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I used to do that and found I never finished anything. Now I just put my efforts into one at a time and it does seem to work a little better for me. My stumbling block seems to be when I start running hoses and fuel lines and other wiring. I like doing all that and do a pretty fair job of it but my fat fingers and eye sight are starting to let me down.

Far to many employers are hindered by their "Thumb Suckers" in their HR Departments. They just got out of collage and think they know everything there is to know about the world and don't even understand what qualifications the company is looking for or what the job description even is. But if you have a lot of experience then you just have to be to old in there minds.

The tilt front end including the doors has to be unique, I don't think I have ever seen that done before. The way you blended the grill area into the '69 body it looks just like something that GM could have done. The overall engineering and design that you put into this is exceptional on so many levels. The interior is just so nicely done it's a model all by it's self.

I like the build style on this.

I agree on this door panel. I hadn't noticed that until now. The '67 SS has been a pretty good seller for Round 2 so I wouldn't think they would destroy the interior mold.

This looks like fun. The area over the front wheel opening, what are you thinking there ?

That is a beautiful looking classic.

Thank you for the great pictures. One thing I noticed was how close the sprk plug wires are to the headers in some pictures.

Love the square body Chevys.

The paint designs that people were doing at that time were really interesting. Some not so much. Your friends design looks far better than most.

As so many of the others have pointed out this has to do with an option for that model. At that time when a car was ordered there were many options and little or no packages as we see in todays cars. As Mark pointed out counting the cross bars would be the best way to tell the difference. In the scale we work with very few would know the difference so I would just paint it white or black depending on the look you're after. As Snake45 mentioned as to if the lights could be had in the lower line cars, the answer is yes. Most buyers bought what the dealer had in the dealership and few would order a car with specific options. I just happened to be one of those at the time that did. I wanted to order a new '67 Bel Air two door in the summer of '67. The order got turned down since the factories were already getting ready to change over to the '68 models. I ordered a '68 Bel Air two door and I ordered the cornering lights as well as under hood and trunk lights. This may sound funny now since we take these lights for granted but at that time they were and extra cost and a lot of dealers didn't order the inventory units with them unless they were the higher end Caprice or Impalas.

My suggestion would be to do as much of your masking and painting before you start assembling. The one exception would be in the area of the front seats. In most cases this will involve a seat back that may or may not blend with the front smoothly. Many bucket seats will have a chrome or some sort of trim that will define the seperation between them and that may mean that you could just paint as needed and then put them together. Bench seats in particular seem to have no defining edge on the 1:1 and this would require putting them together and cover the seem with some sort of putty and paint as you want before assembly of the interior. Also by painting everything before putting the interior together gives you a chance to do as much detailing as you want and it's much easier to mask that way. Hope this will help answer your question.

Thank you for the compliment, but I find I often lose interest before I can finish such an undertaking.

Those are the ones I was thinking of. I haven't used them but remember seeing the box art showing this on the box. I'm sure there maybe some length issues since the A body would have a shorter cowl. I think these could be shortened to fit and have the same overall look.

Thank you for your input on the Falcon. While I'm not a major Ford type builder , there are many particular Fords that appeal to me and this Falcon is one of them. I'll keep you this information in mind the next time I go looking for a new project.

The livery aside the body looks like something that should have been. Great looking finish and I like the roll down rear window option.

Very clean looking build and the paint color looks great on this.

Looks great and I like the color and the paint finish. The stance and the wheels really catch your eye here.

Great concept for the paint and interior.

Great looking cruiser.

Very creative design and the paint finish is great. I'm glad you mention all of the different bits and pieces used since it would be almost impossible to backward engineer this one.

Beautiful looking build. Great era correct colors also. I agree with everyone else, your setting for the pictures really add to the look.

A friend of mine when we were in HS had a 2CV with the rear mounted water cooled 4 cyl. The gas fill and the radiator fill were both in the rear. I don't remember exactly which was which, but I think the radiator fill was between the bottom of the rear window and the engine cover. The gas fill was in the engine compartment. He always had to stand guard so that the proper fluids went in the correct place when ever he got gas.

This is a great looking little wagon. This is perfect for the surfing scene.

Don't tell Round 2, it will ruin their whole ad campaign for Coca Cola.