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Sweet. I agree completely on those few yet crucial parts making huge difference. I've raided cast off parts lots for years for the turtledeck, tank, wheel, exhausts, and buckets. T is pretty iconic/period perfect with those in place and original wheels/tires. Here's hoping Revell retruns those parts to the tool like they did for the Blue Beetlino.

Didn't like 58's well, but 59's are another creature all together

Cool. Nice build, paint looks perfect, BMF too. Me likey. They used to run two in series, first one pumping into second one, for 12-16# boost. Doubt many survived it, bottom ends on Y's in 50's not up to that. Blows the top right off the popper. Still, RS5 Stude motor worked like your setup, really like it. Geez, I love me some VS57 and VR57 Paxtons. And wagons. and 57 Fords.

If something is WRONG, I'll complain. Don't assume all who complain enjoy it. Or do it automatically. I want great kits. I expect great kits. I don't want to fix stuff that should be correct on new tool. Wastes my time, and pts kit on bottom of huge pile. Looks great, 57 was quite nice, didn't buy one due to sedan dislike. Wagons different deal, I'll buy every one I can find. When will people (not just you, no offense) understand that it is just as easy to do it right, than wrong. I'm hoping the F-code blower is in there, maybe the dual carb blower setup. Ooooooh. Yellow car is gorgeous.

Ford's high end 2 door wagon in '56 was the Parklane, again based on 2 door Ranch Wagon Doesn't share much, definitely not roof http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Parklane This is homely as it comes, but someone will like it. Also, Ford Country Sedans and Country Squires were 4 doors, quite a bit different, as were the 4 door Edsels.

2-door wagons came in 2 trim levels. The Ranch Wagon was the basic car, the Del Rio was the upmarket car. The Courier was essentially same car as sedan delivery. You could technically get the E code motor in any of them, or F code motor too. F code supercharged Del Rio with T-Bird wires in the plans here. Ranchero easy to convert too, though R will probably do at some point. Ranch Wagon Del Rio Ranch Wagon

Awesome. Del Rio wagon is high trim level 2 door wagon. Think Ford Nomad They sold 46000 in 57, more than the Nomad in total http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Del_Rio

Only if they're screwed up. Let's all hope they're not.

The Little T and Sweet T issues had great period bucket seats similar to the Blue Beetle and re-issued Blue Bandito. The buckets disappeared with one of the later issues, replaced with pleated bench. Sweet T IIRC was only issue with blower, and not a good one. It also still had the turtle deck. I hope the new kit restored the buckets. Great kit, lots of swaps, mods easy to do. Glad it's back.

Nice build of Dave's conversion. Pretty funny kit, liked some better than TD stuff. Glad it's back. JB's not a hater (hater hater hater?). He did some nice builds of King T and Wild Dream, which are 2 of my favorite kits ever. We also like AMBR winners like XR6 and Ala Kart. Some stuff is just outside interests. The JDM piped, cambered snoozefest 4doors and trucks do zip for me, nor do the US economy cars from 74 on, or Monster trucks. I always like a nice build, even if I don't like the subject. Weird showrods vs. more mainstream rods just a wonky subset. The trikes/Bugaboo/Stingaree do zip, but the Lug Bug/Beetle Bus etc I'd love to see again. Need California Street Vette too, I've only got a builder. Most fun is bashing. No wrong way, no errors to fix but your own. Awesome release from more "rigorous projects". I'm completely against lactose intolerance, for sure. Any other kind of intolerance just doesn't matter, not worth the effort.

SCCA and racetracks everywhere are full of them. Pretty awesome and cheap car to win with. Spec Miata pretty much dispensed with chick car wimpy car thing. Enormous starting grids, all cars within few bhp of one another, and it's all driver skills. Way closer racing then almost anything out there, and check videos on you tube. Most too long for here, but bump drafting is routine, and when one car goes, a bunch go. Huge leaderboard changes in seconds. Hysterical to watch, more hysterical to drive. New car will rock. Also check vids on making modified 4 cyl Miatas whup on cars far more expensive. Competitive cars for 8k-35k. You spend more than that on tires, brakes, and oil in many series. Starting grid pick in middle is at Laguna Seca. 68 cars gridded for one race Top and bottom pics I forget where, but they're a few laps in, and about 1/2 field in pack with first.

