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Looking at the last few posts, I think we have. I hope. Scott

Yea, most modern A/C units operate in defroster mode to help defogger for windshield. A little different in the old days. At the same time I like your idea John about how the '57/'58 Ford setup would blow cool air into an area where heat should being build up. I too do not know enough about how A/C works to know if this system was effective or not. And did it work well enough to cool the wagons cargo area? In other words would the polar bears and penguins in the back be comfortable? Scott

STOP! Enough already. This is a tread on Revell's '57 Del Rio Ranch Wagon. It's time to drop the political and/or religious stuff here. Scott

I'm sorry, the factory air conditioning system on a '57 Ford I'm thinking of was called SelectAire. Not PolarAire as I thought. There was a factory under dash unit available on the '59 and later Ford called PolarAire. It was a less expensive alternative to the SelectAire version also available. Scott

By the way, it would be cool if Round 2 was able to reissue a stock version of AMT's Pacer wagon kit. I believe that kit was modified into a custom only wagon/van thing after the initial run. And did MPC ever offer a Pacer wagon kit? I'm pretty sure they made a promo of the wagon. But, I don't remember a kit. Scott

The polar bear, penguin thing would be a lot more fun than the politics here in the last 24 hours or so. Which reminds me. I wonder if the factory air conditioning system in a '57 Ford, which I believe they called Polar Aire, would keep either polar bears or penguins comfortable on a 90 degree (Fahrenheit) summer day? The factory installed system on '57 and '58 Fords used a series of vents on the dashboard along the edge of the windshield. I question how effective the system was with the state of art of air conditioners at the time, and the location of those vents. I also wonder how well that setup was for defrosting the windshield in the winter time? I have my doubts. At the same time, I wish Revell would offer the option of building their Ford Del Rio wagon with that setup. Scott

Pretty good documentary. Didn't mind watching it a second time. I had seen it once before. Covers the history of the Pacer and AMC at the time accurately. Makes me wonder, how well MPC/Round 2 did with their Pacer reissue recently? I've always like those weird cars like the Pacer. So I bought one. Painted it with Testor's Aztec Gold One Coat Lacquer. It turned out pretty nice. But, I haven't seen any others built. So it makes me wonder, did it sell? Scott

Amen. Scott

Your right I know nothing about horses. That was not my point. Scott

Mine lined up a lot better than that. Scott

Ah, thanks Art. I was trying to figure out what model kit he was talking about. I thought maybe he had an old Ford Falcon or something else. Bringing up the Lincoln Futura and door lines makes some sense. Scott

Yea know, I find myself agreeing more and more with you "Snake." I have Exacto knives, sand paper, files, and Dreamel. Flash is not that big of a deal. And has always been part of modeling, as far back as I remember. And that's into the mid-60's modeling wise. Scott

I'm still surprised by the MPC version. It's no where near as bad as everybody says it is. The front end on the Revell kit.... That's another story. Scott

Now that's funny! Scott

What's the old story about the poor bird freezing in the middle of winter? To add insult to injury, a cow comes along and poops on it. At first the bird is unhappy. It stinks in there! But, pretty soon it's feeling pretty good as the warm poo starts warming it up. Soon it feels so good it starts singing. Well a cat hears the singing. Because of that singing it easily finds the bird, digs it out of the manure and eats it. The moral of the story? Not everybody who poos on you is your enemy. And not everybody who digs you out is your friend. Scott

I'm trying to remember if I painted mine or not. Looking at photos of the real cars, I bet that's what I very carefully did. Scott

What are you talking about here? What Futura model are you refering to? We need more specifics before at least I can comment on this problem. Scott

That's what I thought too. The 383 Commando in the Road Runners. And the Super Bees may have had a Magnum 383. But, I only know of plain 383s in Chryslers. Two and four barrels. I do know that 440s came in both TNT and non-TNT four barrel versions. I am not sure if there was ever a TNT version of the 413? Scott

The horse, the second one on the left doesn't look quite right to me. Notice it's eyes are partially closed. Both front look like they're forward at the same time. Not matching the other three. Revell must have made the horses for movie! We now have photographic proof! Scott

Saw a Ford Raptor pickup in the same color and markings as Revell's model of the same. The look of the model has not impressed me. And neither did the real thing. Scott

Is this real? Or an April Fools joke? How reliable was your source? I'm having a little bit of a hard time believing it since you post this on April 1st. Scott

Seems like a fair and honest interview. Scott

What a shame that this is an April Fools joke. I like the looks of the car with the Hudson badge on it. Scott

A TNT version of the 383? Never heard of that one. Scott

Full model still in '71. Option package for '72. The regular, non Hurst 4-4-2s have their own grille shared with no other Cutlass models. Scott