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"Going in style" with Freeman, Caine and Arkin, besides being well written these three actors are standouts in their own wright and together their acting was very convincing.

Great looking group of Mustangs. The weathering on the Capri looks very convincing .

Great looking Stock Ford. Always nice to see one done that represents the original in both appearance and paint finish.

I think the "Bent Eight" moniker refers to the fact that the Ford, as with most others" were not an inline or straight eights. Think of the Buick straight eight for example. Beyond that I think who ever made up this name is a big scrabble player.

I have used the suspension from some of the John Greenwood Corvettes on a couple of projects. I even put the complete engine, transmission, and IRS under a Revell '56 Del Ray.

The Cab is from a model A and that is what I based my opinion on. I agree there is probably as much model T as there is model A so I should have called at an "AT".

Thank you for the pictures. An amazing variety of models.

The second engine in this kit is supposed to represent an early Cadillac engine as that was a fairly common engine swap in the early '50's.

Beautiful looking build. This looks just like, probably better than, what these trucks looked like when new.

That has to be one of the best looking A Bones ever.

Relooking at this I notice the way you removed some of the side chrome. From the side the trim looks like a '52 Ford.

Maybe return it to it's former glory.

I have built a couple of these and the Wagon also. They are great kits. If you are going to lower the front ride height you might want to look at how the fender well area was changed on the wagon kit as it's more accurate in that area. There is not a lot of room in the front fender wells on the 1:1 or the kit if you lower the suspension very much the top of your tire is going to bottom out on the top of the wheel well and the lower rear area of the inner fender apron is wrong on the coupe but closer to correct on the wagon. Should you use wide tires this problem becomes worse. As for built models I built one of the 1:1 Ford coupe I owned years ago that was just like the kits 312 single 4 barrel with 3 speed and overdrive. Another was an Out of Box Duel Quad coupe. For the third one I added the Hardtop Roof from an old AMT kit to make a base model Hardtop phantom. I'd google '57 Ford and see what all they have for pictures.

Major fabrication work going on. I'm impressed with your use of alternative materials. I'll enjoy following your build on this.

Great find. Hard to believe that any of these in original condition still are around.

Now is not the time to stop with this. Most of the hard work is done and now its just finish out the details on door jams and trunk and hood jams.

I think that's a cool idea. Not sure if these were damaged vehicles repurposed or just what they had to work with.

The blankity blank weather man says we'll see snow showers Thursday morning. I still have several inches of leaves on the ground to clean up.

Perfect looking '50's semi-custom. I like the engine detailing and added speed parts. This is how many fixed up their late model cars or even some new ones. The look is timeless and will never go out of style.

Nice redo on your '55 Nomad. Did you open the tailgate or is that the way AMT did that ??

I followed your build on this little beauty and the conversion looks very natural.

Looks like a great project. I think the front suspension should be mounted with the sway Bar toward the front.

Another possible source of a HiPo 289 can be found in Revell's '32 Ford 5-window 2 in 1 kit. It has chrome Ford Motor Sports Valve Covers and Headers. There's also a chrome open element Air Cleaner for the single four barrel Carb.

Beautiful looking Bel Air, and a four door hardtop is a little unusual as this was the second year of production for that body style. With the weather and winter road conditions this car has had to be garaged to still look this good. The interior looks perfect as well. She describes the Turbo Glide transmission and if you know anything about those you know she has kept the maintenance up on that. You have to love this lady, the "lights are on and someone is home" if you know the old expression.

Dead perfect. Very realistic chassis and engine detailing. I like your idea on the wheels.