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This reminds me of on of the Top Gear shows where they were in Greenland I believe. The "Orangutan" drove off with James May still in the seated position on the back of a modified Toyota truck.

Thank you Bo Thank you Dave, glad you liked it.

What a beautiful looking classic. Nice and clean and the colors are just a little understated as they should be.

Great looking Squad. It's always interesting to see the different color combinations used by Law Enforcement. I know that Michigan uses the "stop" sign on the hood and I guess there are others, but when you're not used to seeing it it kind of stands out. I'm used to looking for "Slick Tops" in white or black with a small shield on the door. The sneaky guys sit in the center median where the grass is tall.

Beautiful build. The only trouble now is your friend is really going to cry. Can't say for sure on the wheel color. Maybe you could swear his wife to secrecy and see if she has an old picture to verify wheel color. I think Oldsmobile offered a couple of options on wheel color. As I recall the standard wheel was what GM called Argent Gray. But depending on trim option I've seen them body colored also. If he had white wheels as you thought it could mean the car was white when new or the wheels may have come from another car. He's going to love it.

All your hard work really shows. The "ageing " looks like it might have been a coastal car that had to sit out in the fog at night.

Very clean looking build. Looks like a '50's era semi-custom. I like the colors.

That's different. How many sheets of foil did it take. That's a lot of work, can you really cover the inter body panel with one piece at a time??

Why not just remove the roof from the hardtop and just create a vinyl boot cover ?? I think you would refer to it as a cover for the folded convertible top.

The basic kit's tires are close to the OEM 6.70 X 15 tire. I just built a '48 Ford and the tires are a little taller and skinnier than the Chevrolet kits tires. They are supposed to be 6.00 X 16s but maybe you could work with those. Just sand off any unwanted manufacturing names you don't want. These are white walls, but all you would have to do is paint the inserts black. The only draw back is if they didn't fit your wheels because of the inside diameter.

The moldings used on the 1:1 cars are usually very small. This can be a good thing since you can use very small diameter Plastruct. They offer half and quarter round and even some flat pieces. Being very small diameter they are easy to bend as needed and a dash of their Plastic Weld usually is all that is needed to hold them in place.

I like your idea of layering the striping decals. This looks just like some 1:1 styles I have seen. The flat clear actually makes the body look more realistic than the gloss.

Outstanding detail on the interior. The suspension is amazing.

Great looking builds. Four in one month?? You're a building machine.

All great looking builds. I'm very partial to the Camaro.

Great looking build. It really looks like a day at the beach.

I like what you have done with the driver's fender, like you said a work in progress. The interior looks almost like you could just leave it with all of the dust. Maybe just a few very small touches of primer where some rust was repaired in the usual places.

That color really stands out with the fender stripes and the wheels.

Looks great so far. I like how you redid the rear bumper, it looks much cleaner.

This is going to look good with all of the Bel Air trim mostly gone.

great tip .

Outstanding detailing on this build. The dash looks special.

This will be great to watch, and learn some new techniques.

This is a great kit and an iconic car to build. They even made songs about it years ago. "So save your nickels and save your dimes" and have fun.

The color looks great as does the chassis. I like how you got the dash and gauges to look.