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Very nice clean looking build with what is basically a very old style kit.

I really like your Trans Am. This reminds me of a movie, I can't remember the name, that had John Wyane as a privet detective and he drove a Trans Am in the same shade of dark Green.

No time to take a picture so let me explain. We were out and about Sunday and heading home. We live in a semirural area and traffic is often light even on a Sunday. We got off the heavily traveled I70 on 11o th street that is a 4 lane that wraps around Kansas Speedway and except for rush hour or when there is something going on traffic is minimal and posted at 45 mph. We weren't in a hurry and rather than my usual 50 mph or more I was just cruising along. We round the bend in the road and there is a Shariff's car pulling over someone for speeding. We drive about 2 miles too the road that takes us toward our home which is also a 4 lane but marked 50 mph. We get about a quarter of a mile down the road and I see a car closing extremely fast . We get passed by a new Corvette, still has the temp tags on it. We were going maybe 55 mph and he had to be doing at least double that and of course he has to shift up as he passes us. If you haven't had an opportunity to hear one of the new Corvettes "go full song" it is special I assure you. My wife even said "that was fun" talking about the driver. A moment later here comes a Shariff's Charger all light up like a Christmas tree and gaining on the Corvette. A couple on miles up the road we see the poor guy in the Corvette looking very sad and the Shariff is writing a book or something. My thought is that's going to cost more than his next couple of car payments and that's not to mention his insurance bill.

I remember seeing Color Me Gone race at the Winter Nationals many many moons ago. If ever a race car had a proper name it was this one. Great driver and machine "was poetry in motion" as they say.

Interesting that you mention the 5-speed 260. I was working at a Chevrolet dealership at the time but knew nothing of the option from Oldsmobile. A couple we were frinds with liked our new Mont Carlo SS and not being able to afford one at the time waited a year and bought a Cutlass with the 260 and that is the only way I even knew of the 260's existence. They were disappointed in the performance or lack there off. Now just a couple of weeks ago I came across an E-Bay ad for just such a car, 260 V-8 with the 5-speed. This reminded me of once being told that it was more fun driving a car with very little power at it's maximum capabilities than driving say a Hellcat and trying to stay out of trouble with it.

Actually my wife and I were laughing most of the evening about the whole thing.

Nailed it. Great looking color and paint finish. Interior looks good. The chassis work is the biggest part of this build, maybe display it over mirrors. This body style looks so much better when you see what you and many other builders have done with it.

I have been selling some used lawn equipment since I purchased a new riding mower. I listed the old rider on Cragslist as well as some equipment for dethatching and aerating the lawn. Go thru the usual people wanting the best price without knowing anything about what they're looking at in the pictures. Finally a guy calls that is a genuine buyer and we arrange for me to deliver to his new home since I have a trailer that I tow with our Jeep. He has asked all the correct questions for someone who has never owned or operated a rider before, they really are not hard. I'm trying to go over the controls and offer some operational tips but he's just wanting to hand us the money and have us leave. My wife even had to tell me it was time to go since he wasn't interested in hearing anything. The next day late in the afternoon he texts me wanting to know if something is wrong with the mower. He had driven it around the yard several times and adjusted the deck height as I had shown him and he said it wasn't working. I text him back and ask him if he had engaged the blades as I had shown him, but it seems this was about the time he had lost interest in any additional operation information I was trying to give him. In my text I described the push/pull button on the dash. He sends me a picture of the rider and asks if it is the button with the circle containing the picture of a mower blade on it. Bingo, I can't understand why people don't want information about something they know little or nothing about from someone offering the obviously much needed info.

That may have a bigger impact than calling out Fox, especially when it comes to contract negotiations.

Very clean looking build. The paint finish is super smooth looking. The wheel color compliments the body color perfectly.

Beautiful looking Mercury. Not a 1:1 model often seen and even less so in scale. I had a friend who had an XR7 Cougar with the 390 and auto. trans. They were great riding cars.

Very elaborate paint work.

I would let Fox know of your displeasure with their coverage of Drag Racing. I often think that the people who control these things have little or no understanding of Motor Sports in general and really couldn't care less.

Great conversion.

I followed your build on this. Great build and concept.

Great, thank you. I enjoy seeing what everyone else is doing from different shows.

Great job with realistic looking ageing. I love the door gaps on the driver's door. Or maybe that's an engine heat extractor ? Great job on the front bumper also.

I like the Viper injection idea. Nice crusty looking body and paint. I personally have owned a couple of this ones Charger cousins and have had great service. Traded our '10 Charger RT with AWD at 97k miles for a '14 Charger GT with AWD. Great cars and they laugh at snowy roads.

Looks great to me, I don't understand why your "not thrilled" with how it turned out. To bad you don't have any pictures of the interior with all the work you did there. You called it "gutless" so I'm guessing you had the world beater 260 cu in V-8.

Looks sharp enough to be a resent build. Very cleanly done.

Great clean looking build. I like the showroom appearance.

I wonder if Norm ever found any stray combs behind the seat.

Hopefully someone will have pictures to share.

Tamiya offers two different clears that you might look at. TS-80 is a Flat Clear and TS-79 is a Semi Gloss Clear. I has used both on interiors and chassis and engines and have always liked how they worked.

In addition to gman's information you might want to use an automotive type etching primer before going to your finish paint color.