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Howard Cohen

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  • Birthday 12/20/1949

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  1. Yes, that is my Uncertain T (repaired in 1986 after moving damage) and the trophy I won in 1966
  2. I just finished looking at the pictures...very impressive, well detailed and scary looking The frame is in multiple pieces and has to be assembled. Most of the material appears to be white metal, which I have found tricky to work with and the price works out to almost $1,000 Canadian! Okay, so it is off my purchase list. However, it makes me wonder if one of the big model companies could do something similar in 24th scale? Opening hood, trunk, doors, gas filler cap, glove box door. Hmmm...???
  3. Nicely done. A bit of trivia from a Ferrari dealer many years ago...until the original tv program came out, red was not the most popular colour for Ferrari in North America as all colours sold equally. Magnum P.I. made red the colour of choice, about 50%.
  4. I have wanted to go to Bonneville to see the Salt Flats for a few decades. This year I did. I started planning last November by contacting the organizers about credentials as I do some work for a magazine. That was easy as two days later they confirmed my media credential (fyi...not free). Then I started to look for a place to stay. Bonneville is about two miles from Wendover Utah/Nevada, the border runs through the middle of the town. After a few dozen telephone calls, I was able to book a basic motel room with a luxury price. Take it or leave it, no choice. I could have opted to stay in Salt Lake City but that is about a two hour drive and that would add four hours to each day, not a good idea. Then I planned my route. My partner Julie is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, so I drove her there first. Then I headed to through Kansas to Lincoln, Nebraska to the Museum of American Speed...you have to go if you like racing. I spent two afternoons there (it is open noon to 5PM) and was happy to see some of the model cars I had built for people (Bob Larivee Sr. and Darryl Starbird) were on display (the museum had bought their car collections which included my models). My next stop was Hastings, Nebraska to see the soon-to-be Corvair Museum. It was just granted museum status and is starting fund raising. They already have the property and building plans. They have lots of Corvair vehicles of all shapes and sizes and conditions, many restored (I was not able to photographs those) and lots of projects, parts cars and customer cars being fixed. My next stop was Wendover, only two days drive away. The scenery across Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah is amazing. Go for a drive and see for yourself. Bonneville Salt Flats are hard to describe to someone who has never been there. Interstate 80 runs by Bonneville, 35 miles in a straight, flat, nothing road with two more stretches about 12 miles each...holymoly! I was told there was a sign that warned of how many people died while driving the road as they were hypnotized by the flatness and boredom and crashed. Sure, you saw pictures in the magazines and online but until you stand on The Salt, until you look around and see flat lands for miles and miles and miles, until you look at a mountain range and find out it is 50 miles from you, you can't really feel what it is like. The glare from the sun can be blinding. The feeling of walking on salt, with many wet areas, is eerie, like the Twilight Zone under your feet. Friday and Saturday, one casino had cruise nights with lots of cars. Then when I was finally able to get registered and drive to the pits on Monday (a few days late due to the water), the eerie feeling increased substantially, possibly the weirdest place to drive I have ever seen, including my 7 years of rally driving, salt water 4-6 inches deep splashing everywhere, thousands of potholes (my old car would have collapsed) but I made it. I took photographs of the vehicles in the pits, talked to the drivers and crews and other media from around the world and enjoyed myself for all of five days. Sadly, I got ill and had to cut my visit short but I still managed to do something I have wanted to do for more than 30 years. I went to the Bonneville Salt Flats for Speed Week. WOW! Bonneville Speed Week... https://public.fotki.com/howardcohen/bonneville-speed-we/ Corvair Museum... https://public.fotki.com/howardcohen/corvair-museum-of-a/ Museum of American Speed... https://public.fotki.com/howardcohen/museum-of-american-speed/
  5. I have been to The Gilmore, the A-C-D and National and the displays are great. I will be at the Speedway Museum this summer on my way to Bonneville. That will be most interesting as I have built models for Darry Starbird (Ultra Truck / Orange Hauler, stock and the gasser version) and Bob Larivee (Zingers and other showcars) and I can see some of my builds in the showcases I am looking forward to saying HI to my builds
  6. I took the museum shots in October 2023 as compared to my last shots a few years ago. Try to get to Warren in November, it's a good show.
