Chuck Most

Regarding cars, the terms 'Domestic' and 'Import' are outmoded anyway. My neighbor is big into the 'Buy Amurkin' thing, and he's quite proud of his Dodge Charger... which is built in Canada by a partially Italian-owned company. Figure THAT out for me, would ya? The most reliable car I ever owned was my Mercury Tracer, which was built in the US by an American manufacturer... with a great number of Mazda Protoge parts. It doesn't even matter where the car was built anymore... once it's here, you still need parts and materials to repair and maintain it. Nobody I know with a Japanese car orders parts from Japan, they go right to the local NAPA or Auto Zone and buy parts for it. And most of those parts are made in China, whether the car is 'domestic' or not. Still, I'm sure the parts store people or the local repair shop you frequent is grateful for your business, no matter where your car came from. I don't even see what the fuss is about anymore.

Rotten Pumpkin might be done tomorrow. Guess we'll see.

Exhaust manifold is also different- it is set up for duals.

Oh, yeah!

Came out looking sweet. Nice save!

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Loved the Andy Griffith show, but I also thought he was great as General Rancor in Spy Hard.

Think I might know why- and this is just my theory, I have no hard data with which to back it up. Feel free to poke as many holes in this idea as you see fit... While the '48 Convert has all of the stock trim, panel lines, etc, intact, the coupe has all of those things shaved and filled. So, suppose Revell did tool up one body with two top options. Then you'd have a stock-height coupe with all the trim shaved, and all of the panel cut lines (as well as the cowl vent) filled in... and therefore not capable of being built stock (or at least with a stock-appearing body). Yes, you could graft the stock top onto the convertible body and have yourself a stock coupe, trim and all, then people would gripe about the need to purchase two kits to build one stock '48 coupe. So, even with with a theoretical pair of tops in this kit, there'd stil be quite a few people unhappy with it for one reason or another. Or, what if Revell had released the kit with both tops and a mostly stock body? "Totaly stock body with an optional chop? Some 'custom' this is", they'd say...

Traded a pair of Holley 'Fly Eye' air cleaners for these- And that complete '56 Vicky came with a pretty cool 4-door resin transkit.

The 1:1 Spitfire had to be one of my all-time favorite TV moments. The plasticene garden was pretty cool too, but just seeing that full-scale kit was so cool! Gotta love the James May pilot figure, too.

Anyone know who may have cast this? The front seat is molded right to the floor, and the kit also includes a set of what appear to be '49 Ford hubcaps to replicate the base-line '56 Ford parts.

Exactly what I was thinking!

That trim goes over the rubber seal- some of the rubber is visible, but it's mostly covered by the brightwork. This one lacks the greenhouse trim, but the same window trim was used. The backlight is the same way. This picture shows what the lips molded to the glass parts represent.

One minor little gripe about the Hudson... you failed to foil the weatherstrip trim on the windsheild and back glass. Other than that, great job on both of them. Love how they routed the exhaust on the Chrysler stock cars! Wonder if the guy running hot behind him ever tried bump-drafting him until those pipes got pinched closed.

Wrong section... 1:1 reference pics are supposed to go down the page a little.

None that I have.

I'd push that front axle forward just a liiiiiiiiiitle bit more, but other than that, the stance looks good!

$16 grand. A few bucks more than I had in my pocket, I'm afraid.

Body still needs a little work here and there. The phrase 'Rotten Pumpkin' keeps popping into my head...

'73 Beater has begun- Chassis is mostly done- I rsied the rear suspension 2", and added some Blue Streak racing tires out back. Front tires are from the kit, but I used the steel wheels from an AMT '62 Pontiac in front, and a '66 Nova Pro Street out back. I also adapted the exhaust from the Nova for use on the Cougar. There's a '71 Monte Carlo in my area that's undergone some pretty brutally bad bodywork- basically the whole car is made of hammer dents and gray primer at this point. I replicated a similar look on the Coug's quarter by 'tapping' at it with a conical grinding bit in my Dremel, after removing the rear side marker lamp. I also 'rusted out' the rear wheel openings on both sides. I also separated the grille and bumper to make detail painting a bit easier. I also now have the choice to install the bumper a bit crooked it I want.

Yeah- I questioned the logic behind that too. Yes, it does have the wrong engine (SBC) but at least it's a 327, the one small block Chevy actually worth having.

I got an early '53 pre-production kit, which came with the '52 grille and open steel wheels, but the Tim Flock stock car and the new convertible are '52s and include the appropriate grille.

Single-part solvent putty is okay for filling in very minor blemishes, but for anything significant, two-part catalyst putty is the only way to go.

I did NOT forget about this one, I've just been thinking of what exactly I want to build for it- I love Cougs, and settling on which one to start off with was a bit of a challenge. I'll be starting off with a '73 kit, and it will be done as a beater. Think of a cross between a careworn '70's street machine and Uncle Buck's Grand Marquis and you'll have a general idea of what I'm going for.

I think I'm slowly homing in on a project for this... Revell's '48 Ford coupe with one of Ken Kitchen's Flathead sixes. We'll see how it pans out!