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Back in 2003 a guy drove a 1949 Ford Custom all the way to Ford Headquarters for the company's 100th anniversary. Don't know in the United States, but here in Brasil, there is no impediment to exporting new or used cars. It can get pricey, as one has to take into account the freight, but even with freight, and the eventual import tax in the U.S. 37K is a lot for a car one can buy in the same condition here for a top price of 30k Reais. Today, one Dollar buys 3,26 Reais. So, here in Brasil, you can get a Variant in even nicer condition for 9.200 Dollars. If they sell the Variant for 37K, they will make some cash. On old car import law here, any car that is brand new, or over 30 years old can be imported. You won't believe how many '66 Galaxies (all our Galaxies are based on the '66, so the nostalgia, and preference for the car in versions never offered here, like convertibles and wagons), were imported here in the last few years. Here in Florianópolis, there are four '66 Galaxies, all imported from the U.S. within the last 10 years. I use to work on one a '66 500XL convertible with a 390. Another guy I know, just imported a Country Squire.

Little more done to the '40 Ford. Gave the body the first rub, and will wait a day or so to finish with the finer polishing and wax. Also finished with the parts that came in halves, like the engine block, seat, muffler, rear end... All now glue together and the seams gone. Built the frame to be painted as a unit. Still some parts missing, like the sway bar, and shock absorbents. Also started sanding off the ejector pin markings on the rest of the parts, like underside the running boards. Hope to finish this one still this year, as I'm having practically only the weekends to build. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Well, finally painted the Ford today. Got home, it was quite hot and with no wind. Perfect painting conditions. Now, the body will dry for a week, and get polished. In the meantime, to the chassis and interior. Sorry for the pictures, I took them with my phone. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Loved this one. It looks so correct, so nice.

That is just amazing. It looks absolutely like the real car. With better tires in place of the Heller tires, it would be impossible to tell it's a model.

Is the Y-Block V8 from the kit?

That's the 312 from the Monogram 1956 Thunderbird kit. Long time ago I built one for a friend who has a 1:1 replica with a 302, so I got the engine for my spares box. The fit is quite easy, just cut the Thunderbird bellhousing off, and glued the bellhousing and transmission that came with the '32 Ford kit, on the Scrub-o-let engine. The beauty of plastic. Try that with a real engine. Also, like the Y-Block for trucks has a front engine mount, I copied that and mounted the 312 to the kit's bracket. Also replaced the Thunderbird air cleaner and teapot carburetor by a Autolite and a chrome filter from the parts box. '32 Ford Roadster V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr '32 Ford Roadster V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Built the "Classic Cruiser" issue a few years ago. '32 Ford Roadster V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Didn't like it. Can't be built stock.

Yes. From 1967 to 1969, they were 272s, and from 1970 and up, 292s. The cars started being made in 1966 as a 1967 model year, and as Ford was already manufacturing the 272 here since 1956, they decided to keep the car 100% domestic made, and changed the truck camshaft, by a car camshaft, changed the heads, the intake mafifold to work with the more modern Webber 444 two barrel (equivalent to a 1.08 Autolite 2100), and replaced the exhaust manifolds from the truck crossover setup, to the car setup. In 1976 Ford replaced the Y-Block by the 302 Windsor, and pissed lot's of Galaxie enthusiasts. My '82 Galaxie has the 302, and my '74 has the 292. Engine by engine, I like the Y-Block better. All stock, with a restrictive 2 barrel carburetor (due to the '73 oil crisis) it had 190 hp. On mine, I bored the engine 0.30 over, did some porting on the heads, replaced the factory cam with a Isky E-4, kicked the compression up using 1957 heads, added a four barrel intake from a '57 Fairlane (spread bore "B" intake) and installed a Autolite 4100 carburetor (1.12 venture, 600 cfm). Got 220 hp (dyno tested). This with the stock points ignition. I don't trust electronic conversions.

Not in the condition it is. The beige one I posted was up for sale for 78K Reais. That's 24K Dollars. And the beige one is unrestored original. The blue one on Maine was clearly "prepared" to look better than it is. The frame, shock absorbers, exhaust, were all poorly painted, as was the oil pan, that is not supposed to be black. It all depends on condition and on having being restored or not. For example, this '73 LTD Landau is fully restored and is for sale for 75.000 Reais: http://www.brunelliveiculosantigos.com.br/veiculos/fordlandau1973branco This one, a '75, that is even the same color, is for sale for 119.000 Reais. What the difference? This one is unrestored original, factory everything: http://www.brunelliveiculosantigos.com.br/veiculos/fordltdbranconevasca

