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I was cruising E-bay and saw a Son of Ford kit for sale and was inspired by the box art. I have the same kit but after seeing what the partially built kit sold for (over $150) , I decided to save mine and see if I could build one like it out of parts from other kits I already have. I found the wheels and tires in the new Tijuana Taxi kit, but these tires don't have the sidewall detail of the original kit, so I went searching in my parts pile and found a matching Goodyear, I wanted more than 1 so I made a mold and cast a few for future use. The front tires seemed too large, so back in the parts pile and I came up with a pair of Firestones from the old Revel double kits, cast these also. I wanted more modern running gear, so I pirated the trailing arms, rear end, drive shaft and engine and transmission from a Monogram McDonalds Thunderbird stock car kit. The fuel tank came from the Taxi kit, I made the roll bar from solder and cut the windshield out of clear acetate. I also added tail lights from a Mustang out of the parts box. To update the looks of the over all car I removed the running boards, lowered the front and angled the front tires. Engine ignition wiring and fuel lines were added to spice up under the hood.