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Sounds like an interesting project. I have built models of some of the cars and trucks I have owned in the past and have found it interesting, all of the things that were going on in your life when you owned a particular car. I hope this is a positive experience for you. Some of the Canadian members could offer a lot of technical information on this. From what little I know the Parisienne had Pontiac sheet metal and basically a Chevrolet chassis and engines. This could be a good thing if you should want to have a more detailed chassis and engine. The Bonneville used GM's longer wheel base and overall length. This may or may not be a problem depending on how it looks to your eye next to the photograph. Good luck to you and please post your progress. I don't know if you can get Model Master paints there. They offer a color called Phoenician Yellow #28102 that is a Ford OEM color but I have used it to make a '65 Chevelle SS and it matches the color GM was using at the time if that's any help.

In the last week I have checked the three local HL's that I shop at and non of them seem to have any sale kits at this time. When they do have them they seem to approach their sale in several different ways. One store will usually have them in the Clearance area or on a kiosk in one of the isles. Another store will leave them in the regular model area but with the red sale tags. The third will do one or all of the things the other two stores do. My impression is that it is left up to the store manager or who ever is in charge of the model department as to how they're going to merchandise the kits. My suggestion would be no matter where you go to HL in your area look around since there doesn't seem to be a set policy as to how they will be displayed.

Your build looks just like the photos of the real car. Great tribute to Curtis Turner. Most are to young to remember what a great driver he was and all that he did for NASCAR in the early years. I remember these Nash Ambassadors from when I was a youngster and I thought they looked very aerodynamic for the era with the enclosed wheel wells and smooth lines. My father used to call them an upside down bath tube, but he wasn't a car guy anyway. Beautiful finish and all the lettering looks perfect.

Beautiful looking build. The level of detail is amazing.

If you're not already outlining the molding with a #11 before you put the foil on try that. My problem besides the steady hand is seeing the edge of the molding and where to cut. I use one of those magnifying / lights to look through and the reflection of the molding edge can be hard to see from some angels.

Looks great and I like the convertible conversion. This lets you show off the nice interior also. The LS front end treatment is interesting and I had forgotten about that model of Monte Carlo. I would like to know where you got that part as I might want to use that on a Monte Carlo also.

I agree with everyone else, the engine looks just as it should. This kits motor mounts, while accurate, are very hard to get lined up. Great kit, but I remember using several harsh words while getting the engine mounted.

That is sort of what I was thinking. In the past while looking at some of these design proposals I notice styling ideas that I wish they had used but often these same ideas show up on a different model a year or two later.

Great looking work truck. Now I've got to go to the library to see if they have "Up in Smoke"

I wonder when this picture was taken. This looks almost like a production ready '67 or '68 Chevy Blazer. The shape of the rear side glass is different and the front fender running lights, but everything else looks like the finished vehicles. This speaker should try and show a little more enthusiasm in his voice. He could put a sales meeting to sleep in minutes.

The rules may not require it, but I would invest in a roll bar for your rig.

I've never seen a mower or any small engine come apart like that before. I think any racer in the world would be proud of that one. Minor steering linkage failure, might see if any Moog parts would interchange to repair that.

A parking mishap ??

Beautiful looking build. Nice to see a stock model every now and then. Great looking paint and it looks perfect on the wide whites.

After looking at your photo I guess I should stand corrected. I owned a 210 Hardtop long ago and there were differences in the trim. I may have been thinking of the '56 year model Bel Air. Sorry about any confusion I may have created.

Sounds like some of the drivers around here. They all seem to be multi tasking with their phones and what ever it is they're drinking, begs the question how do they steer. The only thing worse than a "Red light runner" is the guy who stops half way over the pedestrian cross walk and when the light turns green they can't seem to remember what to do next. Yesterday on a multi lane main street with many stop lights, I was in a lane next to a lady who kept trying to sideswipe me. Her right side tires kept coming across the painted line into my lane. I finally just slowed to let her get ahead and watched go from the lines on the right to the ones on the left. Her driving was bad enough that you would think she was drunk or something. This was a 45 zone and she would go 35-40 then 50 and back down to 30 again. Where is a Cop when you need them.

The October issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines has a special section on Drag Racing. Several pictures and short stories on Gassers. On page #55 there is a picture of a '52 Austin doing a wheelie and it's as if the car is standing on its rear bumper, because it is. Very nice detailed picture of the chassis for anyone wanting to see an example.

If that has never been opened it may still be good. I have a couple from this era and they were fine when I opened them. Should this have been opened years ago it would depend on how well someone resealed it. You have a 50/50 chance at best.

As I recall the "standard" Camaro or one without any special style trim groups would have the white back up lights in the center of the center tail lamp section. Hard to describe without a picture and there were several different style lenses. I think the standard lens had three segments and each one faced slightly toward the sides of the vehicle. Some of the style trim groups along with the RS would have the back up lights in their own housing below the rear bumper and the tail light lenses were somewhat flatter. Should you want to build a standard no frills Camaro, the little "gills" in front of the rear wheel opening would not have any chrome trim and the lower edge molding on the side windows would be very small, just enough to hold the rubber window seals. There would be no chrome on the drip rails either. The grill would be painted what Chevrolet called Argent or a flat silver color and that would be the grill and the base area for the headlights. The headlights would have a very thin chrome accent between the grill and the bulb and a large blue Bow Tie in the center of the grill. This was during what I call the "Burger King Era". You could order your car your way with an infinite number of different exterior trim, interior trim and engines and transmissions.

Jimmy Flintstone offers a resin body with the fenders already mounted. He includes the hood, bumpers, head lights and clear red taillights. The grill is molded into the body. The casting I bought has very sharp fine details and no flashing at all. This is based on using the AMT Nova SS kit that is even on the shelves at HL now.

Sometimes there will be a date on the instruction sheet if you still have it.

Great looking paint work. Just a little suggestion since you're going for the showroom appearance. The A pillar has an area that would be painted white to match the roof color. This is between the vent window trim and the windshield trim. This is a very slim area that can easily be touched up by brush painting.

The "Modern Classics" version goes why back. Maybe just clean it up a little and keep as is for old time sacs.

This spring I replaced my old, 12 years and many hours, Sears riding lawn mower with a new Deere ridder. I guess you could think of it as a "starter " for a Deere collection.

Your Bing Crosby remark has given me a very bad flashback. All of those old Christmas movies, Bah bah bah whatever.