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Great looking build. The stance is just right and those wheels make a big difference in the overall look. Nice engine details and an Inter State Battery I see.

Just paint the entire body the shade of Beige you like and any clear coat and polish. Then mask off the body and paint the Vinyl Roof portion with a semi gloss clear coat. This would give you the effect of a Vinyl Roof that has had some protectant, think Armorer All, used on it. A flat clear in a very light coat at arms length should give you a more natural look.

Both good looking cars. Not that it matters at this point but these two along with the kit your building have the Landau Option. The major difference is only trim and the partial vinyl roof being the most obvious. The standard base Monto Carlo would have no vinyl roof covering unless the optional full vinyl roof was ordered. There are minor bits of chrome here and there and some interior trim that are different from the Landau model. The photo of the Beige car shows what I was trying to convey about using a single color for the exterior. Again I was just trying to offer some insight into what would have been had at the time. I look forward to seeing what all you do with your build.

Not trying to talk you out of painting this build in anyway, but. Sounds like you're sort of searching for something to make this stand out. I was working in a Chevrolet dealership when these were new and part of my job was to order new car inventory. Should you still be unsure of the colors you're wanting you might check Google Images if you haven't already. This can give you a visual of what different combinations look like. A style that was popular at the time was having the Landau half roof the same color as the body rather than contrasting. Another option that Chevrolet offered was a paint treatment on the sides, somewhat of a two tone. What they did was the raised portion on the side of the front fenders and the rear quarters would be painted in a contrasting color. The fronts would be colored in front of the wheel opening and follow the curved body line to about mid door area where it would make a slow loop back toward the front wheel opening. The rears were done in much the same manor starting just in front of the rear wheel opening and extending along that side body line toward the rear of the car. Since you mentioned liking the Beige color I remember ordering some with the lt. Beige body and roof and the sides were painted in a medium Gold Metallic. Many seemed to like this style as we sold a lot of them. They had other colors combinations also, but I just thought I would mention this style since you seemed unsure of how you wanted to do this model. I don't have the link to new car sales literature , but I know others here do. This will show what the factory offered if you're trying to stay close to the OEM look.

A suggestion on your poor gas mileage. Put a block of wood under the gas pedal. I know it's really hard to drive a car of this nature and not try and stretch its tires from time to time.

Very nice clean looking build. Great paint and color. Your hand painted bed wood looks better than most decals.

Plymouth front end with Dodge rear Quarters. The rear actually looks better, to me anyway, than the one used on the Plymouth.

AH, the MoPar colors of old. You would never miss your car in a parking lot. This color looks strong on this Charger and shows the body lines well. So what sort of tire and wheel combination are you going to use ?

A thought. See if you can keep the "totaled" old Crown Vic. Find a used model in need of the upgrades you have and just move them over. Should you be able to do this your self it would be just your labor, if you have to have someone else do it then it may not be that good of an idea. Since they're totaling this make the insurance company find you a comparable car and they eithwer buy it for you or give you what it would cost to buy. To many times insurance companies will try and give you something back of wholesale value for the old car. You were paying retail for your insurance so they should be giving you retail value for the totaled car.

I like how you did your update on this. I agree with you about the commercial 1:1 Vette's dressed up to look like an earlier model, they just don't get the proportions correct. I also notice that you stayed with one solid color and not paint the coves. I'm used to seeing them painted and I think it may even look better this way. Mecum Auction had a red Corvette go thru this weekend with the same paint treatment and I liked that also.

Looks great. Very thin white walls may add to the luxury car look depending on ones taste.

Great looking build. I watched you over come the body issues, and you really can't tell looking at it now. I also like the colors you finalized for the interior.

Very nice and I like the gas stains around the filler door. Always heated that. Bed liner is a good idea. The engine looks like it sits a little low on the chassis. Looks like a fairly well cared for pick up.

Looking at the before pictures, and then seeing how you completed the body work the way it is supposed to be done and the color change, it's hard to think this is the same model. I think that the color change is the most outstanding feature to me.

Great looking builds. They both are nicely detailed with great paint finishes.

Very cool looking Cruiser. The big down fall for these kits was the way they designed the front body parts. Yours looks very clean and well built.

Great looking Duster. That shade of Blue works well with the body lines. I like the overall clean look of your build.

Looks great. I always wished that one of the model companies would have offered a nice street Colonade coupe.

Great looking color and it goes well with the interior. The chrome trim looks nice and clean.

Your weathering always looks amazing.

Be real careful with any type of impact from the back side as this can distort the metal. The reason we used the old base ball bat thing is that the tire will give a little bit and the bat is applying a slow rolling pressure.

This engine looks amazing. This could be displayed all by it's self.

Great work on this rear panel.

I like your base coat well enough I'd go with that, but I do like that dark blue also. Would white decals be a consideration for the stripes ?

We used to roll the fender lips by placing a base ball bat between the tire and the fender and roll the car back and forth. Start with the handle area of the bat and work your way up to the big end. This way you're bending just a little bit with each pass. Usually this can be done without breaking the paint on the fender and no cutting needed. A good set of Hijackers would go a long way to level out the rear end.