Rob Hall

These are the '60 Ford conversions I got from MCRC at the NNL Nationals in October...Galaxie Town Victoria 4dr ht and Fairlane 4dr sedan. Both very nice. The Slant 6 is an MCRC product also.

Got this clean Johan '63 Chrysler 300 HT in the mail yesterday in good shape. Has a resin hood and needs a few things (engine, radiator, firewall, torsion bars). I have the '63 convertible, been wanting a ht to go with it for a while.

Never owned anything too dangerous or worn out, though I've had a couple vehicles with pretty high mileage ('84 Mercedes 500SEL, '00 Jeep Grand Cherokee) that were in good condition and pretty reliable despite the mileage (220k on the MB, 170k on the Jeep, which I had bought new). The brakes failed on the Benz once when I was leaving a parking garage.... My '84 Escort diesel was very underpowered and slow, but with a manual it was fun to drive. Bronco II's had a reputation for being easy to roll, but I drove an '88 for 6 years w/ no problems. My '87 Mustang GT was a lot of fun but could be scary on wet or snowy roads. Had a few white-knuckle experiences with it in Colorado. Maybe the scariest/most dangerous vehicle I've driven was a friend's pickup truck that I borrowed for a few days to move between apartments back in the mid 90s. It was an early 80s Datsun King Cab pickup with a lot of rust, a driver's door that wouldn't stay shut, and a driver's seat belt that wouldn't fasten. And it was a manual and tended to stall easily. Had to go slowly on right corners and hang on so I wouldn't fall out...

I've done business with MCRC for 15+ years, bought a couple '60 Ford resin kits from Jeff at the NNL Nationals in October. No problems, great quality and customer service.

Got my '66 Stylesides today.. look good at first glance.

Last orders from 2019 came today, from USCP a set of Work Rezax II 18 inch wheels and tires and a Sharp boombox, and from Model Roundup the latest Moeibus Ford pickups.

Not really into Coke merchandise, but I've long liked Coke and Cherry Coke...also liked the Mexican market Coke that I got in Arizona. Though I don't drink very much in the way of sodas anymore, maybe once or twice a week at most.

I have the kits to eventually do a kitbash of the Monaco and Charger to do a phantom '71 Charger 4dr R/T...since Chargers are 4drs today, I think it would be fun to do a what if '71 4dr...

The Bay window T2 bus will be nice...also noticed the T1 camper, that will be a nice variation-...from the photo it looks like it's a Kombi w/ a popup camper top and camping interior gear...

Yes, they have a '67 Biscayne 2dr sedan.

Yes, I always keep the instructions and the box. 40+ years...

I’ll probably get a couple. One to build as a stock Impala w/ redlines and Rally wheels or hubcaps, one as the show car...

I still have a scar on my right thumb from an exacto knife cut 30+ years ago...was a teenager building the Revell '59 Ford Skyliner kit, and sliced my thumb deeply and it bled for a while...I remember running around the house screaming about cutting my aorta

I can't think right off of a single 1968 annual that still exists today in it's original form...pretty much all '68 annuals were retooled into 1969 versions. So '68s haven't been reissued countless times like many 1969 annuals... (the Johan '68 Cadillac convertible, '68 Chrysler 300 and '68 Fury are the only ones I can think of that were reissued in the last 40 years, but they are long gone now).

police, etc versions though would require tooling a 4dr sedan body, glass and base interior, since police cars were Biscayne or Bel Air 4dr sedans.

I could see mixing the hood, grille, taillight panel and bench seat from the 4dr with the 2dr to make a base 2dr Impala. Though not sure if that would be distinctive enough from the SS 427 to get attention beyond the lunatic fringe..

...and new hood, rear window, front and rear bumpers/grille, wheels...

Depends on what you are building....hatch or convertible? The MPC/AMT '87-88 kit is the only GT hatchback kit of that era, and the Monogram is the only GT convertible of that era. The Monogram '91 and '92 convertible kits had those wheels (the '91-92 5 spoke wheels). There are pros and cons to both kits--the MPC has chrome molded headlights and the taillights molded in, the Monogram is 1/24th but has separate headlight and taillight lenses.

I believe that to be true for 2dr and 4dr sedans in general going way back, but 2dr and 4dr hardtops in the 50s-60s were often different...

Dropped in the local Ollies...they had lots of toys, very few models..they had a maybe 5 kits on the shelves, the only one that got my attention was the AMT (ex-ERTL) International Transtar 4300 Eagle for $19.99. I do dabble in heavy trucks, never had this kit, so got it..

Did you notice the wagon passed the same red 65 Chrysler twice.

Yeah, the Modelhaus did some really neat Forward Look Mopars. I also have the '57 DeSoto hardtop, '60 Chrysler New Yorker 2dr, '60 Plymouth Savoy 4dr sedan, '61 Dodge Seneca 2dr sedan, and a '62 Chrysler Newport 4dr sedan from them also.

I see her posting on Facebook in some modeling groups occasionally. I have a 1/2 dozen or so of her built kits I bought off eBay maybe 15 years ago, all with vinyl tops..

Photos I've seen of the built up chassis make me think of a dirt sprint car missing bodywork or some sort of baja off road vehicle w/ different tires..very thick bars on the roll cage... it looks like an odd one..

Beautiful build. I need to build mine eventually, have it and the Modelhaus '57 hardtop in my stash.