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Last new fridge I bought quit after two years, just out of warranty. Opened it up, pathetic tiny components inside, sized for a small office fridge. Lotsa insulation was its only advantage over an old one with big fat clunky last-forever guts. Cheaper to buy another one than pay someone to fix it, and I didn't want to take it to the car shop to evac/recharge or bring the equipment home, then probably have it die again after another 2 years. Bought an older creampuff used, and it's still running fine 12 years later. A friend of mine has a fridge from the late '40s, still running on its original freon.
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Fences in good condition make good neighbors, so it's said.
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Revell E Type Jaguar
Ace-Garageguy replied to Mike 1017's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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Revell E Type Jaguar
Ace-Garageguy replied to Mike 1017's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
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Abundance of sentences, as in more than one, is prevalent in a lot of these posts.
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Shutdown - Corvette Stingray vs. Super Stock Dodge
Ace-Garageguy replied to SpeedShift's topic in WIP: Model Cars
OK, but I've yet to see anyone pick up a model with a smallblock Chevy in it to count the freeze plugs. EDIT: There is also a 383 RB built in 1959 and 1960 that your reference leaves out. It's different from the 383 B. -
440 Engine question?
Ace-Garageguy replied to slusher's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
The only real power advantage modern fuel injection has over carbs is that, IF IT'S SET UP RIGHT, EFI can maintain a more accurate fuel-air ratio over the entire rev range than a carb can, which translates to flatter power and torque curves, which CAN mean more usable horsepower at every RPM, rather than the particular rev range a particular carb setup is optimized for. Peak horsepower at a given RPM where any engine is pumping most efficiently will be the same, or very close, with properly tuned EFI or carbs. Note however that this is not always the case. The car world is full of as many poorly tuned EFI setups as poorly tuned old carb setups. -
It is sad, but there are WAY more cool old cars quietly rusting away to nothing than there are people to save them, and more are sent to the crusher every day.
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Shutdown - Corvette Stingray vs. Super Stock Dodge
Ace-Garageguy replied to SpeedShift's topic in WIP: Model Cars
The 413 wedge and 426 wedge under discussion here are BOTH "RB" engines, along with the 383(RB) and the 440, and in 1/25 scale you can't tell the difference other than external manifolding, and accessories. Nobody but the most hardcore Mopar guy is going to be able to tell the '49 Merc optional "426-440" with the short cross-ram intake and the cast iron upswept headers from a 413 with the short cross-ram intake and cast iron upswept headers...and even then, it's not likely there would be any visible and reliable tipoffs in 1/25 scale. EDIT: Hardcore Mopar guys, feel free to correct me. NOTE: The 426 Hemi is a different animal. Far as the '49 Merc kit engines go...believe me, the tooling wasn't changed from the kit that says the optional engine is a 426 and the one that says it's a 440. All they did was change what they called it, because they look alike. EDIT 2: This is rather like guys who'll sweat getting "correct" 383-stroker smallblock Chevy engines...when in fact every basic smallblock Chevy engine can pass for every other one in 1/25 scale, other than the one difference in the very early (265) blocks lacking the oil filter mounting. EDIT 3: Here's the Wiki page regarding the 413/426 Max Wedge engines. I most certainly do not believe everything Wikipee says, but this seems right IIRC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wedge -
"Done and dusted" is British slang for "finished".
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Shutdown - Corvette Stingray vs. Super Stock Dodge
Ace-Garageguy replied to SpeedShift's topic in WIP: Model Cars
'62 was 413. '63 went to 426. At least one set of Merc instructions calls it out as a 426, but the engines would be visually identical in 1/25. -
Shutdown - Corvette Stingray vs. Super Stock Dodge
Ace-Garageguy replied to SpeedShift's topic in WIP: Model Cars
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Shutdown - Corvette Stingray vs. Super Stock Dodge
Ace-Garageguy replied to SpeedShift's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Only '63 split-window I'm aware of is the AMT version, which does include the OEM fuel injection. As far as I remember, there are some proportion and line issues with the body, so if that kind of stuff bothers you, I know for a fact there are builders on this forum who can recommend a better starting point...though you may have to swap roofs or the rear window "split" at least. -
Strips of tank tracks across your yard in the morning may be an indication it's time to move.
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"This" is the first word of my sentence.