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The 2 door hardtop is a 426 max wedge car.,,,,,ran beginning of the season. the 2 door sedan is a 426 Hemi car which came out mid season

Cool . I will be in Tucson AZ permanently by the 1st of the week. I head west this Friday, be there by Sunday nite if no issues along the way Guess I'm just gonna have to run up for this show, If for nothing else than to see this jewel in person

Just when I thought the Original couldn't get any uglier. You've proven me wrong

I don't think Ive ever seen a 73 TA kit. ( not something I really look for though either. ) If there was Ebay will be your best bet

All 1964 race hemi powered Belvedere and and Dodge Coronets had bucket seats straight out of the A100 pickups. And I'm pretty sure all were a champagne gold color.All the Race hemi cars were 2 door sedans . Picture is a 1965 , but its basically looks like this. Bucket seats, no back seat , carpet with no padding underneath. Door panels were very basic. Essentially just something to cover the door internals

Thanks all. underhood is a 426 max wedge . At least most of it. There no carbs, air cleaners or ignition system , or radiator /hoses My goal was to get the major assembly done before any thing got lost in the move. its already picked up a small chip in the side edge of the hood thats going to be near impossible to fix . its just dry assembled so I can take it back apart at a later date to 'actually' finish it Ron, If you need pics of this car . let me know I have several. As I save any / every picture of old drag cars I come up with. . But for some reason there doesn't seem to be a whole lot out there of this particular car. the picture I posted is the only one I can use to verify it was a bench seat car. I read on another board years ago it had cloth inserts in the seat , but no pictures to back that up. The sedan was bucket seat hemi car like the kit

Well after some serious time away ( nearly a year I think ) from the bench I took some time over the past week or 2 and tried to get this one something closer to done . Family and I are in process of relocating to southern Arizona and I felt it would be best to have this one together with all major components in somewhat one piece to survive the move with a at least half chance to find everything once we start to unpack That said, It not 100% done. especially underhood . But its close enough to box it up . Interior was converted to a bench seat using an extra rear seat to replicate the actual car and painted with craft paint close to the original tan . Exterior is a duplicolor white, with Mopar Prowler orange with a VERY light coat of clear red on top of that . Then cleared with Testors wet look clear. In some pictures the 1/1 car looks more red , then others ir has more of a copper/bronze look to it. So I was torn as to how to complete the kit. It may not be 100% dead accurate but close enough for my bookcase. In person the red isn't as red at the pics on my monitor make it out to be either. I have a resin sedan I will build later and may look at a different color for it . I tried to use Johan fender well headers like the 1/1 had. But they didnt fit like I wanted so I went with the kit supplied versions instead. I may try again some day later on. ( ok, doubt it ) Regardless, for now its done enough I can wrap it up , in a box it goes for the 2000 mile ride. If all goes well I will be able to do some modeling this winter, but Im not counting on it. We bought property out there and plan to build a house on it as soon as possible. And there WILL be a modeling room trust me. But house comes first, then toys . Got to please the wife god This is one of my all time favorite super stockers from the period . So I was extremely happy when it was released last year. ( about the time I started this build ) Comments and criticisms more than welcome Thanks for looking in

I like it. a lot Never been a big dune buggy fan per say. But I picked up one of these kits at Ollies last year for a quick weekend build, Be extremely similar to what you did here

Hopefully,, just maybe some 3d printer capable entrepreneur makes these .

I use rattle cans exclusively and always warm the can in some hot tap water. let it site there maybe 5 minutes then spray away. this is primers to clear., even rattle can duplicolor paints and primers

Simple kit to build . But as shown here looks REALLY nice once completed. I like it and want to build this exact car for my case

That would be the 1st 65 Comet I buy. And would buy multiples if the secondary market steps up with decals for it

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Revell-ZZ-Top-Eliminator-1933-Ford-85-4465-1-24-Model-Car-Mountain-FS/382371173392?epid=15020018813&hash=item5907191410%3Ag%3AGkQAAOSwoFVadhI8&_nkw=zz+top+eliminator&_from=R40&rt=nc not mine

Looks like your using the Chi-Town Hustler for the basis for this build ?

Agreed, Everything Ive bought so far has been absolutely 100% top shelf quality

all the above, no interest in Nomads though

If you wamt to do another one. I'll send you a body and decals

Ok, maybe some of you knew this already. But while packing some kits away. Just for giggles I tried the uptop off an original AMT 1962 Impala convertible. On both my original issue 1960 Bonneville and 1959 Buick. It looks killer, although its not a 100% drop on . BUT, it fits the Pontiac pretty well with minimal work and definitely manageable to make it work on the Buick as well . I also did a test fit on my 58 Bonneville, and not so well. Good thing I have a few spare AMT uptops I guess just a little tidbit for us old annuals collectors / builders Enjoy

Top ones were ONLY avail on 1964 and 1965 RACE Hemi cars ONLY Bottom ones are MAX wedge only, thing is they were never avail on any production line Mopar. They never got past development / prototype stages. Although there are a few sets out there and Ive even seen one set installed on a car. They look cool as chit

I think it would be extremely rewarding to see something you've worked on for thousands of hours, for years come to life . I don't have the patience or skills to pull something like this off. But I surely can appreciate the time it takes for those that can and do.

My favorite of the lot

Nice color

I can relate. Luckily our house is done and on the market. So its get ready for the move time now I've had ZERO modeling time the past 6 months. In fact a good portion of my stuff is already packed up. All the rest will be packed up the next week or so in plans for a cross country move. Probably be at least another 6 months before I can even think about digging some projects out

I agree with you. But in all honesty I can say the same thing about Rat Rods and / or most street rods for that matter. Its different strokes for different folks . Be kind of boring if we all liked the same thing

Problem is ( at least for me ) I bought this kit as an incomplete builder. So some of the pieces I'm not so sure are correct or in there correct location. I built this car before I was the internet savvy person that I am today ( lol ) I see Snake posted the actual instructions to the kit itself. I still need to find the engine cover for this car someday