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Great redo.

This is the first one I recall seeing built as a Law Enforcement Vehicle. Great looking finishes.

Great looking paint and I like the unusual color. Nice engine paint detailing.

Great looking concept. Would be fun to drive into Pebble Beach during the show just to see the people pass out.

Very clean looking color and interior combination.

Great looking interior detailing. I like the stance and the wheels.

One beautiful looking T Bird. Great color combination and the rear seat cover always looked good on these. Excellent interior and engine details on this build as well.

Beautiful looking Impala SS. I like that color as well. With the metallic paint it really shows all of the great body lines.

Great looking pair of Tri Fives and I remember the long rear shackles as well. Like you I have built a few of the past rides and enjoy the memories that come back to you. Note my avatar of the '67 El Camino from that time. 396/4-speed postreaction. With no weight over the rear-end I bought a lot of rear tires.

Great looking VW and the wheels offer a good-looking contrast to the body color.

Great looking rebuild. Nice paint and interior.

Usually, it will depend on my mood at the time. I will look at a couple of different subjects and try and invasion what how I would build them. I only work on one at a time anymore since I would get bogged down trying to build a couple of different kits at a time and would then loose interest in one or both when they start dragging on too long.

To this day I have only owned one car with a vinyl roof. I bought a late model Buick Skylark we toke in trade when I worked at the Toyota Dealership in the Monterey Auto Center. Later found the windshield leaked along the top edge. Looking into fixing the leak I found the only thing holding the front edge of the roof to the windshield was the vinyl roof cover. I don't like how they look anyway, but seeing all of the roofs destroyed by the moisture trapped between the vinyl covering and the often barely premiered roofs is why I think they should be avoided at all costs.

Thanks for the info on the engine colors.

I enjoyed watching the amazing level of detail you put into this build. Great paint finish and all of the period custom body touches. The interior details are the most interesting to myself and I like the marine vinyl type finish on parts of the interior.

Great looking Bird. I like the color and the stripe gives it a little more of a sporty look. Had a neighbor who sold his a few years ago and always enjoyed seeing it in his driveway.

Love the design and the paint looks fantastic. Enjoyed looking at the build pictures as well. I had a model I started in the '60's of the '50 Ford hardtop when it first came out. I went with the copped top and got as far as paint when life got in the way. Finished it in '08 after a little body work, I had gotten a little better at it in the meantime, and a repaint and interior.

Beautiful color and finish, really shows the voluptuous body lines. These look so much better without the vinyl roofs so often seen on the 1:1 cars.

Beautiful paint work and your attention to the details on this build really show.

Beautiful looking paint work. Not familiar with the body. Was this something your created or was it from a kit?

I was thinking the same thing. The custom interior option in that early AMT kit also had an oversized center console, but the seats are usable for many later model applications.

Somewhat shocking at first to see a 409 in Pontiac blue. But it makes sense that that is the way it must have been. Always interesting to see the differences between the American and Canadian cars of this era. I often found the Canadian cars often had a little more trim on them. The body here looks great.

Looks and sounds like a fun build. Good to know how well the parts line up.

Another thought on removing the tape residue. Use the same type of tape and make a loop around a couple of your fingers with the sticky side out. Lightly roll the adhesive side of the tape over the residue on the model. I would not drag the tape, just sort of press the tape and slowly lift.

Look for any ads for 1:1 hoist's for an image to use as a guide. The rest would be eye ball engineering.