I lost a vacation a few years back because of a Niece's wedding. I feel that if I didn't need to give her away or say "I do" I wasn't necessary, but the family......
After talking to someone that I consider an expert on this car I'm ready to retract what I stated earlier. He believes the Futura was repainted in 57 or 58, possibly at Ford. He stated that the repaint was a quality job and not a down and dirty job as the Barris shop would have most likely done for a movie. He also knew of the film posted above, and stated it was made in 1964 long after "It Started With a Kiss".
It's going to -7 tonight, with wind chills in the mid -20's, and they are saying its suppose to get to 17 degrees tomorrow and calling it a warm up. 17 degrees a warm up? Wheres my shorts and sandals?
The Polar Lights kit is NASCAR only, cannot be built as as a street car and builds up nice after you fix the nose that runs up hill at the center of the front wheels. Avoid the Palmer kit at all cost.