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Lol Mark. I guess I have a soft spot for these old rigs in this type of condition because of the one my Grandpa used to have.

Beautiful!

This just keeps getting better!

Some people really need to stay away from cars....

Yeah, I like it better than Windows 8. My laptop still has 8, and won't let me update it yet. Not used it enough to know if I like it better than 7.

Thanks Tim.

Nice! I just finished a replica/tribute of my dad's truck using this same kit. (Newer issue)

Sweet!

Very nice! Gotta love any of Jr's cars.

There really needs to be a drooling emoticon on this forum... excellent job!

That looks awesome! Maybe I can talk my mom into trading in her 2012 XL..

Steve, go here and use the method that Bill describes. I couldn't figure it out either and had the same problem as you are describing since the forum change . Should be a killer project.

FINALLY figured out how to link pictures! Huge thanks to the boys in this topic.

This is a good looking old Chevy so far Mark! My grandpa had one so I have a bit of a soft spot for them.

Thanks Gator

Thanks Gator

Carl how did you do that? thanks btw

This build is a tribute to my dad's first truck. I built it the way I would vision him building it if he still had it today. First I will give a little background about dad's truck. He bought it from my uncle when he was about 12. It had already been hot rodded, considering it had the complete drive line and interior from a late 50s-early 60s Thunderbird along with Thunderbird interior. The bed was from a 57 Ford. The frame was white, the firewall was candy apple red, and the body was in primer. He ditched the 57 bed (not a stepside and he didn't like it) and had swapped the 292 Thunderbird engine for a little Chrysler Firepower in the form of a 392 HEMI. He also swapped the rear axle for one from a 57 Pontiac.It had scavenger pipes for exhaust. He had slots on the rear and Torino GT wheels on the front. Well, needless to say the HEMI led to the truck's demise. It was a typical rusty Ohio truck, having bad cab mounts and a rusted floorboard. Dad tried to patch the mounts and floorboard with Fiberglass, and it looked pretty good. Until he started the truck, that is. The torque from the old HEMI blew the Fiberglass clean off and he deemed the truck unsafe to drive. It met its demise when he pushed it over a hill at my Grandma's farm. My model is not a replica, it is how I would have viewed him finishing the truck, using his input and ideas along the way. The model is built using the Monogram kit with the engine from the Boothill Express. The wheels and Bed floor decal are from the Revell 65 Chevy Stepside. The seats are from the AMT 66 Nova. There is no grill or headlights because dad's truck didn't have a stock grille, I'm planning to use the Wildcat grille from the 53 F-100 once I buy it. The things in the bed are things that I thought of when I thought of my dad. His favorite video game of all time is IL2, hence the game boxes and airplane. His favorite band is Dire Straits, hence the 2 album covers. The Hot Rod magazine is present because he and his high school best friend were going to send pictures of the real one into Hot Rod. The 32 Ford model is because dad built some models in his youth. The Chevy small block cylinder heads are because my dad has always had a thing for SBCs, probably even back then. The red stacks in the front of the bed are meant to represent ammunition boxes, those along with the rifle are to represent that he likes target practice. The chain just looked cool. It has no meaning. The license plate is what dad always said he thought of whenever he thinks back of this old truck. Dad painted it, which is why it looks so good. I gave this truck to him on Father's day and he just smiled and sat it on his desk above his monitor. I will still add a grille/headlights and probably a logo for the Body Shop he owned before I as born. Thanks for looking. All comments welcome.

Looks great Chuck!

Dude, I know you're only 13, but you need a better camera. It looks good from what I can see but the pics are way out of focus. You can get decent cameras at a pretty good price. I know how hard money can be to come by at your age (I'm 17) but you will be thankful when you do.

I love this build! Best General I've seen here in a long time!

Thanks again and you're welcome Ron. I never even noticed that Harry! Total realism from Lindberg/ 60s AMT tooling I suppose. Yep, that's how the kit supplies it. No crossover pipes. Why? Who knows. Because Lindberg, I guess.

Thanks Pat.

Thanks Don. I see them like this all the time around here.

Thanks Ron, and yes it's from the kit. Just painted the centers clear orange.