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Great back story and a really well built and beautiful model. It has a bit of an Aston-Martin vibe.

Very, very nice. I have been reading the Shelby biography and just read about the competition 427's

David - I have another set of seats from an AMT '57 Ford that I may use in Lindberg '53 Ford which I have thinking about building as Pro-Touring version of a Carrera Panamericana style car but very much the same as the Fairlane with the same colours, same wheels, tires, brakes and engine, same dechroming and same radiused wheelwells like a twin 11 years older

Thanks Scott Thanks Andy Here is a better view of the engine compartment

Thanks Keith Thanks David - I tried to get some better views of the interior

WOW - beautiful kit. One of my all time favourite cars. I actually considered buying an SM when they were going for about $10000. As close as I got was buying a book on the SM's and a 1/43 diecast. I would love to get this model but the price is too rich for me.

Thanks Ray Thanks Larry

I am calling this a Pro-Touring Thunderbolt but the inspiration behind it is as a phantom road version of the Holman-Moody 1964 427 Fairlane. Back in ’64 at the request of NASCAR Holman-Moody built a 427 Fairlane to evaluate a unibody car as a possible next generation Cup racecar. This car did race at Daytona but not in a NASCAR race rather it was driven by Fireball Roberts in the Daytona Continental and finished second to AJ Foyt in a Cooper Monaco. Later it was sold to Alan Mann Racing in England and was raced until a crash. In this century H-M has built a few continuation 427 Fairlanes for vintage road racing. For a very interesting article on the H-M 427 Fairlanes check out https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hdrp-0605-1964-holman-moody-ford-fairlane/ My model is based on the Revell Special Edition ’64 Ford Fairlane Street Machine 2’n1 kit with body modifications similar to the HM 427. - removed lower body trim - reshaped front and rear wheel wells - wheels, tires and brakes are from the Revell ’57 Chev - suspension lowered - seats from AMT ’57 Ford - console modified from AMT ’58 Chev - dechromed bumpers, wheels, valve covers - added a splitter to front bumper and a trunk edge spoiler - opened the front licence plate area for extra cooling - added an electric cooling fan and a boosted dual master cylinder - I wanted to sue the Thunderbolt style air intake but with the stock style hood. To do this I had to reduce the overall height of the entire manifold, carb and intake assembly. - I used Testors One Coat Lacquer from the rattle cans and for whatever reason I had some problems with the application. The white is called White Lightning which seemed appropriate for a Thunderbolt and keep with the Holman and Moody look and the silver is called Diamond Dust.

Gorgeous. Jo-han sure made some great kits.

I did not know what to expect when I opened your post but man was I pleasantly surprised. Like others have commented - great design and execution.

WOW - extraordinary. I have always been attracted to Canadian Pontiacs. There some very cool versions from the mid fifties to late sixties featuring all the great Chevrolet engines. My parents had a 53 Pontiac which shocked a mechanic in the states when it needed a new muffler and he discovered it was actually a Chevrolet under the skin. I also witnessed a street drag between a 65 Pontiac and a maybe Thunderbolt. The Pontiac had a least a hi-po small block if not a 396 and gave the Ford a good run.

Great story - great model. Really like both.

Super cool gasser and extra cool photos.

I meet with two guys today who have raced Lotus 23B's. One guy raced his back in the day against the very car my model depicts. The other guy currently owns a 23B in which he competes in vintage race events. It was great to be able to hear their stories as well as being able examine an actual Lotus 23B and compare it with my model which I think comes fairly close in many respects.

I am very impressed with the exterior, chassis and interior design and execution.

Yours is definitely the next best to the real thing. I built mine on a camping trip so know how good yours turned out. My model was looked at by the owners of the real car so that was pretty cool.

Well built and displayed

Very attractive Victoria

I really like this - black paint, full fenders, blown engine under the hood. Very well done.

Prefect choice of colours

Very realistic. Well done.

Very nice to see a built Midget, Cannot remember when I last saw one. Yours is certainly very nice as are your photos. Vic Edelbrock had a similar combination in his museum.

I enjoyed viewing this Corvette evolution. You will have to add a silver C8 when the kit hopefully becomes available

Very, very cool custom. I was a real fan of Starbird creations back in the day and a fan of your custom now !!