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I currently do not have that kit in my collection, and I am OK with that!

This is very cool! But I think you need to build a bookend for this van ?

Very cool build!

Very nice build of one of my all time favorite cars!

This is your writer.... John Gilbert SENIOR EDITOR, HOT ROD Email John Gilbert was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in the San Gabriel Valley deeply immersed in the SoCal car culture. Throughout grammar and junior high school John was constantly in trouble for drawing flames on his schoolwork, and automobile-related incidents during high school. Graduating mid-term from West Covina High School, John opened a custom paint shop and established lifelong friendships with the editors of the magazines his customizing work appeared in. In 1999, John was commissioned by Easyriders Inc. to create a custom truck lifestyle magazine in the spirit of Easyriders Magazine. John titled the hard-core truck rag Tailgate, marking the beginnings of his career as a magazine editor. Citing creative differences, John resigned from Tailgate in 2004 and went to work for Hot Rod Bikes, followed by the editorship of Custom Classic Trucks. In late 2009, John resigned from Custom Classic Trucks expressing a desire to goof off, and freelanced as the editor of the once-a-year American Truck magazine. During the course of his career, John’s work has appeared in Street Rodder, Classic Trucks, Rod & Custom, Chevy High Performance, Muscle Car Review, Hot Rod, Easyriders, Biker, In the Wind, Tattoo, Road Iron, V-Twin, Hot Rod’s Bikeworks, Hot Bike, Street Chopper, Ol' Skool Rodz, Custom Classic Trucks, Chevelle, Highbeams, Truckin’, Mini-Truckin’, Super Chevy, Hot Rod Bikes, Sport Truck, Vette, Classic Truck Trends, Air Brush Art & Action, Juxtapoz, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords, Mustang Monthly, Bikernet, American Hard Assets, Street Trucks, American Rodder, VQ, West Coast Eastwood, and National Geographic. Currently, John is a senior editor for HOT ROD. His photographic images have appeared on over 275 magazine covers.

So, why doesn't someone here write an article for Hot Rod about model car contest? No? Nobody? This may not be the best article on the subject of Model Contest, but they guy wrote it and sent it in. So, until a different voice comes along, this is it.

Actually want to build it as the box art. And no, not all Gassers had straight axles up front!

Hobby Lobby in San Diego area are open again! Nothing new on the shelves, but still plenty of supplies!

Wow, has it really been three years since the last issue?

That's a weird license plate

Apparently the John F. Kennedy molds where also scrapped after apparently "Damage" was found on them. But honestly, who would buy one now? Just like quite a few of the missing molds, it would be simply nostalgia driving any sales, and not that many, that would warrant their return. As I don't think this was that great a seller when it was re-issued lately

My biggest question is what did the Marketing people really scrap out when the molds came in? Tom West didn't exactly know, but he had an idea. My biggest question to him was about the Aurora Racing Scenes 1/16 Drag Stuff, and he told me that for sure that one of the HEMI molds was destroyed when they tried using it. It was a multi piece mold that had to be done in a certain sequence and they didn't do it right, thus breaking the mold, which Tom still had a piece of! He told me that the tires for these kits where being done in Canada, and to his knowledge, they never came back. And with the recent release of the AMT Garage Scenes stuff using very similar, if not the same, mechanic figures, it leads me to believe some of this stuff survived. But, who has it and how much? Hopefully Atlantis and Round 2 will find out.

It was a Land Speed car and this was taken during some shakedown runs at the track. Noel Black, owner/driver, lost his life in this car It was nicknamed the Rhinoceros due to the scoop bump up front. This is the car with the body on.

And just to confuse you a bit...?

Chassis Research TE 448 "Dog Sled" Chassis

There is a "Wanted" section you can post request in. This area is for Kit News and Reviews. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/forum/24-wanted/

Almost ashamed to say it, but, I have never built one! I have most of these issues, but, I have yet to glue parts or paint anything! Time for a Quarantine build of this one, maybe.

Thanks for the heads up, but, I already bought them three years ago.

And for the most part, it is still about that, and some of what we are talking about has quite a bit to do with business opening. If we are still ordered to stay home, nothing much is opening.

Los Angeles is, not the rest of California, or at least not San Diego

Stores in San Diego County are still closed.

Since Round 2 is going to keep popping out this kit in various guises, why not cast up a Six Cylinder to make it a bit more correct? It doesn't have to be a complicated addition to the kit, the six is a pretty simple engine to begin with! But yes, BBC in this never quite made sense to me. Although, a friend of mine actually raced one like this back in the 60's!

I do have Evergreen as well, but Plastruct is what I originally used. Sorry to have confused you.