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Dito. More pictures please.

Nice job, on a kit that is a bit of a turd right from the box. I like the subject. And you did a great job on it.

I too like the Gulf color scheme. The two vehicles look great. Your wedge on the back of the truck looks very simular to the wedge MPC provided with several of their early 70's Chevrolet pickup truck kits.

Heater hoses are a little big. But, beyond that it looks great. Better than the car they drove in the show.

Very nice. I especially like the color.

Above is my earlier post where I mention the Fireball 500 and the Futura.

Okay. Again I have no pictures. But, I believe it was MPC did a couple of the cars from the Wacky Racers cartoon of the late 1960's. And Aurora did Archie Andrew's jalopy from the comic books and cartoons.

Another one I did make mention of. But again, did not post a picture.

I thought I mentioned that already. Though I did not post a picture. Still one of my all time favorite cars. Period.

Bill is correct. It is a fuel pump used mostly on drag cars.

We're missing Suzzane Sommer's Thunderbird from American Graffiti. I know there was a model of that one too.

Only if I get it from Greg!

Oh no! Don't blame me Greg. I'm not in charge here. I just didn't see this as a real kit review, and I was very disappointed when I saw what it was the first time I opened it. The subject of the post was okay. I feel it just doesn't belong under "Car Kit News and Reviews." When I first opened it here, I was expecting something different. A new car kit I hadn't seen yet. Instead I got an old joke. And a joke that was only moderately funny the first time I saw it. That's not what I look for, when I look at posts under Car Kit News and Reviews. There are other, better places for this thread. Like the trash?

Looks like a magneto to me. Which in case you don't know, would replace the distributor on many cars. Mainly used in racing. Four plug wires would come out one side. The other four, the other side.

X-El, part of the Seville/JoHan era in the late 1970's, made a promo of The Lively Set Turbine car. I regret not getting one at the time.

Polar Lights titled the Jetson's vehicle as a Spaceship? Did it ever travel in space? I've always assumed it was one of those flying cars we were always being told we'd all be driving by now. Wasn't the show an early 60's look at the 21st Century. And according to all the popular science and mechanic magazines of the time, we'd all be driving flying cars, like the Jetsons by now.

The real car in the picture above is not the Porter, is it? It doesn't look quite right to me.

Has anybody mentioned the Fireball 500? The Barris customized Barracuda, from the movie of the same name. And do the Sonny and Cher Mustangs count? Their variety show didn't come out for several years after Barris built the cars. But the cars look like something Barris would have build for TV or a movie. Were they used in an early TV special starring Sonny and Cher maybe? And how about AMT's '65 Riviera kit? From what I remember it could be built as another Barris real custom car. I believe it was called Via Riviera. And used in some "B" movie. I know Barris also did a customized '65 Buick Wildcat, that I seem to remember being in the same movie. Was the AMT '65 Wildcat setup with the customizing parts to duplicate that car too? And of course we have Barris' greatest creatation, the TV Batmobile. But, the car the Barris Batmobile was based on. The Lincoln Futura. Also appeared on the screen with Glen Ford and Debby Reynolds, in it Started With a Kiss. Not a great movie. But, fun to see the Futura before Barris' conversion. And one more. The MPC Thundercharger, again from a movie by the same name. And again based on a Barris custom.

Okay, that's fine. But, what is IPA?

What is a "path of IPA"?

Another great MCCM meeting this last night. Low on the number of people and models shown. But, a great time at the meeting itself, and at Perkins restaurant afterwords.

Space the final frontier, these are the voyages of the Starship Enterpise. Lucy, you got some spilaning to do! Oh, the pain, the pain. Never fear, Smith is here. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, discount on weekend and holidays.

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So Master Yoda, are you pro or con on Corvair? Why are you avoiding the general direction of this thread, by telling us ways we improve our models? What do you think this is a model website or something? Back to arguing about Corvair. We have to resolve this issue once and for all. ?

Great site in some ways. But, almost too much. Long on photos, but short on information. I got bored somewhat quickly with it.