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One thing I like about their clearance items, they price them to sell. Used to be they were the same as if you used the coupon, not bad if it was a subject you really wanted. Now at these prices I just look and see if there is any parts I might want or need a just buy it.

I had a set of Corvette 15 x 8 Rally's with 235/60 x 15 tires. seems anything bigger would rub on turning in and out of driveways. Of course this was are 1978 and 1979 and the only 16"ers or bigger were on Farm Trucks. Just a standard 350 4bbl and turbo 350 and the 28" glass packs had a real nice rumble to them. One owner that I picked up at around 85k miles and it never used any oil or had any leaks.

Care for it in the same manor as the original owner and it should last a very long time, and it's not hard to look at either.

I also enjoy watching his show. Very interesting to see how he brings a fairly complex restyling together with some pretty basic tools and just using his skills. I also enjoy his low key demeanor, no wrench throwing and other theatrics so many other programs fall into. The "Inspectors" are cool and sometime funny.

Those are great road cars. I owned a '72 for several years and added the factory F41 springs, sway bars front and rear, and a set of KYB shocks. With a wheel base just a little longer than a Chevelle and the engine siting just behind the front wheels these had a nice weight distribution and hiway tar strips don't upset the ride.

When I first got my Air Brush I had to use it all the time of course. After a year or so and being naturally the lazy type I have fallen back to using mostly rattle cans unless I'm trying to do a special effect or something on that order.

I remember "Sidewalk Surfin" but not this one. I do recall those narrow ties though, the only thing skinnier than that was our belts, and of course we were somewhat slimmer ourselves also.

So his old programs are still out there ? I knew him from the late '50's thru '61 when I left the area. Sounds like he had a successful career in Radio. Looking at your pictures of the tires and wheels it is hard to tell if these are unpolished hub caps or wheel backs. I was going to suggest some hub caps that may work if you haven't already found what you needed. From the picture of the car the hub caps remind me of what was used on the Chevelle at that time. These would be the full wheel covers from either the '66 El Camino or the '66 Chevelle wagon. The center emblem on these would be the Chevrolet "Bow Tie" but Oldsmobile had the same basic hub cap but with an Oldsmobile emblem in the center. These were just small plastic pieces of trim that GM used. The cost of one hub cap design that could be used on two or three of their lines.

Air ride could be an option for the rear suspension as would a coil over set up that maybe a little more common I would think. As for the room for all this to fit up under the Turtle .Deck rear body what I have seen often done is the rear portion of the body/ trunk/ turtle deck is raised slightly on the rear of the body tub. This would allow you to raise the rear cross member to which the leaf springs would be attached and also give you a place for the battery and gas tank. One of the reasons you see many of these T buckets with a short pickup bed is that it offers just a little bit more room in a very limited area of the body.

Great looking finish and I like how you converted it to a 4X4.

Great looking conversion. Nice looking paint and finish.

Really looks like an abandoned old car.

This still looks like a fresh build.

Great looking Ghia. Very clean chrome trim and the color is perfect of course.

Looking good to this point. This is a great kit and you should enjoy it.

This should be fun. My radio station when I lived in that area was "WIND the Windy City station" . The DJ was Dick Beyonda or something like that. He billed himself as the "Wild Italian" .

I have to agree on that one and I also have built a few. While it is a fun quick build it's pretty basic as far as details, of course that leaves it up to the builder to fabricate everything and not everyone is into that much extra work. My point was to mention that nothing new has come along in a T for many years.

I'm sure you realize that there is no way to get the tires under any stock fenders if they are even a consideration. My thought for the rear setup would be the quick change center with axle tubes just long enough for the leaf springs to mount before the backing plates for the rear brakes. You may want to figure out some sort of shock absorber and mountings.

I really good alignment operator who actually understands how to align a car, or anything else for that matter, has to first understand the function of the different parts and how they effect each other in function. This is not learned in a one evening or weekend class. This requires basic understanding of the suspension and how it reacts when in motion. Maybe he has an APP for that.

The end caps look almost like the 1:1's were from the factory since they usually didn't match all that well anyway. The Bumper gaps are a little wide but the main thing is to have the bumper not tilted up or down on the end otherwise it will draw the eye to it.

I agree with you on almost every point. The biggest problem is that from the realization that there maybe a market for a curtain model to the planning, tooling, and promotion sometimes the interest has moved on to another subject by then. I'm working on a '48 Aerosedan now and I think these are great kits, but they sure are proud of the pricing on them. I know, you can count me as one of the Geezers but I have the Coupe and the Sedan Delivery yet to build.

Beautiful looking pickup. Several different colors going on and really draws your eyes. I like how you shortened the bed and I think the wheel base as well ?

You really captured the look of the movie car.

Great looking color and finish. All of the extra trim possible and it all looks very cleanly done. Perfect wheels for the theme of your build.

Very sleek looking with the sectioning of the body. You bended everything back together in way that you almost can't tell what was done. The headlights clean up the front fenders well.