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OK here's one of my favorite kits I put together about 15 or so years ago. It's built from a Shawn Carpenter resin conversion kit and AMT's '55 Chevy Cameo kit. First a little background on the real trucks. When Chevrolet put out the Cameo pickup in 1955, GMC got their own version. To confuse matters, they called it a Suburban pickup. At the same time both GMC and Chevrolet were offering the traditional Suburban Carryall. Which is still offered under that name by Chevrolet. Why they chose to use that name on this truck I don't know. The other thing different about the GMC Suburban pickup, is unlike to the '55 Cameo it was available in other colors and single tones. Were first year Cameos were all White with Red accents and inner bed. Plus the GMC was powered by a Pontiac V8. So much for the real trucks. Again, this is a resin conversion that was offered by Shawn Carpenter out of Colorado. I don't know if he's still in business or not. But, his resin kits are some of the best I've ever come across. The conversion kit included a chrome plated grille and bumper, a hood with chrome center emblem, correct chrome hub caps, a correct dashboard and tailgate, plus photo etched emblems for the front fenders. Everything but the Pontiac engine. His white resin plastic pieces looked more like styrene that resin. Prep was virtually nil. His stuff was that nice. The only real modification to the AMT Cameo was cutting away a lower lip on the front end so the GMC bumper would fit. One of nicest, easiest resin conversion kits I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Scott