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What started off as a "quick restore" ended up being a time consuming project... I took everything apart, repainted every piece and added a few minor details ~ it turned out better than I expected it to. The color as you can see in the above photo was the same as the '66 Nova I posted a few days ago... mainly, that is the reason I decided to rebuilt this truck and give it a different paint color. It just didn't look right sitting next to the nova :angry: I built it around the same time as I did the nova, hence the same paint color... about fifteen years ago, I didn't have much in the paint department and I used what I had instead of running out to buy something different.

Hope you like it!

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Reaper: yeah they did, it has the teal colored truck on the box with all the accessories.

Nails: looks great! Only issue is on the factory trucks, the upper color separation was actually below the indent in the body and didn't in fact line up with the taillight. :lol:

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Been a loooooooooooooonnnnnnnngggg time since I have seen this kit. Great looking truck. I'd say something about the fender markers but I don't want the ol' lady to kick my tail lol :lol::D

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Thanks for all the comments :P

The paint is Rust-Oleum Metallic Champagne, the white is from ColorPlace (rust control) gloss white ~ the only white spray I had at the time. I put two coats of Testors clear gloss laquer on it and gave it a slight polish. As for the two-tone, after viewing several different photos of the real truck I decided to paint it a little differently than what came from the factory... that's why the white meets the top of the tail light, just thought it gave it more of a stylish look.

Railfreak, lol ~ what about them fender markers? I promise not to tell the ol' lady :lol: And reaper, sorry I couldn't get to your question sooner... I didn't know the answer anyway but it seems as if YJIslander and Rick helped you out.

Oh, yes... I'm surprised nobody commented on the fancy door mirrors :D I lost the original ones but plan to build something to replace them one of these days, unless anyone has some extras laying around? They are different from what came with the original model but I'm hoping to duplicate something like this:

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