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I commend you on a very thought-provoking build as well as your skills in metalwork and design vision. I look forward to seeing your choice of windscreen... single, dual, full windshield laid back at just the right angle... I would like to suggest Woodlite headlights to further add to the uniqueness of this build, I think they would compliment the lines of the body.

yes, he can say "haboobs", saying "haboobies" is getting a little edgy.

what irked me last night...Christmas Eve?!!! fireworks for most of the night from various neighborhood houses, and several other areas based on FB posts. WTF?!!!, save them for New Years!!!!!!!!

repost of images that went away with my old photobucket account: Gremlin Pick Up The "Dats-AM" Ranchero GT

Another problem to look for is that your computer will slow down when the hard drive starts to get "full", five years of updates can really fill up your drive with updates that get used once but never remove themselves after they install. When your hard drive gets to be 90% full, it will start to run out of places to put temporary files that it creates every time you go to the interwebs. Performing the clean and defrag should help a lot. Be aware that if you have never performed these actions in the life of your computer, that it may take a while for these actions to complete. IMPORTANT: Do the clean first and then the defrag. When performing the Disk Cleanup, be sure to click all boxes that refer to temporary files, there will be a box of the cleanup window that says "Clean up system files", perform this also...it will clean up gigabytes of space on your hard drive. If you decide to get a new computer, the program Classic Shell is a free program that will make Win10 "look" like Win7, I used to use it but am now used to Win10 and don't need it. You can get it here: http://www.classicshell.net/ Note that the developer stopped working on it at the end of 2017, so there will be no updates or fixes created for it unless other users do the work and post it to that site.

Thanks TJ, that was an awesome idea, hope they get the message.

you can tell it's very old..., the rear bumper fits properly. well done.

"I pithy the foo!"

I own all versions of these Monogram 1/32 kits, I've opened all versions, they all have the exact same size tires, even the Ford EXP kit. The wheels are all the same diameter that fit into the tires which are all the same size. That being said, a few of the bodies will look just fine with the smaller tires/wheels (Nova, Ford EXP), the rest of them (IMHO) will not look like they are filling the wheel opening of the car. (see below) This is a photo of the 71 TA, the chrome honeycomb wheel rear wheel/tire is from the kit placed/assembled in the kit location, the front is a snowflake wheel/tire from a 79 TA snap kit. My "opinion" is that the kit wheel/tire is too small for the wheel opening, so I will be dressing up the snowflake wheels for this build.

There are a couple "outliers" missing from Casey's lineup, the "street machine" version of the TA and a "customized" version of the Z/28. The customized Z/28 has a TA shaker scoop cast into the hood and custom wheels, the TA has dual carb intake with Edelbrock style air cleaners and custom wheels. I've always thought the wheels/tires appear a little small and don't fill up the wheel openings very well even though they photographed the models in a way that minimizes this issue. The street machine parts in the Charger are outstanding (IMHO), the Hemi, Cragars and dual carbs with short velocity stacks were well done. I would wish for Atlantis to "bonus" the custom parts into their new release of these kits. FYI: anyone wishing to use the engines in these kits for kitbashing will have to cut the bottom half if the engine out of the chassis.

thanks for the response guys, I'm not the only person looking for better engine options and quadrajet carbs for scale bigger than 1/24. Fireball Modelworks has some great carbs for all GM engine types but he doesn't do 1/16 scale. Other people do great Ford, Chevy, and Hemi engines in various scales, the people that want to have a decent looking Pontiac engine in anything large scale (don't forget all the dragsters that used Pontiac motors) are just left wishing.

I really hope that the crickets in this thread mean that someone is out there working on this...

thank you, FYI, the wheels/tires are 1/32 slot car.

just cast a bunch, the larger scale builders will line up.

Hi Pierre, telling us what you are planning on building will help us to give you more pertinent information, there are just too many different kinds of hinge to advise you on.

