SSNJim

This would probably be it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLSi7LMkOPk It's called Alien Toy, and was built by a couple of guys in Mexico a few years back. The video is 10 minutes long, and very artsy. The clear shots of it start around the 2 minute mark. The first time I saw it in action was in the Fat Boy Slim video "Rockafeller Skank" at about 50 seconds for 15 seconds or so. Just preceding that is about 30 seconds of a boattail Riviera being driven.

Generally to honor previous ships and heroes. There are, for example, 9 ships named Enterprise and 8 named Hornet dating back to the Revolutionary War, Navies will often reuse names of successful ships, and drop the unsuccessful ones. After WWII, only the more notable and successful submarine names were passed on. That's why there was a Greenling, Gato, Tang, Wahoo, and Flasher post-war, but no Capelin or Tigrone.

Agreed - very sleek and clean. Beautiful.

I saw the movie in the theaters when it came out in the 80's, and have the soundtrack. Pretty decent flick. Now I'm going to have to find it again, after seeing the referenced Heavy Metal Corvette video, and the Hanover Fiste segment.

Judging from the condition of the lid and the milky, thoroughly stirred paint, I'd say it was already returned once. It sounds like some one bought it, prepared it for airbrush use, either didn't like the paint or over thinned it, and returned it.

That looks like an early 70's Firebird Trans Am scoop to me.

I always thought the only armed version of the DC-3/C-47 was the AC-47 Spooky (aka Puff the magic dragon) gunship. I did see there were several B-23s built - never heard of it before.

Nice build. Reminds me of the one I had in the mid 80s. It was a fun bike, but I traded it in on an 86 Gold Wing.

Thanks! I ended up measuring the picture and that's what I came up with. I didn't cut all the way to the edge of the rear window, just the forward end of the trunk lid. I appreciate your help.

How much did you raise the trunk to resolve the point issue? I didn't realize how bad that was until I saw the green GTO. I'm now working on the orange Ollie's GTO and have the width issue taken care of, so the rear bumper fits like it should. After this, I need to figure out how to fix the headlights, and I'll be golden.

I used to pass the Tesla dealer in DC every so often at lunch time. They had that/a bare chassis in the showroom for a long time. It always fascinated me. I could never get a clean picture of it through the window, and never went in. They moved a couple of blocks away a few years ago. Now I only drive past the dealership when I drive to work, and never get a good look inside.

Linda Ronstadt, 1980 or so.

Interesting you should mention the station wagon. In my youth, I drove a 65 BelAir wagon. One of my friends drove a 65 Impala coupe. He took his trunk key and started my wagon. I took my tailgate key and started his car. The other key opened the doors. We knew this in the 70's. From what I understand, it was pretty common knowledge. At least, the people who stole my wagon, took it for a joy ride and left it in a shopping center near us a few days later knew it.

Agreed. It wouldn't be difficult to fix the rear window if you're comfortable with bodywork; a lot of people aren't. Even the rear end wouldn't be too bad to construct, but the front would be much harder. Good luck, and I hope you find it. Sounds like an interesting model.

All very true. However, this Academy kit and the Doyusha (a European 1973 2000GT) kit are the only MK I Capris out there that I know of. He could use the AMT Capri II, but it won't be an exact replica, just inspired by.... If one wants to build a replica of the car he showed, those are the only choices.The Tamiya Capri is a MK III, which was not imported to the US. In the US, we got the Mustang-based Mercury Capri instead.

Why convert a MK II Capri to a MK I widebody? It isn't an AMT kit, but it is out there. Typical motorized kit, very shallow interior, not much detail. It's been around forever - I bought one in the early 80's. This one is kit 1537. I am a huge fan of Capris - I had a 73 4 cylinder in the early 80s, also. Loved the car.

I don't know, but the transkit will need a new body and rear window. The rear window changed in 1975 from a regular rear window to a wraparound one, so they're quite different between a 70 and 79.

I don't know what it is about sidecars. I had a buddy with a sidecar equipped Goldwing. Woe be the passenger who was gullible enough to get in it. He'd "fly" the sidecar (what you were describing), spin the bike out, lock the brakes, and all sorts of crazy stuff. He called it the E-ticket ride.I knew better than to get in it.

I never knew that. I've heard both versions, but didn't pay attention to the differences. I assumed they were the same.

The only description of the car in the song is "a brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge". According to Wikipedia, the song was written in 1964 so it's possible the car is the right year. All the rest is conjecture. No mention of six tail lights, the 413 really digging in, ram induction, or any details other than that line.

I'm a little late to the game, but you could cut the large piece of styrene into smaller pieces. You could individually bend each piece to fit as necessary and glue it down for full contact. When you're done, it will look something like a mosaic, but it will be very solid. Whip out your favorite putty, sand it to the proper shape, and voila. I'm a little leery of using only paint/filler to do major bodywork. I've had it crack/fail too many times. I much prefer to use the original material as much as possible.

It says 1/25 SCALE MODEL KIT in the lower left hand corner.

Thanks for the suggestion. I do have a set of photoetched saw blades with similar saws. I'll give it a go.

Not quite a year later, and the ice treatment failed miserably. I've never had much luck with that. I'm working to scribe through the glass to get the visible parts out. They'll be replaced with clear plastic, but maybe a Deora will sacrifice its windshield.

Here's a pretty good thread on the Hubley wagons: Lots of stuff I never knew, and it seems they're fairly common kits for being 60 years old.