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I like the two tone paint treatment. I had a '72 Monte years ago and really enjoyed it.

Looks great. You have no idea how much this looks like a coupe that sat in my driveway for over a year before I got it on the road. The only difference was I had the keys too the trunk, I like the screw driver though.

Excellent patina finish and the photography really adds a lot of realism to it's appearance.

Beautiful looking Pontiac. I like the correct wide whites and the color is era correct also. While the kit offers some challenges it also gives you a chance to use your modeling skills, and it would seem you overcame any challenges this kit offered.

Beautiful looking El Camino. Perfect looking "Day Two" ride.

Very very nice. Great looking paint work, and I like the contrasting interior colors. Dish Slotted Mags and the nose down just the way it was. Always like the Mercury Comet over the Fairlane at the time.

Thanks. That's the name. I like to forget about such cars no matter what company built them.

I can remember in the late '60's some local body shops that would cut, slice, and dice Unibody cars that had been hit and meld them into a car that you would never realize had been done. This was in San Bernardino Ca. and I really don't recall what California was doing with the Title work to show if a car had been totaled or not. I remember an almost new '68 Mustang coupe that had been hit hard in the back and both quarters were bowed out and the doors wouldn't even close. They got the back half of another Mustang for repairs. They cut the car under the front firewall and half way up the A pillar. I think they also got the doors from that car but I'm not 100 % sure. When they got done you would never know.

Wasn't that the Cadillac modified Chevy Cavalier Sedan ? Chevrolet offered their similar model and the interior and trim added about 50 % to the invoice. We had another Chevy store call use for a dealer trade on the one we had. They never verified the invoice when they called and the locator only showed the base invoice and didn't show the cost of the upgrade, only that it was equipped with it. They made their deal and came and got the car the next day. Surprise Surprise when the other dealer started to finish the accounting on the deal they had delivered that night at what they thought was a profit. I think they went backwards about $3k on that deal.

Great idea. I have often thought of doing something along these lines with one of the '48 Ford wagon kits. The one thing that has always put me off on the '41 kit has to do with the Hood, it looks like it is going up hill from the Firewall forward. I look forward to seeing what all you do constructing the Bed.

In the U.S. this would usually be called Tax Evasion on the Government side, and Stealing from your employer on the other counts. It never seem to amaze me the cense of entitlement that some very powerful people have no matter how much you pay them.

At one time AMT offered reissued kits with what they considered more modern updates. I remember a '49 Ford reissue specifically that had a set of Good Years just like that. They were far to wide and to low a profile for the kit, but they came in handy on later model builds. Depending on your stash of old kits you may have more than you realize.

My standing has as much todo with my Paint Booth location. I have what would be the equivalent of a one car garage under our home that is used for garden equipment and mowers. I have set aside a shelving unit near the exterior door to throw the exhaust hose from the Spray Booth and the Air Compressor shares the same shelve along with the Dehydrator for drying.

This is just the type of advert. that I enjoy. They are often funnier and more entertaining then the regular TV program I'm watching.

I remember when Fords of any kind were called: Found On the Road Dead. Fiats : Fix It Again Tony. When the Chevy II was released there was a rude remark about the Chevrolet being the equivalent of a feminine hygiene product for those who had previously purchased a Ford Falcon. Chevrolet used to offer some rather poor cars under the GEO name. The Spectrum was called the Scrotum. Mike Smith mentioned his visit to the VW plant in Mexico and a truck like vehicle they were using as a parts runner. I have no way of knowing if they are the same, but VW did build a small pick-up on the Rabbit platform for a few years and I wonder if that may have been what he saw.

Round 2 offered some great options using the AMT name on their packaging. One set is the Good Year "Blue Streak" Slicks. They are listed as being 9.00-15 And have pad printed Good Year lettering and a Blue Stripe, eight tires in one package. The other eight tire package is listed as M&H Race Master Drag Slicks. These have the "Pie Crust" edges and have two each wide white, white lettered, narrow white with lettering, and narrow white with a red stripe in the center. They are listed as being 1/25th scale.

Thank you for sharing. I never realized they had so any one-off customs on display also. The black '68 Biscayne is similar to the Bel Air I ordered in Sept. of 1967. I had to have Air Conditioning so the biggest engine I could get was the 385hp 427 cu in with a 4-speed and 3.55to 1 Posi. This was a family car an every day driver rain, snow, what ever. Other special equipment included the F-41 Sport Suspension, Fully instrumented Dash including a Tach were the clock would normally go. The AM radio also had the factory 8-track tape player with multiplex stereo and a rear window defogger, remember this was driven every day of the year. The wheels were the 15 X 7 Rally wheels because of the Disc Brakes. Several other small items like the Light Group that included under hood and trunk lighting as well as the front corner lighting, this option is usually seen on Caprices at that time. The paint was a bright Red and black Vinyl interior. At 4300 lbs. according to the scales at Riverside Raceway it would still surprise a lot of smaller big engine cars of the day. Raced once with low 14ings and around 100 mph in the quarter it wasn't the fastest, but this was our family car driven every day rain, snow, or shine.

Great looking build. I like the opening tail gate. Are you going to add a front bumper later or is this the way you want it ?

Great attention to detail on this build. Aren't you glad you are building it now ?

If the white model is the conversion of the red model, I would say that is an exceptional job. Even with the inaccuracy's you mentioned both cars look very nice.

Around '88 or '89 we got a new Cavalier Z-24 for my wife. The rear window looked like a miniature '61 Impala. The GM cars with the "bubble roof" from 1961 thru 1962 on the Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtops have always been a design I liked.

You mentioned your research and that makes me curious as to just how many Blue/Blue Trans Ams were built. I just don't ever recall seeing any myself. They obviously were some built and it does look nice but I just don't remember ever seeing one.

I agree with Bill on the timing. like Tom mentioned this guy was in his 80's and he could easily be off by a decade or so. I remember well when GM got the hair brained idea to make a Diesel out of a stock block Oldsmobile V8, what could possibly go wrong ?. Well if you know anything at all about these engines they were gutless, short lived, and very prone to head gasket failure. I was the used car manager at a Toyota dealership and was off one day and the general manager was going to show everyone how good he was at working a deal. He appraised the 100k mile 1/2 ton Chevy long bed pick-up trade giving it a bonus for being a diesel. At the time it was common knowledge that these things wouldn't bring half of wholesale in perfect condition when selling them too a retail customer. So he put a TON in this dog only to find out the next day that the engine as toast. BIG loss in the Used Car Department that month and guess who got blamed.

A couple of years ago a local Hospital changed hands and many of the doctors that I had seen there left their practices at that Hospital. In the last three years every time I have gone to see the General Family Doctor I have seen three different Doctors as the "old" ones had left. The same thing with my Cardiologist. They do a cursory heart beat check and just refile my med's that they never prescribed in the first place. I guess I had better start looking also.

Very sad, he was a highly respected Entertainer and as a person in general. We just got back last night from Branson Mo. and had even attended a show at his old venue.