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What are we looking at here? Scott

Ford has always done a fairly good job of adapting Mustang to the times. The new one is not my favorite of recent times. But, I do like it. Scott

Oh the AMT '65 Bonneville? The Bonneville was okay. The problem came when they turned the kit into a 2+2. The real 2+2 was based on shorter wheelbase Catalina. Real Bonnevilles rode on a 3 inch longer wheelbase. Plus it seems to me the right and left sides of the model car didn't match up. This I believe was true with original Bonneville kit too. But, guys at time could not understand why Ertl choose to convert the Bonneville kit into a 2+2 without changing the wheelbase, or fixing the other flaws to the original kit. Scott

Great movie. Even funnier if you worked for car dealerships back in the day. Some of the stuff portrayed in that movie was not far from the truth on things that use to happen in car dealerships. Especially in the used car departments. It was exaggerated, but close to true stories I had heard, or in some cases even seen. There use to be some very interesting characters in the car business back in the day. Not so much today. Scott

What is a Bonilla? Scott

I didn't catch this one the first few times I looked at it. Now that I do, it's very funny! Scott

I've used black Sharpies with some success in the past. But, recently I got AMT's Hindenburg airship model. I decided to paint the stand with Testor's flat black paint. I then bought a package of 3 different metallic Sharpies, figuring on using the silver one to highlight the letters on the base. For some reason it did not work. The "ink" (?) came out of the Sharpie very thin and scratchy looking. I ended going back to Testor's silver paint and a very fine brush. And it turned out great. But, I originally thought the Sharpie would make this job a little easier. I wonder why the Sharpie didn't work in this case? I've also had troubles getting Sharpies to work on some chrome. Scott

Very nice. I'm glad you and your dad got to enjoy it together in the end. Scott

Great job. I still remember the first time I saw a real one back in the summer of 1972. Scott

Beautiful! Scott

326 in a '64 Grand Prix? 1964 Grand Prixs came with the 398 at minimum. Some ran with 421s. Scott

If it was a '73 Challenger it would not have come with a 383. I'm trusty in Casey's reading of the vin tag on this one. Scott

Any more info on the Monogram Ferrari GTO mentioned in David's post above? The first thing I noticed is the scale listed on the box. It says it's 1/25th scale. Not a normal scale for Monogram car kits. Is this maybe a Revell kit originally? I'd like to know more about this kit. The early 60's GTO was iconic Ferrari when I was a kid in the 1960's. I've always been interested in building one. Scott

Same here. This is the first I've heard of their models in this scale. Going to have to keep my eyes open for them. Scott

Wow! Very nice. In fact, prefect. Scott

Nope. Those Holden's all came with full steel roofs from the factory. Scott

"Dad... Can I Barrow the Car" came to mind right away to me too. Made by Disney. Starring a young Kurt Russel. Scott

Because of Greg Smith's suggestion, I'm feel a need to bring this thread back to the top. Scott

The Cord 812. In Junior High they had a book written by Bob Stubenrauch called "The Fun of Old Cars." In there I saw a profile on a Cord 812 phaeton for the first time and was blown away. It was the most beautiful car I had ever seen! Later I found Mr. Stubenrauch follow up book, Runabouts and Roadsters. In that book he had a profiled on a Cord 812 convertible. Later I found other books showing more Cords. And when I saw my first Cord in real life, I was not disappointed. To this day, I love all Cord automobiles. The L29s, the 810s, and the 812s. Supercharged. Or un supercharged. All body styles. I even like the Corvair powered, Glen Pray replica built in the mid 60's. Scott

