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Very nicely finished Edsel. Your build shows one of their more popular color combinations that were offered. Even with some of the paint combinations offered by the different manufactures at that time, you didn't drive an Edsel if you wanted to go unnoticed.

Very nice T Bucket. I like the rear tires, they really don't look out of scale to me and the sidewalls look naturel.

Beautiful restorations on these three. It is hard to believe but when these early 3 in 1 kits came out builders would try and use every option in the box on every kit.

Outstanding paint work and I like the white front fenders. The engine swap makes more sense for a street car and the details are great.

A clarification the Jeep's nick name of "just empty every pocket". This is mainly a joke between owners referring to the added goodies mainly for off road use. The vehicle its self is comparatively reliable in normal use, operation, and standard maintenance. Like any vehicle that is abused in the way it is operated there is bound to be problems largely depending on the operator of the vehicle. The very nature of say a Jeep Wrangler that is an off road vehicle modified to be driven on the street they are inclined to see some off road use that can take a toll on the vehicle depending on how far the driver has gotten "carried away" . Unless you're trying for a "You Tube moment" they can and do last with little more than regular maintenance. Case in point. We have an '09 Wrangler Sahara with a manual 6 - speed and a factory positraction differential. This is not the Locker type found in a Rubicon model. This Wrangler has served as a daily commuter as well as a weekend off roader. The vehicle had it's first off road experience after 1 week of ownership and has attended at least one or more Jeep Jamborees every year since we took delivery in Aug. of 2008. We have been to a couple of different off road parks in our area a few times a year and we have enjoyed a few trips to Colorado which is beautiful place to visit and is best appreciated in a Jeep. The Jeep now has 97800 miles and is on its second set of brakes still, and the original clutch works perfectly. These are both normal wear items, but considering the extensive off road use I consider the clutch being OEM kind of amazing. The battery has been replaced twice but other than that the money we have spent has gone to skid plates, rock rails, wench, and bigger wheels and tires. Everyone still tells new Jeep owners about "Just Empty Every Pocket" but it's more because of the level of after market goodies that you will find your self buying rather than anything wrong with the car. Your experience may vary, but how did you operate it and just who's fault is it really ?

Great looking Ranchero. Very clean looking build.

Great looking Kustom. The quad headlights and roll pan all go together. I remember when guys used to paint their wheel centers on their chrome wheels. Worked great to hide the rust around the lug nuts on your daily drivers.

I agree with everyone else on this build. Top pick of color and the finish is outstanding. The minute details on the engine and the interior look perfect.

I like your showroom looking build. Very cleanly detailed trim and interior. With a convertible body style you can show off all your hard work on the interior.

I think it's fantastic that someone would have one, the desire to restore this vehicle and to also have the were with all to be able to do it.

Some ideas to consider on your future work/display area. Get some graph paper and create the outline of your area that you are working with in sacale. Cutout some pieces that are to scale the size of your shelving, work desk, and any other furniture you may want to include. This way you can move things around to see where you want doors and closets and such. This can save you a lot of time and frustration later. Don't forget electrical and this is something you might want to consider, an Electrician to do for you for safety and code requirements. For displaying your models you might consider some nice inexpensive book cases. These should have adjustable shelving and be sure you use only metal pegs to support the shelves as the plastic one deteriorate over time. You might even want to check your kitchen cabinets for the same reason. A 10x21 foot room could almost give you two rooms to work with, something to look at depending on your needs. As for storing items that are boxed and not for display you might see if there is any additional areas in your basement to store those boxes or create an area in your new floor plan for storage that is out of sight. Should you create an area that is out of sight I would leave the foundation exposed to save an unneeded expense. I did just this for a storage area and painted the concrete white using a concrete sealer paint designed for just such use. This will brighten the area greatly and should prevent any future leakage problems. I would also suggest you check your local building codes for any additions. Remember there may come a day you want to sell this home. There could be issues at that time with an unpermitted addition. In addition to furniture stores look for new home builders who are finishing building in your area. They often don't want to store or reuse the furniture in their model homes and you can find some good deals there. In the past some furniture stores have scratch and dent sales on floor models as well. Don't rule out moving sales either.

So what sort of engine are you two thinking of ? I can see not using the Cadillac, never did figure out what AMT had in mind on that one. The 348 engine would be a great nostalgia type engine. Or maybe a Big Block or even an LS engine.

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The scene where the bad guy in the Charger is looking for the Mustang, and then he looks in his rear view mirror. It's on baby, fasten your seat belt.

Looks good. To bad the engine in this kit is such a lump. I hope your wife didn't learn that you were trying to give this one away, she might not appreciate that.

Very nice looking build. That front end has kept me from ever trying my hand at building one of these.

Great looking little street rod. Nice paint work. I like the idea of a warmed over 4cyl. engine in that light weight body.

Great job on this conversion.

Chevrolet offered those wheels as an option on several of it's car lines and were even part of the SS package on our new '85 Monte Carlo. In that application they were painted what Chevrolet used to like to call Argent.

In the 1:1 world these were little more than a Dragster with the semblance of a body covering the cockpit. I'd look at any of the AMT or Revell kits of early Dragsters for the front wheels.

Not getting into the style of build, that's kind of a personal issue and depends on your own personal tastes. From an engineering stand point this looks interesting. From the picture it would seem that the transversal leaf springs have a mounting point behind the front cross member. The style of mounting is often called a "Suicide" mounting. this is usually in front of the front frame cross member. You can't really see most of the suspension, but it would seem that the leaf springs are mounted to swing arms that look much like the early Ford "Wishbones". I think that they split the bones and are using them as swing arms mounted to the frame rails. You can also see that the steering Drag linkage is mounted in front of the axel rather than behind. Next question: where is the Radiator?? I'd look in the trunk. Like I said it's just not a style I'm interested in, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate the engineering that went into this rig.

Man I wish they would make a model of that.

Very nice looking El Camino. This is a really nice kit to work with. I had a 1:1 '66 El Camino years ago, but it got stolen and was never found.

The Ventura was an upgraded interior and exterior trim for the Catalina. The Bonneville was built on a longer wheel base and most of that was in the rear quarters and trunk area. I agree that the suggestion of the '59 or '60 Impalas from Revell might be the best way to get the chassis that you would need., of course with a Pontiac engine in place of the 348.

Very nice clean build with great color. Young Miss Ella has good taste. Someone mentioned the tires and you replied that you thought the Red Line was to close to the tread. As I recall the early Firestone Red and White stripes were further out on the sidewall than other tire manufactures were doing at that time. The result was many right side tires ended up with a much wider stripe since so many would bounce off the curb when parking. I can remember White Letter tires winding up looking like White Walls.