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Beautiful looking paint and trim. You got the stance and wheel & tire combo also. Nice updates on the engine.

Beautiful looking build. Great looking color on a Corvette, and most any car really. I like the clean looking white interior. The last of the redline tires look just right here.

misterNNL's suggestion for larger rear tires and maybe even larger wheel openings might be a consideration. Maybe duel rear wheels or some large Pro Stock type tires with a taller sidewall ?

You are to kind in your description compared to my thoughts.

I remember that now that you mention it. I saw him open a connection to the fuel rail and get some gas to flow. If the fuel pump was really bad it wouldn't have had any fuel plus being a port injection system the throttle body is dry anyway. Also back to when he's talking about the new overhead valve V-8 engine replacing the "V-6 engine". The problem with watching many of these shows is if you have even a basic knowledge of the subject you find yourself going nuts with the constant misinformation they keep spouting like they're the experts and you just know some poor guy is sitting on the couch at home thinking this is all factual.

One thing that sort of stands out is the moldings where the body and the top join. The molding under the side window that matches the door skin ends at the back edge of the door. This could be blended into the body with a small addition of plastic in that area. I wonder if the Chopped Top is based on the option from the AMT '36 Ford Coupe/Roadster kit ? Overall the body looks good.

I like the Black Metallic color and the finish. Great looking wheels for this.

The Grill by it's self looks a lot like the '66 Chevelle El Camino or Wagon by Revell. The Headlights are another matter. They remind me of the Headlights used on the Revell '69 Nova kit. The Chevelles had a 4 Headlight setup and the Nova had single 7" Headlights much like the car in your picture. I don't know if you have either of these kits or can find pictures of them to get an idea of what I'm thinking.

I think that the appeal to a lot of builders is the main stream nature of the kit. This gives everyone something that normally would only be available as a resin casting. Nothing wrong with that, but for the cost of a casting alone you have an entire kit and don't have to cannibalize an existing kit.

How much did that office visit cost again ??

I was watching a rerun last night of the "Trans Am" series from a couple of years ago. They have a voice over trying, and I mean trying to explain the birth of the Muscle Car. The voice stated a bunch of facts as to the '49 Oldsmobile 88 being the start of it all. On the screen we're enjoying watching a '53 Oldsmobile being driven around. They had many other such miss ques. You would think that they could afford an automotive consultant to keep the facts straight.

I think if you were to study some pictures of 1:1 4 door sedans you could create the B Pillar and window surrounds for the side windows and make a reasonable 4 door sedan out of the hardtop. May not be 100 % but I think it could be made to look very close.

This is true of the recent building of his own car. The Wheeler Dealer series up until it ended had Mike as the lead person and Ant doing the heavy lifting. I'm not down on Mike so much, I just think that Ant is much more informative about the how and what of the things he is doing. Mike does his little "Dog and Pony" show selling the finished product. I have enjoyed a couple of his most recent shows were he visits other aspects of the car culture. The editor from Low Ridder Magazine looked a couple of times like he was getting a little bored with him though. Last night on the first I watched something with Mike that is based in England. This show may have been around for a while, I just hadn't seen it before. He had a mechanic named Elvis and they would flip a couple of cars to get something that someone else wanted. Last night they started with a Mini that they flipped, he got a Horse Trailer, called a horse box, I guess that's the same thing. Then he got a Honda that they flipped and sold the trailer and got this guy a Land Rover that he wanted.

Please post in the appropriate area of the Forum when a fellow builder might be able to obtain one or two.

Very smooth looking cruiser. The filled hood bullets and the partial side trim removal were the easiest ways to change the appearance back then.

Looks great, sort of like a car that might see a lot of daily use.

Very nice looking diverse collection. I don't think I have ever seen those display cases stacked that high before. That should keep them dust free alright.

Great looking and very clean build. I like the showroom style build. The ride height might be a little high but not enough to worry about. The Red Line Tires are period perfect on this.

Great paint job and all of the other finishes look good also. My next build sort of like many others here.

I would like to see them start a series with Ant as the lead character. What I liked about the original Wheeler Dealer series was how they would show the mechanical repairs and upgrades. I think that Ant is better at this part than the original even as good as it was. Mike is OK, but more of the fluff than anything else.

All the best from your southern boarder. I like your poster.

There were several new '57 T-Birds that got Kustomized way back when. I think Dean Jeffries did a nice paint job and a padded roof treatment. You can bet that George Barris did a few along with many others. I recall a family friend that had a '56 T-Bird, they were very close proportionally, that had added a 3x2 setup on his engine. The grill on the hood scope had to be changed on the underside because of carb. clearance issues. Ford Motor Company had one at Speed Week at Daytona Fl. with a fairing on the rear deck and bubble covers for the headlights.

This picture of the Chevelle with the added '69 Camaro spoiler. In the 1:1 world the '69 Camaro spoiler is wider than the '68 version. I don't know right off what we have to work with in 1/24th & 1/25th but it maybe that the narrower '68 spoiler, if done to scale, might fit better for those who want to do this type of build.

Great looking build and an interesting subject.

Beautiful looking build. I agree on the color and finish and it does look very realistic.