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Do they make a Pantone pen with yellow paint? And how much do they usually go for? Scott

I may not be a fan of Lil Hot Dogger. But I love the Red Baron. That's like asking if because I like Corvettes, I must like Chevettes (actually I do kind of like Chevettes, but that's not the point). They're both Chevrolets. But, not exactly the same thing. The Lil Hot Dogger and Red Baron are both in the show rod style, but again, not exactly the same thing. And it is okay to like one, both, or neither. Scott

Also, Im beginning to think your right too. That kind of does look like Joe Friday. And if you've ever seen the great movie Sunset Boulevard, and Jack Webb's character in that movie, you can see him driving something like that. Scott

There is probably the truth, right there. I was kind wondering how this guy fit in looking at that one picture. Scott

The mid-70's were not the good old days at all. I was there. Muscle cars were all but dead by the mid-70's. The '73 gas crisis ran the price of gas to the point of making it too expensive to drive the cars above. It was a time of Pintos and Vegas. Government regulation was changing our cars in ways that were nessary, but not looking good at the time. 5-mph bumpers. The fazing out of the hardtop. The death of the convertible (thankfully, only temporarily). Pollution controls that strangled the life out of our car. In other areas. America pulling out of Vietman. A President resigning in disgrace. Inflation. The basic end of sending humans out to explore space, in any real way. 8-track tape! There is no way I would want to go back and relive the any of the 1970's. Much less the mid-1970's. 50's and 60's maybe. But the 70's!? Scott

I have no idea what it is. But, it's interesting. Looking forward to learning more. Scott

Okay, now I don't feel to bad about my bad owl joke. Or my spelling mistakes. Scott

That's what I thought it might be. And since it is, I'm certain I'm not interested in one. Scott

By the way Harry, I see that I had another one of my famous misspellings in that joke I had to correct. You may want to re-read it. And see if it's any better.

So are you saying you like it?

Good to hear the Boondocker decals will be included. But, just out of curiosity where did you get that info Gerry? Scott

Yea me too on the Chevy Van. Though the the Jeepster, the VW bus, and others would be cool too. These were not bad looking little kits for the most part. By the way, anybody have glass they don't need for the Mini-Lindy truck camper? Scott

Let you know what I think? What can one think, other than awesome job!? Very nice. Very cool to see. Scott

Remind me. What does the Uncertain T look like? Scott

Fun photos. Scott

Some guy said you sounded like an owl. Who?

Apparently the vendor I purchased "Dad... Can I Barrow the Cars" through Amazon, is over in St.Paul, MN. So I already got the DVD today! Talk about quick service! And yes, the DVD is a lot clearer and sharper than the copy on YouTube. Yea Greg, I too noticed the custom '58 Impala in Signal 30. Another car that stands out in this film for me is the '60 Dodge Dart. This has has a copyright of 1959. Obviously the guy driving the Dart didn't get much time to enjoy it! Scott

Any photo of these models?

A Dumbass car. Still it looks like fun. Scott

I think it's okay. Not my cup of tea. But, its Kool. Scott

Speaking of drivers ed films, the best or worst, depending on how you look at it, is still Signal 30. This is a pretty gruesome film where they had camera men go out to accidents with the Ohio Highway Patrol back in late 1959. Amazing footage. Not for the weak of heart or stomach. I have it on a DVD with some other lame early drivers ed films. But it's also on YouTube. Scott

Interesting. I'll have to sit down and watch the extras on the DVD again sometime in the future. I was under the impression there were only the two Valiants used in making that movie. Than again I'm sure your right. If they only had the one Valiant, that could screw things up badly for shooting if it went on the fritz. Scott

This prank did not happen in a shop, and was pretty harmless. There was a guy in our local Buick club who owned a very nice '62 Electra 225. One of the features it had was a signal seeking radio. When his daughter was in the car, he would use the voice activated feature on the radio to change stations. His daughter was amazed that a car built in the 1960's had such a high tech feature. The only trouble is, it would never work when she asked for it to change channels! It worked for everybody else in the car, but never her. I don't know if they ever got around to telling her the truth about how the radio worked or not? Of course it wasn't voice activated. The driver had a remote button on the floor that activated the power tuning feature. Scott

Talk about J.C.Whitney catalogs. One of my catalogs from 1971 has the ad shown below. I tried taking a photo of actual ad in my catalog, but I could not get the photo to down load. So I got this photo from another site on the web. But it is the exact same ad. Interesting to see who's in the ad. I wonder if he really ever used Joe Welder "Hell-Bent for Leather N' Lead bracelets? Scott

You got it Bill. I think this is one of those cars that gets better looking with age. For a mid-50's car, it sure is a clean design. And sorry Harry, I've got to disagree with you on the spare tire hump. The hump gives it personality. In general I dislike "continental" spares on cars. With exception of the original Lincoln Continentals and the Continental Marks that followed. Scott