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Looks great, could be a Narc under cover also.

Great idea for the interior on the Rat Rod. Like that you're getting to spending some quality time with your mother, and I'm sure she enjoys it as well.

Great looking pair of Mustangs. Like the color and the clean detailing.

Alway thought these were nice looking Sedans or is it Sloon?

Goodmorning Jim. Your question about a Buick engine in the '40 kit. The original issue and I think all of the other AMT '40 Coupes had the Buick as an optional engine. The 39'&'40 Sedan had AMT's vision of an Oldsmobile and I can't find my '40 Sedan Delivery build at this time to give you info on that. I like the way you have created the door and trunk jams as well as the under structures.

I'm enjoying the discussion and everyone's Camaro experiences. I only offered the Air Cleaner observation since the Hip guy didn't seem to know the difference and that does not surprise me since very few ever know of the option or even cared. I also enjoy watching his videos and the way he displays all the components of a featured kit. I use this mainly to see if the kit is something I would want to build as I'm sure many others due as well. There are always obscure details on many cars that no one could possibly know everything. As for the painting issues as Steve (CanCon) mentioned there was several ways that Chevrolet did the painted trim on the Z-28 along with many other cars from that era. Often there was some obscure trim option that would change the appearance of the car even within the Z-28 line. Depending on how accurate a builder is trying to be the best bet would be to do research on what you are trying to build and even double check that. Something some may not realize about the Dealers Order Bank. The ordered car could be ordered with what GM called a nonconforming color option. The person placing the order just had to initial the order authorizing the change. This usually had to do with say the painted pin stripe down the side of the car and the order book would say that body color could be built with usually one or two different colors. When ordering if the dealer wanted something a little different, he would put in the two-digit order code for the color desired and initial the order. The same would go for the lower body panels in some cases. At a time when I was part of my job and was ordering a small group of Demos, I got a little creative on a few to give them a little more eye appeal. The Caprice I ordered for my driver was all Black exterior with a Sunroof but without the vinyl roof option. The interior was also black cloth. Factory spec. was either a white or red body stripe. I ordered it with a bright blue stripe. I thought it looked great and so did the guy who bought it a couple of months later. So, if you don't care if your model is a perfect dead-on color correct recreation then just build it the way it looks best to you and enjoy it.

Love the story. Your "Surf Woody" looks great, and you blended the add on roof smoothly. The dark Gray and the wood trim work well together.

I wouldn't worry about the gloss/matt finish issue. The only way around this that I can think of would be to mask the area and spray a matt clear maybe. The problem is using any masking tape could also cause the decals to lift from the body when you remove the tape.

Like the bright color and the finish is nice and shiny. Nicely detailed engine and I like that you did the slant 6.

I knew of Revell did engines in this fashion, but don't recall AMT using that method. This is a later reissue of a kit that was first offered more than 50 years ago so you will have an opportunity to see just how far the kit makers have advanced their products and try your building skills at making them look like the kits we work with today.

Still enjoy going shopping with my wife. I push the cart and arrange the stuff in the cart, so nothing get crushed or damaged. She'll ask me sometimes if an item is something I would or wouldn't like. I load everything in the trunk and driver her wherever else she is wanting to go and do. The main thing is we're hanging out together talking about this or that and just enjoy being with each other. Got home and she made me my favorite Chocolat Chip cookies with Pecans ground up in them.

Maybe a point of interest, but something I noticed when he was showing the Air Cleaner setup. The Hot Setup for the Z-28 would have been the Tuned-Port Injection system, but there was a little-known option called the 305 Hi Output. The Air Cleaner here is the one used on that engine. This engine was supposed to have more of a Corvette spec Cam and freer flowing heads and exhaust and a larger Quadra Jet Carb. At the time this came out I was working at a Chevrolet Dealership and often drove Camaros as a Demo. I got the first one in and took it for a Demo. I have no actual performance figures to offer, but according to my person Butt Dynameter it would run with the TPI Z-28 with no problem. The RPM would happen far quicker and not run out of power at the higher RPMs the way that the TPI would. The point is if anyone is put off by the Carb. instead of thew TPI don't be. There are plenty of TPI setups out there from the Revell Monte Carlo SS kit. By the way the TPI engine was never put in the Monte Carlo anyway.

As usual you got the rust looking good. I like the used hard look on your build.

I agree with Joe on photography. Your finishes and the background in your photos look very realistic.

Like the Gulf Oil sponsor paint theme. Very cleanly detailed engine and trim. I have read a profile on this kit where it is said to be like a combination of the body and engine you mention. Sort of a kit car version of a Cobra. Whichever, this looks great to me.

Great looking finishes, sort of a daily driver under construction look. Like the MoPar in a MoPar power.

Great looking build and captures the look of your inspiration for this build.

Beautiful looking paint finish and my favorite shade of Orange. Great looking body trim detailing as well as the chassis. I like the Chrome Wheels and big Tires.

Looks like you nailed the look of your subject. I have seen several 1:1 vehicles done in this style and yours has really captured that look as well as the finishes and all the small details.

Beautiful looking paint work. I also used the Gold base under the Candy red for a Big John build some time ago, but it seemed to look correct with the decals. Like the street stance and the wheels you used. The Fulr Injection Hat looks more modern as well. Your Pearl Green Custom looks good as well.

Beautiful looks build. Like the cowling you have around the engine. I have a stalled project along these same lines. LS in the back seat and radiator behind the Corvette transaxle rear. Maybe this will get me to revisit that one. My Crown story is from '72. There is a heavily traveled canyon hiway the runs between Riverside County and Orange County in Sothern California. The subject of my interest lived in Orange County, and I worked in Riverside at the time. I often was commuting between the two areas at all hours of the weekend evenings and would encounter some interesting cars once in a while in my travels. My '67 El Camino 396 with close ratio 4 speed was still fairly new and I had added a bigger cam, carb. and headers as was sort of the norm at that time. A gentleman overtook me one late night in what looked like a nice stock? Corvair Turbo. He sort of challenged me a little and I thought, this should be easy. Lets just say as soon as he stuck his foot in that Corvair I knew I had been had. At least I don't think the small block sounded stock, just to save a little ego you understand.

Great looking black paint job. You had my interest when you mentioned '40 Ford anything.

I have two suggestions to consider. #1 would be Tamiya TS-13 Clear spray can. One thing to consider is any molding lines that you have had to sand away in the preparation of the body. Any sanding marks left behind are bound to show if the surface isn't as smooth as the surrounding body surface. #2 would be to use polishing compounds on the colored plastic and forgo any clear and just apply the decals you wish to use. The draw back to this method maybe that the edge of the decals may be visible after they dry. If you have some spruce left over from your build you could try doing both with some small decal that you're not going to use and see how the finish looks to you. As an example, many years ago building an AMT '40 Ford coupe molded in black plastic I used automotive rubbing compound to smooth out the body clean up and then used a couple of the kit's decals on the body with no clear. Seemed to work well to me anyway.

Great looking little coupe. The paint color and finish look good still. Like the style of your updates.

Great looking box art style builds. I remember the Ranchero and it is defiantly something special.