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I have to agree 100 % on this !!!!! I've built both kits too

Bill, I too have inherited , so to speak a treasure trove of old AMT annuals . Sadly , I have two AMT 1964 Corvettes that are missing parts . I MAY be able to scrap together ONE car if I go on line and by a 63 for the tail lamps , grille and a set of wheels . . Same goes for a 1963 Chevrolet Apache truck . I'm going back on Face Book and offering what I bought in a post concerning several kits and warn the buyers NOT to be too dissapointed .....

It is indeed the Lincoln "Y" block with the die cast aluminum covers

Yes indeed Tommy ! I own a 1978 Step side and people are all the time mistaking it for a much older truck too . The big reason for the extended width was that camper shells weren't fitting the Step side beds . Sure a 4 X8 sheet of plywood fits flat , but try to find certain parts to rebuild the real deal with .

Bill, you're quite correct sir ! See, it wasn't that long ago before my health went south of the equator that I used to be able to re build the old Cast Iron Hydra- Matics and Ford - O- Matics . Of course I also rebuilt Ford Model A and Ford manual gear boxes too . Face it , I'm a dying breed , fooling with Flat head Fords , and dreaming of days of a Dual disc clutch ......

Gary , I'm having a hard time trying to visualize a 10 speed automatic myself in an automobile . I have seen what a Detroit Allison looks like in a Ford F-700 with a 3808 Caterpillar .

Rich, my cousin owns such a tractor . A lot of parts can be had on the 8N- 9N forum https://www.shopping.net/shopping?qsrc=999&qo=semQuery&ad=semD&o=600389&l=sem&a

Dan , I'm NOT married to Agnes. That is the 78 Ford . I have a 53 Ford Panel that is mostly original . Why not come down for a week end visit into Virginia and I'll give you my two hour tour of former Architecturally significant former service stations , ( 1915-1940 ) . I'm told Richmond Virginia has some of the LAST KNOWN examples of some of these service station buildings too....

Here's MY answer to NO computer, NO High tech , a NO option 1978 Ford F-100

Dennis , if it were me , Id go the "Under construction " threads . We should combine forces as I am the one behind the model of the Fish Inn that was in Cour de Adeline Idaho . I'm already being asked to have the Fish Inn on display at the next Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens miniatures show in Richmond Virginia in 2018

Dennis , as a former boat repair shop owner , I beg you to keep us updated as to this boat build ! I have LONGGGGGGGG wanted to know the origins of this kit as I once had one from 1961

Doug , I remember this !!!!! Yep, YOU got action ......

DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY - PERIOD !!!!!!!

Doug, because I focus on Dioramas , I would buy any of these as kits . Maybe perhaps multiples because the Plymouth and the Pontiac held well in the dioramas I specialize in . The Oldsmobile would be a nice candidate simply because of it being a Great "Beater car " .....

I guess SOME here can say what they want about the "STOCK " comments I have made . . I still reserve comments over the AMT "Motor City Stocker " kits bringing some OUTRAGEOUS prices . Go ahead , , go price a 1970 Ford Torino , yeah , go ahead ......

Art , I understand the injection process as I studied the art of this years ago . The thing that I failed at was Calculus and a couple other required courses that AMT would have required . That never deterred me . I studied Fiberglass AND several other molding processes , including design . I'm simply posting this to remind ya that I am one who has at least done her homework .....

Mark, you , me maybe Bill are the few Stock builders here . The plastic manufacturers seem to have a mindset that we really need more 57 Chevrolets, Rail dragsters and Camaro street rods .I'm tired of asking for a re issue of a 1963 Ford F-100 , or a 1966 Bonniville cause I know it will fall on deaf ears ...

May I SECOND that comment ?

What ever gets ya through da night ......

Randy, THANK You for sharing the Cadillac story ! I actually knew a man in Los Angles with one of these cars who lived up the street from me .

Me too! I'm always interested in folks who do something truly unique .

Bad Ellen , BADD BADD BADD ! Yes , you are once again my fearless copy editor and I yield to you Mr. Anderson !

Dan, this kit can be done as a 1963 and by using the "Custom " headlamps , you can do the 1965 version as well. Years back , I had both the Aurora version and the AMT . I'd say either is a worth doing project . The Aurora had an opening trunk and some luggage . The AMT version omits the Opening trunk . The AMT also allows the builder to do the Paxton supercharged version

I talk to him on the phone and he's a FB friend of mine . Do I need to call him ?

Well Mike , at least you even HAVE a "LHS" . We have Two Hobbytown USA's , two H-L both at extreme ends of the city and a scattering of Michael's . Since what I need are scratch building supplies , I no longer even HAVE THE LUXURY of dealing with ANYONE who even want's my business. I'm never going to buy an RC car and trains , well, I have my father's Lionel stuff I just look at . The cost of me buying any kind of a new kit has become a dream as the freight and cost of driving to a local store outweighs the cost of merely buying one kit . Since the Shows here in Virginia are ALL IPMS , I can choose all the military stuff one could ever want . I'm out of this discussion .......