AMT 1965 Galaxie 500 XL with a little help from the Jolly Green Gasser reissue

[THarrison351]

Another one I started decades ago. It was the 1994 issue and I painted it with a lovely shade of gold. Unfortunately it was too hot and went through the primer and wrinkled the plastic. I just put it away and moved on. I pulled it out a few weeks ago and dunked it in the purple soup. The paint came off, but the plastic was ruined. So, I ordered the Jolly Green Gasser kit and used the body, decals, slicks, and green tinted plastic. Everything else was as it came in the old box. I used Testors Metallic green, but it just didn't want to lay down well. If I use it in the future, I'll decant, and airbrush it. The hood won't shut with the air intake hoses. We'll executed AMT! I'm guessing when they added these parts in the seventies, no one tried to see if they'd fit. I've just realized these wheels are not kit originals. I have no idea what I robbed them from, They were in the box and painted. Anyways it's finished.

Other than the body parts, from the gasser kit, everything below was how I left it three decades ago. The white and chrome parts are a little beat up. I could have used the gasser chrome, but it's not that great to be new.

Here's the body, hood and trunk lid after the purple pond. I'm going to keep it and used the custom parts for a future build. Lots of sanding and smoothing. Hopefully, it won't take three decades to finish! 

[1hobby1]

Very nice!

[bondo bill]

nice build

[ChrisR]

Very nice.

[Horrorshow]

Outstanding paint and detailing.

[Maindrian Pace]

It looks quite nice, and I really like the interior, my favorite interior combo for the muscle car era. I believe the hood would close for you if you straighten the engine, perhaps drop it in the chassis a bit, and lower the air cleaner housing - or maybe just a couple of those.

[TonyK]

That turned out real nice. I enjoyed your story with the past experiences with the kit and the comment about the ill fitting air intake hoses. It always amazes me when a kit manufacturer does this sort of thing.

[espo]

Great looking paint finish and decals. Like how you detailed the interior, and the green glass looks better than I thought it might. I notice in one picture of the engine in the chassis that the air box looks to be leaning to the passenger side or maybe even the engine. Could this be the cause of the hood clearance you mention? The chassis detailing looks good as well. 

[Chris in Berwyn]

That came out well!   On mine  I filed down the carbs some, possibly hollowed out the air cleaner some, and was able to get the hood to close.  It took a while!

 

 

[Kenmojr]

Nice build.

[XYHARRY]

Nice Galaxie there Tim, very smooth paint. Well done. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[TooOld]

Nice save Tim , even with all of the issues it looks great !  I really like that dark green color and those wheels suit it perfectly !

[THarrison351]

On 6/20/2024 at 7:57 PM, 1hobby1 said:

Very nice!

Thanks!

On 6/20/2024 at 10:03 PM, bondo bill said:

nice build

Thank you!

On 6/21/2024 at 2:49 AM, ChrisR said:

Very nice.

Thanks!

On 6/21/2024 at 3:38 AM, Horrorshow said:

Outstanding paint and detailing.

Thank you!

On 6/21/2024 at 9:53 AM, Maindrian Pace said:

It looks quite nice, and I really like the interior, my favorite interior combo for the muscle car era. I believe the hood would close for you if you straighten the engine, perhaps drop it in the chassis a bit, and lower the air cleaner housing - or maybe just a couple of those.

Thanks! Yeah the hood could close without the hoses. They are too wide. They sit down on the valve covers. The left exhaust manifold hits the crossmember, that's why it sits crooked. Seen someone else's build that has the same problem on Youtube. I'd have to tear it all apart to fix it, so the easiest fix is to remove the hoses for now.

On 6/21/2024 at 10:57 AM, TonyK said:

That turned out real nice. I enjoyed your story with the past experiences with the kit and the comment about the ill fitting air intake hoses. It always amazes me when a kit manufacturer does this sort of thing.

Thank you! Yeah, I agree!

On 6/21/2024 at 2:06 PM, espo said:

Great looking paint finish and decals. Like how you detailed the interior, and the green glass looks better than I thought it might. I notice in one picture of the engine in the chassis that the air box looks to be leaning to the passenger side or maybe even the engine. Could this be the cause of the hood clearance you mention? The chassis detailing looks good as well.

Thanks! Yeah, it's crooked because the left exhaust manifold hits the crossmember. Seen someone else's build that has the same problem on Youtube. I'd have to tear it all apart to fix it, so the easiest fix is to remove the hoses for now.

21 hours ago, Chris in Berwyn said:

That came out well!   On mine  I filed down the carbs some, possibly hollowed out the air cleaner some, and was able to get the hood to close.  It took a while!

Thank you! I'd have to tear it all apart to fix it, so the easiest fix is to remove the hoses for now.

20 hours ago, Kenmojr said:

Nice build.

Thanks!

13 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Nice Galaxie there Tim, very smooth paint. Well done. 

Cheers, 

David. ??

Thank you!

13 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Looks great!

Thanks!

12 hours ago, TooOld said:

Nice save Tim , even with all of the issues it looks great !  I really like that dark green color and those wheels suit it perfectly !

Thank you!

[ncbuckeye67]

That's pretty sweet. The paint is gorgeous! I would make a barn find/ beater out of the other kit. 

[carrucha]

Cool build.  Nice body color and wheel/tire combo.

[slusher]

Sill looks great!  I think the drivers side hose is holding the hood up. I would twist it some..