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Lookin good! Man,but I love those old annuals!!!! Thank you for the photo tutorial on changing a roof - Hey mods - maybe this if John keeps this a good WIP thread, it could be stickied??? I think a lot of us could learn sme things from this thread. But John, judging by what I can see in the photographs, that hardtop body didn't look all that bad.. .. unless there was a lot of glue damage. I ted to really like thse cars in a convertible but I admire your tenacity and resolve to have a hard top. And thank goodness - no baby buggy wheels! The normal sized tires look good on that car.. Any idea as to colors yet??? PMing you now...

I iwas wondering of Blue Oval Resins was still a viable resin caster and if so, does anyone here have experience with his service and products? Enquiring minds need to know.......

Nope! I miss my Falcon a whole lot more than I ever missed her.. .. but she sure was a pretty little thing.. the red head that is.. but the Falcon was more fun!

Those look SO good in the medium brown with a white roof and sitting at stock height - bench seat in the front, little hubcaps and that light brown/gold colour inside... kinda like this - but with a white roof..

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've never seen a 62 Fairlane on a forum before but I do so like this one!!!! Those cars have a very special place inmy heart as I had a powder blue '62 four door sedan back around 1968. My dad bought it from a farmer who had a bad deal with a hired man who actually owned the car and the farmer ended up with the car and 4150.00 out of pocket. It seemed thatthe hired man kept getting pay advances until finally, he was a long ways ahead of the farmer. Long story short, the hired man split the scene, leaving the Fairlane behind because it needed a new clutch and he couldn't drive it. Dad bought the car for the $150.00 ( try buying a six year old car today for that.. ) and we drove to the farmer's place with our 65 f100 and a tow chain and towed the car home. I fell in love with the car right away because though it was only a 144 cu. in.six with a three speed manual transmission, it was a very pretty colour with a like new blue interior with blue Orlon pile seat covers ( anyone remeber those??? ), nice blue floor mats, radio, aftermarket amp and oil pressure guages under the dash and blue - dare I say this here - "sex lights", under the dash. The lights were cheap clearance lights for a truck or trailer with blue lenses that lit up when the headlights were on but they really did look good at night. I can still almost smell that car and when I bought it off my dad, I thought that I had died and gone to heaven! With that 144 engine, the thing couldn;t get out of its own way, but I didn't care and I so enjoyed that little car. I remeber that it was so clean, straight and pretty and even then, they were few and far between. My buddies with their 6.5 Litre 67 Cougars and GTA 67 Mustangs with their 390's laughed at my little car but I could change a set of plugs, do an oil change and a tune up before they could get the drivers side spark plugs out of those big FE blocks. I traded $100.00 cash and the little Fairlane off a couple of years later for a silver with a black imitation vinyl roof '64 Falcon two door hardtop with factory red bucket seat interior, console with a six cylinder automatic. The engine developed a head gasket leak and anti freeze got into the number one cylinder and ate a hole in the piston and rather than put another engine in it, I sold it in 1972 for $300.00 because I was going to commercial art college and had the hots for a cute as a bugs ear little red head and needed the money to date her. DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a momant of weakness - a momant of - this:

Andy, there is a real hole in the tire section of what is available for stock sized 16" and 16.5" grip tires and bud style baby duals for an older stock one ton. I'm sure that there would be a market for them if someone made some old style bias plays as well as radials but I guess that most everyone's hung up on fat tires. I'm fairly sure that sets of OEM style dual wheels would sell well given how guys are buying dually lits just for the wheels and tires, but some older style tires would be a welcome option to a lot of us. I've asked in the past for someone to cast stuff for older one tons and ton and a halfs, but so far, no joy. I have a few projects that are stalled because I refuse to use wheels that make an otherwise acceptable model look like a dime store toy. Too bad that there isn't a website dedicated exclusively to light and medium duty trucks only, including emergency vehicles such as ambulances which are all of F350 - F450 chassis now, fire fighting support rigs, tow trucks and so on.

Do you have an URL so we can look at his page and contact him to order? Speaking for myself, I'm especially interested in a Suer Cab when it is ready and I know someone else who will want one as well....I don't do Facebook - hate the thing and refuse to go on it - but I;d like to contact the man.

The ictures never arrived...??? Just wondering if you ever got to retake them?

