Chuck Most

Aw, yea! Love that chop!

Not I this year, I'm afraid.

There actually was a turbo Caravan factory produced in the late '80's. Not quite sure how they'd stack up to this one. They were even available with a five-speed. A friend of mine's mom had one with the automatic.

Mike- once I get one, I'll rectify that problem.

Pretty much all the skin is different (if you are talking about Monte vs Cutlass). A Cutlass front end will bolt on to the Monte- a local guy had one, and it looked just as tacky as you imagine! But all Cutlasses did have the same sheetmetal from those years. Wouldn't mind a '77 Cutlass either, if that's what it is. Might have to email Steve and ask him what's what. Same here, but I have always had a soft spot for the Rockets. My buddy Paul still has the '78 he had in high school ten years ago- I never even noticed this body style until Paul bought his.

Finished this about three months ago, still not sure what it will end up towing yet.

Did not see a pic of it on Steve's site, but for 27 bucks it might be worth checking out. Not that R&R stuff is ever fantastic quailty wise, but since I'm planning a conversion it might not be a big deal.

Just wondering if anyone does a body or trans kit for one of these. And if not, any interest? I do have reference pretty close at hand ^^^^, and I'm thinking of reworking an MPC Monte Carlo if I can't find a read-made solution.

If Olds had kept building stuff with this much style, they'd probably still be around. Very nice.

For those in the 1:25 camp, the offical MAD website image and info on the '79 Notch- http://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-prodshow/79muscoupe.html I have not yet had the chance to have one in my hands, but I think this is the one I'm getting. It appears to be a pretty complete transkit, its 1:25 (making it more consistent with 90% of my other models), and represents the earlier style nose and taillamp treatment. Nothing against the '87-up styles, I just prefer the earlier designs myself.

Guess who's ordered a couple of these. (Yeah, me!)

It's Saturday SOMEWHERE, right?

There's an STS, but I don't think there's a CTS, at least not in resin or plastic.

Somebody said pro street. Here's an extreme example-

Today we're in the thick of the ProTouring/Restomod trend-

It wouldn't hurt, but I seriously doubt anyone would notice this. Personally I'd focus more of my efforts on the more visible aspects. I really don't think anyone would even notice the difference in scale widths unless they had a caliper handy.

Yep, had one of those in auto shop, but all I had were a bunch of shorter ones!

When I was changing the clutch in my '84 Cherokee, I could NOT get to the top trans bolts, but I found that once I had it up on the hoist, about four feet worth of extensions and a swivel socket were just what the doctor ordered.

When I see one with a tonneau I think "why didn't you just buy a sedan?". When I see one with a topper I think "Why didn't you just buy an SUV?" Maybe it's a 'want over need' kind of thing, I guess.

Brett- didn't know you could build out of box! I'll be looking forward to seeing this one come together.

Great progress, really digging the chop! Oh, Terry- some Mercury truck pics and info- http://www.mercurypickup.com/

I'm going totally from memory on this, but I think its mostly the same as the '63 Bus and Type 2 pickup, meaning its a curbside but has a pretty good chassis and body. I don't think it comes with any interior side panels, though. Pics of the Bus- http://public.fotki.com/ChuckMost/kit-contents/hasegawa/63-volkswagen-type-/

Worse than the SUV fad (to me anyway) are all these crew cab trucks with four-foot-long beds. What's the point? You clearly are more worried about passenger carrying capability than cargo space... so buy a sedan! This only applies to the short/short bed crew cabs, crew cabs with regular 'short' beds and long beds actually make sense to me.

I've used Scratch X before foil quite a bit. Not only is it workable,the foil sticks much better to a polished surface.