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I would suggest spending a lot of time fine tuning the grill installation before gluing. The fitment between the grill, hood, and rad. support is somewhat like a jigsaw puzzle. You fix one and then it doesn't want to line up with the others. I just now went over to relook at my '61 Ventura and the blankety blank grill fell out. This will give me a chance to try this again.

Thank you for sharing your pictures. Great looking cars.

Put chrome wheels on it with a small block and it would be a match to a fellow students car at Santa Monica City College in the early '60's. His rear fenders were bobbed a little as I recall.

Good color choice, very much like the era when these cars came out. Your interior looks just like the photo. This is a great kit and I'm trying to get to another one this year. In addition to the window fitment the back of the headlights on the front grill want to bottom out on the radiator support.

I like that you're giving this beautiful Sedan a new lease on life. The Olds. engine looks perfect. The old Buick engine was very nice for it's time, but not of the standard we have come to expect today.

I guess that would make sense for the time. Minimum expense for the next year model. I don't think anyone could have realized at that time how popular these cars and the models of them would become. I have at least one if not two of the AMT '64 Chevelle hardtop kits from long ago. I'm not 100% sure but I think the lacked an engine and opening hoods, at least on the ones I have.

I wonder if we're talking about the same kit. I think this started talking about the '65 El Camino from AMT. I noticed that this picture is of the '64 El Camino and you can see the inline 6 and intake manifold on the same tree as the boat. While having the '65 El Camino back is great, I would really like to have the '64 also.

Beautifully finished build. Lots of creativity with the body and especially the engine. Makes one wonder what a 1:1 would be like.

As so many others have pointed out, this is a very clean looking build and well detailed as well. The Tutone paint treatment is a little unusual on this chopped top body style, but the way you followed the body line it accents the body design well. I would have liked to see more of the interior. Your Air Craft skills will serve you well here.

I really like your wagon projects. The Woody looks like you're adding Continental rear fenders and maybe front end. The '59 Pontiac is a good looking casting, I might think about that one myself. The '62 Chevy is a must do. Where can I find that casting ? The sedan with the sun roof looks like a Charger front and rear body panels.

I was going to suggest you think about leaving it as is for sentimental reasons, but I see you're already committed to the rebuild. Your model appears to be from the BP period, before primer. This may make the bath in the pond more effective removing the old paint. With your new found skills and with better products of today you could easily recreate your original build ideas.

I like Classical Rock and Soft Rock along with a little Modern Jazz. A little Bob Marley is fun sometimes also. To use a line from my father, "I'm a young man trapped in this old body". This is from a man who broke a leg down hill skiing at Mt. Rose at Lake Tahoe in his late sixties. He was told he would never ski again. Two years later it was Cross Country Skiing every week for him.

Water Heaters are designed to start leaking around the 5 - 6 year mark. We have two and they take turns going out. I can call the Plummer and all I have to do is say my name and he asks witch one and I'll see you this afternoon. I think we have been paying into his 104k for years now.... As for bad drivers, in this area Stop Signs are considered a suggestion and Red Lights are run based on how long they have been red. If you want to go 10 to 20 M.P.H. under the posted limit you use the center or fast lanes only. If you see someone entering the freeway you either speed up to block or slow down as needed. If you are entering the freeway do not exceed 40 M.P.H. until everyone on the road has had an opportunity test their ABS Braking systems. When passing you must turn in front of the other car a quickly as possible, see ABS Test above. When being passed you should always speed up until the other car has gotten around you, now going 20+ M.P.H. faster than when they started to pass you, then drop back to the slower speed to wait to mess with the next driver.

I like the rusty look with the updated chassis and engine. Must have lived near the coast, on shore breezes can really destroy sheet metal.

I like how you blended the A-100 cab and bed into the Dually style bed. The little "camper" or "sleeper" style addon used to be common on tow rigs like this. Well engineered and nice details.

Great looking color and interior combination. I like that you used the 140 H.P. 4 carb engine. The use of color was far greater in this era than what we have today. These cars were very under appreciated by most except those that owned or got to ride in them.

Beautiful looking Olds. Since it's a convertible we get to see how nice the interior really is. I like how you detailed the chassis, like a lot of after market sway bars and shocks have been added. Good idea on the undercoating, Rustoleum also offers a fine textured black paint.

Very clean looking build, and the smooth paint finish looks great. A thought on the tires, it may just be my eyes but they are a directional tread design and they look like they are going the wrong way.

Just a thought about the hub Caps. You can achieve the look of the Baby Moon Hub Caps with the head of furniture nails. They come in different sizes and you may want to cut off the nail part, or use it to mounting it to the wheel. I use the ones called Smooth-Nickel finish as it looks much like chrome in scale and not overly shiny like a plated plastic part usually is. I think I got mine at Jo Anns Fabrics and there is 25 in a small plastic container. Very inexpensive and I have found some great tools and other objects for detailing models in their Jewelry department.

The image looks like it maybe a '665 or '66 Chevrolet full size pick up based on the tail lights and the "Barden" type rear bumper. The "quilting" design served two purposes. This gave the siding more strength and less flex to eliminate the booming that often occurred with the flat siding and of coarse styling, got to make things look good. In the real world the '59 El Camino would have been a handful to drive with a cabover camper based on the factory suspension. As an aside, in '74 I had a new Chevy C-10 short step side and for some reason I thought I needed a small cabover camper that had just come out. The dealer set one on my truck for a test drive. NO WAY, at in town speeds going around a corner was a frightening experience. I got a bed cover made to match the interior instead.

Great looking Pro Streeter.

Great looking conversion. Your interior looks perfect for your application. There was a time when retired Hearses could be had for next to nothing since most people thought they were to morbid to own.

Thank you for sharing your photos. This show always has such amazing looking builds.

Since most bodies have a small amount of contour you might use sanding pads and sticks. The sticks are foam backed with sanding surface on both sides. They are offered in a wide range from very course to very fine. The pads are 2" square and are designed for the final finishing. MOst good Hobby Shops should have them and I have also seen them at Hobby Lobby.

Great looking build. I like the timeless look you did on this.