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OH MY GOD.

A VERY nice save. I like it

Gots to love the 50s sleds

And my inspiration, Always liked this pic, eyes glued to the tree, just leaving the line with the front shocks stretched all the way out .Hammering on it hard .

My least favorite part of building is the BMF work, this one was no exception . But, I had some time to kill this afternoon. So I dug in a did what had to be done. I also repainted and made some extensions for the headers and added the candy cane striping found on the 1/1 Should get the glass glued in this evening.. then starting final assy in the next few days . plan is have it done this weekend

On my monitor . it just looks orange. But it looks killer.

Although I would certaintly not kick out the idea of stocking up on the 58 annuals IF they re-issued them ( IMO not likely ) I already have all but one so its no longer a top priority for me

Good looking build. This body style sure looks good in all black

Buying Modelhaus in one lump sum is not going to be easy ,,and i have a feeling NOT cheap. . Especially if the buyer needs to relocate everything any kind of distance ( and I am sure there is a LOT to move) IMO, doing so may take a while to see any kind of return on investment within a short time period .Which brings up another issue,,,,, There own retiremant schedule ,,,I think any buyer has to think about there own age or retiremant will be an issue again ,,,sooner than later. You also have to think about the man power to operate it as a business and not just a couple days of the week hobby. IMO it would require its own dedicated facility . That way when the day is over turn out the lights and close the door and go home and not think about it. Its a business , treat it as such with normal hours to allow the owners(s) to have a life outside of the operation. Also, IMO, a potential buyer needs to already have an establised presence in the aftermkt world to assure customers the quatily will be comparable to what Holthaus has estabilished . Otherwise it will be an uphill battle that the new owner(s) may , (or may not) not have the finances to endure for any kind of sustained time frame . Again all this is MY 2cents only.

Almost correct. No cloth interior avail in a 300. BUT there was a leather interior avail. http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/dealerships/1966ChryslerColorAndTrim-03.shtml

as far as i know....Yes.

My replica build of my former car. A black - with black interior 1970 Road Runner 440 six barrel 4 spd car. I have a Johan builtup to do it with . Its just theres always something else catches my attention and it gets boxed back up. Someday I guess. When I do it, it will be as far from box stock I have ever gone .

Sweet looking cars . Either factory stock or asa very mild custom. I have a pretty nice convertible version in the stash ps, wheels and tires are on there way

NOW, we're talking. Love these body style 300's. ( I have a 68 in my very very short to do list ) Spanish Red with red ( or white ) interior would look pretty nice as well. The interiors on these cars have a slight pearl tint to them. And look amazing in person And I vote no on the vinyl top. I think it takes away from the lines of the car .

very cool. I have one to do in the very near future Any build issues besides the decals I should be aware of ?

I really like it. I think the color choices are dead on what one usually finds these in. And its definitely on par with your usual quality. BUT,,,, IMO, the wheels takes away from it. A set of the factory spinner hubcaps and whitewall tires would have been killer on it . and btw, we need to talk about these red heater hoses on a mopar. Thats a big NO NO in the 1/1 car world. ,,To add I agree with Harry in I think the 67 GTX is one of the best body desings Mopar ever did. To bad its under appreciated in the 1/1 car world compared to 68 and later

I use the buffing MM rattle can stuff all the time, never had a problem. I usually can buf fit it an about an hour ( sometimes less ) Are you sure its the buffing type ? ,,there is a non buffing version ( never used it so cant comment about it )

Ive been on both sides before...selling resto parts for old car hobby I think everyone should walk in a venders shoes for a year. It Will change your perspective i assure you.

Be a pretty cool project. of a rather unusal subject,,,which means I'm in Got to say I'm not a fan of the way they did the headlight / front lower nose area. Still cool overall though

Not sure but i dont think either one have a 440 i know the gtx vert has the correct hood Ps will have your parts in the mail tomorrow

Thats exactly what I plan to do with the 1st 3 of them I get. ps, why does it sit up so high ?

Untill I saw the hand in there, I would have bet money it was the real thing,,,,, And I'm still not convinced its a model

They are screw in access plugs,,,,,, plugs were access points to get to the bolts that attach the intake on the engine. Hemi goes straight in from the top. Wedge motor goes in at at angle . ALL OEM intakes were one piece as shown ,,,, any two piece intakes were either modified( a popular thing to do back then ) or aftermarket Also, intakes 1964 and prior were aluminum. regardless of application 1965 and 1968 Intakes were Magnesium ( 1965 and later is HEMI only as there was no Wedge crossram produced ) Also, on a wedge motor. If your using an original Max wedge intake you MUST use the max wedge heads as well . A standard wedge intake port is to small

Odd they would put a crossram in the kit the manifold was never avail in the 1/1 world ,,yet NOT put one in the cars they were avail in. But as an update. I dug thru my MPC 69 Barracuda box and found another intake like the 2 on top in the middle. Yet my sealed kit is a 383 and no crossram of any kind.

I'm putting a list together now for parts and pieces I will need at some point,,, maybe even a kit or 2 . when they re-open I'll hit it hard Its not going to be pretty but I want to get them while I can