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Great looking paint color and finish. Clean body details and trim.

Beautiful looking paint and trim finishes. Your mention of the kit's short falls and how you overcame them helps to fully understand what all you had to do on this build.

Might consider getting reprints of the decals as a backup plan just in case they're compromised by age. I used the Testers Purplelicious on a Dodge Magnum Wagon build before and it sprayed out nice and smooth right from the can. The usual spoon test will give you an idea as to how it lays down. Look forward to watching this build.

Detail these models from your father and display them in a way honoring him.

I used to have to chase the snow blower around the driveway a few times every winter. We downsized and we have maintenance provided. They're so quiet that they don't even wake us up in the morning and they clean the walks and the front stoup. Ran into the couple that bought our old snow blower at the market in the spring after we sold the old house. He had been dragging his feet about buying it since he was young and thought nothing of shoveling a couple of feet of snow by hand. He and his wife thanked us profusely after we had had one of the larger snows in a long time that winter.

Some of the locals here have taken it upon themselves to drive straight across the round abouts here. Most seem to be driving larger lifted 4x4 pickups or some sort of large SUVs.

Your local in Hayward Wi. reminds me of a long-ago experience. The C&NW Railroad, Chicago and Northwestern RR, had a run north out of Chicago too northern Wisconsin that I have ridden on in the past. This is when the Conductor would walk thru the cars and announce the next train stations. The one I remember the best, I thought it was funny, "Hayward, Hurly and Hell next stop" Interesting history in the area during the early logging days long ago.

Great looking patina and signs of neglect.

The paint work looks really good and need only a light polish.

Looks pretty nice in the pictures. Not knocking it but it reminds me of a NARC car from days of old.

Too pretty to be a PD car.

"67 or "68 Pontiac?

Glad you liked it. Fun to do things you haven't tried before on a build.

Amazing details on all of the equipment in the bed along with the body.

Built this kit in much the same manor a few years ago and used the kits Cadillac engine with a parts box mechanical fuel injection setup that cleared the hood. These 1:1 Fords were popular in a lot of gas classes for their light weight and affordability.

The door handles would be on the chrome tree in the kit if that's any help.

Great looking paint finishes and colors on the exhaust and chassis. The paint you're using for the chrome body trim holdup to handling ?

Had a Lab that would do the same thing in the snow. I share you love of a warm toddy.

Great looking paint colors and finishes. You captured the style of the day with the extra styling that you added. Your photography shows the stance and the way these cars looked at the time.

I agree with Jim B on the finish here. Even the smallest body trim detail is cleanly done.

Beautiful finishes were ever you look. This kit still can compare with the newer Revell kits when done to this manor. Like the showroom style.

Beautiful looking paint finish better than Henry ever did back in the day. Exceptional attention to details. How many people even remember the upper radiator hose supports on these. Like the showroom appearance of this build.

On the drive shaft tunnel. Just cut along the length of the tunnel on the floor side and add a strip of styrene maybe. I have seen others here cut the body of a ball point pen in half and use that. I know you'll figure it out.

I was just a child when these were first introduced and for whatever reason I thought this would be a great family car and was trying to talk my father into buying one. His argument was that it looked like an upside-down bathtub. He may have been correct, and we drove on in our new '49 Ford. Still, this body style just still holds an attraction and can't really say why.

An idea if someone is trying to shape a small ridge on a body with just putty. Consider gluing a very small styrene strip to form the ridge on the body. I have used something in the .010 range with pretty good luck. Very little if any putty if any would be needed to blend the styrene. Usually, a good coat of primer and then a light smooth sanding will make a smooth enough transition between the added strip and the body and leave no noticeable seem.