Wouldn't buy a JDM sedan or truck with that dreck on it. You still have a sedan/truck. I have a lot of kits like this, you can bash them with whatever you wish. Raider's Coach and Lil' Gasser kitbash in progress now, as well as Big Beer, a 26 Mack flatbed turned into a very large Beer Wagon. Far more fun than fixing a warped 57 BelAir cvt. then fixing interior. Nice relief from Hiro 275 GTB/4 Comp. More creativity than restoring an annual, or converting a a promo to an unmodeled bodystyle. All of which I have going. But these things let me do whatever I want, no need to worry about screwups, and since most people dislike them, can pop reissues cheap. Never bought them when I was kid, but kinda liked them. Now, may only use for parts (see triple blower on Creepy T), but nice diversion. Some have parts to restore some of the GNRS winners too, so win-win for me.

It'll be a "barn find" that's minty in 15 months. LOL

It's fun. It's irrelevant, amazing it got tooled. Lil' Stogie, and Roamin' Chariot are other 2 in this series. The Lil' Gasser/Mixer/Yeller/Cashbox kits were fun too. XR6 was a real showrod. I love those. These weren't. But I like them as fun builds, and great for funky parts. Like them better than rat rods. Not my builds, but nice builds.

Thought about CARtoons in the gasser thread. Also had the Odd Rods bubblegum cards too. Those were awesome, cool stuff in them. The Backaruda, Willys, I forget all were great for a kid.

Often taildraggers zig-zag taxi, so they can see around motor. Visibilty out sides lets them see taxiway and runway ok, and once flying, ti's level, not nose up. Landings just drive it down and tail drops. Corsair, P47, worse with giant radials, but P40, P51, Sea Fury, etc all had issue.

Fixed it. Good catch.

I love the smell of farts in the morning. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like . . . movement. <-props JBW Added reference for quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Movie_Quotes

That. Was. Awesome. Cool car, and no poseurs. Fins probably help stability

I think most of these are sideways, or idling through a meet, so vision not much. Always kills me many of these things have tiny gas tanks, and are never raced. Big props for the Stude. Never saw scoops on scoops before. Dumbest thing I've ever seen. Greg, I like your stuff you post. Most cool, some hysterical. Show car thread was awesome.

You called them toys Try to remember all those weeks ago. I've never expected, nor has anyone I know, a "perfect" kit. The "you go build one" saw is hyperbolic, and irrelevant. I don't care options. I've got 1000's of kits, resin, rebuilders, whatever. I don't need any new kits. But if they interest me, I'll buy them. Lots of nice new issues, modified re-issues. Shelby convertible, Merc woody (people complained about it), various Deuces, Manx, FE dragsters, double kits,.... Get door lines correct. Get windshields, roofs, cowls correct. Revell, AMT, MPC, Lindberg, Monogram, Ertl, RC2 Round 2 all have done it to various degrees on myriads of kits. 57 Bel-Air convert delayed for many months for X-brace you can't see, and most don't care. But window sill is wrong? Requires fixing sill (not hard), trim on top of door (sl harder), and interior panel. That isn't ".00001 % not perfect". It's a waste of time "sniffing someone elses farts" in a box.

Supposed to be a 427, not really convincing. Flattie is stock. Headers for "427" are 2 piece, held together by collector. Can fiddle for other stuff.

Tim, the "Street Rods" issue of the 32 Tudor body (only issue AMT did outside the double kit) used the Victoria/Phaeton chassis with separate suspension. Maybe I misunderstood, I have that kit, and I thought I remembered you writing about Deuces in Street Rodder? maybe.