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One of the reasons I, and it seems others as well, have them left over is that I never cared for them. Your question about installing them when the model is complete, yes you can. They would rarely hold a hood or trunk down straight or flat anyway. Should holding the movable body panels in place be a priority you might consider small magnets glued to the body and the hood or trunk. Like your Corvette.

Great looking paint finish.

This one looks like it is still riding on a stock wheelbase VW chassis, about the only way you can get a back seat for anything beyond a cooler.

You may want to contact the group that is holding the contest for any clarification of the rules. They may even have the rules posted on their web site if they have one. Your concern about the existing factory style exhaust and the addition of the kit's headers, many Drag Racing sanctioning bodies do or did require some sort of a "street exhaust" system be present in the stock classes.

There are times when it may be easier to create replacement clear windows rather than trying to thin out what the kit provides. Evergreen Scale Models is one supplier that offers sheet styrene that can be used. They have .010 x 6" x 12' sheets in clear as well as tinted colors. The material has just enough rigidity that it can be bent slightly to match the curve of a windshield or back glass without showing a bend line and stays in place with just a touch of clear glue and remain unseen.

That was a somewhat normal add on back then. The fuel filler hoses in use then didn't have any type of rubber covering as you see today. The metal filler would brush against the body scratching the paint. This looks like one of the dealer available add ons, but PEP Boys and J.C. Whittney were common suppliers of this sort of trim.

We went to see The Hold Overs yesterday. Great movie set in the Christmas Holidays of 1970 and 1971 in an upper New York boy's school. Lots of great dialog and acting. The story line will give you plenty of laughter as well as a tear or two along the way.

The Demon and the Ford trucks are must haves. The old AMT redo's, I'll wait to see how much has improved from the original AMT issues.

Just like putting a YouTube post on hold. Very realistic looking details.

I agree with everyone else on the weathering treatment, very realistic looking. Like the engine and the stance.

Like the concept, and I think it could be done. The outside appearance and paint work look great. Almost a shame to hide the engine, but that is how it would be done in 1:1 I guise.

Great looking paint finish and interior. Like the detailed engine.

Beautiful looking finishes and like the wood grain finish. Great looking engine and chassis.

Great looking Chevelle build. Your treatment on the hub cap detailing looks very realistic. When these were pretty new cars, I had one come in for a basic service. The guy I worked for wanted to use an impact air gun to remove the wheels so we could rotate the tires. I made $5 betting him they were hub caps. He almost didn't believe me until I made him hold off so I could show him how to remove the hub caps. They were pretty convincing looking at the time. Nice paint finish and the wood steering wheel looks good.

Beautiful looking paint finishes on the body as well as the chassis and engine. Like the color combination.

Great job on reshaping the window openings. This has been a sticking point on an otherwise nice kit. I widened the window moldings slightly on a couple to try and compensate on the ones I built.

I agree with Slusher on the paint finish. Looks like it already has been polished.

The same can be said for many of the electronic nannies in our new cars of today. So many electronic controls and sensors to compensate for the bad drivers.

One thing to remember, and it is always hard to realize with our scale models sometimes, the '65 & '66 - model year cars were somewhat smaller vehicles overall than the '67 & '68 - year model cars.

Would love to have a 1:1 truck just like this. Beautiful paint finish and color. Cleanly detailed engine and chassis.

Amazing attention to details. All of the body work and the engine, and interior detailing is very realistic looking.

Great looking finish on the body. The chassis seems to fit just fine, and the stance looks perfect.

Beautiful looking paint finish and body chrome and trim details. Like how the interior is done and the wheels & tires.

Like the hood. The rear portion of the roof the angle going toward the front looks as if the rear part is pointed downhill in the picture anyway.

Like the color combination. What color are you going to have on the interior?