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One of the neat things that AMT did during this period is that the engines from any of the Trophy Series kits would drop directly into any of the other Trophy Series kits without any modifications needed. Want a real "hot" p'cup? Drop in the430 Lincoln from one of the '25T kits the only thing you might need to think about is the exhaust because unless you're building a highboy version with no fenders the headers from the T kits are ever gonna fit a Resto-mod version.

Looks like the old Syclone kit to me. Sure lucky that years ago when the Pay Less Drug stores were all closing I picked up three of the Syclone kits, two of the S-10/ Lowrider, and four of the last Revell stock releases of the original '56 Ford F-100 kits all for $1.99 each. Now if I can remember what big box out of the 40-50 to pick from, bet I will start putting contents sheets on the end of each box when I am repacking them this time

I'd like to see the '48, and a '51 Torpedo as my dad had both of them and the '48 was his first car out of High School, he graduated in June of 1947 and worked all summer in sawmill in their tiny little company town and in September took a train back to Michigan and drove his first car off the assembly line and out of the factory. That was pretty good for a 17 year old, oh yeah that brand new Pontiac cost him a little less than $2500. Can you imagine doing that in our modern world?

I sincerely hope that this version actually has the door mount mirrors shown on the box art.

I've shied away from that grille because having both headlights so close to the middle like that just didn't look right, but after looking at this build I think that drilling the centers out and putting some screen in they can make excellent air intakes for a twin turbo power plant and just use some black detailer to give the appearance of having the headlights back there.

Since there's already a '60, '64-'66,'67-72 in the Sixties era how about a '63 short bed fleetside small window. (it's a lot easier to make the back window larger than it is to make it smaller).

Thanks, I just wish they would put it on the boat before the tariffs hit, it's just ridiculous to pay $75+ for a one issue kit that is still an up to date model. The $30+ is bad enough but add a 60-200% tariff to it and it's in the collectible price range. I can see a big increase in sales for Atlantis and any other manufacturers that can get their production back in the states.

I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who would really like to see the latest version of the dirt Sprint Car that Revell only released a single run of before the wheels came off from the parent company. It would be super cool to know if the molds are still out there and who has the current ownership of them. It would almost be worth the cost of the kit to have a parts pack of just the updates it contained.

Has the date for the next NNL West been set? Since the date was changed I have missed it for a time or two.

That's exactly what I'm doing with a set of the '56 Bel-Air trim I was given by a fellow modeler on this forum, and one of the latest releases of the '56 Del-Ray from Revell. Working on getting the kit molding off and the body smoothed out. Hoping to build two, one with the 265 two barrel, powerglide set up that was in when my best friend first bought it, and the factory Dusk Rose/White two tone paint, and the F-6 green, fenderwell exit headers, four speed, 283/with an Edelbrock C3-B intake and a Holley four barrel carb and Isky cam it had when I drove it as my everyday ride. But the 5 mpg of gas mileage on the freeway made it a little rough, even with 100 octane @ 25¢ A gallon for a sometimes part time working college student.

Turned out nice, I seem to come across these nice WIP builds just a little too late to make useful suggestions. My thought was by using a streamline outlet in the body it would do two things, it would give a little more ground clearance because the exhaust could be moved up into the chassis, and the teardrop shape with the streamline blending into the surrounding body it would go along with the custom look of your truck and make the exhaust look like it was a design element from the beginning thoughts of a custom truck that has a respectable go factor too. But I still think that you did a super job. I'm planning a custom Orange finish for a '69 Camaro I've been working on for too long, it's going to use the Tamiya metallic Orange as the base and the Tamiya Transparent Orange as a color with a top coat of clear for the smooth finish that Candy colors like.

Don't forget to cross the safety chains under the tongue of the trailer, it's so if somehow the trailer to truck connection comes apart the chains being crossed make a cradle that can catch the trailer so the tongue can't dig in and make like a pole vaulters pole and put your nice coupe in the bed of your Black Beauty. Not to mention it's law in every state I know of.?

Have you thought about a KAASE 429+ Shotgun engine with eight stack injection on a cross ram type intake? Not going to fill that compartment up much prettier engine.. I used one from the Poison Pinto kit and the two fours intake from one of the early Monogram Mustangs. I put it in a '56 Monogram T-Bird wanted the hood to close without a big scoop giving the sleeper look away, I used the engine because it had a super looking set of polished chrome valve covers and an automatic transmission that fit the look and style I was going for, even got lucky and found a good looking two four air cleaner that worked out great because it had a Thunderbird emblem on it, but for the life of me I can't remember what it came from.

I think it would be nice if you were to form a semi tear drop shape for where the exhaust pipes are going to exit with just a slight roll on the front and top edge of the opening and maybe a small bevel on the rear to give a little room for the exhaust to escape from without causing paint damage. I really like the direction you're going on Stitches, maybe a pair of totally enclosed seats with open sides on the head shapes like most sprint cars have for better side vision. Something that is needed for a street vehicle since they don't use spotters??

They scream anywhere they are ran, we ran a set of the very early ones that came from a Bobby Allison early '70s Nova and it was before mufflers and a lot of people thought we were turning our 388 c.i. small block in the 8,000rpm range. They have received such a reputation that they are actually outlawed at a few tracks.