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Great looking roll bar setup. Thank you for sharing your design and construction ideas.

Got the firewall notched to clear the engine that got mounted too high in the chassis. I had to wing it on the motor mounts since they had been removed at one point long ago. Now that that fiasco is over, I can now get the body in place and start wiring the coil and run the fuel lines.

Great looking paint color and finish. Like the factory style stripping and the rally wheels.

Great looking body work.

You're making a "silk purse out of a sow's ear" as the saying goes.

Going to be a great looking chassis.

I can only go by the two different '57 Fords that I had owned in the past. The first was a Fairlane 500 Convertible that I bought from the original owners in the early '60's. The 312 engine was the Ford red with black valve covers with the Thunderbird decals that Ford liked to put on everything it seemed. The second one I bought as a going to work car from the second owner around '64 or '65. This one was the base two door just like the one represented by the Revell kit. The engine in that one was also the 312 with a single 4 bbl. and a 3-seed with O/D. Same engine colors as the convertible. At the time I was doing light mechanical repairs and general service on many different makes of cars working in a Union 76 station. What would often happen when major engine work or even an overhaul, was that engines would get repainted with whatever can of paint was handy, if they even got any repaint at all. I and most of the other guys I knew at the time did try and stay with OEM shades of paint but there were a few that just didn't care so an engine and most any other part could wind up being any color. Years later people stumble across an old car and think they have some rear optional engine because someone in the past painted it chartreuse.

I agree with you on the aspect of the loss of privacy and the selling of information about my movements while on the road. The problem as I mentioned goes back to drivers that fail to pay attention to what they are doing while drive a motor vehicle and their propensity to ignore traffic signs and the right-of-way of other drivers when that applies.

Beautiful paint finish and like the unusual paint color. The body trim and details are all cleanly done. Like the realistic looking colors used to detail the engine.

Like the very clean looking body finish and the realistic looking finish on the convertible top. The body trim looks great as well.

Like the new taillights & license plate design.

The ones in the KC Metro area including a new one that just opened about 5 miles from my house haven't carried viable kits for more than a couple of years and I rarely even bother checking them anymore.

Ford started using the 5 lugs on 5" center wheels around 1940 thru the 1948-year model, they continued to use that same bolt pattern on their 1/2 ton pickups and most Mercury's for many decades.

The "Roundabouts" and now "Diverging Diamonds" are becoming very common here as well. The problem was getting drivers to learn how they are expected to move thru these traffic designs without running into each other and not driving straight across a roundabout as so many did early on. There still are too many drivers in this area that blow through stop signs and even red lights at times. Now there are groups trying to sue the cities that are bringing back the "Red Light Camaras". The driver problem had gotten so bad a few years ago that some cities had to use the camaras for both enforcement issues as well as having proof just which driver did what that caused an accident. A group sued saying the camaras violated their rights, but the number of intersection accidents had dropped significantly during the time they were in use. They won in court and the traffic camaras went away for a few years. The problem is that there are far too many drivers that just flat ignore the basic rules of the road and operate a motor vehicle as if they are the only ones on the road and heaven help anyone else on the road. They seem to forget that it is their bad driving that has caused the camaras return.

Hope someone will share their pictures with those that can't attend.

Like how you turned this into a short bed pickup. Great looking paint color scheme and finish. The Trike is the perfect fit for the trailer.

Great looking Jaguar. Like the clean looking engine and tilt hood.

Beautiful paint color and finish. Like the brakes and wheel & tire detailing.

Great sinister looking paint work. Like how you matched the Chevy Rally wheel centers to the interior color. You mentioned the front fender mounting issue. Having also built one of these I think that they built the kit with such close tolerances that even with the stock engine it can be a struggle getting the fenders mounted.

Great looking body proportions and paint color and finish. Like the wheel and tire setup and the engine looks realistic.

Like the clean smooth look of the body and the custom body work. Great paint color and finish.

Like the paint color and a great looking finish. Despite these kits age it is still a good base to work with and only the door hinges can be the only stumbling block.

Going into the metro area for shopping and followed this great looking '55 Chevy 210 for several miles until he turned off a couple of miles before our off ramp. He had no problem pacing traffic at 75 mph and had a low rumble exhaust note. I was driving so my wife took the pictures.

Great looking Corvette and the American 5 spokes look at home here.