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My sole purchase from the Spring Daytona Turkey Run show. '55 Ford Victoria promo. The right fender has some warpage, but all in all not bad at all. I think it's fixable.

Good to see another Floridian! Whereabouts you located? I'm in Cocoa Beach.

Every workout I came up with to block ads on youtube was a short term fix. I finally just went the Premium route which I suspect is their motive to begin with. I don't have cable, or a TV for that matter but still like to watch the occasional thing on youtube. I use Youtube more like a jukebox than anything.

I wouldn't buy one simply because the subject matter doesn't interest me at all. I suspect I'm not the only one!

The 1:1 Model A Pickups sat high in the rear when there was no load in the bed. Couple that with the smaller tires on the kit it's easy to have that big gap. The green one is mine and while not that evident in the photo, it does sit high in the rear with no load.

I did this very thing in Florida years ago. I was financially involved in a heavy truck export business. We had fleet coverage insurance and several dealer license plates. At the time I had 9 running & driving cars. Only 3 had registration in my name. Everything else I used a dealer tag. Never had a problem!

The only Xacto blades I use are the Z-series, I haven't had good luck with their standard #11 blades the past few years. I switched over to Excel blades and am completely satisfied with those. I also use a scalpel for certain things, a hold over from my days as an embalmer.

There are several pages devoted to the Mystere in this book. I highly recommend it, it covers a lot of cars I never knew existed.

They look like remnants of the old Revell Highway Pioneer Model T kits. The 2nd pic is cutdown center door sedan. The first pic is what's left of a Torpedo Runabout.

Always on the lookout for stuff to add to my Ford memorabilia collection. Ran across this piece of literature from 1955 that I've never seen before. Being a '55-56 Ford guy, had to have it. The cover photo is awesome! I'd like to have one of those styling models in my collection.

The Ollie's in Lakeland, FL used to get a good assortment of kits, but I haven't been to that since I moved to the coast. The Merritt Island, FL that I frequent usually has a good assortment, I may stop by Saturday when I go to the grocery store & see if they have anything else out laid out. Not that I need anymore kits. Similar to parts for old 1:1 Fords, you better get it while you can because less & less stuff is being reproduced for the stuff I have interest in. Model A's, '32 Ford, 55-56 Fords.

Normally Saturday is my sleep in day, but for some reason I woke up early. Figured might as well go have breakfast and hit up a couple "antique shops" that I haven't been to in a while. Glad I did! The Arcade Chevrolet will go nicely in my small but growing cast iron car collection. The Hubley Vic & Model A pickup kit came from the same store. There was a Hobby Lobby about 6 blocks away- why not pop in there too. It is 40% off week after all. As I was checking the cashier at HL says "looks like you got your work cut out there" I told her "you don't know the half of it, I've got more kits that what y'all have on the shelf back there"

I would pay an obscene price to find one of those '55 Ford Victorias that wasn't all warped up. Thanks for posting this, I enjoy seeing stuff like this!

Thanks for the heads up! I shall be getting a couple of these, esp the Super Dexta as we had one that we used to work the groves. Put a lot of time on it as a kid along with the NAA that we used to do irrigation lines.

Same here! Between my dad & grandfather there were always a couple Hubley kits laying around waiting to be built. I figure I'll stash enough kits sufficient for my needs as I have a feeling we will never see any of the Hubley/Gabriel/JLE kits issued again. The JLE issues showed signs of worn molds with all the flash they had.

This sounds very interesting!

Anytime I see an old Hubley kit cheap I grab it. The Fordson tractors are for my Ford tractor collection & the diecast '32 Ford replaces the one my Dad gave me years ago & got lost to time.

Interesting thread. I had given thought to writing a book on pre-war Ford stuff, but this only confirms my suspicions- I might make enough to get the All Star at Waffle House. Books, especially Ford related books(and Ford memorabilia) are my other weakness aside from kits. This is about 10% of the book collection. Some VW and OT stuff mixed in. More in the living room and even more boxed up. There's only so much room in my beachside apartment.

Was craving some McNuggets from McDumpsters, this Checker was in front of me. You don't see them on the road like you used to.

Stopped by Ollie's on my way to the grocery store. Snagged a couple of the Drag Combo.

Merritt Island, FL Ollie's had the Drag combo, some semi trailers and Cement Mixer. I got a couple of the Drag combo. All were priced at $24.99. So much for the days of $7.99 kits at Oliver's! It looks like the Atlantis stuff they have in stock ain't movin at all. One thing of note, the dates on both the kits I got are from 2022, so these ole girls have been sitting in a warehouse for a while!

I've said before, I'm a diehard Ford guy, but I'll be getting at least one each of these. Good to see them back on the market!

I rarely buy new books anymore. Used is where it's at for me. Not only cheaper but better quality than reprints. abebooks.com is my favorite used book site. I've no interest in the company other than as a satisfied many times over customer.

Just typical surface rust of a Packard of this era. I looked it over real good. The torsion ride suspension needs work but parts are available, I did a bunch of work on a '56 Four Hundred hardtop years ago, great road car and this car has the advantage of a traditional column shift instead of the problem laden push button shifter that usually needs rebuilt. I've about talked myself into checking on it next time I'm over that way- if it's still there.

I was thinking about that. I wonder what what their formula is for dispersing kits out to the stores( IE each store gets 2 cases of kits) or even if there is one. That'd explain why some guys are striking gold and I'm finding an expired bag of potato chips LOL