darquewanderer

I don't think my maternal grandfather ever drove. Died in '46 so I never met him. My paternal grandfather's cars ranged from a 1920s Willys-Overland to his last car a '67 Plymouth Fury I "Police Special' 4 door sedan, new from the dealer. Dealer had ordered x number of cruisers for the local cop house and they reigned on the last two or three cars delivered. So he got the last one. Hemi powered and all. The only change the dealer did was take off the cop caps and replace them with full caps. One other thing. The car came with chromed trimmed sedan posts on the right side only. He left it like that. Neither of my grandmothers drove.

Actually Art three of Exner's cars got built. The 1970s Stutz Bearcat II. http://darquewanderer.deviantart.com/gallery/11524833?offset=72#/d261rqn

That's too bad. I too liked the tutorials and kit reviews.

Kurth, there was only one Street Freak in Northern Virginia in the late '60s and early '70s that I knew of. A bright yellow 1964 Chevy II called "Wild Child" jacked up on all fours, running street legal skinnies on the front and barely legal cheaters on the rear. You could find the car parked in the Edison HS student parking lot during the day. I do know he took out a stop sign on Glebe Rd one day, but don't know what eventually happened to the car.

That body style was original for '71. The '70 was a last year carryover from the original B body. And it was changed, slightly. Different 'Corporate Generic' side marker lights, modified grille, Road Runner only and new taillights. Hood side scoop stripes and over roof strobe stripes were also changed. Otherwise, great find, I wish I had one.

Well done. Love it.

I thought the Tata had already been sold in the US back in the '80s. Didn't go by the name Yugo then?

Actually Bartster, you'll be second in line.

That's Phord and Shebby. Harry does't like it when their misspelled.

Well, I'll start off with any Mopar that hasn't been done before. First the 1936 Dodge Humpback (or Turtleback) delivery truck and an art deco beauty the 1938 Dodge Deluxe coupe. Then I'd want the 1955 Plymouth Savoy two door sedan and the 1956 Dodge Crown Lancer two dor hardtop. Somewhere in there I'd include the 1959 Desoto Adventurer and the 1961 Chrysler 300G. Gotta love those fins. I'd want an all new issue of the 1972/76 Dodge D-100 and or the 1977/80 Dodge D-150 pickup since the MPC truck can never be reissued after the mold was butchered for a one shot monster truck. And last, but certainley not least, the 1969 Chrysler 300 in both hardtop and convertible configurations. There are others, lots of others, but this will do for now.

I almost forgot, the first kit I'd release would be the '49 bulletnose Stude.

I'm not sure, but I think Norm's claim to fame came with "77 Sunset Strip" and the Cookie T-bucket. Thanks for the link Greg.

I'd definately go with #6 and the first gen Corvairs, especially the wagons. And I'd add a '70 Charger R/T.

This is great. Love the retro-build.

You also need to change the hood. Petty ran a flat hood without the airgrabber or creases. BTW, I'm following this one.

Don't know if I should love it... or hate it.

Right now I've got my inventories in M$ Works 2003 .wdb. Been trying to convert to OpenSource .odb for a while, but so far no luck.

While I agree that is a very interesting and innovative design, I am mystified by the "designed for the younger drivers" statement. Young drivers buying new trucks is a very, very small part of the overall class 6, 7 and 8 market. New trucks are generally bought by companies with one of two philosophies, neither concern the drivers. The first is getting the highest return on their investment 2 to 4 years down the road. The second is without concern of return, in other words, buy as cheaply as possible, run the piss out of it for 5 or 10 years if not longer, then dump the worn out carcass on the used market. I've driven for both types of companies and while neither cared about driver needs, the one that looks to future return was by far a better choice. And I worked for one company that seriously concidered day cabs for the interstate branch, with drivers having to use a board across the seats to sleep on. The threat of 300 plus drivers walking off the job put an end to that stupidity. The concern for younger drivers is nice, but in the real world, if they want it to succeed they will need other selling points, otherwise they will have little more than a stylish and innovative white elephant.

This is nice. I'm going to be watching this one.

That's an interesting program Clay. Now if only someone would do one in OpenSource or OfficeLibre.

October? Works for me. Glad to see my no. 1 gearhead program back. And Velocity is/was running a couple of episodes from the original run that did not air.

That was great Tim, thanks for the link.

The Corvette over the last several generations has gotten too big and too heavy. In it's hayday it was a factory stock street killer. Light in weight, heavy in performance. Now days they have to put in a big block just to get it away from the curb. And yes, I know it's got a 180-200 mph top end, but it still needs to get rolling first. Added to the excessive weight, is that, this styling is so heavy handed that it truely horrible, but having said that, it still looks better than the last prototype that had the new ugly Camaro grille along with the new ugly Camaro taillights. Chevy needs to go back to it's roots to find the real Corvette again. The last design by the late Larry Shinoda for a newer, lighter Stingray was by far better than this thing.

A '70s Dodge pickup reissue is out of the question thanks to some heavy handed butchering of the molds for a one shot monster truck. But the '70s Dodge vans are still viable and hopefully soon they'll be available, in light of the other van releases. Would prefer the shop van versions, but the hippie vans would be welcomed too. And I wouldn't mind the '64 'Vair either.

Not a Chevy fan, but this I like. Well done.