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The above was inspiration for Volkswagen's Karmann-Ghia too. There is some belief that Virgil Exner may have actually designed VW's iconic air cooled sports car. When questioned over why he didn't put up a stink over VW's obvious copy of his designs, he use to just smile and say nothing.

No luck. Just kindness.

I did bug out early. I had Buick Club banquet to go to at 2. Sorry we missed each other. We need to make a point to say hi to each other next time.

No I was given it two weeks before that by another member of the MCCM. April is always our Swap Meet meeting in the MCCM. A friend had that AMT TV show (Hero), Western Customized '66 Imperial kit there. I expressed interest in it if it could be built "stock." It could not. But, then he tells me he has an unbuilt '65 at home he'd be willing to let me have. He knows I'm not into the hobby to make a buck. And knows that I like giving free kits to kids to get them interested the hobby. I was willing to pay for the '65. But he said, knowing that I would build it. I could have it for free. Wow! What a nice guy. And this is not the first time he has done this for me. I guess it sometimes pays to be friendly, and not be greedy with others in this hobby. And I thankfull that he is not just the only one MCCM member for being so generous. There are others within our group who have shown kindness like that to me and other members in our group. They are a great bunch of guys.

Thank you.

And here is more of Bobby Darin's DiDia 150. I think it too is beautiful.

More photos of the Flojole Forerunner. I've always like the looks of this one.

Congratulations again Steven. Your work is always fantastic. Sorry I didn't see or get to talk to you again at this year's NNL North. Another great show.

I've always thought these two were beautiful.

Why are you torturing us by showing us this?

Actually, I was given this (free!) three weeks ago today. I love convertibles. And I love Imperials. And '65 has always been my favorite year for Imperial. Everything is where. In generally good shape. A small break across the cowl and one broken vent wing. That's it! Started repairs and subassemblies about an hour ago. It will be built as stock '65 Imperial Crown convertible. (At least as close as one can get with the original parts in the kit. The "stock" 413 set up comes with staggered dual carburetors. Not something seen on "stock" Imperials. But, also seen under the hood of my AMT '63 Imperial Crown convertible.)

I'm a little over 2/3 through Tim's book. This thing is fantastic. I especially appreciate chapters 3 and 11 dealing mainly with the bigger cars. A great overview of models kits based on most of the great cars from 1950 through 1974. There is even a little sprinkling of proto, non muscle cars. Another great book by Mr. Boyd. Another great addition to my book collection.

I've built both the Pyro/Lindberg and the Monogram Cord 812s. As others have noted, the Monogram version is the one to go with. Hands down.

In today's mail.

In today's mail.

I too got my copy today. Very good job Mr. Boyd. Impressive, informative and fun book. I'm very glad to add it to my collection.

More fun stuff in today's mail.

Two beautiful Mustangs.

The NNL North was held in Bloomington, MN today. I picked up the following kits. 1. Tom Daniel's Tijuana Taxi. 2. Monogram's Kurtis Kraft Racer. 3. MPC's '71 Plymouth Roadrunner. 4. AMT's (ex MPC) Connoisseur Classics 1932 Chrysler Imperial Roadster. Prices were all fairly reasonable. The Roadrunner was the most expensive kit. And that I got for $25.00. Besides those 4, I won two others in the raffle. First the MPC's 1914 Stutz Bearcat Raceabout. Very, very cool! I was very excited by that one. And second, Revell's Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. I'm not as trilled by that one. I'm not a big fan of modern Ferraris. It looks like it might be a nice kit. I just haven't decided what my plans are for that one yet. Build it? Or sell it? Still, either way I'm happy with winning it.

Okay, Hot Wheels came out late spring, not summer. Despite that and the article you linked to, I'm not buying that the toy was out before the real thing. Could there have been test shots of the toy late in '67? Maybe? Yet the press was shown the real car that summer. It doesn't make sense that Hot Wheels '68 Corvette was seen by the public before the real thing. Now could I be wrong? It's possible. But I think this is just a wishful myth that a lot of people would like to believe. The first time I ever encountered Hot Wheels was on the back on of May or June 68's issue of Batman comics. They have a two-part story, over two issues. "Operatetion Blindfold" I think it was called? The first issue introduced the track. The second issue had the ad shown above.

I'm looking forward see both of them when you get them done. Enjoy. It's a fun, but simple kit to build.

Looks great. I too have one hiding in my stash someplace. So low on my must build list, I doubt that I'll ever see it done.

Urban myth. Hot Wheels came out in the summer of '68. The '68 Corvette, the fall of '67. I've always wondered how this myth started? So many people believe it, because it's been repeated so many times.

Despite the high prices, I would not sell my JoHan '68 Plymouth police car. I'm glad I got it, at an affordable price a dozen years ago or so.

I got this a couple of days ago. But just got a chance to watch it today. It's a pretty good racing movie from 1932. The Crowd Roars staring James Cagney. The racing footage is pretty good. The story is fair. Cagney is great. Directed by Howard Hawks. And a good ending. I liked it. I'd give it 4 stars out of 5. Happy to add it to my collection.