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Nice presentable Build . Green is still my favorite color . Your skills are still improving TY for sharing this . Thnx

AMT '66 Nova Kit . First Model car kit exclusively for Adult builders . Read , experienced builders . It was the first kit from Scale Auto Enthusiast mag poll results . I think this Magazine was involved in the Polling also . Yet . the Rear View Mirror is molded into the windshield . Wags went insane about this detail BTW .IIRC the Rocker Panel Trim is wrong . I don't believe it was fluted as in the kit . MCW paint . Enjoy .. Thanx ..

Yes , you should . Facts , this is a 1930 MY Packard . The Cadillac ad is for a 1932 MY Cadillac IIRC . Conspicuous Consumption fell out of favor by 1932 . This was the height of the depression . The Wealthy would buy a Premium Car with cheap tires to tone down the High Dollar look . Still keeping up with the Jones next door , but , restrained . Not full out flaunting it . Thus displaying and appearing to suffer also . Appearance is everything . With Money , it would not matter how soon you had to replace cheap Tires . The cost of 'retiring' your fine Motorcar was not an Issue . I had Family Members in the Car Business during these years . Thanx

Yes it is Eric Thanx ..

Here are my AMC Pony Cars I've built so far . The fronts are the same on the '71/'74 Javelin AMX Cars . The '73/'74 Has the Hurst Optional Wheels . I don't like them and plan to change them put . The '68 AMX is sporting absolutely wrong Aftermarket Wheels . Since I found out the Visually determinable difference between '69 vs '69 . The Black Out changed to Wood Grain Trim . This Interior change I plan too swap the wheels for the AMC Turbine Road Wheels . Thanx ..

Snake , IIRC Marc Nellis offers the Javelin / AMX , '68/'69 MY's .. Thanx

IMHO , Black-walls would make an Eyesore out of the Replica Car . It was a premium Priced Car with Premium Tires in the day . This is not a 120 Model . Thank you for chosing these and not Eyesores . I am impressed with this build Thanx ..

A beautiful replica . Yes Chuck . You did your homework . I own a Model A Repaint Manual . Kudos . I do appreciate this Factory Stock Build . Before anyone knocks you about the Whitewalls . This is not a rendition of a stripper . It may have been the Depression when a 1:1 like this was bought . Still a "high line car" the Industry calls it . With a Rumble Seat on a closed body it is nor a heapie cheapie . These tires are a Premium Tire . The best available at the time . If this was bought on Installments . The Tires would outlast the payments . Not the other way around as would the cheap Black-walls . I paid attention to my Parents and Grandparents talking about Cars and economics . I am retentive and prefer Factory Stock . Would you paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa ? I would not .. Thanx

Wow , is this a kit ? Looks like a "is it Real or Model" . Kudos , excellent replica . Thanx ..

Every Ford T Coupe Body has a flat Trunk lid . Same lid as the Roadster . What passed for a Trunk anyway . Tools needed for your Ford were kept in there . Have you heard the phrase : Fix or Repair Daily" ? In the Day , every Automobile needed constant attention . Like the Horse that Cars replaced . Naysayers hung that nickname on Lizzy , it stuck . The 1919 MY was the first year for the Self Starter . It was an option , when it was selected Lizzy came sans Cowl Lamps . Through the 1927 MY end of Production . Spare ? This was located on the Left Running Board making the Drivers Door unnecessary when Doors were introduced on Lizzy . Later on , moved to the rear on open Cars like the closed models . Closed Cars dictated moving Spare Tire location . I don't remember the MY of his transition across the Board . Can anyone help here ? My reference to Lizzy having a Model Year is in reference what MY these changes occurred . Running changes like VW did during the Beetle Model Run . Closer a reference to Manufactured Date . Titled MY . Thanx ..

May I add .. Power Trains are the same (AMC cast the CID on the sides of the Block) , all the glass is the same , all the chassis setup is the same (including staggered rear shocks to limit Wheel Hop ect) , I owned a '70 & '74 Javelin . For the Gen II Javelin / Javelin AMX's I will ask again . Would anyone cast the Javelin '71-'72 - '73/'74 Grills if I can fabricate these . The bumpers if the Gen II are easy IF the DOT Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers are made separately . The front Valance are all the same on the Gen II also . For the AMX Version the park/turn signals were relocated into the Grille . . '72/'72 MY's these are in the Valance . '73/'74 the Javeln park/tirn lights moved these into the Grille like contemporary the Hornet and Gremlin AMC models . The Openings in the Valance had black Plastic slotted fillers . Yes , these are surely left out ! Thanx .. '72

Beautiful restoration Greg . You do nice work I sorta remember the built up . Yeah , the color scheme was the giveaway . . I still haven't touched the Edsel . Thanx ..

