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Thanks Bill., this is just what I have done. Everything stripped back to the original Tamiya primer overnight. I went ahead and did the dash also since I wanted to detail the gages in the dash I was using. This was something I had just not had happen before so it just surprised me when it happened.

Another one of your beautiful builds. A lot of attention to fine details really shows.

Beautiful build. You even kept the cats. in the exhaust. I also think these cars look good with the trim removed from the hood.

I have been following your build from the start and have learned a great deal about weathering and have enjoyed how you have created this build. I try not to be a rivet counter but sometimes I see something that doesn't seem right to me and I wonder. Looking at the intake manifold it looks to me as if it may be turned around. If this is the kit manifold was it drilled like this or is it the way you chose to make it ? The reason I ask is that if it is the "factory" intake for a Quadra Jet carb the smaller primaries would be toward the front and the larger secondary passages are to the rear. This would apply to the high performance Holly equipped intakes also, some of the Holly carb intakes had four openings depending on the horsepower rating. This may not make a difference if you put a carb on the intake.

I know what you mean. But you must realize that the back side of the moon is where is the alien bases are, and well the bottom of the ocean also. The planet Nubaru is due here some time after the election. I do love my wife , but she spends entirely to much time reading and then telling me about all this stuff. Now the Oreo thing, that's real. No not the Mayan thing. I'm talking about the stuffing. Nabisco has been cheeping the Oreo to the point I no longer buy them I used to get Double Stuff but now its gotten to where they look more like a small barn yard animal and the only ones I go near are the Mega Stuffs when on sale.

I recently had a paint problem that I had never experience before. I'm redoing a pick up kit that I had started, then put away, and now changing the direction of the build. I had painted the interior with Model Master enamel over Tamiya white primer. After some light sanding and other interior changes I sprayed with Tamiya white primer. The seat and the interior tub both showed crazing after the paint dried. The dash that had been painted in the exact same manor at the same time did not craze. It's all sitting in the purple pond now, but wondered if anyone else has had this happen.

Great looking rust and grim, ya the wheels and tires are a little to clean.

Perfect nostalgia build.

Beautiful build. Your "budget" detail work on the engine looks as good as any other .

As you can see in the slow motion shots, the suspension geometry was very bad. With the inside front tire dragging on the corners and the right rear tire going up in smoke almost everywhere. It is a testament to his driving ability, I'd love to see the out takes . If anyone has ever seen the suspension on this and other cars of that era you would realize just how cheaply they were put together.

Like the moldings. I feel that a slimmer front molding more in size with the rear molding might look a little more balanced.

Thank you for sharing this info. I just added this site to my favorites.

Great looking build, love the Metal Flake.

Looks like a fun build. I have been also thinking of trying the lace top on something. What I was thinking of was to paint the white base and then put down the lace before the color coats. Hope the clear and sanding and polishing works out. Really like the top colors.

Have used several sets and have never been disappointed. It may be a personal problem on my part since I'm not the neatest builder you ever meet. But the lettering is delicate enough that I have started giving the tires a light coating of semi or flat clear before I start handling them very much. If any trace of glue gets near the lettering it will come loose.

From this photo it would appear that someone wanted the top part of the wiring to look uniform. The problem in the real world is when all those wires wrapped around each other age and take on any type of moisture they will start arcing between each other. Pretty to look at night but it will not run very well.

Very innovated build.

Interesting build. While not into the Rat Rod builds for myself I still enjoy the engineering that builds show. Always fun to see what different engines are used. I'm not a photographer, but you might retry your pictures with a darker background since everything is light colored now. Maybe a dark gray, to dark and you might not see the tires.

I think what you have is the -65 Impala with the Foose wheels and decals. From what I understand Revell is going to offer a model of the '65 Impala that Foose sliced and diced for SEMA. I'll be looking forward to that one for sure. This is still a great kit though.

I guess it's which ever way you want to do it. For my self I usually try and wire the distributer with correct firing order. Now if you really want to start some controversy ask about laying the plug wires on top of the exhaust manifolds on small block Chevys and 312 Fords. These and many others were routed down the back side of the heads and then came up to meet the spark plugs as well as the front two wires passing behind the exhaust manifold going to the front two cylinders. Unless you had a loom of some sort to support the plug wires you would have an engine miss very quickly.

The before even looks nice, but the after looks perfect. Nice chop on the top and love the Arden flathead.

Great detailing all around. Little things like the radiator support that you don't often see done, like the front steer also.

Outstanding detail on the front suspension and engine.

Turned out great, like the Pro Street look. A lot of detailing on the engine. I did a similar conversion a couple of months ago of a stock '67 El Camino that I owned for many years. I'd be interested on where you cut the front end. Using the '67 Revell Chevelle I cut mine at the firewall. Afterwards I found out that the firewall on the '66 El Camino kit is different from the '67 Chevelle. I almost bounced it off the wall before I finally got everything to match up.

Great job on this conversion. I have seen resin bodies sold here of the same type of sedan delivery and none of them look this good. The roof and the body flow together perfectly.