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Very nice, clean looking trim.

Beautiful looking build. I like how you did the interior. These were very colorful cars when new and you captured that look.

Beautiful looking build. Great detail through out. I like the look of the wheels with no center caps.

I like the showroom stock look. Great paint finish and all the trim is very clean looking. This is a good color combination .

I stopped trying to build multi kits at the same time years ago. Seemed like nothing ever got finished and I would change my mind on the direction of the builds half way through. I'm still not a speedy builder but I do finish one before I start another.

Model Master also offers a spray called Fabric Tan #28136. This will give you a medium brown color with a fabric like finish. What ever color you settle on you might want to spray a flat clear on any surface that is supposed to be fabric and nothing shinier than a semi gloss on any surface that you want to be vinyl or leather. This will give you the same effect.

I followed your build on this and really like the way it turned out. The Go Cart is really special also.

Great pictures. I noticed some significate Alfa's also.

I like the way you shadowed the two colors.

Something my wife and I have been involved in for several years is Wheel'n or Off Roading and specifically Jeep Jamborees. The reason I mention this is the road surfaces and driving through water is something we do often. YTube to the rescue again. They have videos posted by many who are attending these Jamborees and some of the pictures may show what you're looking for. There are many more of what I call "hold my beer and watch this" moments also.

Traction may be a limiting factor.

Excellent detail and very clean looking. I like that you have both cockpit covers.

Great looking build.

Another possible source could be the Revell '50 Oldsmobile. The base 88 and the Chevrolet are the same vehicle with the Olds. getting heavier reinforced body panels. Some of the early Olds Drag Racers used to use Chevrolet Doors and Trunk lids to cut down on weight. Foe this built that kit might offer some shapes you could use.

Not that it looks like you need any inspiration. Lately I have been getting watching Rally racing on YTube and they have pictures of some pretty bad offs. I think you are doing a great job beating up this poor Porsche, just thought you might get some ideas there is all.

I guess you're just like some of the people here that refuse to own a domestic car. LOL

I'll be watching. I like woodies.

I don't know what your experience with travel have been like, but if you can't get in carry on I would ship them some other way. I have seen aluminum hard side suite cases ripped open by the time they get to the luggage area. I think the air lines use wood chipper machines to load the language in an air plane.

The above mentioned '50 Ford pickup that AFX mentioned is the one you want, the one with the blue truck on the box and it's molded in blue. I just pulled the one I had in my stash and the only engine is a stock Flat Head. While this is a great kit I think that the reason so many walked past it in the past was that it was a stock only kit. The kit has some nice White Wall tires and the White Walls are separate. This may or may not be a plus for you but I'm sure you have others Black Wall tires depending on what you're building. There is a nicely detailed single Exhaust system and. The engine has a separate Intake plus single Carb. and stock Oil Bath type Air Filter. At the rear of the engine it has a well done Oil Filter and Fuel Pump. It would be easy to run lines to these if you want to go to that extent. The Distributer Head and Oil Filler are separate also along with the Generator and Fan. The Exhaust Manifolds and Starter motor are also separate. Looking at this engine now I'm thinking that if someone was wanting a stock Flat Head this is the way top go.

I think that as long as everything you are painting is metal and no plastic parts are involved you could use most any automotive type paints safely without any problems. As suggested I would block sand the body to uncover any wavy body parts. I would also use a good quality automotive spray primer followed by additional block sanding. Since you will have an amount of paint buildup you should clean and deepen any body panel and trim lines just as you would on plastic so they don't get lost under the paint work.

The Revell '66 Impala that Rodent mentioned is very well done. The Revell '83 Oldsmobile model would also be good. This is one of the latest kits so I'm thinking the tooling and design should be good.

I would vote for the Tamiya white primer as a base for the Inca Gold. I have used this color a couple of times using the spray can. I didn't experience any problems and used two light coats of paint followed by a clear coat. You might consider a base coat over your primer that is close to your finish color. You could use a light Gold or even a Yellow. For me spraying from the can the coverage was good and polished up well. You must remember there are so many things that go into a great paint job that the possibilities of difference from one paint job to the next is great.

I think they got a lot wrong on this made up picture Even the setting is wrong as there are no Airport Buildings to be seen. Renault must have been on a real tight advertising budget at the time. Thank you for your professional input.

Mine were all two wheel drive so they are very different. Sorry I was just trying to help out based on my own experience. Man you sure are paying a premium for have a US type truck.

Those remind me of many of the after market turn signals of the day. Notice how the front turn signal is not part of the Parking Lights and the same in the rear. Many of my formative years were in the 'burbs of Chicago. I lived for a time in Wilmette in the early '50's. They had a city ordinance regarding any car left parked at the curb overnight. Even if it was your residence you were required to phone, remember there was no internet, the Wilmette Police Department with the information as to owner ship of the car and its exact location. They also required that the car have it's Parking Lights, I guess that's were the name came from, on all night until dawn. How many old 6 volt batteries do you think made it thru the night especially in subzero weather ??