'55 Chevy Mild Custom Finished.

[Lyle Willits]

Tamiya Tropical Turquoise and Dup. white. Wheels from new Revell Merc kit. Narrow white walls painted with a compass.

Stock grille removed from chrome surround and cut down bar grille from AMT '58 Impala kit was installed.

Diamond pleated patterns grafted from AMT '62 Pontiac interior.

Tailights and both smooth bumpers are from an AMT '55 Nomad kit.

3 twos added to kit engine and a bunch of other little details.

Car-hop food tray comes in the kit. Hmmmm,,,,,time for dinner.

Thanks for looking.

[dub]

Lookin' sharp, Lyle! Great build as usual. Good timing on the post for dinner too, it's making my mouth water!

[Frank Steffens]

Beautiful as always Lyle!

[Irvin Arter Jr.]

I knew you were going to do a mild custom and you hit the mark!

[Andy Wyatt]

Very cool! Can't wait to see it in person.

[MrObsessive]

Super nice job Lyle!

You did justice to one of Chevy's mid '50's finest................not to mention the first one I've seen built of the new '55!

[Gregg]

Do I get it? Do I? Do I????

:-)

Great build, super clean, ala-Lyle-style :-)

[lonewolf]

Lyle,

That is the sweetest '55 I've ever seen. Beautiful paint, Beautiful execution on all details.

[outlaw035]

nice build ...lyle...

[Fisher61]

Very nice '55! Still trying to find this kit, looks like the best ever replica of a '55 hardtop to date! Great work!

[camaroman]

Nice build, Lyle!!!

[cruz]

Too cool Lyle!!!!!!!!!!

[Peter Lombardo]

Lyle, obviously this is a beautiful build...color, wheels, grill, everything is perfectly period correct....but the diamond tuffed interior looks spectacular. That really sets it apart from the rest. Beautifully executed as usual.

[Steve_L]

Totally neat and really sweet!

[ratrodder]

Yes sir, I like that. Period perfect! Great job on that interior. I hope mine comes out decent. I'm cutting the 62 Pontiac interior up and putting it into a 41 Plymouth custom. Nice 55! ratrodder doug

[Gray Smith]

Looking good Lyle, excellent work..

[parki]

Very nice build and very understated. Perfect! Great build Lyle.

Edited November 26, 2007 by parki

[Nick F40]

Saaaweet! Nice '55 Prof. Willits.

[Tom Kren]

WOW!!!! Lyle if i ever get to build again i might get to do mine great job!

[Randy Kern]

I love it, Lyle! (uh...Professor). You nailed the look perfectly. You know I'm going to have to do this kit as a street machine. I'll try to come up with a completely different paint scheme

[rollinoldskoo]

Tamiya Tropical Turquoise and Dup. white. Wheels from new Revell Merc kit. Narrow white walls painted with a compass.

Stock grille removed from chrome surround and cut down bar grille from AMT '58 Impala kit was installed.

Diamond pleated patterns grafted from AMT '62 Pontiac interior.

Tailights and both smooth bumpers are from an AMT '55 Nomad kit.

3 twos added to kit engine and a bunch of other little details.

Car-hop food tray comes in the kit. Hmmmm,,,,,time for dinner.

Thanks for looking.

car looks great man... what kit u get the triples from?

[John Goschke]

Lyle, that came out really great! Did you have to tweak the Nomad taillights to fit?

[Lyle Willits]

car looks great man... what kit u get the triples from?

I modified the 348 tri-carb intake from the AMT '58 Chevy to fit the small block, and used the carbs from that kit also, but installed the air cleaners from a Monogram '40 Ford pickup.

John - I VERY slightly tweaked the Nomad tailights.

[bobss396]

Neat trick with the '62 Pontiac upholstery, I'll have to give that a try sometime.