First, before I dispense a little humor, you need to know that my background is that I'm of half Finnish in decent. And the other half is Norwegian. And I always joke that someday I hope they Finnish the other half. My mother was born and raised in Norway, so the between that and living in Minnesnowa where there are a lot of other people of Scandinavian decent, I culturally grew up with a lot of Scandinavian words and humor. One of the words you use to hear a lot around here was "uff da". It's a little hard to give an exact definition of "uff da". There is no exact word in English that it translates into. But I have a refrigerator magnet I found that does a pretty good job explaining. And below is what it says. "UFF DA "Uff Da" in not in the dictionary, but for many Scandinavians, is is an all-purpose expression covering a variety of situations such as: Uff Da is...looking in the mirror and discovering...you're not getting better, you're just getting older. Uff Da is...trying to dance the polka to rock and roll music. Uff Da is...losing your wad of gum in the chicken yard. Uff Da is...eating hot soup when you've got a runny nose. Uff Da is...waking yourself up in church with your own snoring. Uff Da is...sneezing so hard that your false teeth end up in the bread plate. Uff Da is...walking way downtown and then trying to remember what you wanted. Uff Da is...getting swished in the face with a cows wet tail. Uff Da is...trying to pour two buckets of manure into one bucket. Uff Da is...eating a delicious sandwich and then discovering the spread is cat food. Uff Da is...arriving late at a lutefisk supper and getting served minced ham instead. Uff Da is...when your two "steady" girl friends find out about each other. Uff Da is...trying to look at yourself in the mirror January 1st. Uff Da is...looking in your rear view mirror and seeing flashing red lights. Uff Da is...the same as Charlie Brown's "Good Grief." Uff Da is...pushing the light switch and suddenly remembering you forgot to pay the electric bill. Uff Da is...opening up the latest real estate tax bill. Uff Da is...noticing non-Norwegians at a church dinner using lefse for a napkin. Uff Da is...watching what dogs do to lutefisk piled up in front of the butch shop. Uff Da is...not being Scandinavian." Scott

You rate AMT's '53 Ford pickup as one of the worst kits ever? Scott

It was covered here not too long ago. But, I don't know how to make the link. A good subject though. I'm glad to see it come back. Scott

For what was new, and coming out at the time, I still think Ford did a pretty good job of designing the Mustang II. Or as I affectionally call it, the Mutt II. It was the right car for the time. I liked the '73 Camaro better than the '73 Mustang (though I do like the '71 - '73 Mustangs too). But that turned around with the '74s. The battering ram bumpers and the wedge shaped taillights on the '74 Camaro didn't look right too me. Where the '73 and earlier Camaros had a nice light look to them. Particularly the '74, '75, and '76 Camaros now looked too big and heavy. They were a little better again with the '77s. But it was still not same. Again, for the time, the Mustang II looked right. I wasn't pleased with the lack of an available V8 engine in the '74s. But that was taken care of for '75. It was a cute little car. With the optional interiors it was very classy looking inside. Great dashboard design. I thought the Mach I with it's blacked out lower doors, rockers, and fenders looked pretty clean and sporty. The first Cobra IIs look pretty good too. Mustang II was a success in sales for Ford too. It came out at the exact right time. Shortly after the new '74 cars appeared on the show floors, the first gas crisis hit. It made Ford look like geniuses for downsizing the Mustang when they did. It was pure coincident that it worked out that way. Ford had reasons other than gas mileage, when they decided they needed to design a smaller Mustang. But, Ford reaped the benefits in the case of Mustang. It's a car people love to hate now. It was not the car in someways the original Mustang was. But mainly this was only in the areas of true high performance models. Compare it to the Pinto it was based on. It sure looked a lot classier than that car. And for only a little more money. Just as the original Mustang looked classier than the Falcon it was based on. For a little more money. And look where the pony car market was going. It was gone for the true high performance models. Barracuda, Challenger, and Javelin/AMX were gone at the end of the '74 model year. With low sales and the strike at the Camaro/Firebird plant in '72, many weren't sure their would be a Camaro or Firebird in 1973 or beyond, until the very last minute. Cougar moved to being a mid sized personal luxury car for '74, and sold better than ever. And look at sales of the Capri and Toyota's Celica. Ford made the right decision in their redesign of Mustang for 1974. And as noted before, the Mustang IIs sold well for Ford. Through all 5 years of their production. So I say we should give the Mustang IIs the respect that they deserve. Would there be a Fox body or later Mustang without them? Scott

I think I kind of misunderstood the point of this thread at first, when I posted the above. Buehrig was the designer of the Cord 810/812. But not the builder. Builders? I guess the Alexander brothers or Starbird. Scott

I'm not a fan of trucks set up like this normally. But, I real like what you've done with this one. It does look like something Santa would need and use for his winter rounds up at the North Pole. Great job. Scott