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Now that's funny.

Great story line and explains the appearance. All of the changes to a basic kit all look very natural here. Realistic finishes and love the Blatz Beer reference, I used to be a Hamm's drinker long ago.

Like the base model build style. Nice to see the correct engine color and remember the local farmers years ago would order their trucks with the in bed spare so they wouldn't have to lie in the mud to get the spare from under the bed.

Thank you for looking. I got the molding idea from some else here on the Forum so it's not trade marked at all. Have done this on others in the past and you can change what trim line a model represents in doing so. I have done others as well and turns out to be easier than I thought. Hi Bob. Glad you liked it. Sort of the way I would do a 1:1 if I could. How's your '53 Chevy coming? Thanks Andy. I tried to get close to the OEM colors as I remembered them on the inspiration car. The side exhaust was sort of a style at the time. The exhaust would cloud the finish on the rear chrome wheels though, just like it would rear bumpers.

Like the clean looking paint work without the Boss stripes. Great paint color and finish. Like the Sleeper vibe on this.

Great engine compartment detailing. Like the lighter shade of blue Bee Stripes. Clean looking white interior.

Beautiful looking paint finish and color. The body mods really clean up the body lines. The stance along with the wheel & tires look great.

Very realistic looking Pace Car trim and paint. Like the engine and chassis detailing.

Smooth paint finish and like the dark green color. The wheels give this a more aggressive look.

Great looking color and like the smooth paint finish. All of the body trim and moldings look real cleanly done.

Clean looking body style. Like the black car in the picture without the Roadrunner Stripes down the side.

That will not polish out. May become a parts doner.

Needs something other than rear down force.

AMT 39/40 Ford Sedan kit built as a '40 De Luxe Sedan. The body trim moldings were so faint they are unusable. Used 1 mm half-round for the side moldings. The bumpers are snugged too the body and added a rear license plate mount from another bumper to the rear. Paint is Tamiya TS68 Wooden Deck Tan with Model Master Ultra Gloss Clear. The wheels are painted with Testors Bronze. The kits front wheels are used with smaller diameter and wider tires from the stash. The rear wheels are from the AMT '49 Ford coupe and larger diameter tires that are also wider. Used the kits hub caps and beauty rings. Spare parts dropped front axle has the spring trimmed and the cross member notched to lower the front end. Used the kits rear suspension and also trimmed the spring and notched the cross member to lower the rear. Drilled the frame for the fabricated exhaust to pass thru and a left-over muffler cut in half with added in-let and out-lets with exhaust tips exiting in front of the rear tires. The kits basic Flathead engine is painted Testors Bronze as well as the parts box Edelbrock Heads. The intake manifold and two-twos from the spare parts and added a mount for the generator. Red fishline for the fuel lines and some black left-over plug wires added. The kits radiator hoses are cut down and chromed with short lengths of rubber radiator hoses at either end. Interior is painted Wooden Deck Tan and Flat Clear with Tamiya Brown Accent color on the seat and door trim. The dash and window moldings are painted Bronze, the kits Tach and 3 pod gauges are pinned to the dash. The inspiration for this build is from a '40 Ford I was unable to afford long ago when it was very affordable at the time.

Sounds like something Boeing might have done.