unclescott58

I'm happy with what Round 2 is doing with all of their model brands. I love most of the old kits they've reissued so far. Especially those released under the AMT and MPC labels. Scott

It's October 23rd in Minnesota, and it's warm enough to open some windows around the house, letting in the fresh warm air. This is almost heaven! Scott

That's cool. I like it. Scott

By the way, the Automotive Acronyms I posted above, I forgot to mention that I got them out of a great book called "Car Crazy"' by Dean D. Dauphinois and Peter M. Gareffa. I don't know if the book is still available or not. It was published almost 20 years ago. In 1996 by Visible Ink Press. It's a fun book with a lots great automotive trivia in it. And here is another humours one I'd like to share. It's titled Excu-u-u-u-u-se Me! "Actual excuses for auto accidents, taken from insurance-company records:" "Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have." "The other car collided with mine without giving warnings of its intentions." "I thought the window was down, but I found out it was up, when I put my head through it." "I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way." "A truck backed through my windshield into my wife's face." "A pedestrian hit me and went under my car." "The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve several times before I hit him." "I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment." "In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole." "As I reached an intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision, and I did not see the other car." "I had been driving for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident." "I was on my way to the doctor with rear-end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident." "As I approached the intersection, a sign suddenly appeared in a place no stop sign had ever appeared before." "To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian." "The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth." "I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him." "I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows." "The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of its way, when it struck the front end." "I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car." - Scott

I love these year by year kit reviews. Always fun to see what was available and how these kits evolved. Scott

Now that's funny! Scott

Is the Pontiac one your referring to is this one? Pontiacs: Poor Old Norwegian Thinks It's A Cadillac Well as half Norwegian, I'm only half offended by your racists thoughts. To offend the other, Finnish half, you can mention that Chevy Impalas are considered by Finnish Americans as a Finlander's Cadillac. Oh great! Now I've offended myself, by tell you how to offend me, by telling these two jokes. I'm going to take this one step farther. Growing up, my Norwegian born mother, who met and married my father (100% of Finnish decent) in Duluth, MN. Claimed that back like 100 years ago, Superior, WI across the bay from Duluth had signs on the beaches that read, "No Dogs, Finns (people of Finnish decent), or Indians (Native Americans/First Nation people) allowed on the beaches." Which is rather odd considering the number of Finns and Native Americans living in and around the "Twin Ports" at that time and now. Plus, she wasn't living there during that time. But, things being a little different 100 years ago, she might have been right. Either way, the idea of this sign always hit right with my warped sense of humor somehow. A little over 10 years ago my youngest sister married a wonderful guy, who happens to be Native American. He and my sister then bought a lake cabin. Which got me thinking. So, I asked my brother in law, Rich, if he would be offended if I someday had a sign made for their cabin that said the above. Well, Rich has a good sense of humour and understands my warped one. So he gave me his blessing. Two years ago I found a sign maker at a sports show in Superior, WI out of all places, who made me such a sign. There was only one problem I could see with the sign. Sure Rich is an "Indian." And my sister Michelle is half Finn. But, they do not own a dog. Rich said that was okay. The neighboring cabin has dogs that like to come over and visit their place when they're there. By the way, I did not ask my sister if she would be offended by the sign. With her I didn't care. But I didn't want to offend Rich, because I like him. Scott

At least this one is a little bit easier to read. I'm amazed this guy is on eBay with racist comments like he wrote in this one. Or the foul language. Scott

AUTOMOTIVE ACRONYMS Audi: Accelerates Under Demonic Influence BMW: Big Money Waste; Bought My Wife; Bumbling Mechanical Wretch Buick: Big Ugly Import Car Killer Chevrolet: Can Hear Every Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips; Cracked Heads, Every Valve's Rotten, Oil Leaks Every Time Dodge: Dead On Day Guarantee Expires; Drips Oil, Drops Greese Everywhere Edsel: Every Day Something Else Leaks Fiat: Failure In Automotive Technology; Fix It Again Tony Ford: Fix Or Repair Daily; Found On Road Dead; Fast Only Rolling Down Hill GM: General Maintenance GMC: Gererally Mediocre Cars Honda: Had One Never Did Again Hyundai: Hope You Understand Nothing's Drivable And Inexpensive Jeep: Just Eats Every Part MG: Money Guzzler Pinto: Put In Nickel To Operate Saab: Swedish Automobile - Always Broken VW: Virtually Worthless - Scott

A month or two ago, Cadillac announced they would have this feature available on productions models in two years. I'm a little leery of it. But in this litigious society we live in, it must work. Else they wouldn't be putting it out on the market. Scott

I've always like 4-doors. Especially pre-war 4-door convertibles, and post-war 4-door hardtops. Scott

That is one of the classic "where is gas cap" scene from a movie. Scott

Okay as I was posting the above, Bill dropped in the second photo. That one convinces me it's real. And I bet by looking at the lower photos, it is a modified Austin. Scott

But, what is it? And is it real? The more I look at the photo now, the more doubts I'm beginning to have too. Scott

By the way, do cows squirt milk through their noses when they laugh?

Why thank you. I think? Scott

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.