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Nothing in the way of model cars from family or friends. But, I got the Moebuis '61 Ventura in the mail yesterday. Hooray!

Maybe on the '80. They do look close. For sure not the '76 - '79s. But, still I'd like to see a MoPar or Hollanders exchange manual to prove it.

An off comment topic, but one that effects your thread Phil. Is the use of script type on this site. For some reason, trying to read this type of type is a pain on my iPad. And it's not just your using it. It's that way with others too. And I've been told I'm not the only one who has problems with this. Script looks nice, but I'd rather read and know what your talking. Just a thought. Back to trying to figure out what you said above, about a subject that interests me.

Ron the stalling on turns was something my '77 six cylinder Volare did too. It's been a long time, but I think it was on left hand turns too. As noted before, I had the "Super Six" with the 2-barrel carburator, rather than the single barrel. Most 318s came with a 2-barrel carbs too. I don't how simular the carburators used between the 2 different engines were. But, in the case of the 2-barrel on the sixes, I believe it turned out to be a float problem that most competent mechanics with a little carburator background could fix. I don't recall any problems with the "Lean Burn" system on federal emission vehicles. I suspect the California emissions package was more of a problem than the "Lean Burn" system. But, don't go to the bank with me on that one. Ah, the fun of owning cars from the late 1970's. Especially Chrysler products. But, it was not just limited to Chrysler products. It was a sad time. Despite what I know and remember, I still like some of the cars and trucks produced back then. And I'm looking forward to Round 2/MPCs reissuing of their '80 Volare. No matter how bad the real car was.

???? I want some proof of that. I think your mistaking Dodge's Diplomat with their Aspen. Diplomat and LeBaron maybe share the same front fenders. Aspen and Volare for sure shared the same front fenders. Sorry John, you need to repeat basic MoPar first grade. ? (Or was that second grade they thought us that?)

Interesting about your lack of speed with the '79 Volare police cars. My '77 Volare had the 225 "Super Six". The one with the 2-barrel carburetor. It had federal emissions and the Torqueflite. And I could bury the 100 mph speedometer in it. Mine wasn't the fastest car in the world by any means. But, I had no major problems entering or keeping up with traffic at the time. Could California emissions have chocked off your cars that bad?

Me too.

The mailman just dropped mine off in the last half an hour. A quick peek in the box looks good to me. A nice early Christmas present! And I like the fact you need to "grok" your's Bill. Grok. A term one doesn't hear too much anymore. If ever. A term from one of my favorite books of all time. Thanks for using it.

I agree 100%. For a car of the time, I thought it was very good looking. Between styling and features, on paper and the show floor it looked like a great car. But, in many ways it was a typical of an American car of the time. (Okay, it was somewhat worst than the other bad American cars of the time.) There is a reason Toyota and Honda took the market by storm at the time. But, still I liked the Volare/Aspen combo. By the way, the first thing I had to do with my new Volare back in 1977, was get out a Phillips screwdriver and titen every screw I could find in the interior of the car. Chrysler's quality control was terrible back then. Much worst then GM or Ford. On par with AMC from what I remember. And no where near Toyota, Honda, or Datsun. But, I liked the car despite that. The slant-six and Torqueflite transmission had a good reputation. And again compared to other cars at the time, I liked the looks. If it wasn't for the rust problems, I wonder how many people would have a better view of the cars today? After all, you never hear people bad mouth the LeBaron, Diplomat, and others based on the same chassis nearly as much.

Me too.

I try to ignore the whining and bad attitudes. And enjoy the great wealth of knowledge and interesting people that can be found here. Like any simular thing on the web, your find the ugly trolls. And if you look for them, they'll be there for sure. But, I try not to encourage it as much as possible. They are a lot of great people and information here if you look for it. This place is only as good as you or I make it. And I can't control others. So I just need to watch out for those times when I become a troll. Hopefully it doesn't happen too much. But, it does now and then happen.

Okay I have question for the computer guys out there. This morning I bought a collection of CD-Roms of National Geographic. I own several CD-Roms with things like old comic books and Mad magazines. The trouble I have, to use them I have to go into basement a look at them on my computer. Since buying an iPod a few years ago, I rarely go downstairs to fire up the old computer. I surf the web and most other things from the comfort of my living room or bed using the iPod. I love it! But, I'd like to use the content of those CD-Roms from my living room or bed too. I love read old magazines and comic books in that format. So what do I need to do? What do I need to buy, to enjoy these CD-Roms upstairs too?

I hate snow! We got a dusting here yesterday in the afternoon. Not enough to shovel. I'm happy to say. As I write this, it's 25 degrees fahrenheit. Not as cool as it can be for this time of year. But, not warm either. It has been a warm fall/winter so far. But, we've seen this before. Weather seems to go through cycles from what I've seen seen. This year it's warm. Next year we'll freeze our butts off. Nothing new. I'm going to enjoy not freezing my butt off for now. And I'll deal with the snow and cold when it comes.

Amen.

For me and my family, Christmas Eve is Christmas. We always open our gifts the night of Christmas Eve after dinner. It seems to be a Scandinavian thing. We play games or watch old Christmas movies after that. Until we're ready to go to sleep. My sister always makes ham for the Christmas Eve dinner. But what I like better, is the next morning, the actual Christmas Day morning. She takes the left over ham and mixes it with scrambled eggs. Yum! I enjoy Christmas now days. I have a really great family and extended family. You know, in laws, etc. They all pretty good and a lot of fun spending time with. They may have a strange sense of humour. But then again, so do I! So, it please me I'm going to my one sister's again for Christmas. I know I'll have a good time. I just hope the rest of you have as good of a holiday with your loved one too. And everybody keeps safe.

In my eyes, the above is not a pretty car. The changes just don't work. The '69 Charger as penned by Dodge stylists back in the day, still work. It's still a beautiful car. Sometimes it's hard to better something in its original form.

I'm not sure why you say the above is weird and ugly. Old trucks are cool.

I'm amazed at how much interest and discussion this kit has brought up. I'm pleased to see that there is interest in it. It seems like when Volares are mentioned at all, anyplace, most people go right into talking about what rotten cars they were. And they were. I owned one. But still, I've always liked them. I'm glad there are others here that seem to like them too. The real cars may have been junk right from the go. The MPC model may not be up to the standards of recently tooled model kits. But, apparently I and others plan on buying and enjoying this nostalgic this trip. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.

Making the above comment must mean your a person coming back under a different name? And it worries me by that comment, your coming back looking for the negative. I hope I'm wrong on both counts, and misunderstood your above quote.

Okay Christian, I 'm voting for you to take over all the model companies and start designating what is going to be produced, and what is not. Your ideas and box art are great!

The rescue of Chrysler came during the Carter administration. Not Regan.

He was a dealer, Harry. One my employers, a Buick dealer has purchased more cars than that at one time. And they're not a really that big of dealership. What makes this story important is Jellnik having them named the model after his daughter, Mercedes. The name became popular, and is of course still used to this day.

I like it. Sad that others in the past put down what you did here. I think it's pretty cool. And I like your explanation that the battery was under the back seat. They the excuse of no battery? Unbelievable!

I don't understand this at all. What is "Mahn's better 'n yern!" even mean? Another reason I say away from Facebook?

Wow! Very nice. I'm impressed.