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I have to agree with Tony with an exception on Pontiac and " Generous Motors ". While Pontiac over used the plastic body clading in later years the devision was killed off instead of Buick. In China, where Buick was one of the most desirable American makes, GM had to save " Face " by keeping Buick and killing Pontiac instead. It seems GM sold more Buicks in China than Pontiac and Buick together in the US. They couldn't kill Buick in the US and still hold their premium statis in China. Now the Holden cars from Au. ( they are truly great cars ) is sending the G8 replacement as a Chevrolet SS. Now if we could just get the El Camino ( Monaro Ute ) I would trade my '05 GTO for one of those. If you are just looking around on the net, try GM's web site and look at their Holden division.

With most paints, but with Tamiya especialy, warming the paint can before you start spraying will help. Now the tricky part. There is many ways to warm the can of paint. I use the sink with hot water method, others will use an old electric coffe cup warmer. The tricky part is not to over warm the paint can. This will be trial and error. I once left the can in the hot water a little to long or had the water a little to hot. When I dried the can off and gave it that last shaking before I started to spray, the bottom of the can went from concave to convex with a very loud pop. This will get your attention in a heart beat. So if you try this error on the side of causation. Heck in all these years I've only had it happen once and no paint was spilled so its all good.

I have had good luck with Model Masters "custom lacquer system" paints. They have most of the OEM engine colors. They have a # 28006 Chevy Engine Red that looks very close to a real Chevy red.

I have had some luck with Tamiya paints. You could start with the gloss black TS-14. Then overspray this with their semi-gloss TS-79 or the flat clear TS-80. They also have a simigloss black TS-29 or a matt black TS-6. Try some of these on scraps spruce to see how they look to you. This is a lot of paint to buy, but it can be used on many chassis and such. As Richard mentioned the carpet can add a lot to the look of the interior. Some times you can spray from a longer than normal distance to get a textured look. With any interior it will look more convincing if the finish changes with the different 1:1 panels in your friends car.

This has been reissued I think. The hobby shop I go to in Overland Park Kansas has, or did have on a couple of weeks ago.

Good looking showroom model. I like the color combo.

Looks showroom fresh.

Looks very nice. Good color and wheels .

I also built this one several years ago, and like you it took a lot of patience to build. This came out very convincing.

This came out very nice. I've never cared for this kit because the roof just looks wrong to me. You made it look good.

If you wanted to keep it a four door, you could raise and reshape the inner fender and door. It already looks like you have the skills if you wanted to go that way. I realy like the top on this. Please keep the pictures comeing.

I also take advantage of these coupons when I can. But if you look Hobby Lobby is always lower than Michaels. Niether store has the latest models, but I have found in my area that the Hobby Lobby will be 2 to 4 dollors less every time. Get their 40% coupon and be that much ahead.

This is real cool. I was going to mention the Dodge grill issue, but you cleaned that up nicely. Looks like a fun build. Keep up the good work, and let your imagination be your guide.

Looks good so far. " W " valve covers on a big block head is differant.

Thanks. That beats the snot out of any video game.

Like this a lot. Can you tell me were the red VW in the back ground with the flared fenders can be found ? I'm looking to build a VW that I could realy use those fenders on. I'm learning a lot watching your build here.

This is about the coolest thing I've seen for some time. I grewup whatching these two guys.

I have had good luck on the spark plug boots with a pinted round tooth pick. I think that I use wooden tooth picks as tools almost as much as an Exacto on the work bench.

You might be able to find some information if you can find the Oct. 2011 issue of Collectible Automobile Magazine. Hemming Classic Car Magazine also had a profile on an unrestored Hudson sedan not longago. While these are not the sedan delivery you are after, it may give you some good ideas on what interiors realy looked like at that time. I hope this will help somehow, I'd like to see the build on this.

If you can find one , Polar Lights used to offer a Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II as a NASCAR only kit. The two kits I have are for Leeroy Yarbrough's #98 and Cale Yarborough's #21 Wood Brothers car. You would still have to convert to a "stock" car if you were wanting a street model. Would like to see this done.

This is making it real easy to start on that diet that I have been meaning to start.

Joe, Thanks for sharing. The quality of cars is great. I used to live in the Santa Barbara / San Luis Obispo area many years ago. Had a VW Baja Buggy that I used to crawl all over the sand dunes in. I even had an apartment for a time in Grover City, as we used to say "were the debris meets the sea".

Thats great, you made me laugh. This had to be fun. Shows a great sense of humor and a creative mind.

Its like Burger King, he gets to do it his way. Looks good to me.

You realy got this one right. Looks just like the 1:1 El Camino. Great job.