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I like the theme of your build and the finish looks great. I'll have to remember your Headliner idea on my next build also.

Very nice looking build. I like the Hounds Tooth Interior.

That would be the optional Special Front Bumper RPO VE3 $40.00 MSRP.

I have a little experience "Wheel'n" with our 1:1 JK and I found myself on more than a few times wanting to say "Driver" or "Passenger" while watching the rock crawling video.

We seem to share a mutual appreciation for Corvettes and this model year in particular. As I recall the Marine Blue was just a little darker than the Nassau Blue. Since you're wanting to be as true to that color you might think about ordering the exact color from one of the suppliers listed here on the Forum After Market section. You mentioned that you're using the Revell Convertible kits and they are nice. Some of these, at least the ones I have purchased, were done in Red Plastic. This can be a difficult color to cover and not have any bleed thru. Take a look thru the tips section for advice on different paints to use as a barrier to the Red plastic. Not hard to do but might save you some head aches with the final color.

I think the Grand National Buick would give you the best build option for your 3.8 Liter Camaro. Using a stock appearing Air Cleaner will cover/hide what type of induction system you have. The manifold may have to be altered to some extent so that it looks like a normal Intake.

As ACE pointed out this is entirely impractical and outrages, which is exactly why I'm waiting to follow your build. I can't remember which issue of the Charger had the wrong roof on it in that it was to low and looked almost like a chopped top. I'm sure someone here will know which one it is. My thought is if your going bold on something like this then go real bold. Please build it.

I'm not sure which model or body style you're planning to build but with American cars at that time and ones like the Camaro especially are really hard to know exactly what came with what option package, and some options required that you order something else and a few styling options could be a stand alone option also. I still have an old magazine dedicated to the '69 Camaro that I had when I owned my 1:1 '69 Camaro. The magazine lists the options and shows what you could and couldn't have. I would be glad to give you any information on what it is your trying to replicate. Remember most Camaro's in real life have been changed to the point that unless you have the factory build sheet for the car there really isn't any way to know if it really was built that way from the factory.

The mirrors in your pictures make a very good point on both thoughts. The two bottom pictures show mirrors that have above average styling elements to them but they also offer a source of wind noise that can be heard inside the vehicle. At that time I don't think that was as an important consideration as today. The top picture is really special in that this was an extra cost option that also included a forward facing spot light. This is a little unusual as it is manually controlled by reaching out the window and use of the handle on the bottom edge of the mirror that would also make it easier to adjust than the other two. But again while the style of the day they're still on the spindly stands that and wound disrupt both the air flow and the body lines of the car. This was about the same time that hood ornaments started to disappear and in the late '60's we had radio antennas in our windshields. This helped with the wind noise issue as well as distraction from the flow of the body lines. For myself I rather prefer the power adjustable mirrors of today.

I like the shade of Gold, what paint did you us ? Nice mild custom and the Button Tuck interior looks good also.

Great looking build. Very realistic looking and cleanly detailed trim. The color finish looks good and gives this big bodied car an elegant look.

I think the suggestions you're getting in the front cross member and spreader bar are what I was looking at also. My thought would be to move the factory cross member forward just enough to mount your existing front spring mount to it. This would do way with the spreader bar and give the appearance of a well built suspension mount. This should also give you the clearance you need for the front dress of the engine. Should the front clearance still be an issue you could remove or notch the rear facing edge of the cross member. The Carbs seem strangely out of proportion on the engine. They appear more like an early Stromberg model that you would find on an early Ford Flathead engine. GM used the Carter 2 Jet style with larger throttle bodies. Might consider one of the later model Pontiac or Chevrolet kits that have the 3x2 setup to get a better idea on size and shapes. Other than all that your build is going great.

Besides the really bright Red paint, the engine is nicely detailed and looks as it should.

The roof design looks very intricate already.

Even OOB this engine looks very nice.

I like the lean, mean look with the way you did the roof.

I'll enjoy watching this rebuild.

Those look good enough to make want to go out and find a model worthy of having them.

First off, that is a great looking MB. You make a very good point on the newer kits having mirrors. The Automotive design of today the Mirrors are major part of the overall design of the car. They are made to blend in to the body or A post of the roof for reduced air flow to cut wind drag and also noise. The first mirrors on cars were a very spindly design and didn't do anything for the overall appearance of the car.

Also a 4.3 based engine, but would be great fun for a Hot Rod.

Correct, and the Buick Grand National would , in my mind anyway, be the best starting point. The Turbo Charger may be a plus but it can be easily replaced with a carb. set up if need be. By the way, what are you building ? This may help answering any questions you have.

The first thing I would look at is the Air Cleaner. Even the 1:1s had issues. May have to just shave the bottom of the Air Cleaner and or the Carbs.

I hope you're correct as I would like to build this one again. I'm not a 1/16 builder but I like the "Baby Bird's" and the 1/24 & 1/25's just don't get it for me.

Another thing to consider. This is going to be a trailer and as such with a chassis and suspension under this display case come trailer it will is higher off the ground, and you could still use the interior of the trailer as storage or media display. on the exposed sides.

You are correct about the possible damage. Every ones situation is different. In our case the pump may have been out for a time, I just don't know for how long. We often spend evenings on our back deck and we could here it run from time to time and we would joke that the sound was from "The Belly of the Beast". We have been experiencing a lot of evening rain showers and just haven't enjoyed the deck for a couple of weeks, so I can't say that it was working or not. We are situated near a body of water and the basement level is only a couple of feet above that level and there are springs in the area so our pump get a workout when we get heavy rains. We are lucky since a new Minards opened near use about a month ago and they have an amazing amount of in stock equipment and better pricing that the other two home suppliers I have used for years. The actual installation is very simple, even I can do it.