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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.

AMT used to have a Dodge kit of "the little red wagon" short bed step-side pick-up.

Displacement unknown, but most LS engines look alike on the exterior. I would think any of the latest Camaro or Corvette kits would be a place to look. If you want the very best you should check out Fireball casting in the Aftermarket/Resin section.

The old AMT '55 Nomad kit had a crude looking straight axle front suspension option. The better front suspension might be found in the Gasser '57 Ford wagon from Revell.

This build should win any contest in the Showroom Stock category. Excellent paint finish, vinyl roof, and stripes. The detailing under the hood is much like looking at a real car.

I would never have thought of the blue interior but seeing it I think it looks perfect.

Very impressive design. Reminds me of some of the designs you see in the Low Rider Magazines. With the colors you have on the spoons this should be really exceptional looking.

Great job on the interior. The pattern looks just like OEM. The next time you're looking for colored inserts for an interior you might want to check out Keith Marks Decals under the After Market/Resin section. He also has decals of the instruments for many different models also.

I would have to have one of those just because I enjoyed the movie so much. My be they will offer some of the other characters if "McQueen" sells well.

The first models I can remember were oblong blocks of wood with a dip in the in the center to represent the interior. The kit included two thin pieces of soft wood to glue to the sides and then sand them smooth with the body that would represent the doors and narrowed toward the "front". This was supposed to be some sort of early street rod or something. There were two small pieces of wood to represent the axles and the hard rubber tires were attached with nails also provided. I used early air plane type paints to brush finish. Let's just think of it as a good fireplace kindling. I think it was in 1953 that I got a plastic kit of a '53 or '54 Ford hardtop. This was pretty much a Promo with no interior and large screws thru the flat metal chassis to attach the chassis to the body. Again everything was brush painted. I don't recall it there was any spray paints at that time, and if there were I don't think I would have been allowed to use them. I recall getting a '55 Dodge hardtop and a '57 Olds. 4 door hardtop after that. This was about the time Revell started to offer the '56 Ford Sunliner convertible and a step side pick-up and a stake bed also. They later came out with a '56 Chrysler hardtop and a Cadillac. These were in 1/32nd as that was what they seemed to be promoting along with their Military models. I do remember doing a Jeep at that time that was molded in O.D. colored plastic. The first kits that I really started to get interested in were the then new AMT offerings in 1/25th scale around the fall of 1957 I think. These were basic unassembled promos but with interiors and many offerings of options, these were the first 3 in 1's that I recall. They offered most of the Ford and GM line and Jo-Han was also starting with the Chrysler products and American Motors. By this time the local hardware store started offering brush paints specifically for car models in addition to keeping a good supply of models on the shelf. Looking back at that time period and then looking around my work bench, an old converted roll top desk that I have had for 40 plus years, with all of the tools, air brushes and spray booths, Dremels, and paints of every color of the rainbow in brush and spray cans not to mention formulas for your air brush. Till Bill brought this up I had just sort of taken this all for granted. I look around my "office" area and all of the kits and especially the quality and verity of subjects we have to work with today I really am amazed by it all.

We got a dusting this weekend but the streets were dry. Now we're seeing a little more and it's sticking. Most of the real snow is south of the metro area and way north so it's kind of going around use. I'm waiting to see just how much we are going to get since I have to go about 10 miles from here with my 4X8 trailer to finish cleaning out a rental. Even with our Wrangler I would rather not get out on the road with all the crazy drivers with a trailer in tow.