Ace-Garageguy

People who act out the worst of human nature, like sociopaths and psychopaths (ASPD), don't always have what most of the rest of us would think of as clear choices between 'right and wrong', so dealing with their actions in the legal system is complex because their argument is that their wiring is scrambled.

Most horrible creatures I've ever encountered were in the guise of people.

"Up (insert second person possessive pronoun here)" is a more satisfying rejoinder than "whatever".

Mmmmmmmm...leftover turkey n stuffing n taters, oh my.

Definitely the cleanest build I've ever seen of that kit, and the subtle mods and upgrades work 100%, as do the color choices. Love it.

Dust seeps in to my leaky old abode and conveniently auto-weathers any model that's not covered.

There was a young man from Credenza, who never got to the next stenza; he tried and he tried, but just couldn't find a good endza.

Yeah, that is really pretty. My old man had one just like it for a company car (minus the blue-dots) when I was a kid. I loved that thing. Every time I small a decent survivor interior it really takes me back...

Yup. Sounds like you have a plan...but the Mk II valve covers won't bolt to an MEL head...at least without an elaborate adaptor...so there's that.

1940s seem to be the period my temperament and interests would have been the best fit with when I was a young man.

Yup. I first got involved with a search for a good Lincoln Y-block quite some time back while trying to put together bits for a reasonably close representation of Bill Stroppe's '57 Mercury Mermaid, which used a Hilborn-injected 368 Lincoln engine (bored to 387). https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/a-mermaids-tale-bill-stroppes-wild-57-mercury-roadster/

Lincoln Logs were one of the builder toys popular when I was a kid, and they're still made.