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That issue has no marker lights molded to the body. It has decals for the 68 lights.

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Sounds awesome. I can't wait to see more!

I built one of these in almost the same combo you are planning. It was a resin 69 Coronet RT from Mini Exotics. I built it about 10 years ago and used the AMT chassis just as you are doing. I had to find an original interior for mine and I used a Ross Gibson 440 in it along with dog dish caps. I went with a bright met green and saddle interior. If it is alright with you I will add pics if you like.

On the Dick Landy 68 kit the body had 69 square marker lights cast in. The directions told you to fill them in with putty and use the decals provided for the 68 markers. I think this changed on the later stock 68 Charger kit.

They build up the same but they are very different. The grills, and tail panels are year specific and same for the interior. Now I know all the 69 kits have a vinyl top but the Dick Landy 68 race car has no vinyl top and race parts only. The later 68 stock kit has a vinyl top and steel wheels.

Most likely I won't. They were popular too as almost every one of these kits had them installed. Very hard to find the stock caps and both of my 60 Edsels had them on it so I have two sets. I like the modern big wheels and lowered stance of the pro touring cars. Right now I'm restoring a 60 El Camino kit but still deciding on keeping the stock wheels and white walls or doing it as a late 60's build with Cragers and white letter tires. At least with these old screw bottom chassis it is easy to switch out wheels.

Very nice, you did a great job! I really like the blue band across the windshield! Nice touch.

It's funny but that recall is seriously overblown out of proportion. The actual recall is 2.6 million cars that get new ignition switches, cylinders and keys. The cars that actually get new switches are cobalt, G5, Ion, HHR, Solstice and Sky, The other 20+ million get key inserts to make the ring hole smaller. I remember when we were knocking the inserts out of the keys now we are gluing them back in! http://www.thejunkmanadv.com/uploads/8/4/0/3/8403513/631625_orig.jpg?219

Very cool. Nice to see a 71 Malibu!

Thanks, It is Testors Lime Light green. I used it on a MPC 70 Camaro SS and I thought it would look great on this car as well.

Very Nice! I love restoring these old annuals and you inspired me to show off my recently finished 60!

Now for the finished stock build. I could not pick a stock color but I just love the car in this color!

For giggles here is the first one that I started with. Rear had heavy paint and a lot of crazing also bad crazing in between the fins. How about that interior. It was replaced with a better interior that was found on eBay before kit 2 was found! This is the current condion of the first restoration.

Here is another one of my restorations. Last year I did a 59 Edsel restoration I was itching to get this 60 Edsel Ranger convertible done also. I really like the looks of these cars and was eager to get started. I actually started with one built up and acquired another one hoping to have a better body. Once I stripped the body of the second one it was almost perfect and I built that one instead. So the only parts from the first model are the rechromed parts. Modelhaus supplied the missing convertible boot, taillight bezels, outside mirrors, whide white wall tires, and fender ornaments. Just a note that the taillight bezels on the finished model are rechromed originals from the first kit. I still have one more buildable kit that is missing the rear Edsel emblem and some crazing in the back. I plan to build it as a mild custom! First a few pics of before. This is the kit I actually restored, It's body, interior and chassis were much cleaner.

All kidding aside, they are not perfect but they do a good job most of the time. You would be surprised at how many people want to fix their cars airbags by just replacing the cover so that the look new after an accident because they are so expensive. I had a owner that had a body man "fix" his car after a T bone and the car looked great but the airbags had gone off. He wanted the covers and what ever else to make the light shut off. Plus the seat belts no longer worked. I told him we can't do that, we have to fix it properly and replace all the spent air bags, plus the seat belts that have the pretensioners, and the diagnostic module (that stores crash info once the bags go off). Once everything is reset the light will go off. Of cource he took his business elsewere! I also know of an S10 that ran a red light and crashed. The air bags were gone but the covers were redone to look like they were there. It was still with the same owner who wrecked it the first time. He is now being sued buy his good friend "the passenger" because he has $50k in medical bills that the insurance won't pay for because of the injuries he got from the accident. The insurance company did pay for the first accident for the truck to be repaired properly and the owner just pocketed some the money!

I like the idea of an airbag. Right after an accident I'm pretty sure I'll be ready for a nap!

I got one for my 2006 Ram 2500. The drivers airbag recall opened in Jan 2015 and the airbag was finally replaced in Nov 2015. Now I just got the recall notice for the pass side this week! What is interesting is that GM has very few cars on this recall list. All Pontiac Vibes (Toyota Matrix) and a Saab 9-2 (Subaru). I hear some of the newer trucks are now involved but it depends on were it was assembled. My friend has a full time job at a Honda dealership just shipping the bad airbags back. They are hazardous materials and you have to be certified to ship them! Of course the recall started with Honda back in 2008 and just about all Hondas are affected. This recall is over 60 million cars and it is said 100 million could be affected.

I went ahead and ordered the 69 Barracuda scoops along with the 69 Coronet side scoops and 1/25 General Lee wheels and tires. This is nice stuff! The 69 Barracuda scoops are way smaller and almost look too small but they fit over the Keith Marks decals and look great on the hood during a quick mock up! Thanks again!!

I was wondering about that. I have some of the old AFX-N-Scale cast ones and they are to big.

Beautiful!

You did a wonderful job on this Chevelle. I really like this kit and have built two of them so far. I bought the Baldwin Motion version but have yet to build that one.

Very nice!

You did a great job on this. I love it.