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Great back ground story on this little hauler. I like the paint and the stance looks perfect. I'd love to hear that little 4 banger run thru the gears with those glass packs.

That's a shame since the original paint job looked great. You might want to try some other clear just to see if it's the Krylon clear that 's the problem.

Looks like a great kit, a little beyond my pay grade, but if you're really into the subject go for it.

The first thing I thought of when I saw this was the car in the NCIS program my wife likes so much. Then I saw your license plate, looks just like the TV car.

Great looking build. I like how you detailed the chassis and engine. Perfect color for a Road Runner.

Beautiful looking GTX. I enjoyed watching your build on this.

Great looking paint work. The interior is very realistic looking, and the carbs. look real. Look forward to seeing it Under Glass.

Beautiful looking shadow box. This person is a great artist. The background looks somewhat like a painting and the animals and plants in the foreground look like a diorama.

The grill area looks a lot like a Cunningham, the front bumpers and rear quarters look like a British AC come Cobra. What ever it is he must be waiting for the Triple A Road Service for the flat left front tire.

Great looking build. Very clean detailing thru out. Makes you wonder why Hudson didn't do that years ago.

That looks great. I like the colors for the interior and the exterior. With little more than some paint detailing the engine and the chassis really look good.

That looks like the original owner on the phone. I like the cop wheels, that's not OEM.

You might also check to see if you have any other kits with the nail head Buick engine in them. Often these were offered with dress up items like a finned aluminum or chrome valley cover. Even if you had just a standard stock one you could foil it to look like chrome.

I'm not an expert in this area, but. I have seen very small lights on what looks like nothing thicker than a strip of masking tape. I would mount this inside the top or cover near the front edge and hide this from view with some sort of black out treatment also on the inside of the cover to hide it from view. This way the light would shine toward the viewers side of the display model. The batteries could be hidden under the display floor.

Another idea for your exhaust tip. Most OEM and almost all after market exhaust system will have a chrome tip if some sort. I use some aluminum tubing that just fits over the end of the exhaust. I use a miniature pipe cutter to cut the tip to length. You can easily add a flair to the end using a nail to shape the aluminum tip. A little polishing compound and it will look like a chrome tip and the thickness looks in scale.

I guess this is what happens when someone with a vivid imagination gets a welder for their birthday.

Beautiful looking build. excellent detailing thru out. Best to do quality builds like this than quantity. I had the same problem with the front wheels you position that you mentioned when I built one some time ago. I found that reworking the inner half of the wheel where it mounts to the spindle solved the problem.

And you sit where ?

It looks to neat and well organized, don't know how I would ever be able to find anything. Great job.

That seat is perfect.

Looking at the ride height I agree it looks a little high in front. Not that much from stock. The rear looks a little low from stock height. If you're going for the OEM stock ride height you might consider raising the rear just a little and the front might not look that high then. Just depends on the look you're going for. The engine detailing is outstanding and the paint looks great also.

I like how you bob'd the rear fenders and the Y Block Ford gives this build added character. You mentioned the long transmission tail shaft and I think you're correct. In the old days I have had some hands on experience with the T-85 3 speeds and I don't remember any of them ever being that long. You've already solved you problem but in the future I would just cut off the tail shaft housing at the transmission and cut to length as needed. Even with the Overdrive option the tail shaft housings were the same length with or without OD. Nice cross member.

That is a really big haul there. I guess I need to go shopping this week. The local HL stores haven't had anything on clearance for a while, maybe that has changed.

Very nice looking. I agree the use of different shades of colors looks more realistic looking.

Like so many others, I also start with a fine drill and work up to something larger. Another thought on the finished tip of the exhaust. I'll drill the hole deep enough that the tip of a #11 blade can be partially inserted in the open end. Gently turn the blade 360 degrees in the end until you have thinned the material as much as you can without going through. This should give you a very realistic looking thin exhaust tip and you also may be able to compensate for any irregularities in the shape of the hole.