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You have done the moldings and the top mounting perfectly. Great detail on the snaps, besides adding strength to the moldings. In my youth a good friend got his mothers '58 Impala Convertible when she got her new '62 Impala. His car was white with a white top and red interior. We removed the full wheel covers and painted the wheels gloss black and added baby moons with narrow white walls. With the glass packs and slightly heated front springs it was a great cruiser. Your build is bring back fond memories. Keep up the great work.

That grill should work great. Like the Tuck n Roll interior. With the sedan delivery you will never see the window frame dip.

It is hard to describe to someone who has never been that close to the track just how that feels. The first time I did it was at the first race held at Ontario California. At that time you could walk down to the fence where that was all that was between you and the track. When 43 NASCAR starters are coming around on the first lap I felt as if it knocked the wind out of me. Years later I worked for Union Oil Company and one of my duties was to help at the fuel distribution station at the road course at Riverside Raceway. This was in the late '60's and we could still get pretty close but by then far more safety barriers were being used.

I understand that they still race on in the rain in Europe. Maybe they just need to have snow tires in addition to rain tires, LOL.

Thank you for the additional photo of how you chopped the top. I knew it was difficult but just never realized how many cuts had to be made to achieve the proper proportions.

Very nice, would make a great sleeper on the street. Very clean build, like the colors and wheels.

The body lines really flow well. I have been told this body style top is hard to chop and have the rear side windows look right. Yours look perfect.

This is a fun kit and has lots of details, The only real problem areas to look for are the hinges for the trunk and hood. As others have mentioned just take your time. Also the exhaust crossover on front of the engine can interfere with the frame.

Great job on the chop and paint. The exhaust looks much nicer . The in line six is a great idea.

Very nice build, paint and foil look perfect. You are fortunate to find a '67 in such good shape. I see you have the somewhat rare wood steering wheel and full gauges. The Multiplex stereo was a fairly new option also. As you probably know the domed hood with the simulated vents was an option on the SS package and was not standard on even the 427 cars. That may be why you just don't see them often.

Great build. I bet the original would be a kick in the head to drive.

Really great looking "show room" type build. You mentioned a problem with the exhaust attachment to the manifolds. This is a normal issue with the tri five Revell kits, not serious but just the way it is. What I have done in the past is to drill the manifold outlet and the exhaust pipes so that I can slip a small length of wire in to help hold them in place for the glue to dry. Being the cheep guy that I am I just use staples from my stapler. Try a #75 or .021 drill bit and you should be close. The pin doesn't have to be very long, just enough to get the parts to stay in place. I have used this method to mount almost every small part. I haven't lost a starter, exhaust manifold or any other fiddly part since I started doing it this way.

Do you have any pin stripe decals ? That's just my thought, and leave it shiny.

Most of the tow bars in the older kits were kind of thick and didn't look very good or in scale. With some of the products we have to work with now it might be better to just scratch build your own.

Dave , I have heard a similar feelings expressed by others, and think from the response of others to this post you are getting a better idea of why someone might not look at your build or only visit and leave no remarks. I have a theory as to why this may be happening. I think that the reason that your post may have dropped down on to the second or third page with few visits has to do with the shire size of this Forum. This is a big weekend here, and there will be more traffic than normal. But as each person views a post and say they leave a remark, that post now goes up to the top of page one. This person goes on and visits several other posts and leaves their remarks and then that post will go to the top. The person will look at several more and leave a remark or not, but even if it's only a few more that has moved your post further down the line. Now say there are several others visiting and making remarks on some ones build . This will put you on page three very fast and no fault of your own. I'm not offering a better plan because I just don't have one. But this is why I will go at least as deep page three on my visits for this very reason. Please don't let this get you down.

The new tires look as if they would have to much sidewall flex and would allow the tread to lift away from the track in corners. It will be interesting to find out how they have redesigned the tires.

I'm hardly a Ford or Chrysler expert, but what I have used is Tamiya X-14 sky blue or TS-10 French Blue or TS-23 Lt. Blue. To my eye they look close enough. For someone who has to be dead on then the factory type spray cans might be the best.

Very realistic looking old work horse.

Very clean build. The color reminds me of one of the color that Chevrolet offered at that time.

Well built model, very clean.

Nice to see a Ford in a Ford. I agree the steel wheels look better. I might raise the rear about a scale inch or two, but that's just me.

I like your color combo with what looks like the Firebird interior pieces.

Great looking shoe box. What are thinking for the front turn lamps ?

Red exterior ?

As Andy H mentioned the front bumper looks to big. The bumper its self is not so bad as the splash pan between the grill and bumper is just to large. What I have done on '56 Chevy builds is to shorten the splash pan, this brings the bumper much closer to the grill. The bumper wraparounds will then be into the front wheel opening and will also need to be reshaped. This is how the big guys do it.