Browsing car related sites for cool cars, I found nothing less than a 1972 Chevrolet Veraneio, a genuine Brazilian made Chevy, in Maine!!!! Now, how did she get there? Looking at the pictures I noticed a recent Brazilian fire extinguisher, and the tiny VW specific fake whitewall on the tires. The tires are also recent, and also Brazilian made Pirelli Sempione in 7,10X15 size, bias ply. A tire Pirelli still makes for the classic car and truck market. The model for sale in Maine is a Standard Veraneio, without power steering, or vinyl roof, or full wheel covers. On the ad, they say "possibly the best one" Nope, not even close to being the best one. Even the '73 Veraneio Deluxo I had was better, as almost all the paint was still factory. Only the top section of the front doors had being painted in the '80s as my dad had huge mirrors on her to haul a trailer. The paint changed color on the touched up places over the years, but the rest was all GM. Sold her in 2005 to get a Galaxie. The stereo is not original, as it's a period correct accessory. Original equipment would be a Motorradio GM labeled AM/FM radio. Here is the site: http://motorlandamerica.com/gtcd/chevrolet-veraneio/ Here is the one I had: 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr This one is for sale here. A little newer (1979) but in far better shape: 1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr 1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr 1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr 1979 Chevrolet Veraneio by hartogrob, on Flickr

Started on this kit about two weeks ago. The body had two nasty sinking marks on the plastic along the right front fender and the right side hood. It took three applications of Tamiya putty to get rid of them, but after that I was able to assemble the firewall, inner fenders, and rear fenders to paint everything as a unit. Will be using automotive enamel on this car, and the color will be black, as all Standard Fords had black wheels, no matter the body color, so the car will have a more uniform, look. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also shortened the front axle, to get a resulting model more alike the 1:1 scale. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

I first paint the factory primer, then the paint overspray, then brush paint the actual frame. 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr If it's a unibody, I usually airbrush everything, and the structure is part of the actual body, and thus, painted along with it. 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1962 Ford Thunderbird Convertible by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Foiling is using metal foil to simulate the real chrome trim on model cars. There is a commercial product called bare Metal Foil, that is the easiest way to do it. Imagine household aluminum foil, with adhesive backing. Cut a piece slightly larger than the trim you want to "chrome", apply it on the model, burnish it well, and cut the excess with a brand new hobby knife. I make my own foil, but BMF can be found easily on ebay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnyC0MmXLDw

Welcome!! And great choice for first post, just the best looking car of the '60s. Very nicely done. Try your hand at foiling it, and it will look even better.

Looks good. Very underappreciated car if you ask me.

Love the engine.

NO. That can open a huge can of worms. The form post version of spam mail come to mind. All facebook groups I'm into that allowed selling, were inundated with posts of stuff for sale. Here it will use the picture space that was created when PB went to the dark side. Paying a fee would work, but would also require a 24/7 moderator just to enforce the stuff for sale. Today there is already some posts I think are pure advertisement in the workbench area, where a guy posts 3D stuff that he makes, along with offering the product, and not a single real build picture or WIP.

Nice work on the conversion. It looks a lot better than all the kits I saw that came this way from the factory.

He must be compensating for something really small.

From the pictures, one can hardly tell your white is creamy. I never had problem making the doors to work, but making them fit is a real problem. On the Round2 reissues the problem is somewhat worse, as the drivers door is bent, with the lower rear corner always sticking out of the body. It was this way in all three Round2 reissues I built. The first one, I tried just to bend it back, but with time it came back to a really bent state. On the other two, I used hot water, and had no more problems. On the old reissues, the problem is not there. On the rubber seal, as the way the glass goes on the body is more a guess than a sure place, I'm toying with the idea of cutting very thin stripes of Tamiya tape, like 1/2mm thick, and paint them flat black, to then install them around the glass from the outside, as the real rubber is also visible on the outside. I think that may work. Can't blame you for sticking with the car, it's a real beauty!!

Need the golden watch, and the key to the management crapper.

WOW!! I LOVED it!! Fiesta Red and Colonial White, always a winner. Droping her was for sure a setback, but it's not noticeable on the pictures at all. Lot's of modelers choose to get the doors glued shut on those AMT kits, so, not a big deal there. Also, if one really wanted to drive this car fast, and you had a E code V8 there by the picture of your on the workbench posting, dog dishes would be better. The full wheel covers have the tendency of learning to fly. I did that to my 1:1 Galaxie, that came from the factory with full wheel covers. After having to catch a flying wheel cover more than once, I decided to use the same vintage dog dishes, and well, problem solved. Also added some NOS trim rings, and for real, I liked the looks way better than with the stock full wheel covers. By the way, the work on the windows to represent the rubber seal is not bad at all. This kit was a very vague attaching point to the front and rear windscreen. Also, very honored to have inspired you to resume work on this beauty. If you don't like her, I'll send you my address with a smile!!

A little while back, I had just finished a black 1964 Impala SS, and was going to take pictures of her. She slipped from my hand, as I was opening the garage door to take pictures in the driveway. Not very smart trying to do both, holding the car, and opening the heavy wooden garage door at once, but I was over confident, as I had done the same before again and again. The Impala went straight to the ground, the front bumper hit the floor first, what kind of protected the paint, but the car exploded in what it seemed 1000 pieces. Found the engine among my mother's flowers, where it landed intact. Front bumper was retouched with a Molotow pen, the body paint had a little scratch, that I was able to polish out, and only if one is really looking for signs of the accident, they are pretty well hidden now.