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Thanks for the help, Miles and Bill! I knew someone would know the answer in here. Now I need to add eight lug nuts on those wheels that came with the kit. Those resin wheels look very good, but right now I unfortunately can't afford to them as all of my money is going to gasoline on my 1:1 toy. Thanks again!

I'm building an AMT '78 Ford 4X4 Pickup. I believe it's F350 but I'm not sure as I'm no Ford or Pickup expert. Anyway I have a question on the wheels, as the kit wheels have no bolts or lug nuts molded in them, it means that I'll have to add them. But my question is that did Ford use somekind of "Truck Wheels" on these Pickups that had more bolts than regular five bolt ones? I tried searching from Google and from this site, but I came up with nothing.

More Teddy And The Tigers stuff because it's excellent. This is their cover of Buddy Holly's Rock Around With Ollie Vee: Here's the original for comparison:

Thank You Charlie (Even if I'm a bit late with the thanks)! Those Zona saws are really nice as you said. There are some cuts that just can't be done so nicely with anything else than that. Alright... Now since the 1:1 scale '60 Impala is in driveable condition and I've been Cruising around with it pretty much, it's time to slowly get back on the models as well. This was the most interesting one right now so I pulled it from my stash again and continued working. But first to get you guys in the mood for '60 Impalas, here are two pics of the 1:1. I continued by doing some engine related work. As many people know, the engine in this kit sits originally way too back. When I built my other Revell '60 Impala, I noticed that it's not quite easy to move that 348 Big Block forward but looks like it can be done with this Small Block. So after figuring out what should I do to move it a bit forward, I thought the easiest way is to modify frame crossmember a little to make room for oil pan to come forward. This is how the crossmember looks originally and how the engine sits originally: And here you can see the crossmember and engine fitment after my little modifications. As you can see I didn't move the engine very much forward, but a little anyway and it definitely is a bit better. I'll see what else I can do to fix the problem in the near future... I had some trouble finding a correct color for the engine. Humbrol's Orange wasn't red enough and Testors' Chevy Engine Red was too red and I had nothing from between and I couldn't find the correct shade anywhere either. Well luckily I had that paint in a bottle (I got some of it mixed up for me when I painted the engine for our '74 Chevelle Stocker). I took a little amount of it to a glass bottle and thinned it up pretty much because otherwise it would have hidden all of the details. I painted the engine parts with that using a paint brush and it worked fine, plus that color matches perfectly to the one I'll be using when I build that new engine to my Impala because I'll be using the same paint on that!

Thanks! It's not the cleanest ever (Paint has some patina in it as it's original paint) but still it's very cool. And that red Bowtie is definitely one of the coolest features !

Very cool AWB Ford! I've always liked these AWB cars and this is a cool one. You moved the rear axle forward pretty much which gives it a really wild look. Probably that's why I like it so much. Yep those turntables are excellent but I can't use mine as drying place as it's almost always in use (Currently playing Shaking Pyramids' Tennessee Rock 'n' Roll).

Thanks Guys! It's a very cool car even if it's not a Show Car by any means. Paint job is the worst part - it has been painted in 1988 in Texas so it has some patina in it (scratches etc). Tommy: No, it hasn't been raised, but with those tires it sits a bit higher than it did originally. Currently it has 225/75/15 on front and 255/70/15 on rear. And actually it has an aluminum PowerGlide. It was swapped to this in 1990 when the car had a powerful 327 SBC. I have the original cast iron PG as well and I might install it on place sometime. Joe: Nope, I think I have no plans on letting it go. I know the full history from the moment when it was bought to Finland in 1988 and there are lots of stories following with that car. Ray: You should have seen it when I drove to my high school with that thing today. Many other students were looking like they had never seen a car before.

I've always liked how '59-'60 Chevy dashboard looks, but especially now when my Impala is driveable and I've spent pretty much time behind the dash and steering wheel, I like it even more. This is my dashboard when we pulled the car out from the garage where it sat for five years.

It's not the best kit ever made, but it's definitely buildable. I built this last year: I believe every kit can be built well. Some just take lots of more work than others. MPC '57 Flip Nose Corvette is definitely one of them.

Now I'll have to post a couple of pics as I finally got my 1:1 project driveable. It's working really nicely now and I'm glad that the rust repairs are done. So it has a 283 Small Block with PowerGlide trans.

A Couple of Teddy And The Tigers' covers. This is a Finnish band that was active in 1977-1980. After that they've had a few gigs, but not many. Here they're covering Johnny Burnette's Tear It Up: Carl Perkins' Honey Don't:

Thanks again for the information guys! I've seen those Morgan Automotive Details' wheels, but I need them to be chromed so I'll probably end up buying one of those kits. Thanks again and a great looking Buick!

What particular Pro Stock kit comes with those? The ones that I've seen are wider and they have Beadlocks on them . As my main use for them would be a Stock Eliminator Drag Car, they are too wide. The ones under this one look just right though.

