Chuck Most

This is a Jimmy Flintstone body I bought seven or eight years ago. I combined it with an original issue Phantom Vicky and it sat unfinished for years. After finishing up a Jeep rod with parts borrowed from the Phantom Vicky reissue, I got the gumption to wrap this thing up. The engine is a Lincoln 430 from the AMT 1925 T, with a parts box supercharger and EFI setup. The body is Tamiya Mica Red, with a Pearl White tonneau and seat. After ruining two V windshields I said screw it and just made a flat windshield. The only actual 1965 Lincoln parts on it are the taillight lenses. Far from perfect but it'll do.

Another Golden Eagle reissue given the Jeep rod treatment. Wheels, tires, steering wheel, rear axle, and the front third or so of the chassis and complete front suspension are from an AMT Phantom Vicky. The engine is a Ford 351 cobbled together from spares. Paint is Tamiya Dull Red dusted with Linoleum Deck Brown, with weathered Revell brown on the seats.

Love the whole thing, but the work you did on the seat in particular deserves it's own commendation. Can't tell you how many old farm trucks I've seen with seat coverings that look exactly like what you created there. Just awesome.

Moebius kit with a service body from the '67 version, '70 grille, and Black Rhino Arsenal wheels and BF Goodrich tires from Jays Resin Wheels (jaysresinwheels1948 on eBay). A Revell Foose F100 donated the Roush engine parts. Paint is Tamiya Racing White and Metallic Orange, with door graphics from a Gopher Racing sponsor sheet. Other than the fact it needs some trim and headlight bezel touch ups it came out exactly how I imagined it. Which is a nice change for once. 🤣

Quick build of the AMT powered by a Tesla crate motor from Iceman Collections. It's loosely inspired by the Icon Derelict 1949 Mercury. Vallejo rust effects were used to cover up a couple mysterious blemishes in the finish.

I think this is the first time I've ever seen a built example of this kit. Having built the two other versions of the 1928 Lincoln, I feel your pain regarding the hood.

Probably the Elvis Costello song.

A year and a half ago I built the Air fix/Thunder Models Case VAI utility tractor. The loader version was the next logical step. Took this long but here we are. This is the Thunder Models version built out of the box. The idea was a military surplus unit painted yellow and sold for civilian industrial use. Paint is Revell flat yellow with Vallejo rust paint and washes. The counterweight box is filled with railroad ballast from Woodland Scenics. I'm glad I got to the loader version, but I'm not doing another. The loader has a bunch of photos etch, thin wire, and teeny tiny pieces, not to mention threading the cable. I think my hairline receded a good half inch during the assembly of the loader unit. And for whatever reason, this version lacks gauge face decals. Eventually I will build another utility tractor version, though, and I might get around to the armored cab version. But I'm good with the loader version for now 🤣

Certainly do. You'll find them in the Revell Rat Roaster and the Duvall windshield spin-off version of that same kit.

AMT " '49'er" kit with a 1956 312 Y Block, parts box tires, and Gopher Racing decals. I was going for a long forlorned early 60s style low buck hot rod that's only recently been dragged out of hibernation.

Since 1980, the members of the Riverbend Paranormal Society have spent the week of Halloween investigating old ghost stories, urban legends, and other odd goings-on in and around the Gratiot County area. Leader Josh Werner and his shabby 1966 Cadillac hearse can frequently be found in and around the spookier parts of Central Michigan. That is, when he's not busy coaching his daughter's softball team or preoccupied with his "day job" as a Gratiot County Sheriff's Deputy. And, since 1998, the members have tended to a forgotten corner of a quiet cemetery. That first year the plots were overgrown and several markers were toppled, but the team straightened it out and have maintained it ever since. It's the one place they haven't done a ghost hunt. "Contrary to popular belief," Josh says, "cemeteries are seldom, if ever, haunted. Unless someone has died violently or unexpectedly in the cemetery itself, they aren't going to stick around." The display is just some 12' x 24" plywood with a grass mat. The trees and headstones are Woodland Scenics, with Gamer Grass flowers at the foot of the headstones. Playing the part of the "company car" is an old Johan Surfin' Hearse I built a year or so back. My buddy Erik created the Riverbend Paranormal Society logos on the hearse. I felt compelled to make a fall/Halloween themed display and the idea for the hearse was always to become part of such a display so here we are.

