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Great looking body work here. When this kit was first offered the custom parts along with the chopped top option looked very much like a show car that was in Rod & Custom Magazine from that era.

Great looking blue Merc builds. I remember some good spray can paints that WalMart had but they were a littl "hot" and you had to have a good primer to protect the plastic, but the colors were outstanding. The color you're using should show the body lines well and work with the flame decals. I used this paint on a couple of past projects and the finish looked almost like a light Meatal Flake type finish which I really liked.

Great looking Chassis. I like the lightening holes in the front side rails.

Well deserved recognition of this build.

Nice fit on the taillights. Some chrome foil or paint in the back of the taillight bucket may help lighten the lights up a little if need be. I like the stance.

Thankyou for the info. A great wealth of information.

That is why I stopped watching the program years ago. The guy is a walking talking encyclopedia of facts about the MoPar products of old but his antics cancel out all of the great parts of the program for me anyway.

I haven't seen models at any of the Youall marts in the greater KC area. This maybe an east coast test market program.

That is the same way I was introduced to this breakfast. I was driving Motor Transport for Union Oil Company out of the Colton Ca. terminal. My first day as a ride along with another driver we left the terminal to make a delivery. He pulled into a very small road side place in what was then the middle of nowhere between Colton and Riverside along the river there. One, I had never stopped for breakfast before when I was on the clock but I was assured this was normal. After that this was the standard by which all future breakfast joints were judged.

I think Claude"s explanation is correct. In fact if you check some of the Revell kits offered for stock bodied Chevrolet pickups they use the same method as well as the Chevrolet Suburban kit.

The body and paint look almost to nice to be a work truck. Amazing to look at old photos and see just what some of these old rigs could do when they had to.

Best described as " ridden hard and put away wet". This is an old reference to an abused horse but it seems to relate to how this build looks. A lot of little details inside the cab interior and the bed. The weathering looks very realistic for a truck that was used as a tool but never really cared for.

Beautiful looking build from concept to final design. The way the different body parts are blended together so smoothly and of course the paint work.

That doesn't look like Yucca Valley to me. Our local at the time was in the outer burb's west of Chicago and snow fall like that was common in the winter. But ya that looks like the exact same paint colors. I have seen many with this paint colors and I think it must of been popular at the time since many others in town had the same setup.

The beauty of a Kustom build has often been to blend elements from different cars together to build something to your personal style. Great looking paint work as well.

This is different, but you blended body styles from 3 different eras and managed to makes look great. Maybe four eras counting the chassis and engine.

Build it your way, what ever way makes you happy.

Let's not go there please.

Always fun to build a model of something you own or have owned in the past. Great flood of memories.

Try it some time with over easy eggs with sausage patties on top of the biscuits and extra gravy.

Our family car in '56 was a 210 4 door post sedan in Nassau Blue and White thru the center with matching interior. Blue Flame 6 and 3 on the tree. Dad wouldn't even spring for a radio or white walls. Still it was a good looking car.

Great looking interior and engine. The body color looks a lot like Ford's Calypso Coral.

I don't know how much of the parts in this kit are included in the coupe kit, but it looks like it could be the roof insert for a coupe body style.

Thinking back to 1959 I don't think AMT, or what ever they were calling themselves at that time, or Revell did any 1/24th or 1/25th models of Chrysler products. JoHan may have had the only offerings at that time.

I think it looks great. This wouldn't have worked for NASCAR since they would only have El Caminos and Rancheros racing but I think this looks as if it could have been.