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Things are more like they are right now than they have ever been before. Zippy the Pinhead

looks like a concours winner to me.

somebody broke the horn button!!!!

does it come with a "Bat-moonroof"?

this is a good suggestion, I suggest also tweezers used in electronics work that can be found in places like Radio Shack, Fry's Electronics, etc.

in the mid-70's GM went a little crazy by shuffling their "corporate engines" between their major brands (with the exception that I've never encountered anything other than a chevy engine in a chevy car). they were putting buick-ponitac-olds blocks into anything they could modify engine mounts for. I've seen Grand Prix and TA's with olds blocks...don't recall seeing very many pontiac blocks in other brands.

I'm looking forward to see a "pro-touring" version of it.

nice quick-guide/tutorial. I did this to a 240Z kit back in the mid-70's, I got the glovebox hinge made and working but after cutting the car doors open I found that my skills needed to improve a bit before that model could be finished...it's still sitting in a box waiting it's turn "Back on the Bench".

As Rob said, it's not bad for a first effort, and had posted some good tips. Your plug wires seem appropriate for that scale of engine, IMHO. I find that leaving the plug wires a little too long before arranging how they lay on the engine usually leaves me enough length to attach to the heads once they are arranged. Remember that the plug wire itself is are made of very flexible heat resistant material and usually won't hold a 90deg bend on it's own. If you see a permanent angle on a real engine it's due to terminal ends/spark plug boots that are made with an angle. Bill very helpfully posted a pic of what the plug wires look like on a real engine. If you haven't done this already, try saving some photos (of real engines that you are trying to replicate) from the internet and examine how things look and are routed. If you can't fine what you're looking for on the internet, try going to a wrecking yard (car parts recycler) and see if they will let you roam the yard taking reference photos. Car parts catalogs are a great reference also.

blue smoke means they're high.

for those that are fascinated with the idea of SSD devices, I recommend reading the article "Extending the life of an SSD drive" (in the right-hand sidebar) for some insights/gotchas that are mostly ignored or glossed over. (unless you like the possibility of losing all your files and having to replace your hard drive and get your computer running as good as it used to.)

JoAnns and Hobby Lobby will have the eyelets, and you can get them in various sizes and colors also.

I really like those old boats.

a fine example of dieseling.

all of this is true, that is why I added the comment regarding the symptom being evident after the engine had warmed up. any condensation in the exhaust system will have been burned out after five or ten minutes.

note the lack of bulging rear fenders and flared front fenters true "knock-off" style wheels and no side exhaust, no hood scoop.

here is a plain 289 AC Cobra: http://mycarquest.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/36.jpg

actually I guess I lumped the two kinds of white together but one of them is not as white as the other. automatic trans fluid comes out as white-ish but floats around like cigarette smoke (and smells horrible), water vapor from water getting into the combustion chamber comes out the tailpipe white but dissipates like mist or fog and you can usually see water dripping from the exhaust even after (or especially after) the engine has warmed up. blueish smoke is almost always the result of oil being burned, and black is almost always too rich/fat fuel mixture.

So far, I've seen at least three kits those wheels could have come from, Monogram also had an Aston Martin those tires/wheels could have come from, although it's possible they could be from some other Airfix or Aurora kits of some english sports cars.

that's nice work but I am curious about the choice of red for the front inner fenders...

looks real good to me, nice details in the engine bay.

nice job upgrading the promo tail lights. the Jag/Maserati wires look good on this too. If you keep doing BMF on these 50's cars people here may just ask for a BMF tutorial from you.

I learned a long time ago that there are four colors of smoke that can come out of a (gas fueled) car engine (or tailpipe) and most of them are due to something abnormal going on. If anyone is interested in this info, I'm fairly certain that a few members here can explain.

mmmmmmm,.....purrrrrrdy!

been there, done that, but I put my finger in the hole till I retrieved the drain plug.