The TDR Carter AFB carb is nice, but a Holley 4bbl would be more appropriate, and can be found in 1/16 scale (Carter carbs rarely found their way onto GM engines). I wish Fireball Modelworks would consider scaling up some of his fantastic carbs.

You are correct about the Camaro I forgot about, the custom version had non-stock wheels (which looked worse that the z-28 wheels IMHO). The custom TA had the air cleaners you see on the red 34 in previous post. The custom Charger did have the blower, with 2 carbs on top of it with short velocity stacks. All of the motors in these Monogram kits had the bottom half of the engine cast as part of the chassis and would have to be cut out. Here is a shot of the engine I have prepped for the 1/32 '71 Trans Am, this won't be showroom stock, I have "upgraded" the engine to HEI dist and 8mm plug wires.:

thanks for the update, I checked out the site and while I didn't find any pontiac engines, HEI dist or quadrajet carbs, the wires, hoses and hardware will be useful in detailing what you already have.

Even before the pandemic came along, the crew that puts on the Desert Scale Classic go to great lengths to put on a fair and unbiased show/critically judged contest ( as has been going on for many years in Arizona even before Desert Scale Classic came to be). The best entries in each class would get rewarded no matter who entered. There will always be entrants that care more about the trophy than learning or the camaraderie, those types usually don't come back when they don't get a trophy. We, as modellers need to remember that we will always build to our own standards, a contest is a measuring stick of our progress (if we care to compete), a show is a social gathering to share our passions...sometimes a contest is both. A voting system needs to take into account how it can/will be abused and take steps to mitigate the downsides or the show will spiral due to bad press. Social media is a multi-edged sword.

This build has the engine from the Monogram Nova.

it could have been one of those under-scaled 1/25 scale Testors Cougar 2 engines.

Okay, here's your options based on my 1/32 stash: Aurora: most of their hot rod/street rods had generic V8 motors that can be modified to look "close" to something Pyro/Lindberg/LifeLike: most of the Table Top vintage cars that had removable hoods had an actual engine inside, the rest had the oil pan cast into the chassis/fender piece. Later Lindberg IMSA kits are real treasures, with full detail engines, suspension and interiors. The Corvette being optimal for engine parts. MPC had some European racing kits that have complete engines. Revell had a few british cars that had complete engines, most of their 1/32 were snap or simplified glue kits, with the exception of mid-fifties glue kits which had complete engines (but unfortunately, no front or rear glass) The nascar snap kit (AMT,Monogram)have a simplified motor but it is a complete motor once you separate it from the chassis plate. As has been said, the funny car snap kits have complete motors, with two basic options, mopar or ford engines. Monogram released the following glue-kits: Nova, Charger, Trans Am, and EXP. They were released in two different levels, stock-ish and with speed parts. There are a few possibilites with Heller and high detail Gunze Sanyo.

I agree with Bill with one exception, I think the dimpled back plates should be used on the rear because the emergency brake cable was most likely connected through a dimple.

the HEI dist is easy to replicate. using the existing dist. the Holley carb in the kit would look okay with a little detailing. the pontiac kit engine problems would only be noticeable to pontiac enthusiasts. you should be able to turn out something decent using kit parts unless you want an auto-trans in it. I have a partially started 10th anniversary version of the kit, so I know what you will be going through. I will be getting some aftermarket snowflakes for mine when I get around to it, never really liked the 10th anniversary style wheels, even on the 1:1 cars.

If there are any shops that offer 3d printed pontiac engines, I would like to hear back from you. I spent around 4 hours searching Shapeways, and while I found lots of fascinating parts... I didn't find any Pontiac engines in any scale, Quadrajet carbs in scales larger than 1/24, or any BOP automatic transmissions in scales larger than 1/24. GM HEI distributors were sadly absent also. There are some large scale Pontiac kits (1/16 and 1/8) that could benefit from the pieces I was not able to find. Camaro to Firebird trans-kits for the larger scales would be welcome also (large scale Foose-Camaro to Firebird trans-kit in particular).