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Looks great. Makes you wonder what all is under the hood on this.

I enjoyed watching your build on this and it turned out great.

Beautiful looking builds. I like looking at all the fine details on Fairlane, Road Runner, and all of the others.

Great looking color and paint finish. The interior looks really cleanly done also.

Beautifully built. I like the story behind the ones you have owned. Building models of bygone vehicles that you regret selling is something many of use have enjoyed doing. Great clean looking builds.

I'm going to enjoy watching this come together, just like a 1:1 build almost.

I think if this dealer is really wanting to sell this car the only place he's going to get anything near to what he's wanting would be to take it to either Barrett-Jackson in Az. or Mecum's Auction in Monterey Ca. He will have to pay a commission to the auction company but he's not getting any buyers now. At least at these venues he would have people with the ware with all to pay the kind of money he's wanting and would be interested in the car. My own experience with Dealers tucking away a new car goes back to when the black and silver Corvette Indy Pace Cars came out. The Chevrolet dealership I worked at got one of the cars. The Dealer turned down offers from other Dealers that wanted to buy his car to resell at a profit or collect for themselves. The Dealer had bought a closed gas station that was across the street from the dealership and put the Corvette and another early Chevrolet that he was going to restore on the service bays and covered the windows so they couldn't be seen. I left that area in the early '80's so I have no idea what ever became of the cars. I know of a few other dealers that did much the same with these also. The Corvettes time has come and gone as far as a big payoff goes as these don't really bring much more than the original MSRP now, even those still on an MSO. I think this is happening with the GNX's now as they don't seem to bring today what they were bringing just a couple of years ago. These and many other special cars all have their day in the sun, and then the sun goes down just like their value.

Tom Geiger makes an excellent point about handling any Resin bodies or parts. I'm not sure how often you have worked with Resin and this may very well be old news to you. I would suggest even doing any grinding or sanding away from your normal work area. You also want to avoid breathing any of the dust or touching your face or eyes when working with it. The dust can be very irritating and also prevent a good bond between the body or any part you are painting even with a brush. You want to prevent any of the other parts you are using from being contaminated with the Resin dust. I myself don't always consider using automotive based primers but this is an exception. I would use an automotive based primer on everything that is made of the resin, then go with your normal painting process from there. Only my personal experience, but have found that the Tamiya paints that I would normally use including their primers do not adhere well when used without the automotive based primers being used first.

I have used Hart's Parts before to recreate my 1:1 '67 El Camino and found his parts to have an excellent finish and fit perfectly.

I like how you have done this conversion. At this point you would never know this body started out as a two door hardtop.

What all do you have planned for the engine? I remember guys picking these Pintos up for next to nothing after they were a couple of years old and the "Gas Tank Fiasco". They were putting small blocks in them, made some pretty quick machine's.

Your 1:1 Torino looks great. I also don't remember seeing any of these as a convertible. The two tops options for your build should keep it interesting.

Good Morning Jason. You mentioned that you were looking at the MPC Fiero on E-Bay and the price became more than you wanted to spend. Do you recall what they were wanting for the kit and was the seller just to high or is that what they are going for ?

I have to agree with you on the black plastic used on the first '40's. The time frame you mention is when I got my first one. I had just finished building the '32 roadster and the coupe mixing parts between them. I didn't paint the '40, Instead I removed the license and trim from the trunk lid and used automotive rubbing compound to bring back the shine on the black plastic. I still like the De Lux better than the standard '40.

Sharp clean paint work and nicely detailed engine.

I like the added side moldings and the two-tone paint work. Nice cowl induction hood conversion also.

I like the Corvette style Fuel Injection. Didn't expect that on a work truck. I also like that you used the plow here and it looks great. Nice clean details thru out.

This is a line from a song praising the 409 powered Chevrolets at that time. The song told of saving your money so you could buy a new 409.

Great looking group of builds. I like the paint and clean trim details on all of them. The guitars are something I'm noticing more and more builders are playing with. I like your '48 Chevy build. I did one this year also and I have come to really like that kit so I'm already looking for one for 2021.

Besides all being very well done, you have a build in almost every style you can think of.

Great looking collection. I also like the Jaguars. I like the look on that Roman Solders face. He looks real nervous. I would also if I showed up at a knife fight dressed like that., I wouldn't be able to run fast enough.

All very cleanly built with beautiful paint work. That Jag Saloon gets my attention.

With the story and this model you have a great tribute to the man and the car.

I like your concept with the roof change. To my eyes the flat roof from the '62 does away with the crown in the roof that the '57 had and gives the impression that the roof has been chopped.

This happened last night, New Years eve of all times. I was putting the dishes from our dinner in the dish washer. I always give them a light rinse before putting them in the washer. I notice some water on the floor around my feet and I'm thinking I'm being sloppy until I get down on the floor to wipe up the water and realize there is a lot of water and it is coming from the cabinet below the sink. This was not the best time to have a garbage disposal to start leaking. There really isn't a good time for this anyway, but New Years ? I'm waiting till tomorrow to do anything about it since Mother Nature is providing me with the opportunity to play with the Snow Blower this afternoon. First real snow of the year.