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03/01/2017 5:12 am
Danbury 56 Ford
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Continental kit removal on the Danbury Mint 1956 Ford is a fairly simple procedure. Figuring out how to disassemble the car was the hard part. For those that don't like "Butt Warts" the difference is amazing.
03/01/2017 6:45 am
How did you get the bumper to fit back on after the surgery?
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
03/01/2017 6:52 am
Great job. It looks so much better.
John Bono
North Jersey
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03/01/2017 7:05 am
56 Ford
There are two tabs on the connie extension that align the bumper. There are also two tabs on the car to align the extension to the car. When the extension is removed these tabs line up with the mounting holes in the back of the bumper. A little super glue holds the bumper to these tabs.
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03/01/2017 9:28 am
WOW - that car looks sooo much better - Surgical Perfection !
03/01/2017 10:09 am
Fantastic looking so much better looking
03/01/2017 12:26 pm
Thanks Robert Enos! The car looks so much better without that wart on its butt. Now if only the front seats could be fixed on this one. They sit way too low.
Other than these two faults, this is very nice DM model.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
03/01/2017 2:32 pm
That looks excellent. I might have to consider doing that to mine.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
03/01/2017 3:47 pm
Pics, I did the same with this one. Major improvement.
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03/01/2017 5:35 pm
Yes!
John Bono
North Jersey
04/01/2017 3:29 am
1000% better. Don't know why the mints thought connie kits looked good on ANY car. I know some people like them but to me they are hideous.
04/01/2017 3:38 am
I agtee 100% with you Mark Sweeney. They are ugly and only make a beautiful car look bad.
It is the one and only "option" that I'd wished the mints would have just let the customer decide on by polling them before production. Majority would have ruled NO CONNIE KIT, I've not doubt at all.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
04/01/2017 9:13 am
It's not that the mints thought they looked so wonderful it's just that
People of that ERA did and many cars had the Conti kits. That said the mints just model 1:1s and if that particular car had it the model more then Likely will have it. I also never cared for it because it looked exactly like what it was, an add on! To me they were gaudy, didn't flow with the lines of the car and I can only imagine how awkward the handling was after adding 200-300 lbs far out back of tire/rim, brackets, filler panels etc. You DID gain trunk space though lolololol
04/01/2017 10:34 am
Isn't this an east coast-west coast thing? Weren't they more popular in the east?