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I like the Viper engine idea. Very clean build, great looking wheels.

Very nice looking build.

Beautiful build. Nice and clean. Makes me want to go find a 1:1 truck to play with.

Great looking build. I remember seeing cabs like that one also. Man if you got a girl to go on a date with you in that you must be very appealing to the ladies. In the mid '60's I had three friends that all worked at another station. They all bought Army Surplus Jeep. They painted them all orange and used to crawl around the Fire Trails in the mountains. I got to go along for the price of some beer.

Very clean looking build. The body chrome looks perfect. The silver color gives it an understated but powerful look.

I like how you're going about this build. You have a lot of personal experience to guide you. On your Minilites, I bought a wheel set from GMP years ago. They had two complete sets of wheels and tires. My intent is to use the Minilite set for an SCCA '69 Camaro. They are painted yellow and have Good Year treaded racing tires. The set also included American Torque Thrusts with gray spokes and Firestone racing tires. I don't even know if GMP is still around or if they are part of another company now. They used to have a web site www.gmpdiecast.com The part #9021 is what I had picked up. The wheels are beautiful, I hope this may help you find the wheels you're looking for.

Great idea on the suspension.

I remember that build. The welting looks great. This kit had very tight fitting fenders to the body, and I agree I might very well damage the paint. I will keep this in mind on any future projects that have a fitment problem. This would be an excellent way to correct that.

Very sorry for forgetting the true name for the area. We got some Starbucks coffee and sat on the steps overlooking the harbor . There were artiest, people reading, and others like us watching the Sea Plains and Ships come and go. Hope to return some day soon.

Wait what ?? Wiarton Willie, is that the Ground Hogs cousin from the Great White North ??

It has been a few years since I have had a chance to visit our good neighbors to the north. About 10 years ago my wife and I where vacationing in Washington. I wanted to show my wife the beauty of the Olympic Peninsula as she had never been there. We had gotten as far north as Port Angeles Wa. and I remembered a customer of mine telling me about an attraction in British Colombia. The next day we took the ferry to British Colombia . Any picture you have ever seen will not prepare you for the beauty of entering the port. We had to go to the Gray Hound Bus station to get tickets to go to Butchart Gardens. The station is or was very small and we both needed to use the restrooms. These rest rooms where cleaner than some of the restaurants around here. We got to Butchart Gardens and I have to say if anyone is within 10000 miles of this place you have to go and see it. We had lunch in there restaurant and it was the same thing. On our short visit we never saw a paper or any type of trash anywhere we went. The whole area was like it was ready to stand a White Glove inspection, those of you with any military background know what I'm talking about. Everyone was so nice and polite to each other and us that by the time we got back on the ferry I was feeling a little ashamed of myself. I have always tried to be nice toward others, but I'm an ##@@**^ compared to these people.

How comfortable are you with masking and painting your own ?? My experience with decal stripes has been pretty disappointing also. If they even hold together being that long they still show the body color through.

Looks great and the wheel base is even right. Years ago I lived at Pismo Beach Calif. and a few of the guys that rolled their 4x4's in the sand dunes would sometimes pick up a regular full size what ever and mount that on their 4x4 chassis. Used to see some very interesting rigs sometimes. Look forward to seeing how this goes. Do you have any chassis pictures yet??

The paint finish is outstanding. What brand of paint did you use ?? That dark red with black trim makes a very nice contrast. I like how you detailed the dash board, a shame some of those things are hard to see on a finished model, but you know its done.

Thank you very much Ray. I never considered the welting, might be a little beyond my skill set. Thank you Dan I'm glad you liked it. I did think of a 312 but I didn't want to strip any of my '57's right now. I do like a Ford in a Ford. Thank you Andy. I was looking for a '60's type Hot Rod. Those are the kit wheels and tires. Thank you David. This is Tamiya TS-86 Pure Red over gray primer and Tamiya clear. I think it looks correct for this era of car. Glad you enjoyed it Dale Thank you Derick. .

These are beautiful looking Drag Racers. Look forward to seeing more.

This turned out really nice. That could be a good idea if you just don't want to get bogged down in a build.

One way around the front bumper thing is to work on the Splash apron or gravel pan what ever you want to call it. What I did was to keep removing material from the surface where it meets the radiator support. I just kept going until it looked correct. The front bumper of course comes along with it and where it wraps around under the front fender will start getting into the wheel well opening. After you have the front apron where you want it you can remove what you need to from the bumper that is to far into the opening. This will require a little shaping of the bumper ends but it is pretty easy. For engine headers a couple of nice choices can be found in the small block Nova kit, and the '57 step side pick-up kit has some very nice headers. A set of Pegasus Chrome rims would look good with a little black wash to bring out the detail of the wheels and not make them look like kit chrome. If you can find a set of the Dog Dish hub caps from the '56 210 kit might also add to the look.

Thank for the heads up. I'll have to check and see if I need anything of his.

On the missing parts, sometimes the interior folded walls of the box will catch very small parts. If you haven't already checked that might be possible. I'll have to check out that Clear paint, your paint finishes are very nice and shinny.

That is quite an ambitious change to the chassis. The Black Mustang transmission tunnel looks narrower than the White Comet chassis ? This may not be a problem with the drive train you're using. Is the front suspension on the Mustang that much better looking than the Comet ?? The Toe Board to the Firewall might be the biggest problem with this conversion . This is a model that I intend to build this year so I'll be watching to see how you overcome any problems in your build.

I like the engine detail work. Just enough grime on it .

Beautiful finish on the paint. I agree the interior is really nice. Hard to beat a bright Red Muscle car.

I like your concept. I personally like the '56 Chevys, and my father had one when I was young. This kit has a disproportionately large over hang on the front bumper and gravel shield. Just something to consider. Making it into a Sedan Delivery type body is a great idea . I built a custom Nomad and removed the chrome strips on the tail gate. If you go that way, it is a lot of work and you will need to dedicate at least one sanding stick alone for that move. Wheel choice is always personal, but those 5 spokes would be my first choice. I have used a Chevy big block from various Revell kits and only had to fabricate basic motor mounts, If you stay with the small block it could be any displacement you want it to be. Use the duel Quads off of the '57 or even the Fuel Injection. I would check for headers in your stash or use the "Rams Horn" exhaust manifolds from the '57 kits. Didn't mean to tell you how to build your kit, just sharing some ideas.

You might want to double check what type of hydraulic lines are used on the 1:1. Copper it's self is a rather weak metal and doesn't like high hydraulic pressures. Copper will often be used in fittings, but the line it's self is usually a stronger steel component. This would include the clutch line also since there is also a great deal of line pressure there also.