Good looking Street & Strip Buick! I like how it looks with that wheel and tire combo. Especially those Drag Radials on the back are very nice. Maybe some BMF to the chrome trim next time, but it looks very good like this too. Where are those rear wheels from? I need those DragLites for a couple of projects, but the ones in Pro Stock kits are too wide.

Very good looking Thunderbird. I saw one of these with that Tonneau Cover a couple of years ago after it had gone through a "Full Restoration". It was very nice and so is this. Fantastic work overall. Sharp job with BMF and smooth paint job as well. Nice work.

There might be differences on these gel pens (Or then there might not be, I don't know) but at least the one I tried back in 2011 didn't work. It's still tacky.

An interesting project, Bob! I like seeing replicas of these old Drag Cars and with the amount of modifications this project requires, it's even more interesting. Frame and bodywork look very good. I can't wait to see more.

Another fine model from your bench John. That is definitely something unique and it's very interesting to see a "Clone The Past" model like this being built. Excellent job all over, the paint job is my favorite part.

Okay here's one more. Looks like you guys don't listen much Rockabilly music since no one has known the ones I've posted. Now let's try it a bit different... Here are complete lyrics for this song, except that the name of the song is removed. So fill in the blank spots and you'll figure out the name of this song... Wherever I come bad luck is coming my way Wherever I go hard luck is there to stay If I say yes people laugh and say I'm mad If I say no they get furious and I get said Goodluck never stays a day Bad luck's always coming my way REF: ------------- They call me the ----------------- But I'm trying as hard as I can To keep bad luck away from me But I'm doomed to live a life filled with misery I took a trip to England on a ferryboat After a while it sank after being afloat Few years ago I went to holydays on Tenerife Leaving there people full of grief Goodluck never stays a day Bad luck's always coming my way REF I'm even worse than a tornado, whirlwind, hurricane Even my looks make ordinary people go insane When they put me away in a bunker of ferro-concrete My misery radiation made it crash completely Goodluck never stays a day Bad luck's always coming my way REF I took a trip to England on a ferryboat After a while it sank after being afloat Few years ago I went to holydays on Tenerife Leaving there people full of grief Goodluck never stays a day Bad luck's always coming my way REF

Excellent post Skip! It's true that when these Factory Experimental classes came close to their end and Funny Cars were born, FX cars got wilder, and I've also read that many times they were not allowed to run in NHRA's FX classes. As a real Drag Racer myself, running in Stock Eliminator with very limited rules, I like to build models that would be NHRA Legal because I find it interesting to look closely on the old Rulebooks and try to build my models according to them... I think I will start my FX Chevy II from that Trumpeter kit when I get to it.

I'm curios on this: Has anyone checked how much AMT has relocated the axles on this Chevy II kit? Because if I'm not mistaken, 1965 was the only year in FX when axle relocation was allowed. As seen on the rulebook: "AXLE RELOCATION: Axles may be relocated on FX cars a maximum of two (2) percent of the total wheelbase, per original stock location. This applies to either front or rear axle, or a combination of the two. Bodies must remain in their original production location. Wheelwells and fenders may be altered to permit installation and removal of wheels and tires but no portion of the tire may extend outside of the fender and/or body lines." So I'm interested to know if this kit could actually be built as a '65 Factory Experimental car without moving axles backwards. I know that I don't know how to count this, as I've never been good at it. Of course there would be still other modifications required, so maybe it would be easier anyway to start with the Trumpeter kit. (Yes, I've been planning to build a Factory Experimental Chevy II some day).

Yep it's a sad video for sure. But as there seems to be no prepping done on that "Drag Strip", with cars like that you don't have to be a real genius to figure it out that it will be slippery, which of course means that the driver must be prepared to lift up the throttle when there's not enough traction on higher speeds. Especially because those Drag Slicks don't really work when moving sideways... I've couple of times went a bit sideways in slow speeds with the '74 Chevelle that runs in Stock Eliminator and I think it's very important to know when to lift up the throttle. In slow speeds it's not always necessary (With our car anyway), but when it starts sliding in higher speeds, it's important to lift the throttle. As a Drag Racer, I know that it's not always the thing you'll want to do, but I rather lift the throttle a bit, straighten up the car and step on it again than see this happen.

Good looking Chevy II. These were really good looking cars built like this and your build proves it. Nice decal work and sharp engine details. I like that color as well. But this is not a Factory Experimental car at all. It's an early Funny Car / Match Race car as you said, but not Factory Experimental as the title says.

Great job Ray! I wondered what happened to this in the Drag Racing Models section, but I'm glad to see it finished as it looks this great! Nice work on the modifications for sure (I could not do that to a '62 Impala ) and I like the paint too. Nice work.

Very nice! Gotta love a base model car like this with a powerful engine and steel wheels with Dog Dishes! Tires look just perfect on there as well, they're just tall enough. Nice work overall with the conversion!