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Except for being clean this is it alright. My friend got it from his father after he had worn it out.

I guess the old 3 in 1's = one of each style build.

Thank you for the pictures. Except for some of the push cars they look almost like today. I noticed a couple of pictures of someone crashing. Doesn't look like his day ended well.

I like your beater El Camino ideas. You're correct about the floor covering. A friend of mine used to have a '59 many years ago. The floor had a rubber covering with a simulated carpet finish on it. His was worn where his heal would rest on the floor by the gas pedal and most of the area directly in front of the driver was also worn and the woven mat that was between the floor and the mat was sticking out on some areas and others were just the metal floor. The center transmission hump was almost like new and the passenger side was in somewhat better condition. I mention this as it might save you a little sanding on the floor of your model. The seat was gray vinyl and looked pretty much like a low line Bel Air type pattern. His had the romp'n stomp'n 283 2 bbl. and Powerslipe transmission.

I have a few but the oldest that I can recall is a set of metal files that I got doing a modeling contest when I has in High School. They set in an oblong wood block with the X-ACTO name bended in the base.

You two are scaring me on this Hood fitment issue. I have mocked mine up several times and no problems. After reading your posts I went back and did it again and the Hood fits fine. I notice that the very back edge of the Hood where it meets the doors on the body could be shortened slightly but nothing more than a little clean up and no where near the 1 mm you're mentioning. What I have noticed, and you may want to look for yourselves, is how the Firewall is resting against the ridge it mounts to inside the body. I haven't done the final painting or assembly yet on mine. In my mockup the Firewall is mounted in front of this stop in the body. This brings it to what looks to be the correct location. Is it possible that the front Fender/Grill area part is not seated all the way back on the body ?? The back edge of the inner fenders should stop at the leading edge of the body. One possible reference point would be to line up the door opening line on the Fenders with the leading edge of the Body as this represents that door line and they would have to align.

Great looking Camaro and the Trans Am looks good also.

I use Tamiya TS-13 Clear on every kind of paint and no problems. Tamiya also offers some great polishing paste also.

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These cars were known to rust around the wheel arches in snow country. Even in drier parts of the country they would rust around the bottom of the front fenders, poor drainage and would hold water in that area if not cleaned out regularly and no one did that. The bottom edge of the rear window also was prone to rust that was a common GM problem having to do with the design of the window channel. Vinyl Roofs. Many would start to look like they had "Zits". This was rust forming under the roof covering. Just some ideas if you go that way. I remember one very nice looking Buick we took in trade one night at the dealership. The used car manager put all the money in the trade, well over wholesale book. The next morning we came in and the dashboard and front floor were covered in water as it had rained the night before. That is when he realized the only thing holding the upper portion of the windshield in place was the Vinyl Roof and this was in the central coast of California.

I don't want to tell you how many, mostly very nice, homes I have had for less than that. Often called inflation. I also remember when a 36 month loan on a new car was considered a long term.

That is almost cooler than finding an old car or truck out there.

I have moved often in life and never really found it to be much fun. To me the biggest problem is the longer you live in one place the more stuff you seem to gather around you. Reminds me of an old George Carlin routine. We are going on 20 years here, the longest I've ever lived anywhere in my life. I think I would rather take a beating than move.

I like the clean look without the SS Stripes. I like SS Stripes just fine, but this shows the nice lines of the body and makes the wheel & tire combination more of the focus.

Great looking interior work. What sort of materials did you use ?

The Chicago PD car would be good except they would have been a pillared four door sedan and not a hardtop. While the roof shape is different you could create the upper door or pillar parts. Vinyl roof coverings were very popular here for these models. Not a fan, but it does offer you an opportunity to add an additional contrasting color to the exterior. You could always make it a poor neglected old car if you didn't want to go shinny.

I like seeing how you detailed the chassis and engine. The stance is perfect on this also. Good to see the old Clay Smith Cams Woodpecker.

Well planed out looking build. I appreciate the back information on your parts sources.

I agree, both cars deserve the best effort.

You have the perfect grime factor going here, I guess now it's called patina, but you know what I mean.

Thank you for these videos . "The King" has always represented the sport well at all times. Listening to him talk about his accomplishments in such a casual manor gives you an idea of the type of person he is. What you see is what you get .

Both great looking builds.

You have all the neat engine parts and wheels and tires. Can you color sand the body and then clear it ?

Should you build it as a family car the white walls would be the most common. style, they were very narrow almost a white stripe by '67. I'm going to use the rally wheels on mine and they would have been part of the disk brake option. A set of chrome wheels wouldn't be out of the question on a sedan. A set of chrome Cragers would look good if you want to give it a little more of a performance look. You could Google '67 Impala and see what sort of pictures are out there just to get some ideas.

Beautiful looking finish and I like the "sleeper" look.