89AKurt

I don't know about everyone else, but I'm impressed! 👀 Gorgeous color.

Using the cat really helped. 😹 Any fancy packaging to use for scratch-building a campsite?

Fishing is boring.

desperate for relativity

Anyone have a good 'lost the keys' story for me? With a happy ending? I'm still waiting on getting the Fakearri Title signed by an attorney of an estate, who just got back from Europe, and immediately went to the ER for Pneumonia. The widow is driving up to see him, to get it taken care of. I'm still without working brakes too, have someone taking a look soon. Life on planet Earth.

who falls down

Your friends just want you to work on their cars. 😉 I'm self-retired, and am having second thoughts, but it sure isn't doing what I know because I hate the building departments. If it wasn't for the time constraint, you still love your job, that's awesome. I have a project too, but I don't have a garage.

for thirds, move

I'm still waiting on getting the Title, seller got bad advice, lawyer out of town, but just as well, waiting on an appointment to get the brakes working. In the meantime, I'm contemplating where to go with this. Mocked up with cardboard, want to fill the gap before the headlight bucket to bumper. The Angry Bird triangles, just having fun. Got a jack and lug wrench from U-Pick-it, strap from Home Deephole, cut out a plywood base (left over from the pickup camping setup). The sun visor was missing, had a ceiling fan blade, hacked up some bolts for the hinge, have a prototype! If I need to trim it, I can, then paint flat black. Then I had a major gas leak, had to remove the jack and the plywood floor. Still the original fuel lines, holy cow! Then I discovered the tank was not connected, it's just sitting on dubious mounts, so am planning to make a whole new mount. Also want to improve the gas filler tube, and install a Monza style aluminum cap (or a crotch rocket gas filler). I think this car was run hard and hung up wet. Discovered about 5 pounds of dirt/gravel in one spot, shop vac did it's job. Then another spot, makes me think they rally raced it. This is like building a model while not needing a magnifying glass.

Another thing, how are they able to call, you hear half a ring, and it goes immediately to voicemail? I'm amazed the phone companies allow junk numbers, and piggy-backing.

covered with ants

Two or three months later, still having an incompetent kleptocrat on a power trip, telling me to screw up my drawings because she says so. Last job of my career, and I'm having a (bleeper) raising my blood pressure.

Anyone else get the text that you owe an overdue road toll? What's funny, we don't have toll roads in Arizona. The radio had to do a PSA to explain it's a new scam.

the drinking game

Took a whole week to send a check from AZ to AL. I just sent a one day Priority that took two days, and cost over $31. Ever since they changed to "Forever" stamps instead of the actual amount, it's gone stupid. And we are supposed to trust them with our vote.

My "new" (to me) car arrived on Saturday. It took about a month from commit to buy, to seeing it for the first time. It's a Robin Hood replica of the Ferrari Daytona Spyder, on a '69 Corvette C3 donor chassis. The Miami Vice car was built by another shop. I have yet to join a group dedicated to kit cars, want to get some killer AZ pictures first. I *had to* have a full scale kit car. 🙄 First sports car too, it's my self-retirement gift. I'm having my widwife crisis now. 🤪 Touching back down in Arizona (still has the copper Historic Vehicle plate). It ran out of gas, or juice, I had a tow truck ready to haul home anyway, which is this one-way shipping container, which is rat proof. It's much cheaper than building a proper garage. This location is temporary, it will get moved to the back yard. The transporter people had to stop in Amarillo because of a dust storm and of course high winds. Which shredded the cover, which left little white specks everywhere, that static cling to the fiberglass body and black cloth seats. They also had to leave a window down so the door could be opened. So I have been cleaning since I got it. This was the first time I put down the top, seems to work fine, but is sunburn worn. Model builder that I am, noticing details that are wrong, such as the precise location of the fuel door. I sure would like to put on a racing cap, or a motorcycle modern design cap. That crack worries me. The gauges are generic, I will need to learn what all the lights do, and switches, no Owners Manual. Check out the odometer, my birth year is 1961. Trying to not touch the dash, it's not cracked, and won't reflect. Was hoping a NASCAR engine was under the hood, but it's just a 350. It started and ran on the transporter bed, so I know it runs. Last big repair was the brakes, and they are leaking all over the back disks, front reservoir was empty. This is a real wood rim steering wheel. But now I'm wondering if there are Nardi copies. Has 4 point seatbelts. Doesn't look like they wore them for awhile. Just a little oil in the buckles, much better! I better not gain weight, it's a very tight fit. Used various cleansers to scrub off the car cover abraded areas, which was a black film over the paint, so the paint isn't ruined. The Alpine radio, and an security system manuals are included, think I need to read that and see if that's how the trunk is opened. I noticed a hose connection with no attendant hose to be seen, so this let is some grit in. That's something I could fix! I'm mulling over how much "project" I want to get into. I already see there is a parts package, ditch the rear leaf spring for coil-overs, tube A-arms, cross drilled rotors, etc., for $7,770, which at first sounds steep, holy cow. But for now, get someone who knows what they are doing, for the mechanical. I see many members are able to do everything. 🙂

driven by coal-fired

I have a string of "irk of the day" for about a month, which is why I haven't been online anywhere. We have had about 100 days of no precipitation, just when I got rolling on remodeling the backyard, it started, and we have had 3 storms so far, more expected. We desperately need the moisture, so I'm not complaining. It's just the timing is funny, more effective than simply washing the car, and/or leave the windows down. Anyway, it's all for the new (to me) car, needed a shipping container to protect it from the varmits, and the sun. Used my dad's jack to level it, had to relocate in the center which was much better anyway. The weather has also delayed the transportation of the car from Alabama, they were hunkered down in Amarillo because of a dust storm. It's gonna look like a barn find when it arrives hopefully this afternoon. Which conflicts with the antique auto club White Elephant Sale (an auction of junk to fund a steak BBQ later) which will have the capsule drawing, whoever is in attendance will win about $600. So any bets that's when the car will arrive? First World problems.....

on Alien's head

Those Playboy bunnies?

Digging the subject, and what your vision is. Yes the seats of such kits need piping, been doing it more myself. Will be lurking. 👀

lifeboat fleet, boom ☄️

Far as model stuff goes, does a book count? I got the FPP resin kit awhile ago, but the book was found at the antique auto club swap meet recently. I'm having an OCD attack, can see many details on his box art that does not jive with the photographs.

I heard somewhere, that Tamiya does not show they ever produced Ferrari kits. I see a 1/12 scale F1 kit is offered, but nothing else. I know licensing has been an issue. Good thing I got mine when I did!

aged 250 years