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On 1/15/2022 at 3:44 PM, Suburban_Hooligan said:
the Explorer Sport Trac was a flop, i seriously wonder why they tried it again.
i saw this yesterday. its ether a 350 or 370 Z with a color changing ugly green wrap
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There are some nice-looking ones in the current issue of the AMT 65 Riviera kit.
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Hart's parts make a couple of 70 Dodge hoods with a similar scoop. You may have to do a cut & paste to get what you want.
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16 hours ago, Robberbaron said:
As explained by Casey:
I believe the tall deck versions were the 400, 425, and 455. All other versions were the "standard" deck, including the smogger 403.
Wasn't the "Pontiac" 403 actually an Olds engine?
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68 Mercury Cyclone
Lamborghini Espada
Maserati Ghibli (The early Giugiaro-designed one)
DeTomaso Mangusta
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Chaparral?
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63 Ford Galaxie 500 4-door hardtop. Original/survivor.
Nice 56 Ford F-100 big-window, towing a matching trailer made from another 56 F-100 front clip. -
3 hours ago, steveracer said:
Been searching for this kit at a reasonable price for a few years. A builder a few miles away from another forum offered this at a price I couldn’t refuse. This is a builder…..
Does anyone make the "Crocodile" decals for this?
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4 hours ago, Suburban_Hooligan said:
was not aware the Edsel had sub models.
Ranger, Citation, Pacer, Corsair, Roundup, Villager.
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And so another cool thread becomes a bunch of posts complaining about one picture that is posted.
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Ranger was one of the Edsel sub models.
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57 Chevy 4-door near the "LHS". Just noticed the Celica/Supra next to it.
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I picked up the Nova Wagon with trailer kit and a display case.
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Pretty sure the Katana has a different frame from standard gsx1100.
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The Pontiac G8 was not a "sidewinder". It was front engine, rear-wheel drive (Australian Holden platform).
Don't you mean the Bonneville GXP? That was transverse engine, front-wheel drive.
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Replicas and Miniatures Co of Maryland? Note that Norm Veber is recovering from major surgery so there is a wait for product.
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Lamborghini Espada
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68 Cyclone GT
68 Montego MX 2-door J-code
71 Cyclone GT
DeTomaso Mangusta
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33 minutes ago, espo said:
When I mentioned Dieseling I was referring to what was also called "running on". What was happening was that the combustion chamber was so hot it would ignite any amount of fuel that may be in the combustion chamber, and this would keep the engine running in a sputtering fashion and the sound was often associated with that of a diesel engine and so that name as well. Yes, the ignition key could be removed, and this would trigger the condition in the engine where the ignition system no longer provided the spark too the spark plugs and the heat in the combustion chamber is what was causing the small amount of fuel present to ignite. The excessive engine heat was created by the retarded spark advance dictated by the California Air Research Board, called CARB as their acremen. This was also a required retro fit on many '60's era cars and trucks even if they had the factory California Emissions systems from the factory. My '69 Camaro and '66 El Camino required that the vacuum advance from the carb. to the distributer be removed and caps installed on both. They also required that the ignition timing be retarded to 0 or less as opposed to the factory setting that was in the 10 degrees or more advanced. This is what caused the excessive heat buildup in the combustion chamber. While the state thought this helped reduce emissions it also caused premature engine wear and even failure. I hope this better explains what I was trying to express.
I know what you were trying to express. I experienced it many times myself.
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6 hours ago, espo said:
A lot of that was caused by the California Smog laws. Their thinking was we didn't need a vacuum advance unit on our Distributers, and we should have the timing retarded to the point that the Combustion Chamber would remain hot enough to ignite any remaining fuel in the Combustion Chamber when the ignition was turn off. This was often referred to as "dieseling" because of the sound as the engine would sputter to a stop. The plus side was if you had a manual transmission, you could hold your foot on the brakes and release the clutch with the car in gear as this would stop the engine without any further damage to the internals of the engine.
GM ignition switches were designed so you could take the key out while the engine was running. This feature had nothing to do with "dieseling".
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Remember on GM cars of that era you could take the key out of the ignition switch while the car was running.
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If you had a can of Clearview 2000 you could make a clear body for any kit.
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13 hours ago, Earl Marischal said:
That's a (British) Ford Thames 307E van, well the body is anyway. 😁
steve
But the grille says "Daewoo".
What did you get today? (Model Car Related Items)
in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
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I'm waiting to see what Scott Colmer does with the one I sold him.
Meanwhile, I have an Airfix and a Heller kit here somewhere I should do something with.