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Wow! That looks like something I have to work on on Monday, only it won't be that accessible!

Literally "day two"!

Interior tub: I hate making harness assemblies with photo etch! It strains every fiber of my being! A real test of patience. But they look good when finished. Always attach the shoulder belts to the cross bar. I copied the tach from the Hot Rod magazine photos. WF

"What's a White Hat Special?" Simply a marketing gimic to get you into the showroom. You didn't have to buy a car with a white vinyl top to get the deal. In fact, you didn't even have to get a vinyl top at all to get the "deal". Here is my version of a "day 2" White Hat Charger. Since the kit came with two hoods, I used them both. One stock, the other has a 6pack scoop from the Monogram Super Bee. WF

The Gremlin service truck is a great idea!

Snake, Making that recessed bucket will take a bit of work. Even MPC ignored it when they made the annual kits and the AMT version was just horrible. Although it bothered me I was not willing to spend the time to "make it right". I was happy with "glass" headlamps! WF

diymirage, The barracuda dashes that I have look nothing like the A body dash. I looked at a Duster kit and found that it is also different from yours. Don't recall ever seeing a Valiant style dash in a kit. Sorry, you may have to break out that x-acto knife.

Looks terrific! Great paint! WF

You need a large speedo dash? I don't know if I have one, buy I'll look. You might be able to make one by making a replacement panel out of sheet plastic. Shouldn't be that difficult.

The headlights were relatively were relatively easy to make. This idea of mine was featured as a tip in Scale Modeler magazine a few years ago. You'll need a few matching headlamp lenses and some aluminum tubing. I used KD 9/32 x .014". A mini tubing cutter is also needed as it makes the "lip" that acts as the trim ring and also holds the lens in place. In the second pic you can see the trim ring. This is caused by the tubing cutter. You won't get an even result if you roll the tube with a hobby knife. Drill out the existing "bug eye" headlamp to a size that will accommodate the assy. that you just made and glue in place. I would spend some extra time and fabricate a foiled bucket to fit behind the lens to make the lamp more reflective.

Body and interior mock up: I wanted replicate the gold anodized inner fenders that the real Missile had so I figured "why not use real aluminum?" I cut up a soda can, cleaned it with steel wool and formed the inner fenders. The anodized effect was achieved using Tamiya Clear Orange from the can.

Was the story translated from another language? Weird

Great looking 'cuda! The paint is super deep and shiny and the interior is top notch! I gotta say a 1000 x NO! for slapper bars on a Mopar! It ain't right. It ain't kosher. It goes against the laws of nature!! The people that put slappers on a Chrysler product were considered "strokes" by the knowledgeable. The only traction device that a Mopar might ever need would be a pinion snubber!

Actually, modern cars stay pretty clean under the hood as gasket and battery technology have improved dramatically since the '60s and '70s. I have a Mopar Air Grabber that has a whole corner eaten away from battery acid. Battery trays might only last 3 years before they were gone! Engines were a mess in short order back then. My new Challenger still looks like brand new at 55K and it doesn't leak a drop!

Eleven completed models? That's all you have for one year? It sometimes takes me 11 years to build one model! (And wouldn't come out as nice as 1 of yours) Beautiful work! I especially like the '64 Impala WF

Early Pro Stock chassis were simple and down right primitive compared to todays cars. I'm using a Johan chassis pan with a resin Dana 60 and Johan S&M torsion bars, leaf springs, and control arms. The frame connectors are square Evergreen stock.

I found this disc brake set up in my junk pile. They will work well.

I like it!!

True, that would be how the car came from the factory Back in the day many of us would rattle can the engine compartments with black or flat black paint to make them "look better". Why? Because after a few years the grease, oil, and especially the battery acid did a number on the original paint. So I would say that Riley's engine compartment treatment is legit.

Great detail and color coordination! WF

Two more of the "Outer Limits". There is an actual "Outer Limits" a.w.b. car. I believe that is in CA.

Thanks!

No, this is the actual altered wheelbase car that raced most of '65 and into '66. It is the second 'cuda that Petty Enterprises built. The first one was destroyed in a fatal accident during a match race. That one was buried behind the shop. WF

Love the car ( it's a Mopar!) and the concept. My high school friend used this 340 Dart to deliver Pizza back in 1971! WF