1972coronet

...and no vent windows ?!?

This one ? http://www.mecumauction.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=SC0508-65934

I have yet another question regarding the 1969 COPO ZL-1 Camaro from Revell . I recognise that this kit has de facto SS/RS grille / headlamp doors , as well as RS tail lamps ; however , it is "missing" the RS's back-up lamps . I also have noticed that there's a set of clear , square 'lamps' on the "glass" tree ; are those the RS's back-up lamps ? If so , how would one go about adding them to this COPO ZL-1 Camaro kit ?

They must be using that 20W-50 CastrOil ...

Is that conversion kit from Hart's Parts ? His parts are top notch !

Photo number 2 definitely looks like a winner , Mike ! I'll have to remember to utilise the custom version's front suspension when I get around to building mine .

Merci ! I like your profile pic ; the 1970 RTS Hemi Road Runner !

What if we inhabited the Earth's moon ? How would one of its residences appear ? Those were flash-thoughts in my brain ; my mind took-over from there . This was a gift to my dear friends whose move to Oregon was a sad day for me .

1965 Valiant 2 door coupe . I was sitting in the outside of Portfolio Coffeehouse in Long Beach (Ca.) on an unseasonablly-cool night in May 2000 , when this '65 Valiant pulled-up to the curb on Junipero . The salty , slightly-foggy air made the car's tail lamps appear as though they were projecting-from their housings ; I just had to draw a picture of it ! To add some more flavour to the pic , I illustrated an optial illusion ; the tree next to the curb provided the perfect opportunity for said illusion. The drawing's title is 4.2 Litre Le Puissance .

I still have to get my mitts on Joe Oldham's "Confessions of a Supercar Tester " , too . Do you have a favourite year or model of the Fantastic Five ?

You're right about that . A friend of mine swapped a 351 W into his '66 Sportsroof / 2+2 , and it barely fit ! I can only imagine what it'd take to sling an FE or MEL into that '64-'66 boilerroom !

YES !

1964 "1/2" = 260 V8 ; 2-speed automatic (Ford-O-Matic) in its final year ; and , no back-up lamps (not required until calendar year 1965) . 1965 = 289 V8 ; C4** "Cruise-O-Matic" ; disc brakes ( I believe...) ; Sportsroof / 2+2 ; GT package . My high school ( in 1985 ) girlfriend's mother had a early-production "1964 1/2" Mustang coupe which she bought new . It was a base model I-6 / 3-speed manual whose only options were AM radio and power steering . It had wheel covers (13" wheels ) ; I'm not sure if they were standard fare ; I've never seen a pre-1967 Mustang with hub caps . It was sans back-up lamps . ** The "C" in "C4" , in FoMoCo part numbers code = 1960's (e.g. , "A" =1940's , "B" = 1950's , ad seq. ) , and the following number represents the parts' year-of-application . Therefore , "C4" = 1964. This practise of alpha-numeric part numbers was dropped / revised / changed after the 1998 model year (ending with "F8") ; 1999 = "X" , 2000 = "Y" , 2001 = "Z" ; 2002 = "2" (ad seq.) .

NICE !!! I can't wait to see your progress with the "Fantastic Five" ! Have you read Marty Schorr's "Tales of a Muscle Car Builder" ? The chapter on "Astoria Chas" and the KO Motion Corvette is a truly sad tale ( ) .

It was influenced by the typical 1968-1971 Dodge and Plymouth illustrated ads .

Probably the best improvement that you can make is to : - Separate the exhaust from the (Dana 60) axle , and ; - Separate the "downpipes" from the exhaust manifolds and glue their ends to the exhaust pipes . Even though you didn't inquire about the engine ; here's a suggestion : dump those "blobs" that are trying to pass as representations of the Holley 2300's , and replace them with the carbs from either the 1971 GTX , or the carbs from the AMT 1971 Duster 340 .

Y'know , perhaps the presence of that Cad engine is due to Jo-Han "recycling" of its Eldorado parts ; they shared the same platform . A simiar instance ; Jo-Han also "recycled" the old Nash 287 / 327 engine in their '66 & later AMC kits ! By 1966 or 1967 , AMC had replaced the then-outdated Nash V8's with their own 290 / 343 / 390 (and subsequent 304 / 360 / 401) V8's. Now , it's time for me to apologise for rail roading your thread ( ) . Keep up with the great work , Ray !

That's a super nice Toro , Ray ! I must inquire , however , about its Cadillac powerplant . I'm not suggesting that yoiu added a Cad engine ; I'm just wondering why Jo-Han decided to use a Cad 'plant versus the correct Olds 455 / Ne'er-the-less , that's not a detraction from your splendid workmanship .

I used to draw all of the time ; it was a daily ritual . Oftentimes , I'd finish at least one drawing in one sitting ; I would seldom "revisit" , "revise" or "embellish" any of my pieces . Once I considered the drawing done , it was done . This drawing is one of the very few drawings which I decided to embellish post facto . It was originally just a black and white piece . I've used a G2 Gel Pen almost exclusively since 1998 . 100% freehand . So , about a year or two after I finished this drawing , I thought , upon coming across it again , "Y'know ... this one needs to be 'colourised' !" , so out came my Prisma Color pencil set . After I'd finished colouring the pic , I put it away again . Now , it's Christmas , 2003 . I'd remembered that a good friend mentioned on numerous occassions just how much he liked this particular piece . So , I found a frame in one of the local thrift stores ; but just framing it wasn't going to be enough ... ... so I dug-out one of my 1969-vintage "Peace Hand" decals ( at one time , I had a roll of ten of these gems !) and arbitrarily-placed it between the frame's glass facad and the drawing itself . Without further ado :

I , too , am hoping that the pending 1953 F-100 reissue is going to be the original AMT kit , and not that yucky MPC Flip Nose pile ...

I'd like to see the wheel covers which are featured in the upper-right of the catalogue photo !

Nice !! It's too bad that Fred Gibb had to eat crow on those ZL-1's ( ) . Probably would've been better off with an order of L72's with a couple of ZL-1's in the mix ... Here's a pic of the ZL-1 I'm planning to closely-replicate :

Michel - I'm looking forward to following your build of this gem ! I just bought that kit recently ; I'm going to build mine in '71' LeMans Blue , with a column-shift TH 400 , and Spyder wheels . Correct me if I'm wrong ; the "standard" COPO 427 would be the L72 , right ?