If it could only talk............... How sad. That old truck gave its all and this is how it all ends for it. I'd buy it in a heartbea and drag it home, just to see it survive and exist for a few more years. just picture it in your mind with the dents gone, new paint top to bottom and at a car show.. It appears to not have a whole lot of rustin the cab.. a front clip would take care of most of the body work and damage.. and - it would attract more attention than most any hot rod or custom I promise you. All that poor girl needs is someone who cares about her and sees something special inher.. That truck, as beat up as it is, should be saved. Iti s most definitely a pieceof automotive hostory. Who needs a Holmes when you got something with this much class and character??? Now THERE"S a project for someone to replicate in styrene...

Can you imagine the feeding frenzy when these kits hit Ebay??? It will be nauseating, I am sure, to see what the first ones sell for.

The Sceptre had stainless rocker moldings and skirts and really was a pretty car. It was the equivalent to the Park Lane infact - top of the live. I also had a Lucerne 4 door hardtop about the same time - red with a white roof, red and black interior, 383, dual range automatic. Man, those cars were so smooth and comfortable and would cruise effortlessly at high highway speeds all day long and never breathe hard. I never knew what I had back then and sold both cars for next to nothing when I got ridof them. I still have the wheel covers from the Sceptre. Cars we shoulda kept, eh? Those hardtops look soooooooo nice in white... *sighs*

This will be a beauty, Steve!!! Yjy carin black is gorgeous, to saythe least. I really appreciate those cars as the first car that I licensed and drove was a '60 Monarch Sceptre 2 door hardtop - white, 430 2bbl, dual range automatic,factory skirts, power windows and seat. It was, as I was to learn years later, one of just over 50 Sceptre 2 door hardtops built that year. I've been watching to a 60 Mercury hardtop to do in white like my car was. For anyone not familiar with the Canadian built only Monarchs, they were basically a Mercury in those years with some restyling. Here's a picture of what my car looked like except it had a black and white interior and it was the cream of the crop -

ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! No pictures??????????????? Marvin Martian put it well -

Nice work Phil!!! Your truck is about as clean as they come and it's a testimony to the talent and abilities that are with in you. I like the detail and the simplicity yet cleanliness of the build. It's not my place to say anything about the color but rather, the finished project is very nice what ever any one's opinions. I do agree with the guys about the wheels - those big wheels simply look out of place on any older vehicle IMHO, but it's still a nice model that I'd be proud to have in my display case. Here's a suggestion - a man in my area has a 63 1:1 short wide box and he used Corvette/Camaro/Monte Carlo style wheels on it - WOW!!! Do they look sweet!!!!!! he dropped the front end of the truck just enough to put a very subtle, noticeable rake on it and left the rear end stock height with slightly wider, lower profile tires. It may be an idea if you want some smaller, nicely styled wheels.

Looking forward to the pictures being available Rick. the 60 is a decent casting of a subject that is unique and seldom seen out there in 1;1. 1960 was the final run for a Chevrolet sedan delivery and the numbers were quite limited. As scarce as those cars always were, there were five of them in this area. One was in Penticton, about a half hours drive from where I am sitting right now. I do not know what ever happened to it but t had passed through a number of owners while I still knew about it and each owner only butchered the poor thing more and it had it's share of rust. Another was one that was totaled in a front end collision and sat in a yard behind a shop east f here. I have the rear door for it here but the car itself was crushed years ago with lots of sedan delivery only parts still on it - some unique to 1960 only. What a travesty. Two were in a wrecking yard in Osoyoos and the owner crushed them both - both were complete less drive trains. The fifth is here on my property and it is complete, less engine and transmission. I'd probably sell it as I doubt I will ever get at it but everyone wants to rod it and I'd want it to go to someone who would restore it and keep it as stock as it still is.. Yes, it matters to me. It's under cover and not deteriorating a whole lot but to see one of these restored to factory stock is a rare site. There is man in Iowa who has a really good one and it is being restored. This guy is a craftsman and his work is mind boggling in the quality and detail. It will be a very, very nice car when he is done. I'll likely get a resin body again later this year Rick and see what i can do wit it. My work pales compared to some of the guys here but I'll follow your advice here when I do build it. The only thing I would change is the top of the door opening. I'll square it off as the real car is and look at maybe opening the hood and putting a stock six cylinder in it. But I've had the privilege of seeing the photos already and your car looks SO sweet!!! It's a nice and very unique build Rick. Well done!

