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Good point on the rear window shape. From the pictures it looks like the roof it's self would fit with a homemade rear window. The rear window from the '60 AMT Ford may work with some sanding along the bottom to make it flat. Might depend on how brave you are at that sort of thing.

My thought was that since they are from the same, AMT, company and supposed to be the same scale they would fit. I'm sure there would be some adjustments. I did a roof swap between the hardtop from the old '57 Ford AMT kit and the much newer Revell '57 Ford two door sedan to make a low line '57 Ford hardtop. While the width wasn't thew problem so much as the hardtop having a flatter crown in the roof than the sedan, but it worked out.

With the black interior, which is sort of the only color out there, they do stand out. I own an '18 Charger GT with the black leather interior, of course. The interior appears the same as the kit, so if you need any detail pictures of the interior let me know.

Seems Hot Rod and Motor Trend Magazines are going to enhance my reading experience next year by providing me with Four, count them, four "Coffee Table" quality "Collectable" issues instead of clogging my mailbox every month with the ever-thinning magazines they now provide. Will it cost me more? Of course, it will, but only if I renew my subscription, and the way they have been going downhill that may not happen. I have had a subscription to both since the last century and I have been finding both lacking for a few years anyway. Sort of reminds me of another magazine about model building not that long ago.

He does have an old Dodge Tow Truck I know. The story line is that he buys these old cars online sight unseen and that have sat for years. He goes out to different states and revives them and drives them back home. His Shtick is calling various engine parts by some weird name, but you can figure out what he is talking about. I will say I think he is a pretty good if not primitive mechanic.

One factor having to do with Horse drawn carriages of old that most of us today do not realize is what they left behind. In the late '60's I was living in San Bernardino Ca. At the time the city and county were replacing a few roadways around town that were in need of extensive repair. One of the 4 lane streets that had been used long before roadways were paved in anyway was to be replaced. The story went that the street started as a trail for horse drawn carriages and riders. Then in later years whoever was in charge of the trail started putting down crushed rock as cars started becoming the main user of the trail and it was becoming what would be called a street. Every few years and different and better roadway was just put down over the prior roadway since it had built up a good base for harder and more durable driving surfaces. The roadway was being widened and better gutters and additional contributory roadways added. The new design had the road removed back to the original bare earth of long before it was a roadway. This was during the long hot summers of the Inland Empire as they liked to call the area. This was originally a very agrarian area along with orchards. Everything was transported behind a team of Horses. Their leavings had been incapsulated and fermenting for at least a hundred years by this time. There was a stench that only someone who has lived and worked alongside draft animals could fully appreciate. This was a very long summer that I will never forget since I'm a "City Kid".

Have you ever watched "Vice Grip Garage" on the Motor Trend Channel?

Begs the question, "How long would it take to drain the batteries in your new Electric Car to run this light?"

I just buy the cheapest basic Mr. Coffee machine I can find and call it good. Can't even remember when I bought the one I have now. Has to be at least 10+ years old and still doesn't burn my coffee even on the longest brew cycle.

Using Dennis's method all that would be left would be to move the roof from the AMT '60 Starliner over to the '61 Ford kit and have an outstanding '61 Starliner.

Your redo makes it much more realistic looking. Like the Air Conditioning Pump. With all the brackets and pullies, it sort of has to be there.

Still picking away on this. Trying to create the muffler and the front and rear Buggy Bars yet.

The level of detail and imagination is amazing.

Great looking interior.

Hi Bill. The Belvedere I kit has an interior very much the same as your picture. The picture is of the interior of the one I built as a street cruiser. I think it would take very little beyond some decals to create a Butch Leal car. The kit only has the one engine, and they call it a max wedge with a cross ram duel 4 bbl. option and a chromed air cleaner. They include a single 4 bbl. setup as well calling it a Commando 426 wedge engine. The carbs are a two-part affair and are best covered by the air cleaners or something in resin. Adding a Hemi may mean raiding another kit or again the aftermarket. The rear suspension has the parts to mount it as stock or about 2" lifted. They provide a nice-looking pair of slicks along with a set of four wide tread tires. The engraving looks good as does the sidewalls on all the tires. The front can be lowered with the extra spindles in the kit or leave it stock height. The bodies trim and lettering is well engraved and easy to detail. They do include decals for the PLYMOUTH lettering for the hood and the trunk and with some Solvaset they settle down well. I like the chromed spoke wheels as I used but they include a nice set of steelies with poverty hub caps and even a second pair of wider wheels for the slicks if used. The only thing I would caution is to watch the width of the differential, wheels and tires and the rear body clearance as it is very close, and you should plan on some sanding here and there in the usual places along with maybe even narrowing the differential even. Please post pictures of your build, I think you will like this kit. I have a couple extras laid back for another day myself.

Great looking color and finish, looks just like the box art. The interior is a nice contrast and cleanly done.

She might want to consider contacting the Shariff's Department about the issue since the Bank of America doesn't seem any more concerned than the Subway people.

Beautiful looking color and finish. Great looking engine detailing along with the interior. Like the Street Rod look and your outdoor setting.

A big sigh of disappointment rang out at Arrowhead Stadium last night for first, a missing personality and then the flubbed second half.

Beautiful looking paint treatment and finish. The chrome trim removal, "shaving", removes a lot of trim clutter that detracted from the body lines on these Impalas. Like the interior and the stance.

Great looking group of Muscle Cars.

The bed decal looks great. Is it going to be an issue masking it when you paint the body, or can the floor be removed for painting?

Like the stance and the body paint and finish.

Bonus that the original builder didn't paint anything except the top.

Are you thinking about the Moebius '65 Plymouth Belvedere I model.? I built one last year and may be able to answer any content questions as to whether or not it could be used as a bases for a Butch Leal model.