SPA Modeler

I built this kit when I was a youngster (about 14 or so) right around the 1983 time frame. It was my first car model I do remember that. Despite being a beginners build and a rough one at that, it has survived 31 years and is in my display case almost as it was when I built it. The engine is long gone and the passenger seat in the interior is loose but other than that it's all there. A couple of years after I built it I robbed a set of wheels from a "Street Demons" 41 Willys kit that I had just because I couldn't stand the rear wheels that came on it originally. Over the course of the last two days I took a break from my 56 Ford F-100 build(just needed a break!) and took this one out of the case and repaired the suspension so that the body doesn't rest on top of the rear tires any longer and re-adhered the rear bumper and "dolled her up" a little bit for some decent photo shots.

What you see here is as it was 30 years ago with no modifications or upgrades:

Very well done for patient #1! Still looking pretty good.

Thanks Lyle!! I was going to do the stripes down the middle of the car but my attention span was terrible at that point. Hell.......it's still that way! lol

I understand that. Tried counting sheep the other night to help me sleep. One sheep, two sheep, cow, pig, Old McDonald had a farm, Hey Macerana.....................

JimD wrote:Aww yiss '69 Camaro..fav car ever. I can certainly relate to the attention span thing lol.

LyleW wrote:One sheep, two sheep, cow, pig, Old McDonald had a farm, Hey Macerana.....................

now that I've wiped my drink off the computer screen...that was a good one.

LOLOLOLOL!!!! "Hey Macerana" LOL

Jimmy: Camaro's were my thing for years!

Z/28 Niiiiiccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Great to still have this after all these years, and a nice bit of restoration work! It looks super!

Thanks portman! No restoration....just a small repair at the rear differential. She's all original bud.

mustang1989 wrote:Thanks portman! No restoration....just a small repair at the rear differential. She's all original bud.

Did I say Resto - I menat Repair (same goes with the PM) - It looks really great! (far better than mine would have looked!)

'Preciate the comments portman! I've got a couple more that I built as a kid that I might "re-do". They aren't in as good of shape as this one though.