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At one time, there were Chrysler-Plymouth , Imperial (standalone), and Valiant (1960-1962, sold through their own dealerships. No Plymouth nameplates to be found). By c.1970, there were Chrysler-Plymouth-Imperial , and sometimes Valiant (artifact of the 1963 model year). In the U.S. at least, Dodge was its own entity. Canada had Dodge-Fargo, IIRC.

NICE !!! I love the Brasilian Dart-Chargers, and your builds are fine examples of them. Did you include the engines? If I remember, they are either silver or gold.

C.A.R.B. (California Air Resources Board), which is an entity consisting of appointed staff, voted to ban all new sales (versus sales-of-new?) of I.C.E.-powered vehicles by 2035 (emphasis mine). "Not ready", is the understatement of the decade. Another reason to move from this state (no place is perfect -- sensibility is all I'm asking for). Once a few certain high-profile figures consisting of former second-in-command personnel and de facto politicians relinquish their personal jets, then maybe CARB et al. decisions would be viewed with less derision .

I was being facetious, me fellow Scot. Looks like a cool item to have!

... and after only 70,000 miles at that. Re-Volt-ing

Just in time for Royal Mail to be on strike (31.08.2022)

Petty's car was (is) a Satellite. No concerns about licencing the road runner [sic] name.

Today is a great song on Jefferson Airplane's second album, Surrealistic Pillow

Nice work and customising, me fellow Temeculero resident! Quite looking forward to watching your progress on this beauty.

It's not often that one encounters a fan of Pulp (or Brit-Pop in general). Lots of 1990's Mod Revivalists were keen on the likes of Pulp, Charlatans UK, Suede, etc., etc.; many of me peers turned me on to some of that stuff (I was more into 60's Freak Beat, Psychedelic, Soul, R&B, Motown,70's Punk - especially the NYC bands - and other oddities).

One of me favourite YouTube programmes is Vice Grip Garage. I've been a fan since the first 'rescue' I watched which he revived (1968 Malibu two door) around two years ago. His latest project is a 1982 C10 long bed (he loves the so-called Square Body Chevy & GMC pickups [1973-1987 vintage], and has quite a few of them). The catch? He's swapping in a 354 (5,7 litre) Hemi from a police Charger, backed by a 46RE (formerly, A-518, which is an overdrive-equipped A-727) -- hence, the nomenclature of Hemi-Half; a play on Chevy's Heavy-Half and Hemi engine. This is the 3rd installment in this project; follow links to the preceding two installments (I recommend watching all of his 'rescues'). I really like that Derek involves his wife and sons in his projects (on their volition). Enjoy!

Why not just grab a bottle from Scale Finishes ? I just got a Preval setup for this purpose (albeit, not just Scale Finishes products), as an airbrush is out of the question for my situation (apartment dwelling, no compressor, etc.) at this time. www.scalefinishes.com/1969Chevrolet.html

That's an export C.O.E. (Cab-Over Ewe)

"Time wounds all of which hath healed.", was one of my favourite sayings from MCMXVC - Two-Thousand Five.

In the late 1980's, the best show I'd been to was The Vandals and the U.K. Subs. Mind-bendingly loud and energised -- wonder why my hearing went bad prematurely? 1990 Benson & Hedges Blues Festival - Costa Mesa Amphitheatre John Lee Hooker, Cab Calloway, Dr. John, and Stevie Ray Vaughn's send-to-last performance. Recent times: Marty Stewart & His Fabulous Superlatives La Mirada Theatre, 15.04.2022 Marty owns and regularly plays Clarence White's White-Parsons B-Bender. He and his band play a nice range of songs, from Bluegrass to Rock to Psychedelic to Surf - extremely versatile! Their take on Psychotic Reaction (Count Five's 1966 one hit wonder) is dynamite, as is their rendition of Pretty Boy Floyd. Here's Psychotic Reaction (different performance than the one I was at)

While that is quite steep for decals (let alone a 1/25 scale kit), they are imported. Not sure what Ray's Kits charges for them plus shipping from the Netherlands, but I'd imagine that 44$ US isn't too far off the marque. Personally, I would have a tough time parting with half that amount just for decals , no matter their quality (and Ray seems to produce lovely decals for relatively esoteric vehicles). That's not a knock at Ray - just my opinion regarding price.

"Upon further review...", I recognise the box art builds as having the Polyglas GT (polar opposite of the other tyres; among my favourites). Now I don't have a solid answer as to my passing on purchasing one or more of these kits.

I remember that kit review, but couldn't recall its author - I thought it was by Tim Boyd, but wasn't sure. The proposition that the AMT'34 exhibited factory stock proportions, at least cab wise, catalysed me 17 year old mind. I held off from buying a copy for the simple fact that I despised AMT's godawful Good Year Rallye GT "snow tyres"; and certainly, the atrocious box art didn't sweeten the deal. I didn't have any 'parts box' tyres at the time because 99% of my modelling supplies and kits were destroyed during the 1987 Whittier Earthquake. ____________ _________________ _______________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ _______________________________ __________________ ____________________________ Oh, how I wish that someone would get ahold of the tooling for those hideous Matchbox era tyres, and demolish them. The new releases of the '55 Chevy drop top and the '57 [?] T-Bird - and the other 1/16 scale AMT fifties kits - were cursed with those stupid treads. But, at least now-a-days, the aftermarket offers nice replacements for those trash can candidates.

I positively flipped when I first saw it in a c.2018 issue of Muscle Car Review. The red shade is just dark enough - but still bright - to work with and, IMO, compliment the subtle-yet-bright Mint Turquoise. The Judge's stripes help tie it together quite nicely.

I'm certain that many of me fellow plastic fanatics have seen this psychedelic Judge; but, for those of you who have not seen this far-out Poncho, here's an article with a compliment of images. I'm giving serious consideration to painting my current (and ongoing) project 1970 Baldwin-Motion Chevelle Phase III in these colours (interior is already painted red - my original plan was for Tamiya's Mica Silver Metallic), though I'll likely reserve this option for another '70 Chevelle SS. Without further ado: Color Combo on Psychedelic 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Never Meant to Be (motortrend.com)

I'd re-re-re-read your original post after I'd thrown in my $0.02; however, I didn't feel compelled to edit my two cents' worth. The AMT kit certainly does take the cake (I need to get the convertible version some day). It's too bad that Lindberg goofed the proportions on this (and the 1966 Chevelle SS-396), as its companion status would've been great.

Prohibited - with preceding and proceeding words - is a common term in California

IMO, the 1966 W-30 takes it for the win (irrespective to scale model manufacturer). Last year for the Tri-Power [et al.] Oldsmobile (and Pontiac) insofar as factory production. (The 1967 "wins" in the capacity of: disc brake option, and TH-400 option. But, the '66 just looks cleaner, IMO)