco building , or perhaps a plain brick affair for an office . Generally, a car- port served as the make ready and repair facility . I know from experence how bad working in some of these dirty places were . You'll need a broken down ole wrecker too. Hey man , BLACKTOP !Put up Lottsa flags ! Yep string pennents on some fishing line . have some outdated fixtures to keep rif raff like us out the lot at night . You'll need bigg ole signs with , "The Working Mans friend " , "Low Down " Low Milages , Runs fine , E- Z Payments , CLEAN , V-8 , Full Power !, 1 owner , Great Gas milage ! Ed Shaver

You know what impressed me about 1959 and 1960 Cadillacs ? BALL BEARINGS !!!! Yep, General Motors in a quest to build the finest motor car used Ball bearings in their axle assemblies , front and rear then. Chevrolets and their counterparts used Roller bearings . Hey, I worked on many a Cadillac engine all the way to the NO ACCOUNT 4100's. Ed Shaver

Boswell, dig through the pages of the diorama thread or contact Greg hiss sef. I build a lot of meuseuem archectural pieces using Foam Core . Try it !!!!! Ed Shaver

As "Guru" Art Anderson explained , Product Miniatures had these both as "Promomtionals" and as "Bagged ".98c kits in retail stores in the day. I have a resin copy I bought off Smart Resins Jody some time back. I had to scratch build the interior and a chassis . The colors are as stock as I could find according to some old P P G Charts I have . Now with one execption, I did a common "Dealer " move . In order to move a slow seller , I added a second color to the body which was commonly done in the fifties . I chose to use a common Black in the lower portion of the body. I hope this answers some questions as to this obsure piece of model history........... Ed Shaver

Skip, since ya asked , the A M T's would include a couple of 1925 Ford Model t's . You can spend hours an hours doing vintage commercial bodies on one of them . The OVER Priced double dragster in card board . Hey I build models , not collect boxes . In Revell's new offering, I guess a 1962 Impala and a 1972 Oldsmobile convertable . Ed Shaver

There are a couple of Revell items and a couple of A M T items . Ed Shaver

Chris, does that mean yer buying the coffee today ? Very nice model by the way ......... Ed Shaver

Ian , to answer the question , yes ! A chrysler 6 would look period within my Crown station I'm working on now . I just need to get the finances straightened out currently ! Ed Shaver

I'll keep it SIMPLE ! ANYTHING American Anything built prior to Elvis's unfortunate demise Anything REAR Wheel drive ........... Ed Shaver

Chuck, that was a straight re- issue of the origional kit sans body putty and interior material . Ed Shaver

Now all you have to do is figgure out a way to get around the severe battery drain that those Mini Mags are all known for . Ed Shaver

Stunning.................just like the real one was ! Ed Shaver

How much are autographs. How much is popcorn ? An wheres da Bark- O- Lounger ? Ed Shaver

Model Round up is talking about this job....... Ed Shaver

I think I need to go to 7-11 and get a 16 oz coffee, litle sugar think about this with a Washington Post and MABYE i'll have enough courage to try something new . Ed Shaver

Joshua, you make a very interesting point on "Off the shelf parts ". I left the so called "Cutom Van " accessory business rather than build for the Dealer Van companies . Hey, I wasn't about to invest in a vacum forming machine that made interior walls for Chevrolet and Dodge Hi- Top vans ! Nope , not me , NEVA !!!!!!! Ed Shaver

I bet most of you have no idea how long such practices gave gone on . Being in the "Business" such as I was for wayyyyy too many years . I would wander about on Saturday night just glancing at the cars in the parking lots , listening to parts of conversations . I was all the timehearing , "How THEY Sweated and worked on some car ". Yeah right , they PAID ME to do the work ! What do ya do........... Me , I sigh, take a swig outta my coffee cup and mosey on. Ed Shaver

Ed , short of modifiying a Revell 1929 Model A truck nose with a lot of Bondo and mabye widing the darn thing out , I dunno what to say. You might call Norman Veeber on the phone at Replicias and Miniatures of Maryland . Yes , he does talk on the phone as wev'e had several conversations . He's in the D C area as in Rockville Maryland ......Ed Shaver

In da 1-1 worl years ago, they waz known as Custom tail lights as the stockers had a portion in the lower half devoted to a back up lamp and a small round reflector . Honest Charlie , Almquist , J C Witney , hey if ya had a 55 Chebbie , ya wern't with it wit out em ! Dang, I'm old ! Ed Shaver

Can someone explain to me WHY this looks like an AMTRONIC ? Ed Shaver

Lyle, if you're going to do the rear Dual type wheels , go for it . Ed Shaver

Jody, you need to join the H. A . M. B . . There , a good many hot rod builders are dicussing Oldsmobile , Buick , and even "Other " than Hemi Chrysler engines in their 1-1 drivers..... Ed Shaver

S. O. S , nuther day................... Ed Shaver

Hummmmmmmm..........as long as you send ALL the un-wanted Ford Flathead stock pieces to me , I shall bestow good hunting , good wishes , and good women to ya !!!!!!! Ed Shaver

Ken Hamilton who many of you know as an accomplished builder and scratch builder has just releaseda couple of great diorama subjects one being a general purpose wire basket . He has a web based catalouge : http://www.wildharemodels.com/ Im modifying one of Kens baskets to accomodate some clear resin Oil bottles used in service stations right up to the late sixties . This is a basic fret made from .010 un- coated brass Comes with easy Step by step picture instructions ! Tell Ken Ed Shaver from the Model builders sent ya !