Nope. '65 bumper is all wrong for a '66. Thanks anyway, though. 👍

Definitely not Dearborn. Continentals only came from Wixom.

Looking for exactly what the title says. I don't care about the condition of the chrome. I just don't want one with a big chunk missing off one end, because that's what I already have. 🤣

Not a word 🤣

Nicely executed! The actual Mirage design just doesn't flow right to me but it works a lot better on this body style.

Bruce Campbell (no,no... not THAT Bruce Campbell) owned a couple of Mobilgas service stations, the first of which opened in 1954. After being fired as a mechanic from the local Oldsmobile dealership, he was able to take ownership of a struggling shop on Ash Street (the tree, not Bruce Campbell's character in The Evil Dead series... but these parallels are weird...), he turned the operation around. The Campbell family still owns a number of gas stations across the state, although they're all convenience stores and don't perform auto repairs. From 1966 to 1974, the original Campbell station and the new location just off the 127 off ramp each got a light blue Bronco for snow plowing and parts chasing duties. Both new locations got a 1966 model. The Ash Street location traded in their '66 for a new 1972 model. The 127 stations Bronco was destroyed in a rear end collision in 1970. Fortunately the Bronco was the only casualty, and it was replaced with a new 1970 model three days later. Bruce's grandson Sam tracked down that one years ago and restored it, but the whereabouts of the 1972 and the two original 1966 models are unknown. Two significant things happened in 2021. Ford has launched a new Bronco, and the year marked Bruce Campbell's 100th Birthday, although he had sadly passed away in 2018. Allison Jordan, Bruce's granddaughter and the CEO of Campbell Convenience Stores LLC, wanted to lift spirits during COVID and maybe remind people of happier times. Allie's best friend's husband just so happened to be the sales manager at the local Ford dealership. A Bronco was ordered, and a plan was in place. The Campbell Convenience color is kind of a light blue. The brand new Bronc was resprayed in this color by the Ford dealership body shop staff. Shane, one of the body men, made the half cab and tonneau himself, having a good deal of experience working with fiberglass. He made the top so that the original rear window could be used. Some Campbell lettering and modern Mobil logos were made at the local sign and graphics shop. The plow was an old Western found on Facebook Marketplace. It was torn apart, refurbished and repainted. The plow is fully functional, although the Bronco will never be used to actually plow snow. It's just there for nostalgia, to make it more closely resemble the original Campbell Broncos. The Bronco spent the next year bouncing around to the various Campbell stations. The Bronco proved to be quite an attention getter, and more than a few customers immediately remembered the classic Broncos Campbell used to run. Since then, the plow has been removed and the grille guard and front skid plate have been reattached. Allie uses the truck as a daily driver, with the door lettering and Shane's pickup top still in place. Speaking of, Shane ended up with a decent side hustle making duplicates of the pickup top for sale. Model is, of course, the new AMT kit. The plow is from Moebius. No, you can't push snow with a real 2021 Bronco. The frame will fold like a futon. But it's a model, why not fantasize a little? Paint is Tamiya Light Blue and Pure White. Aside from the addition of the plow, modified top, and scratch built tonneau cover, and some obvious omissions of things like the back seat, it's straight out of the box. I'm still not a fan of the new Bronco, but I felt compelled to try the kit. They're growing on me, even though I think they look more like an updated Scout II than an updated early Bronco.

