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Beautiful setup. I saw a for sale sign in the picture, how much did they want ??

Great looking squad. I see you cut the side windows for a down window look. I used this kit several years ago to duplicate our personal Charger RT. Cutting those windows helped to extended my vocabulary.

Great find on the differential. I was wondering if your going to tub the rear end or have the slicks extending past the body sides? The diff. looks to have two mounting pads from the picture. The diff. also looks to be upside down. In the donor pick-up the diff. would have been mounted under the leaf springs and you're mounting it on top, which is fine but the pinion angle looks wrong. Just a thought, not trying to tell you how to do this. What if you moved the leaf spring hanger/mount inboard of the chassis. This would get the springs out of the way and the mount pads on the diff. will be very close to lining up with the pads. The diff. could be narrowed as needed to keep the slicks mostly inside the body line. The small area on the inside of the wheel tub could be moved inboard as needed. The Ansen wheels look perfect and are very deep, another reason to think about the rear end changes.

Great looking build. Now that you have found a reasonable cost shipping supplier you might consider trying canned spray paint as an option for painting the bodies. I like the engine and the grill details.

What a great looking car. The best part is the back story with it.

I would have to think Vintage since these all were popular in the mid to late years of the last century. That really makes it sound like long ago doesn't ??

Take a look at the Shows section near the bottom of the web sites main page. The various shows around the country are very good about letting everyone know when their show is coming.

I agree that it's nice that he acknowledges model building from time to time, but I think builders are the only ones that understand what he's talking about. While Steve doesn't seem guilty of it so many of the other Talking Heads seem to often show how little they really know about the car on the block. I really hate when they start droning on about something that has nothing to do with the car your looking at and usually pertain to only themselves and their own self glorification. The B-J crew do not seem as bad as some of the Talking Heads on the Mecum Auction on TV.

I have to agree the Fords of this time period lend themselves to a fastback roof. I'm partial to the Fairlane fastbacks. If you should go with the spoiler sometimes less is more. A very small lip type spoiler I think would complement the design the best. Sometimes its the least obvious styling feature that has the greatest overall impact on the whole appearance.

So far I haven't had any problems with installing the wheels after I've painted the tires. I should of mentioned that I test fit everything in advance, I kind of thought you already did that anyway. Another thought on the tires. Depending on how the tire surface feels and looks, sometimes I'll let them sit in the Purple Power overnight. I have found that sometimes the tires have like a film on them, not sure why and it isn't on every set. I'm now starting to go to the Round 2's AMT tire packs. They offer both wide white and narrow whites.

Great build. A very tired looking old work truck. Your extra effort with the grill and bed chains make it look very realistic. Your outdoors pictures ad to the effect.

Great looking build. Usually you will see the blue car, almost forgot about the black one.

I'll do a basic soapy water clean up and then sand the obvious problem areas and score the body panel lines, and all of the chrome trim before the first coat of primer. Some bodies even some new molds sometimes have very faint detail and can be lost under even a light primer coat. This also saves paint. Then you will be better able to see any addition body work needed and also if the first round of sanding needs any addition work. Hope this helps.

I use Tamiya clear on the tire, then apply the decal. After everything is dried I then give it a light coat of Tamiya flat clear. The flat seems to make it a little more realistic looking. Of course you lightly sand the tread before all of this. Use some masking tape to keep the tread rough looking. Again you want to wait for everything to be good and dry before mounting them on the wheels. If you desire a tire with the Armor All look then a light dusting of semi flat might work.

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I also did, or should I say my brother in law helped me redo our wood floor. The original contractor set the joints to close together from one run to the next. They tell you to offset the joints at least 6". If you can offset them further do it. The joints will hold much better. Ask me how I know.

I'm sure this will look good, but I think the Mustang roof would make the rear end look lighter.

Are there any Art Shows in your area during the summer months? We have bought framed photos from amateur artist at some of the local shows here. Some shows will charge her to sell her photos so that would be an expense. Is there an area near you where Art Galleries that will display them on consignment?

Great build. I don't even remember ever seeing that kit. I like the style in which you built it.

That is one of the most realistic rusting I have seen in a long time. You even got the windshield markings done right. Poor owner must have lived at the beach and didn't have a garage to park in. That salt air can be worse than salted roads. The fog gets into every nook and cranny.

One thing I did on my build was to use tires with different outside diameter, sometimes called a "rubber rack". You might dig around in your spare parts to see if you have tires that match the look you're after on the sidewall of the tire but are different diameters. The ones I used were black walls so that part was much easier for me. I don't know what kind of access you have to the AMT after market tires, they offer two sets of different size tires in both wide whites and narrow white wall tires.

Thanks for the info. I think they look great.

This is one of the reasons I left California. Everything there causes Cancer. At this time twenty years after leaving I'm still Cancer free. I remember just before leaving the state was requiring a reformulation of the Gasoline being sold in the state to lower emissions. They immediately noticed the contamination of the roadside soil caused by the chemicals that the state had required to be used. The state assured everyone it would take years before becoming a problem. As it turned out it was taking only a year before it started turning up in the water table near roadways. My personal vehicles all lost power and fuel economy from the fuel. At least I got to live there for many years before the "Crazies" took over the state government .

Great looking build out of a kit that has a lot of issues. Are the wheels from the kit, I just don't recognize them?

I have never used EBay for anything myself just because I prefer to see for myself just what it is I'm getting. I have recently sent a part cross country and used U.S. Post Office "if it fits it ships" boxes. It seemed like the best deal at the time. Is there something better that I should consider in the future ?