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By the way Ed. Your avatar, or what ever they call it, is of a road runner, right? Now I know they are real. In fact they are Arizona's state bird, if I remember correctly? But, I like to kid around with people from southwest about how the road runner has to be made up. Like the Jackalope, or something. Because as many times as I've been to Arizona and New Mexico, I've never seen a live one standing by the side of the road or any place else. I see a lot of quail and other birds by the roads in Arizona. And I do believe I've seen a stuffed road runner or two. But, I've also seem stuffed jackalopes. And I know they're not real. So, I think it's time for all of you guys in the southwest, to quit trying to fool us out of state people with these road runner stories, and come clean. Or else I'll have to take you guys snipe hunting in the north woods of Minnesota some night. We all know the only real Road Runners were those built by Plymouth. ?

There use to be a junkyard north of the Twin Cities, who's junkyard dog would watch cartoons on the TV on Saturday mornings. As soon the cartoons were over, and other programming was on, he'd lose interest and go to sleep. I never knew dogs were that intelligent until then.

We too have Five Guys. And your right Bill, they are very good. I guess we don't have it so bad after all.

Are sure about the above Art? I don't know about '64 and '65, I'm going to have to do a little research on that. But, I do know that the '60 - '63 Comet wagons shared the same wheelbase with all Falcon and Ranchero models. That was 109.5". The other Comet models, the sedans, hardtops and convertibles rode on a 114" wheelbase. Okay, I quickly went and pulled out my copy of the Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1946-1975. It indicates that all of the '64 and '65 Comets and Falcons rode on the same wheelbase as they had in the previous 4 years. No change. 1966 with the new bodies, Falcon coupes and sedans moved up to a 110.9" wheelbase. Falcon wagons, 113". Comet which now shared the Fairlane body for '66, moved up a 116" wheelbase which it shared with Fairlane, on all models except the Fairlane and Comet wagons. Which then rode on the same 113" wheelbase as the Falcon wagons.

Unfair! You've got In and Out Burgers and Culvers too? Life is just not fair. We do have White Castles here in the Twin Cities at least. But, as much I like White Castle sliders, I'd rather have In and Out burgers. Good food and great t-shirts. In and Out is one of the best.

Until about 10 years ago you guys still had a Shakeys Pizza in Rochester. Loved Shakeys Pizza. Grew up with one in my home town of Columbia Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis. But, it closed down in about 1980. In the 90's and early 2000's friends and I would make special trips from time to time, down to Rochester just to eat Shakeys Pizza. It may not have been the greatest pizza in the world. But, it was unique and we liked it. I miss Shakeys.

Ah. But using parts from Modelhaus you can easily convert the Galaxie back to the LTD. As I did recently.

Where are good restaurants in your town? I know your town, it's nowhere as big as the Twin Cities. And we don't have any really good or special restaurants up here! ? Back to Ray. Sorry Ray, this area was settled by cheap Germans and Scandinavians. Basic meat and potatos kind of people. Unwilling to try interesting things. As Steve noted we only have the basic chains around here. Nothing interesting like In and Out, or another of my favorites, Steak and Shake. We're lucky that we have Poeyes, with their spicy chicken. Oh! Hold on. We do have one good chain up here that started over in Wisconsin. Culvers. They've expanded a lot in the last 15 years or so. And they are very good. Again basic fair. Mainly burgers. They also have great chicken and fish. And they fairly famous for their frozen custard. So not all hope for good fast food has been lost up here. Culvers is the one bright spot up here.

Doing some research on line. There is a tie between Beany' Drive Through and the puppet show Time For Beany. The Beany and Cecil show was basically a cartoon version of Time For Beany. With most of the same characters. Lots good stuff on line about both shows. And clips of both shows on YouTube.

Other than scale, very nice. I like and miss woodgrain wagons. But, in this case, I think I'd build it without the woodgrain.

Greg, another winner. Man, you find the coolest stuff. Thanks Ray, for rubbing it in by telling us you went to In and Out Burger. You should think about us poor slobs who don't live in the southwest. ? Living here in Minnesnowta makes drive ins a little impractical. There have been a few over the years. Porky's was a popular one for years here in the Twin Cities. But, they all gone now. We have a Sonics. A place I'm not all that impressed by. And we still have A&Ws. But, not with the old fashion drive in type of serve anymore. Again, thanks Ray. As if this time of year isn't bleak enough around here.

I too like it. It's pretty cool.

I don't know if this belongs under pleased or irked. But, I had my first root canal this morning. After hearing the horror stories, I found it really wasn't too bad. The dentist did a great job. Only had a local. No gas. Yet I felt little to nothing during the procedure. This afternoon there was a little pain requiring me use a mild pain killer. I'm sure I'll need take some more before going to bed tonight. But in general, it was no where near as bad as I heard it could be. Soon I've got to go back a get another tooth done. Two days ago I wrote in the "What Irked You" tread about having to leave my car with my mechanic. At the time he told me that between parts and labor, I was looking at somewhere just over $1,100. Which others pointed out was a good deal for the work that was being done to my car. Which knowing my mechanic, I suspected this was the case. Well I'm pleased to say, when I picked up the car yesterday, the bill came out $1,062. About $50 to $100 less than I was expecting. Not a lot of money. But, every little bit of saving helps. Despite having some things happen, that we normally don't want in lives. I can't really complain. And this pleases me.

Just went over to eBay and ordered one.

Another fun review. I enjoy the extra comments you make as review your kits.

Very fun video. Thanks for posting that Joe.

Even though you don't like the light stuff, thanks C.M. for posting the above.

It's my understanding that a full size version of the vehicle was built. Not a model I'm interested in ever owning. But, it would be fun to see one built. I hope Doug, that you post photos of model when it's done.

Mistakes or not, I'm still going to buy one. It's a nice looking kit. Very small turn signals and a missing Pontiac script aren't enough to keep me away from what looks like a go looking kit. Thanks for bringing us the great kits that you do Dave. And thank you for your willingness to correct mistakes when they're found.

It sounds small, but he is only 4" high. Like I say, it sounds small. But, it seems big enough.

All the others advice, is what I do too.

Not bad. She can sit on my cars any time she wants.

As Adam West once said, "She gives me a stirring feeling below my utility belt." ?

If you can, you need to post the same for the '67 - '72 Ford trucks. I know how to identify them, but it would still be interesting, non the less. The '73 - '79 generation trucks would interesting and useful also. And Chevrolet from the same time period too.