Nice story. Thanks.
I was big into building model cars as a teen in the 60s and 70s. Used to customize them by swapping parts from other kits. Also used putty to modify bodies. Kept extra parts in a box which I called my “plastic junkyard”.
Slot cars too was a favorite hobby of mine. My brother gave me the idea of installing car bodies from model kits onto the metal slot car chassis. This opened up a world of great car body choices.
Me too! Everybody had a Chapparel but mine had a '65 GTO body on the chassis!