"It was just too weird to die." That's what Justin Martin says about his unusual 1966 Ford 3/4 ton. While scouting for parts for his 1966 Thunderbird project at Don's Auto Salvage, Justin stumbled across the F250, at first passing it by, but moving in for a closer look once he saw it was a short wheelbase 3/4 ton. Don had gotten the truck as part of an auction. All he knew was that it was owned by a service station and used car lot, and had been cut down for a 6.5 foot bed some time in the early 70s. The plow and one piece wheels were added about the same time. Don had scrapped the other vehicles from the auction in the years since, but he hung on to the F250, because it was such an oddball. Don's best guess was that it was converted to a short wheelbase because the owner wanted something a bit more maneuverable, but still wanted the 3/4 ton axles, suspension, and brakes to deal with the rigors of pushing snow. Don had even considered getting it running and using it to plow his own property, but then his grandson started doing that for him and the truck continued to languish. Justin made an offer, Don accepted, and Justin found himself with yet another 1966 Ford to restore. The truck originally appeared to have been white, with original black paint on the bed. At some point the truck was painted dark green on the cab and hood, but with black fenders, so Justin went with that. Somewhere back in time the engine had been treated to chrome valve covers and an open element air cleaner. Justin left them in place. He also upgraded to a dual chamber master cylinder with a booster and front disc brakes. He bought a set of reproduction hubcaps, two of which had hub cutouts. "Contrary to popular belief, Ford never made those hubcaps with open holes in the center for the hubs, but you can cut your own or buy repops with open centers", says Justin. Justin says he knows they are too new for the truck, but considering that the truck as it exists today appears to be a 1970s conversion, he felt they fit. "And they're the coolest looking Ford truck hubcaps, in my opinion." Justin says with a smile and a shrug. A year and a half after being dragged from it's long term parking spot at Don's, Justin had the finished truck out and about. He's currently doing some research about the truck's past. Apparently it was bought new by a service station in the Michigan thumb area, at some point it was registered to a guy named Ralph Gaylord who may or may not have owned the station, but otherwise, Justin hasn't been able to piece together the truck's past before it ended up at Don's Auto Salvage. The truck had door lettering at one time and Justin would like to find out what that was so he can duplicate it. But in the meantime, Justin is enjoying the truck. And the Thunderbird? Justin laughs. "Still trying to find the stuff I was looking for at Don's the day I stumbled upon this." The model is a Moebius 1966 F100 Flareside set up on the shortened chassis from the 1972 F250. Paint is Tamiya Racing Green and gloss black, with Chrome Yellow used on the snow blade. The paint scheme is similar to a municipal option Ford trucks had at the time, though not on the Custom Cab trim level. The truck itself is a restored version of the kinds of trucks I used to see parked behind sheds and in weed choked lots seemingly everywhere as a kid.

I saw a 1970s Dodge school bus. Of course, couldn't get a pic, but a few miles up the highway I saw this... well... this...

Ben and Frank (the B and F in BFE), have spent the better part of the last quarter century supplying local racers and performance junkies with parts and supplies. For much of that time, their company truck has been Ben's old Ford. His grandfather bought the truck in 1985, with the F250 suspension swap having been completed some years before. The truck served faithfully as a beater for years, including a fraught but profitable trip to Alaska and the Yukon Territory to pan for gold in 1986 and 1987. Ben's grandfather parked the truck in 1992 and Ben got hold of it seven years later. He drove it around as is until 2006, when it was treated to a black primer finish, copper accents, and BFE Motorsports lettering. A new front bumper, roll bar, spare tire carrier, and 1992 F-150 side mirrors joined the party at that time. In 2014 the old in-cab fuel tank was replaced by a rear mounted tank. Then the nasty old bench seat was replaced by buckets taken from Frank's long departed 1988 Mustang. The Alaska and Yukon plates up front were eBay scores, added as a nod to grandpa's old gold hunting adventures. At a repo auction in 2023, Ben and Frank were fortunate to find and successfully win a brand new Roush 511 FE crate motor. While they still paid a bit more than they wanted, they still spent significantly less than what they would have buying directly from Roush. Since the old 390 in the '69 was getting near the end of it's second rebuild, the duo opted to drop the 511 into the "company truck" as the most absurd stopgap ever. Eventually the Roush big block will end up in their Baja themed F100 project, but in the meantime, it lives in their flagship vehicle, providing tons of fun on every parts run. Model is various spare Moebius parts, with an engine top end from the Revell Foose F100. A bevy of bumper stickers and plates came from Gopher Racing decals. Finish is Vallejo acrylics over Krylon black primer and Tamiya Copper.

I like your rendition better than the actual T300 based Ramcharger built for the Mexican market. That one had a Caravan lift gate and was overall just kind of janky looking. 🤣

I think I used Duplicolor rust primer misted over flat black but I honestly don't remember what I did at this point. I got lucky because for some reason I painted all the blue engine parts except the air cleaner and happened to hit on the same blue I used on the rest. 🤣

I wasn't talking about that, I was talking about the job you did on them. 😁

I almost painted it Grabber Orange since I had no intention of keeping it factory stock anyway, but using a color called White Lightning on a Lightning was just irresistible.

Weight savings. With that being said don't ask why I retained the spare tire. 🤣