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webby
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Location : Strathpine Australia. Built over WW2 airstrip
 |  Subject: Olds F-85 Wagon  Thu 18 Jun 2015, 5:20 am | |
| Done. Not my best but it will do.  Black bonnet to break up the "Red Barren" look.   The 215 alloy V8 got some attention & bling too.  |
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Sam
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Location : Back in Toledo, Oregon
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Thu 18 Jun 2015, 5:32 am | |
| Sweet old kit and great rebuild ! |
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Skid
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Age : 69
Location : Newcastle. Good Old Blighty.
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Thu 18 Jun 2015, 10:44 am | |
| I love the early sixties cars. They still retained such individuality.
Nice one Chris!
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Zbuckster
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Age : 69
Location : Aberdeen, Washington
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Thu 18 Jun 2015, 5:01 pm | |
| Nice work Chris, what a beauty. |
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webby
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Location : Strathpine Australia. Built over WW2 airstrip
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Thu 18 Jun 2015, 10:32 pm | |
| - Skid wrote:
- I love the early sixties cars. They still retained such individuality.
Nice one Chris!
Seconded. You could tell a cars identity a hundred feet away, now with a few exceptions you have to get close enough to read the badge. |
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Skid
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Location : Newcastle. Good Old Blighty.
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Fri 19 Jun 2015, 12:05 am | |
| Back then, I could identify almost all cars at night by the configuration of their lights in the rear view mirror. Try that to-day!
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harron68
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| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Fri 19 Jun 2015, 2:14 am | |
| Too true on distinctive design of brands. That said, folks finally realized many vehicles that looked different really shared a majority of parts anyway. As for the small Olds wagon, nice work, but a contrasting interior (something in a light color) would help set it off as having more character. I did the same as you with an early Chevy II, red and red, and immediately regretted my choice. Thanx for a sweet old wagon, reminds me of Arnie Beswick's (Mrs. B's. Grocery Getter) small Pontiac wagon of the early '60s. |
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Johnag
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| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Fri 19 Jun 2015, 10:19 pm | |
| Hi Mr W, This looks very sweet Sir, nice clean build, road going Drag strip hooligan...  Hi Al, - Skid wrote:
- Back then, I could identify almost all cars at night by the configuration of their lights in the rear view mirror. Try that to-day!
Roger that Sir, this is why I really love the older cars, no jelly moulds back then and each vehicle had it's own identity and personality, these days they're just like the robots that build them...  Andy... |
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dogfish7
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Age : 71
Location : Hoodsport, WA
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Sat 20 Jun 2015, 2:40 pm | |
| It would make an awesome Gasser. Nice work! |
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RetiredMike
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Join date : 2013-04-27
Age : 67
Location : Valparaiso, Indiana
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Sun 21 Jun 2015, 2:00 pm | |
| Great work rebuilding that one. Looks good. |
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Speed Racer 65
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Join date : 2015-08-06
Location : Louisville KY
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Tue 11 Aug 2015, 9:10 pm | |
| That's a great build from a rare kit. |
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midnightprowler
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Age : 57
Location : East Bethel, MN
| | Subject: Re: Olds F-85 Wagon Sun 04 Oct 2015, 2:01 pm | |
| Very well done, would love to see a kit of this again. |
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