Some of his kits actually do come with interiors and other pieces. I think that he has a kind of a niche market and he tries to keep the costs down offering some body shells only. A lot of guys arent hung up on totall perfection and those that are undertand why the really good resin stuff is on the pricey side for a lot of us. I have some of Jimmy's bodies and given the price of around or less than $20.00, they are a good deal IMHO. I've aid a lot more for a whole lot worse quality. I have some Modelhaus and Promolite stuff and the kits are works of art with Promolite being my favorite. I am not sure what happened with the El Camino but to look at it, there's not a whole lot wrong with it externally. I had no idea that the old annual El Camino was in fact different. Hence, it would be nice if he offered the proper compnents needed to finish the model as the original chassis and interior will be hard to find.

That sureis a pretty truck! The color combination is different - I would have never imagined it would look so righteous and correct!! Those were among the prettiest highway tractors ever designed IMHO and sadly, you just don't see them any more. A nice, clean build. Nice job!!!!

Now THAT would be a good one. We have a 1:1 '77 Ranger F150 . We bought it in 1987 with 106,000 miles exactly on the odometer and today, it has close to 300.000 miles onit. It is the smoothest riding and most comfortable truck imaginable and it has served us faitfully. It's been parked for a few years now but will be recomissioned late this year or early next year and reinstated as a daily driver. For sure I'll get at least one of those.

That looks pretty clean - aside from the aforementioned windshield error. Maybe it's a genetic flaw in those models.. But the cab looks nice otherwise. Now someone needs to do a Supercab based on that body style...

My hat is off to you for the quality of workmanship, creativity and ingenuity that you are displaying here. I see thatthis thread seems to have ground to a halt four months ago - I hope thatyou will continue working n this project and sharing your techniques and ideas with us. This will be one very unique and attractive piece when it is done and unique is always good in my books. It's seeing projects like this that inspires a lot of us to take things to the next level and step out of our comfort zone by trying something new. Please keep us informed as to how this is progressing and thank you for sharing thus far.

Now THAT IS SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is that a conversion of the Revell pickup or a resin cab? The grille looks so right! If this is a conversion that you did, then I have to say that it is unique, very pretty and extremely well done!! You need to do another cab like that and give it to a resin caster to produce because I'm sure that more than a few would sell! What did you use for a chassis and engine and how did you make the grille??? That is truly a very special model and my hat is off to you for doing such a spectacular job!!!! You really caught the look right. Thank you for sharing..,.

Thank you all for the wise counsel. I pulled the car out of the Purple Power this morning and got the hood pretty well cleaned up of the usual louvers that were moreoften than not glued onto these old models. The hood has some gouges and deep scratches in it but I know how to deal with those and they are of no consequence. AFter a week in the Purple Power, the putty just isn't letting go however. I'll try the alcohol and the other suggestions stated here as well see if what works as. If nothing happens, then I see two options: 1)Carefully try to sand off the putty that still remains and figure a way to clean outthe grooves in the roof 2)Cut the roof off a 58 Edsel that is on it's way and swap roofs. I'd rather try to keep this car as intact as I can and replacing the roof is going to be an absolute last resort. As is, I have to replace one complete rocker panel and the back of the one front fenders wheel opening - both areas of damage are the reult of more custom goodies - namely lake pipes. This poor old car has been around the block and through the mill a time or two in it's day. Having said that, I am only too happy to have gotten it and it's going to really stretch my limited building abilities. I guess that a lot of guys would just throw it away, but it's a survivor and deserves another chance in my books. It's become a matter of priciple.....

It's nice to see something this unusual being offered by a caster that is known and who has a good reputation! Being a four door hardtop makes this one kinda special. Any idea of the price as yet? It looks pretty decent and would be a nice addition to any collection.

Very pretty in those colors indeed!! It's nice to see one of these in stock configuration and in realistic colors. It looks clean and well done and I;d be proud to display that!! I have an old built up that I just discovered I have that I was looking at just this morning. I was considering pulling the four wheel drive running gear out of it and sticking it under a 92 F150 to replicate my 1:1 old work truck but seeing yours here gives me inspiration and it will be spared the chopping block. I much prefer the 78/9 Broncos, but the ones of this body style are looking better these days with the new stuff looking increasingly less attractive in my eyes. I mean, have you seen the new Econoline van???

Did the alcohol have any effect on the styrene? This stuff has been on the car for a long, long time so maybe it is AMT putty...here's a couple of photos of it after most of the putty was scraped off.. I'm down almost to the plastic now but I'm afraid that I am going to screw something up if I just start sanding. There are small ribs in the roof that were unique to 1958 otherwise, I'd section a 57 roof on'