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A mist coat of semi flat clear may improve the appearance of the seats. The same with the console. With a little brushed aluminum on the consoles center section it should lighten up the interior. Your painted body and the chassis look great.

Saw some of the reruns of the Dakar Rally last night on one the sports channels. Pretty wild to watch.

As the owner said in the video "they fired the engine and blipped the throttle, the left front tire left the ground and it blew both head gaskets" Maybe some rail road guys can tell us if the blower is even real. I personally know nothing about that area. The belt in the still shot looks very loose and if the internals of the blower has any drag at all I would think that it would throw the belt. It does make a fun story but without seeing it run I'm skeptical to say the least. By the way I enjoyed watching the You-Tube videos of the Gassers

Beautiful build. I'll have to look into that kit.

Wow that has never happened for myself.

I personally do not believe that any city, county or state should subsidize a sports team that pulls in millions of dollars and only provides free tickets to who ever approved the whole fiasco. This puts an unfair tax burden on the citizens of the area. These franchises generate an ungodly amount of revenue on their own without any help from the municipalities involved. I understand pride in your Baseball team (Royals) and Football teams (Chiefs) but I think this tax thing is just out of control. Locally the KCMO teams have even asked the people of Kansas to help subsidize their stadium. Is $40 to $50 seem a bit much to park your car ? The local NASCAR track at Kansas Speedway lets you park for free. If they need a loan to get things started we have banks and private lenders for that. The cost of running any government should be shared by and for the citizens, and any type of business should pay their fare share with no special exceptions just like every other citizen.

You might want to consider casting this before you paint it. There are some who might want to buy one of these bodies.

Beautiful looking Chevelle SS. I like the wagon also.

Great looking build. I like the color combo. I also had a '72 Monte Carlo, just a 350 but it served me well and towed my small ski boat with no problems.

This and all the other kits from this era were very basic. It is amazing to see what a little extra effort in detailing and adding things like hoses and wires really brings this kit alive.

When not sealed and protected from any type of moisture decals will deteriorate over time . This includes a painted model and seems even worse for some reason if it is on an unpainted model. While some discount this idea it is why I always clear over any decals I use on any model.

The way you build this is most likely based on what you remember growing up and the area you were living in. The styles can very dramatically from one part of the country from another. Many of my early formative years was in the western suburbs of Chicago. Ad on Continental kits where around but were not common. The East Coast area it seemed to be a little more common. At various times growing up I lived in both southern and northern California and Continental kits were very unusual to see. This would be in the '50's and '60's. In the early '60's I moved to southern California for the next 30 years. By then it was Drag Racing and Muscle Cars and I don't remember even seeing a Continental kit. You mentioned your fathers '58 300, I'll bet it was a 352 engine. My last '57 Ford was the exact same as the Revell kit. Mine was a 312 with 3-speed overdrive with a 4:11 rear end. In '64 and early '65 it would scare a base GTO from light to light unless it was a tri-power 4-speed car with gears, then it was up to the driver. In late '65 I took delivery of a new Impala SS 396 4-speed Positraction car. The 396 would walk the Ford on the top end but the first half of a block it was the Ford. So enough about me and stories of long ago. The style among what we called Low Riders back then in SoCal was to have small dummy spot lights. Again this is what ever your going for. '57 Mercury Cruiser Skirts were very popular with a few at that time and they had a small chrome molding that ran along the top edge of the skirt. I think with all things it depended on what your personal taste was and how much money you had to spend. Some things never change.

Great fabrication on the injectors. Good save on the transmission tunnel. I was going to suggest Plastruct round tubing.I have used this in the past and just used a saw blade to split in two. With your cap you get a taper from front to rear that looks more realistic.

I really like the chassis so far. Hope you get your paint in time, this is going to look perfect.

I like the Cross Ram induction set up. Another source of an induction set up is in the reissue of the AMT '53 Ford pick-up. I just got one for another project, but the optional engine is an early Hemi with the option of eight two's on a ram log manifold or port fuel injection with eight injector tubes. The engine has a nice finned aluminum valley cover a magneto and chrome valve covers. The engine has a manual transmission on it and has sort of stock looking exhaust manifolds, a separate front water pump/front cover and belt and alternator. Have to agree these were great looking cars, the kit can be a bit of a challenge thou.

Great looking interior. I'm with you I have to tape everything any more.

Great looking color. Very healthy looking engine.

The Wires look great and very in keeping with your build style. They were a very popular dealer installed option, usually on the Thunder Birds, at that time. If your keeping with the heavy accessory look Ford offered a chrome bar that ran from the top of the two front bumper guards. As I recall it is in the old AMT '57 Ford kit. That kit offered a lot of dress up options from that era including the Edsel station wagon tail lights. The tail lights may not look good with the continental kit. As I mentioned before I had a '57 convertible when it was just another old car, but I really enjoyed it. So you can see why I'm enjoying your build so much.

There was a famous Drag Racer from Texas I remember only his last name I think was Gay, not sure of the spelling. Anyway I like how you're doing your conversion.

I also like the tudoor sedans. I wasa going to tell you to check out MCW since they have several very nice tudoor conversions, but it looks like you have this one well in hand. The mystery car, would that be a light blue mt. with the name Mickey Thompson on it ?

I really like that. El Caminos are cool anyway, but with a Camaro mixed in I want one.

looks great. This is the first Deora build that I have seen in a long time. Surfs Up !!

The color on the body looks like one of the color changing types. Almost a purple going into a raspberry.

I'll look forward to a repost after you have updated this model. I have done a couple from the past also and I agree with what we know now it just improves them so much.

That turned to really nice. Forgot just how much chrome those old Galaxy's had on them.