  7. This museum is in Norwich, New York, southeast of Syracuse, and on the way to New Jersey We stopped in for a few hours and I took some fresh photographs since my last visit 5 years ago. The new front looks great and so do the many cars inside, from classic to hot rods to models. You should visit there https://public.fotki.com/howardcohen/northeast-classic-c/page5.html
  8. As always, another great show, lots of fun people and models galore. I may have seen some of you when I was helping to pass out goodie bags in the lineup Saturday morning and that was fun. I did a little shopping and took a few photographs, so follow the link and enjoy https://public.fotki.com/howardcohen/nnl-east-2023/
  9. Sunday was Heritagecon XV, an IPMS event organized to bring hobbyists together and raise funds for the museum. The doors opened at 9AM and about 11AM, they had to stop admitting people as they reached the capacity limits set by the fire department, 2,300 spectators! Over the next few hours they admitted people as others left. If you left to put something in your car, you had to get back in line and wait. By the time they started handing out awards at 3PM, the paid attendance had reached about 2,800! Interesting point, I have not heard any complaints, even with the wait. The parking lot and neighbouring lots were full as were some parts of the grassy areas. As a vendor, the crowd was great, they bought lots of stuff, again with no complaints, and all the vendors I talked to went home happy. I think this is the largest model event I have been to in Canada since I went to my first event in 1974. I did not take any photographs of the contest entries (over 1,000) as I was too busy but here is a link to one of the many who did, enjoy https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=100005971819446&set=a.2170696599806046 https://www.facebook.com/groups/117776364962937
  10. This show was a resounding success with record crowds and high quality cars and trucks to match any show in Canada and many other places Here are a few of my favourites with lots more at the link, enjoy The 1966 Chevelle was my 'I wanna take it home now' choice and my 'Sleeper Car of the Year' winner. The Mercury was outstanding, so go look at the rest of the shots of this car. Louvres? You betcha... This is a 1/4 scale Maserati, ALL hand built from the body to the tires, more shots in the album. The Porsche was completely restored by the owner in his home workshop. Paul just finished this 1963 Dodge 330, from the Wedge to the vented battery. The Kenworth was very well done. You don't have to be crazy to be the monkey in a sidecar...okay, maybe you do The vintage full body dragster still runs https://public.fotki.com/HowardCohen/motorama-2023/
  11. Coming up this Sunday...vendors tables are sold out
  12. I spent Friday and Saturday at the Detroit Autorama looking at, and taking photographs of, hundreds of cars, trucks, motorcycles and talking to dozens of great people. If you are into cars, this show has something for you, whether it is new or old customs, show cars, hot rods, mega-designed-engineered-built cars or racers, something will make you smile and go 'heyyyyy'. Sit back and relax, I have more than 1800 photographs to share with you with most cars having a sign to tell what they are...enjoy https://public.fotki.com/howardcohen/detroit-autorama-2023/
  13. This was 3D printed by a local guy, stands about 6.5 inches tall, currently held to a wood base with Alien Tape. The first picture is it on my dash, waiting for its turn to drive then holding a Bathtub Buggy needing fixing and lastly a 18th scale metal Munster Koach Hot Rod.
  14. C'est TRES, TRES, TRES BELLE monsieur! Beautiful! Smooth, flowing lines that capture the essence of the mid 1960s design with an eye to the future, as if you were part of the Buick team with Bill Mitchell, Chuck Jordan and Harley Earl. Merci beaucoups, Thanks very much
  15. The first Ala Kart is the one I built in 1966, no paint (didn't have the extra 69 cents for a spray can) but I did add red pinstripes. The second is the re-done issue from 20 years ago. I built it as a highboy with Ardun heads and pearl white paint.
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