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Ya that sounds like the name of the VW. I remembered this morning the show was Bitchen Rides from last week. You may be correct about the fiberglass reproduction body, I don't think anybody in their right mind would do that to a real one. I know the '40 front end was once a popular thing on normal type 1's.

What direction are you thinking on this build ?

The VW looks like a very rare model, I can't remember what they're called. I was watching a show last week that was in SoCal and everyone was getting excited over what looks like the same car but with a stock frontend. They made it sound like this is a very valuable car. You might want to check it out and see if this isn't something special. You may want to buy it and restore it, the program made it sound like it could be a profitable venture.

We live in a some what rural area with about 50 homes that are close together and we enjoy giving candy to all the local neighbors children. The problem is that we have, and I'm not exaggerating, trucks with open trailers bringing children and teenagers thru the neighborhood. The trucks have license tags from a neighboring county. We try and have a variety of candy bars but these kids are trying to egrab hands full out of the bowl. We've tried holding the bowel high enough that the little one can't but the biggest problem seems to be with the ones in their early teens that just lung at the bowl. What we have done for the last couple of years is to turn off the lights around 8 p.m. This way the local little ones get candy and the marauding hoards hopefully will stay away. These kids are running thru everyone's yards and flower beds and other plantings to go door to door. In the morning there is candy wrappers everywhere blowing around. They just don't have any manners anymore or respect for others property. Kind of takes the joy out of the whole thing.

That Blue is almost Black. Amazing what a little polishing will do for the finish, it really looks good now. Great looking interior. The detailing on the Carbs. is outstanding.

Thanks for the idea but the trim I have from the early Revell '56 Chevrolet trim is just as warped as the bodies and the lengths are wrong. Thankyou also for the thought. I may sound picky, and yes I am, but the body proportions are more like the early tri-fives that Snake mentioned than the newer '565 Chevy 210.

I still don't think they would do that if they were showing under water ballet or some other exciting sport like that.

I picked up an original AMT '66 Impala SS kit about 30 years ago thinking that it would never be reissued since that was not what the model companies were doing at the time. I paid a kings ransom for it at the time and then just never got around to building it. I still have it and enough Revell issues to last me the rest of my life. Now if you would be so kind as to find a '56 Bel Air tudoor post car I would be in your debt. I know that Revell offers the 210 tudoor post, but I need the Bel Air trim.

I like the way the color compliments the body lines here. The body actually looks cleaner without a big spoiler on the trunk. The wheels really fit this Mustang well.

Great looking build and I like the smooth bumpers.

Your build looks better than the box art. Great paint finish and as Snake45 mentioned, the decal cut lines at the door openings are an often overlooked touch. That's a lot of decal material to get laid down and straight.

Beautiful paint work and very clean looking moldings. You are correct about the basic kit. it is one of the best in my mind also.

I usually just use a couple of scrape pieces of wood on each side of the chassis. The wood will hold the vertical straight and measure the distance between the two pieces of wood in front and in back of the leading edge of the tires will give you the correct horizontal. This works even better when the front and rear track is the same as it's easier to measure the distances between the two pieces of wood. I happen to be using 1" x1" scrapes but I think just about any size will work. I just put a little glue on the spindles, set the wheels in place and leave the chassis and wheels in place between the wood blocks until the glue dries.

The original kit had a picture of a Lemonwood Yellow Impala SS on the box art. That particular color was very popular in the area I was living in starting with the '64 models. I had a friend that got one of the very first Chevelle SS's about a week before their general release. His car was the first Chevelle that the dealership had received and had the 220 hp 283 cu and 4 speed. That was the top engine option until the summer of '64 when Chevrolet started to offer a couple of 327 engines.

While having a very basic chassis the rest of the tooling is pretty nice. I don't recall if this kit included the side covers that covered the spark plugs. The 1:1 may have done away with this feature by that time, it was sort of a specific Buick feature and also a bad deal as the plug wires aged and they would start arcing to the covers.

You mentioned the windshield wipers and it sounded like you were unsure what you were going to do. I remember seeing any of these on the street back in the day and a few guys would have just the drivers wiper as it was required to license the vehicle, and used a small flat chrome cap to cover the hole for the passenger side wiper. Ford was in the thick of Drag Racing at the time and one guy told me it was an option from Ford, but I have my doubts on that. Most of these street cars had the 271 hp 289 cu engine and in even stock form these light weight little cars were very fast. I also like how you have built all of the inner structure in the trunk and trunk lid as well as the hood.

Finding a kit of this vintage that is unbuilt is amazing. I notice that several of the kit's box art in the background are also very old. Please post pictures of your build for all of us to enjoy.

I think it has to do with the Aero Package on a Funny Car. At these high speeds the aerodynamics of the Funny Car has a greater effect the faster they go.

You might even look in the truck section on the "Work Bench". Several builds there have involved an extended cab conversion. Some have gone into great detail of what they had done and others only show a couple of pictures and a brief explanation, but either way you'll get a good idea of the what and how of creating an extended cab. I'm always amazed at what some of the other builder's have created on this forum.

Now I understand what you're trying to do. You'll have a good sized area to work with, maybe something about half the size of the window on the green Impala.

The Tangerine Kandy looks good. The Rio Red may have looked a little dark over the dark colored primer. Most of the bright colors like that show better over a white or even a silver primer. Are you painting the cove white ?

Look in the After Market section on the forum. Keith Marks offers some great interior decals. Scale Motorsport also offers generic interior decals. call them direct at 203-426-9686 or mail them a request at 3 Topside Lane Newton, Ct. 06470-2023. These will require extra care when using since they are very thin but lay down well.

Looks great. Nice job converting to a hardtop. Very smooth paint finish.

They both look great. I like the shade of blue you used on the 440 car.

Great looking build. I like the "Mother's Cheery Pie" livery. Where did you get the unusual looking 4 spoke wheels for this ?