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On the Testors rattle cans, my only experience involved spry nozzles that would always mess up. I would invert the can to clear the nozzle after use, but it would still spray everywhere on the next use. I have even had that happen on the first use, hard to understand what is going on with that. Their lacquer paint is ok but their enamel not so much. At this point it would be an additional expense to go to better products but would save you a lot of frustration. I personally like Tamiya paint but some times use Model Masters depending on what color I'm after.

I used to live in San Bernardino California in the '60's, there was a business called San Bernardino Racing Equipment. All of his personal vehicles where black and always car show ready. He had a shop truck, a Falcon panel, that was black with gold leaf lettering on the side panels with a nice set of mags and had a 289 4speed. Just a thought, but I think a speed shop would be a good commercial type build.

For what you have tied up in display cases you could buy a very nice shelving unit.

You might try getting him some of the Snap type kits to see if this is something he would be interested in. I have read where sometimes people with Autism and other problems do very well with something that is of interest to them.

Since the "Flying Eye Ball" was a signature feature in his designs to me it would mean that there would be some sort of a pinstripe design decal that would resemble one of his designs in the kit. He would usually paint the Eye Ball on either the dash or on the trunk lid. Years ago that was how he often signed his work much like most stripers will sign their name or nickname along with the year of the design on the trunk lid. I remember several years ago when I first saw the name and sometimes the Eye Ball on clothing worn by a teen girls if they knew where the name came from. They just thought I was some dirty old man and would blow me off. They had no idea other than it was just the latest and greats fad.

Additional information on this is in the June issue of Road & Track. They have a writer who shadowed Ford and Chip Ganassi Racing in the development and testing of this car. Lots of good back ground info about the R & D at Sebring and Daytona.

You might check around some of the inexpensive furniture stores in your area. In the past I found some very nice real wood book case type units with adjustable shelves. These happen to be about 6 foot high but there are many sizes out there. This gives my four adjustable display shelves with another two shelves that I use for books and magazines. I have seen some very good looking pressed wood shelving units that would also work.

I wondered what happened with your Olds. Just to cool to let it die.

Dogs are pack animals and they really need to be with another dog and or people. They should be treated with the same love and caring that you would give a child. If you cannot or do not want to do that then at least find someone who will and give the dog a chance to give someone deserving the love and undying loyalty that they give.

Great start. Like you I built one of the coupes years ago and used everything in the box. You are correct that front end will require a lot of body filler. The '58 Impala roof is a very original idea also.

Looken good, very colorful chassis.

Very nice clean build. The tutone makes it look like a much more expensive model Mopar.

Very clean factory looking plug wires. I like the color you're using on this also.

If you have an option of purchasing gas that has NO ETHANOL do it. As you have seen from others it will damage any engine to varying degrees. So far it has cost me two lawn mowers and one snow blower and non of them were cheap. As for automotive you will give up a minimum of 2 to 3 MPG on this stuff. Over the last several years I have had to use Ethanol in several different vehicles and in each instance when I could get fuel with out it I noticed a marked difference in gas mileage when I could get away from it. In this area there are a few stations that offer it in as a premium grade usually around 90+ rating. They charge 5 to 7 cents more per gallon, but with the dramatic increase in gas mileage it is well worth the extra expense. Like you most of the late model vehicles that I have owned the manufacture has said to use no more than 10% ethanol or it gives them an out on any warranty work on the engine. I personally would rely on the engineers before someone with the EPA and what ever agenda they have. You car is a very big investment, take very good care of it.

Someone here mentioned a web site that I have since used and found very helpful: OLD CAR BROCHURES.COM. You might want to take a look to see if they can offer any more information for you.

Check out Testors One Coat Lacquer #1848m Root Beer, it might be very close.

If you should do the window trim you might try a flat aluminum paint as the chrome trim on such a car would be in pretty bad shape and wouldn't look right shiny.

First let me commend you for you thoughtfulness in this endeavor. The front fenders are fiddly but doable, the only real problem with the front fenders is that the front edge of the wheel opening is a little far forward. Other than that it is a nice kit. I know it is what you have, but the Revell '69 Nova will work well with just the removal of the front fender louvers.

Beautiful Corvette, great color choice.

After test fitting and any sanding you feel is needed, you can usually hold the "window" in place with small pieces of tape. I'll use either Testors clear cement or Jewel-It that I picked up at JoAnns Fabrics. It is designed to attach beads and such to pants and other fabrics, they say it will even hold when put thru the wash so it's very strong. On head lights I'll use Future floor shine as it will not show at all and will give the head lamp a very shiny look. This will also work well for tail lights.

This looks like a nice Resin body, but if you are going for the pillared coupe style you will want to add window moldings. I had looked at this and others that are based on the hardtop body style. Something about them just never looked right and it took me a while to figure out what was wrong. The caster would do a good job adding the pillar but would forget the moldings that went around the windows on a coupe. To my eye it looks almost as if the roof was raised somehow.

Beautiful build, the way you blended the parts from other kits and made them look like that's the way it was supposed to be. If you built a 1:1 this is what you would want to be.

What colors do you like ? Have you seen a similar truck somewhere that is your inspiration ?