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Beautiful paint work and engine detailing.

Great looking color and finish. Like the interior detailing and the engine.

I like the color combination better than the red car. A lot of sparkle in the paint but it is nice and smooth looking.

Great looking reproduction of the old TV vehicle so central to the show.

I have a subscription to both Ol' Skool Rodz and Car Kulture DeLuxe magazines. Murpho bought out these two magazines a few years ago when they were failing. They did prop them up as far as content and coverage, but with all the writers, photographers and travels between car shows it is a shame that they didn't make it whether you liked the subjects or not.

How many plies are they? Might make some great sand tires for a dune buggy.

Great looking conversion. Realistic looking 4x4 conversion.

What a great gift to give. Like the color. Any additional pictures?

Like the stance and the drive train. That engine looks like it belongs there. That shade of blue along with the white stripes looks great together.

Great looking Camaro. The red body and interior look good together. The optional folding bench seat was not very common along with the RS grill and trim adding some uniqueness to this build. The lower nose stripe decals look like they may have been swapped side to side.

Great looking color and paint finish. Like the wheels and the engine details.

Great looking camo paint work and the utility bed look perfect.

Great looking paint finish. What color and product line did you use?

Now that's funny!!

Alway enjoy your honest telling of how you really feal about a kit. I still like how it looks. The basic P.O. decals do look good here. The styled wheel option is for building a model of the Post Master's ride.

I'm a personal fan of El Caminos. Nice color combination with the body and the interior. Did the shell and the bed cover come in the kit? The reason I ask is the bed cover looks like it rides a little high. I don't know if you pined the side view mirrors, but from their position it looks like they may have shifted on you when the glue was drying. Like the stance and the wheel and tires selection looks great. Nice job with the imitation wood steering wheel.

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.