Bill . http://www.resinrealm.net/Star/STAR Models/57_Premier_Htp.html . I have one , worth the money .. Thanx

I've been Glue Bomb rescues fir decades ; Freezer Bag as described above . Freezing the attached parts . When removing the items at regular intervals . Pry Gently and firmly . It amy take years as I currently have some interiors I am prysing he dashboards free from . Genuine Turpentine applied and pried on . I made the mistake is dunking a 23 Chevy Van Body to separate the fenders from .. I forgot about the unit .. Two years later I remembered . I have a squished down Van Body .. Eye Droper and daily prying .. All these methods work for me .. Patience .. Thanx

Beautiful Build .. TY for the History and sharing it . Kruse WW II Museum , loacted at Auburn , In was collecting stories from the experiences this generation had during the conflict and documenting all . Not just heroic accounts , all , even mundane .. Thanx ..

I am loving his build . Drag Trucks are not my cup of tea . Yet , this is so striking . Many were the times , in Linden , NJ I was dispatched to cross the Cumberland Gap with mayblows on the Trailer . I notified dispatch and went directly to "custom bandaid" . I was given a Store Pan for free . As like a Competitor of Cross Pens . I tried to refuse it . The manager insisted as he was impressed I fought with the ********-* I worked for . Ya know , safety last truckinn .. Thanx

Bill , I've sent you two messages here , one to your Email . No avail .. Thanx ..

The red one is a Heller kit , I never took any to dis[play at the Toledo shows I attended . I am unable to edit and TY for the comments .. Thanx

This one is the Entex AMF Harley Davidson circa 1970 XLCH Sportster IIRC . Trickey to build .. Thanx ..

Your skill level is greatly improved since the '90's when you first posted . Quite a looker this one .. Please keep them coming .. as always . Thanx

Tom and all a word of Caution . I did in the past label what was in my Archives the contents in each Cardboard Box . Necessity is the Mother of invention . I was forced to down size . I had a choice of 1) throwing out 75% of my Collection to Landfill . Or 2) Landfilling every Box instead . 15 Large Capacity Garbage , with flattened Model Boxes , cans later all were bagged . Yet , I still labeled the Cardboard Boxes the Contents . My Archives along with much of our life went into paid storage until we had the money to erect a shed in our Yard . Resulting with 2 Thefts while in Storage . Needless to say , necessity strikes again . The containers have letters on them and I have a notebook with the Key to what is what . Lesson learned . We live in a dishonest world . Thanx

Testors '32 Chrysler . Monogram '30 Packard Speedster Boat-tail , '35 Monogram Town Car Dusenburgh (note , built in 1978) , 1934 Monogram Dusenburgh Sport (pidittle - I would hate to dive this at night) , Lindburgh Dr Fuch Bugatti Royal (1) , Itialiar Bugatti Royal (2) , Heller Bugatti Royal (3) .. there were actually 6 made , Heller Typo 55 Bugatti , Blower Bently (defunct Japanese Kit - not Heller Version) , Bugatti Typo 35 Monogram , Monogram Mercedes 540 K , This Kit I finished just prior to the Franklin Mint Model in the same colors : Monogram Mercedes 540 K . I have more . Yes .. displaying Complete Builds is a problem I sure am glad to deal with . Especially now as my skills slide away at an alarming rate . From 1984 until 2001 these were built . I have many more . Yes , Tom , you don't see these finished much at all . I never too one to the Toledo (last one in the coming up Fall) Shows . Way to fragile to travel .

Although this is a dull Factory Stock build .. The research and effort I put into this build is what you see here . The Paint Job was a Color Match i formulated as Dave Dodge could not make this one at that time IIRC . Thios shade of Coral was not lijke anything prior to the Studebaker line in '61 . Enjoy .. Thanx ..

Factory Stock is my Genera . Beautiful Replica .. stunning to see .. Thanx