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The ones I remember seeing were mounted at the back edge of the front wheel well opening and the front edge of the rear wheel well opening. The cheep ones were just a wire much like a radio antenna with a very small round tip on the end. They would make a very scratchy sound when they hit the curb. The better ones were the spring type as they would bend somewhat and they seemed to amplify the noise better. They usually were mounted to the bottom edge of the body work with a small C clamp with a set screw to hold them in place.

Looks great. I like how so many builders are using anything but black on these.

I think it looks perfect. I don't think GM offered this type of body in the '50's but that wouldn't keep one of the custom coach builders of the time from doing something just like this. I would think Superior, who built a lot of Hearses and Flower Cars could have done this.

Looks great, glad you could save a very rarely seen vehicle.

Great color and a very clean build.

I guess we just don't see the Enamels much here. Our bottles are marked Acrylic Paint and conforms to ASTM D4236 standards. The contents may be different. A few years ago Tamiya didn't send any paint to the US because of some air pollution laws. Tamiya had to reformulate their paint. I don't think we ever really knew what it was all about. Tamiya did what they had to do to comply with the US Standards and that took several months. We were hording our Tamiya paints since several colors just couldn't be had. Everything back to normal now. I saw the shape of the bottle just wondered about the difference.

They were common years ago and the only thing I didn't care for was they way the ink would keep flowing even when you slowed down your writing or if you stopped and didn't remove the pen from the paper immediately. Also the possibility of leakage when covered and you are moving about. I think that most all of these problems were solved with the ever improved Ball Point Pen.

Beautiful build. The body and paint looks like a perfect period build and is really well done. Lift the hood and you snap into today with the Weber's and braded fuel lines.

Very clean nicely detailed build. Lots of attention to the grill and the interior looks great.

I especially like the 300 SL, but they all look outstanding. As an aside, in a couple of pictures I can see some of your paint supplies. Besides a far to organized work bench I noticed your Tamiya paints. Your bottles are squire where as the bottles we have here are round. While the contains are probably the same the different bottle shapes seem interesting.

Looks like you're almost done with this build.

I think what you're looking for is a 3- 2 barrel carburetor setup sometimes called 3 2's. I just did a '57 Ford Wagon with a setup from Hart's Parts. Outstanding quality, included the manifold, three carburetors and air cleaners. I also got the same set up for a small block Chevy with great Headmen headers. In the past I have made modified the kits bumpers removing the bumper guards. He offers resin bumpers without the bumper guards and still has the mounting pins. You will have to do the chrome treatment. He even offers universal "Blue Dots" for the tail lights.

Outstanding build. I love the way the body looks. You picked my favorite color so I'll just have to do something different with mine. I will be getting more as my allowance allows.

You might try using a flat edged wooden tooth pick to remove the paint where not wanted on the hub caps. As for the painting itself I have used a Pigma Micron brand pen I got at Office Depot. They offer some other colors also. I used their "05" pen in Red and it worked great. I have also used their White pen for White stripe tires, and Red over White for Red line tires.

Beautiful interior. I find it interesting that you went with the column shift since it seems as though everyone, including myself, goes for the floor shift. Nice to see someone doing something that simple but sets their build apart. Being plastic it doesn't really matter, but being the former owner of many "Three on the Tree" vehicles this might offer a problem. Back in the day a Pool Ball or even a Beer Tap Handle was somewhat common. The problem came about with the weight of the new shift ball. The automatic transmission cars were not as bad as the manuals, but if the shift ball was to heavy it would cause the transmission to pop out of gear. Look forward to how the build progresses.

If you're looking for a really good polish think about using Mother's Wheel polish. It sure works great on 1:1's.

Great looking Ardun.

Beautiful build, great paint job. The rims look perfect on this.

Beautiful build. Unfortunately most people don't remember just how nice these cars were.

Beautiful paint job. Just how hot were these cars ? As Bill Geary mentioned they were not to be messed with. I had a '68 Bel Air with a 427 and 4-speed, that weighed in at 4300 lbs., and I didn't even get a good look at the guys tail lights.

Just a thought on the interior. If Fran had done nothing to the interior as you are thinking maybe it would be the old Mohair material. If that is something you would consider I have used Model Masters spray Fabric Tan and Fabric Gray and if looks very convincing.

The body work is just perfect and it's great to see a well built Flathead for power. I don't know what to tell you on the paint issues, I only use paint from the same "family" for this reason. Hopefully with time the paint will gas out and all will be good.

I tend to agree on the darker tan interior idea, but with the colors your using you might try an aged dark green colored interior. I'm thinking something like an aged maybe even cracked old leather look. Try it on a spoon and see if it even looks right to you.

I have enjoyed watching all of your repairs and modifications on this '58. Have you thought of using a '57 hood or is that not in your plans ?

I like how this is coming together. Looking to see how you do the bed.