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No Carl, the cranks and handles and armrests came with the interior package from Ed Fluck.

Thanks a lot Tom. It's fun working on model cars that you don't see everyday.

Nice start. I've got the urge to build one of these some day too.

1958 Chevy Impala. When I was 12 years old, back in 1959, a guy who lived in our apartment bldg. in The Bronx, NY, had a Black '58 Impala that he would park at the curb in front of the building every day. His name was Johnny Kenny and he was into the Custom car scene at the time. His Impala was nosed, decked and shaved and it had a custom tube grille, half moon headlight shields, 4 bar Lancer spinner hubcaps on wide whites, dual mirrors, dummy spotlights and twin, swept back antennas, full length lake pipes, full cruiser skirts with the chrome trim, 6 '59 Caddy bullet taillights and a full width continental kit...!!! I would drool over that car every day. Since then the "bolt-on" customizing of that era has always appealed to me, and still does. I built a model of how I remember that car using the Revell '58 Impala kit. I've also built a few other models using the "bolt-on" or "J.C. Whitney" method of mild customizing. I just love it. 1959 Dodge I bought a '59 Dodge Coronet from a friend back in the Fall of 1996 for $1,200 after my '86 Chevy Caprice burned due to a fuel line leak. I had to have the Dodge's tranny rebuilt because it had sat in the guys yard for 4 years and all of the seals were dried up and it was leaking tranny fluid at every spot possible. I tried doing the "bolt-on" customizing thing with it, putting on half moon headlight shields, twin mirrors dummy spots and dual swept back antennas, '59 Dodge Royal Lancer spinner hubcaps, full length lake pipes, '59 Caddy taillight lenses and some pinstripe tape flames. I learned a lot about working on a car while I owned it. I wound up selling the car in 2005 for $2,500 since I wasn't driving anymore due to partial vision loss due to my stroke. I miss the heck out of that car... A LOT.

Thank you Jeremy and Tom. You're right Tom, I wish I had more of those red plastic LED covers.

Thank you Carl. I have to work on getting the chassis parts all painted and assembled before I can mount the interior pieces onto the floor pan. I hope to have that done within a couple of days, Right now I'm almost finished with the engine assembly.

That's pretty cool Bill. Running fast cars back "in the good old days" when guys built them themselves with what they could cobble together. Great stuff. Thanks.

Congrats on the grandson Tom.

Mark, thanks very much. I already have a small, round, flat, chrome piece glued to the flat base of the taillight bezel. I think that the light reflecting off the chrome piece shows the waffle pattern on the lenses very nicely. I had thought of using MV lenses but when I found these pieces in my taillight parts stash I just had to use them. Gary, thank you for your kind and encouraging words. There seem to be a bunch of 50's and 60's car lovers here on the Forum besides myself. Steven Guthmiller, Al Maeske and John Goshke come to mind right away. Unfortunately most of the Mfgrs. keep "mining the gold" in repops or reissues because they don't have to lay out big bucks for new tooling, etc. Moebius is the one who's been "stepping out of the box" to give us kits of cars that have never been put out in kit form previously. Hats off to them..!! I will eventually be getting to working on all of their Hudson kits when my 50's cars TO DO pile shrinks down a bit.

Great job as usual Al. That is a sharp looking Lincoln.

Thanks very much for your kind comments guys. Emmanuel, and anyone else who may be looking for one of these promos, at the moment there are 4 separate ones listed on EBAY...... but be prepared to pay some bucks for them.

Thank you Dave. I'm hoping to have more to show tomorrow.

That looks really great Harry.

Here's a further update on the interior. The resin window cranks, door handles and armrests have been cleaned of flash, painted, and glued in place. The dashboard is painted, detailed with BMF and chrome silver paint, and the kit's gauge decal is in place with a coating of clear epoxy for the lens. I also painted and detailed the steering wheel and pedals which are not pictured. The carpet is flocked black but is also not pictured. I started working on the engine and have pretty much all of the pieces painted which are drying now. The beat goes on... Thanks for looking in.

Jarkko, that looks fabulous. Great job.

Norm doesn't have a website, but you can email him at; ReplMinCOMD@AOL.com

Nice colors Steve. That Lilac color almost looks Blue.

Thanks Harry.

Thanks very much Buzz.

Great work Harry. I love that pinstriping tape. Can I ask where you got it?

Great pictures Chuck. Thanks for sharing.

Great pictures Pat. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Thank you Carl. That sounds like a good tip to use those red tabs.

Hey John, thanks a lot. How's things back in "Nu Yawk"??

Great looking work John, as always.