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Found some old trucks reasonable. The pick up i think is really old. 

The '61 Is an oldie Tommy!

Is it a Ford or a Chevy?

The box art was the same for either back then.

The Ford is usually more difficult to find than the Chevy.

Great find in either case!

I have the same kit with the trailer from '62 with the Chevy truck.

Paid $25.00 for it from an antique shop about 20 years ago.

Very nice stuff!

 

Steve

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Sure is nice,looks mint. This and the 59 is the ones i dont have,hard to find. Great buy. 

Thanks Tommy!

I don't know if it was really what you would call a "great buy" but it is pretty much mint.

The chrome is a little "shaky" as it usually is in these old annuals & will need to be re-plated, but other than that, it's in fantastic shape & all there.

I'll be sending parts to the chromer soon & the parts from this kit will be included.

Hope to be working on it in the coming months.

 

Steve

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Was in my local hobby shop today for some paint supplies.

 

And while i was there I just ' had '  to buy a kit. So I pulled the trigger on one of the new  1972 Hurst Olds convertible kit.

 

I will NOT be building it as the Hurst Olds or a 442 .

Just a plain old Cutlass convertible to replicate a friend of mines car .

 

 

 

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Thanks Tommy!

I don't know if it was really what you would call a "great buy" but it is pretty much mint.

The chrome is a little "shaky" as it usually is in these old annuals & will need to be re-plated, but other than that, it's in fantastic shape & all there.

I'll be sending parts to the chromer soon & the parts from this kit will be included.

Hope to be working on it in the coming months.

 

Steve

The truck is a Chevrolet. I noticed now,picture of both the Chevy and Ford on the side of the box. 

The definition is maby a subjective thing but if everything is there and in overall good condition,i think it`s a good buy. 

Sounds good,and cant wait to see what you will do with it. I recently had 30+ bumpers sent to USA for plating,a buddy of 

mine who is a member on here did the mounting and help me out with deliver it,the result was excellent and fair priced. 

Actually it would have cost me twice if i was to get replacement resin bumpers. 

Tommy

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The truck is a Chevrolet. I noticed now,picture of both the Chevy and Ford on the side of the box. 

The definition is maby a subjective thing but if everything is there and in overall good condition,i think it`s a good buy. 

Sounds good,and cant wait to see what you will do with it. I recently had 30+ bumpers sent to USA for plating,a buddy of 

mine who is a member on here did the mounting and help me out with deliver it,the result was excellent and fair priced. 

Actually it would have cost me twice if i was to get replacement resin bumpers. 

Tommy

I much prefer to have parts replated rather than replace them with resin parts.

It's more cost effective, the parts fit as they should, & in general, the finish is usually better than a resin part.

I feel, whenever possible, it's always much nicer to work with original styrene parts.

 

Steve

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Well, this was a big surprise. This car had been sitting for a week with little action, but it was from that same seller who has a big following. Just before the end I threw out a lowball bid and sat back to watch the feeding frenzy from my fellow piranhas. Figured it would go for double what I bid - instead I won the thing:

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'59 Edsel 'vert that looks never to have been sullied by fender skirts, side pipes, antennae, scoops, louvers, extra tail fins, hot lacquer, 80-grit sandpaper or three tubes of glue. Plus it has new Modelhaus wheelcovers, taillights and fender ornaments. Downside: No front or rear bumpers, so I'll be on the lookout... Anybody have a set?

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One more piece to the 1958 annuals puzzle.

A clean built-up of the original issue 1958 Edsel convertible . This one gives me all of the 58 annuals except the 58 Impala

 

Also got an unbuilt Johan 1962 Chrysler 300 kit ,,molded in white plastic

 

 

 

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