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We had a JK Wrangler that we kept throwing money into ( Jeep = Just Empty Every Pocket) and had 33" on 9.5 " and a 4" lift. Next time your out look at how many people are looking in their rear view mirrors as you roll up to an intersection, or as you drive by them and they have their windows rolled down.

I like the new look. I'll bet you have to turn up the radio a bit when you hit the hiway with those tires.

Great looking finish, like a well used tool. The figure adds a lot to the look also. Nice signage on the truck body.

Great looking pickup. Building this with your son had to be a special event for you both.

This maybe a basic kit but with a great looking paint job and all the trim cleanly done it looks great.

That Candy Apple Red T-Bird reminds me of the first spray painted kits we built in our youth. I think it was Testers and even AMT had some spray paints. I built a few that looked just like this at the time. I was proud as punch of them, now I just shack my head looking at them. This was the best deal in town at the time.

Beautiful looking finishes every where you look.

They both look great. The color and interior combination on the Pontiac looks period correct. The '34 pickup color and custom grill look a lot like the box art. Very nice paint on both and cleanly finished.

Finally got two new chairs we had ordered from Laz E Boy. The two guys set them up in the living room. #1 guy gets his done and has use sign off on the chairs and is out the door. #2 guy is having trouble getting the seat back installed then gets up and almost runs to the truck where #1 is waiting with the motor running. My wife notices the seat back looks like it's back an inch or more than the other chair. They're gone and we have to call customer service. Not what I would call them but that's the name they go by. We're told it will be the end of Aug. before they can get someone out to look at the chairs. May be the last time we ever buy anything from Laz E Boy. Now I think I know why they wanted all their money up front before they delivered the chairs. Looking at the attachment brackets it looks as if they were not installed in the same place on the one chair.

Great looking wagon. I like the smooth paint and color. I also like the wheels.

Another great looking conversion. Hudson had a history of building some great looking pickups. The cab three window step up looks like it may have come from a GM pickup.

I can see where changing the wheel base makes the rear overhang look better. Very smooth blending of the two bodies. Almost wonder why Ford didn't think if this when they went to the 4 seater Bird. Great looking color.

Looks great on the nicer '59 body. The original delivery with the slanted B pillar I think is based on the old Monogram kit. I like the paint treatment.

Nice clean looking build and I like the period wheels. The rear quarter window ad a realistic touch.

Very clean OEM looking bed.

Cleaned up much better than expected.

Ya the exhaust seems on kits are kind of a pain to deal with but they really are pretty obvious if not corrected. I like the Flexi-file that uses a ribbon of sanding plastic running between the handle ends. This lets you get into a lot of hard to reach areas even before the part is removed from the parts tree.

In addition to the excellent information provided by carsntruck4you consider the Revell '40 Ford coupe model. This kit has the standard hood and grill along with a lot of other great detail chassis and interior parts. The kit was also offered at one time as a Hot Rod issue with a dropped front axle along with some speed parts for the Flathead engine.

If you can't find a kit with the air cleaner you are wanting consider scratch building one. The air cleaner in the picture looks like you could use a couple of oval shaped pieces of flat plastic. This you could shape into the desired shape. The ribs on the top could be represented with some very fine stripes of plastic stock. The air filter element could be made out of several different materials. I suggest looking for anything that is thin and can easily be bent to shape. Look beyond the normal modeling products and look around at different product packaging and even shipping protection products. My wife doesn't through anything out before asking if I can use it for modeling. Bonus is that you will get to point to the air cleaner and say "I made that".

Beautiful looking Study. You're right about these things they are so homely looking stock, but like this they look better than most popular body styles.

Great looking period Show Rod, I like the wild paint job.

That dealer has a big presents on You Tube. Every Monday they put up a new walk around of the lot and even some test drives of some of the cars they have for sale. Seems to have some pretty good prices but the cars aren't Mecum quality but close.

That would have been a tight fit for anyone in the back seat not to mention getting in and out of the back.

Great find. Really nice paint job and I like the look of the bumpers. Depending on how much you would want to spend on brakes, replacing the wide 5 style drums and wheels with the more standard 5 on 5 wheels would open up a far wider choice of wheels and or hub caps that you could use.

Great looking build. The body proportions of the kits body look good.