unclescott58

The Citation may not have been the best car in the world. But, I kind of liked them. I especially like the looks of the club coupe body style, which your kit is. By the way, I assume the kit is the Monogram one? Scott

With the news about Ford's recall, it doesn't look like this holds true. And it goes to prove you shouldn't listen to the villian. They're never right. There's an old saying. If you point a finger at someone, you'll find three fingers pointing back at you. Scott

No where near as kool as Tom Daniel's S'cool Bus. That's what I want to go to school in. Scott

Very nice. I grew up with Tootsie Toy metal cars. They were some of my first cars. I loved them, and would played with them all day long if I could. They influenced a lot of what I like today. So I can appreciate your love of Dinkys. Scott

Looks good. I'm impressed. Scott

Very nice. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. That maybe true. But, in this case, I'd like to know more that pictures can not tell us. Scott

Aren't those Checker convertibles really retractable hardtops with both a power moonroof and t-tops? And you forgot to mention if your Checker pickup truck was 4-wheel drive. 2-wheel drive. Or maybe it's the rare model with no-wheel drive. Scott

Oh yea your right. Bumpkin is what I meant. Spell checker just took it. It looked right to me. So I didn't think much of it after that. I'll go back edit and fix it. Scott

Did you hear about the group "Mothers Against Dyslexia?" They go by the initials D.A.M. Scott

A country bumpkin makes his first trip to big city to see the sites. He ends up on the observation platform at the top of city's tallest building. As he's enjoying the view, this city slicker walks up to him and starts talking. City guy says to him, "Boy it sure is windy up here!" The country guy responds, "Yep." City guy, "Did you know the wind comes straight up the side of the building?" Country guy, "Nope." City guy, "In fact it's so powerful, that if you were to climb over the railing and jump, you would only fall a few stories. Then the wind would pick you up and put you right back on this platform!" The country guy looks at him and says, "Listen I maybe a country bumpkin, but I wasn't born yesterday. There is no way." The city guy says, "Oh yeh! I'll prove it to you." So the city guy takes off him his hat, jacket, and glasses, hands them to the country guy, climbs over the railing and jumps! And sure enough he drops only a few stories! Then slowly he starts to rise. And gently lands back on the platform. Well, the country bumpkin is amazed by this! He hands the city guy back his stuff, climbs over the railing and jumps..... He falls 100 stories to his death. There were two guys who observed this whole thing. One turns to the other and says, "You know, that Superman sure doesn't like country bumpkins. Scott

What do dyslexic agnostics with insomnia do all night? They stay wake wondering if there really is a dog. Scott

Okay, here are four jokes I just ran across in a little free paper called TidBits. The four jokes all deal with the same chacter, and is titled, "Four Strikes from Little Larry". - A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, 'Everybody who thinks they're stupid, stand up!' After a few second, Little Larry stood up. The teacher said, 'Do you think you're stupid, Larry?' 'No ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!' - Larry watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face. 'Why do you do that, mommy?' he asked. 'To make myself beautiful,' said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue. 'What's the matter, asked Larry 'Giving up?' - Larry's kindergarten class was on a field trip to their local police station where they saw pictures tacked to a bulletin board of the 10 most wanted criminals. One of the youngsters pointed to a picture and asked if it really was the photo of a wanted person. 'Yes,' said the policeman. 'The detectives want very badly to capture him.' Larry asked, "Why didn't you keep him when you took his picture?" - Little Larry attended a horse auction with his father. He watched as is father moved from horse to horse, running his hands up and down the horse's legs and rump, and chest. After a few minutes, Larry asked, 'Dad, why are you doing that?' His father replied, 'Because when I buy horses, I have to make sure that they are healthy and in good shape before I buy. Larry, looking worried, said, 'Dad, I think the UPS guy wants to buy Mom.....' Scott

Weren't the old Hubleys, at least the metal ones, 1/20th scale? I know they did Model As. But I don't recall a '32 Ford. Scott

Let's us know how it went. I've use the stuff with great success. I hope it works as well for you, as it has for me in the past. Scott

Wow! I hit the link to 6066 GMC guy you posted above. Looks like a great source for info on these engines. I've bookmarked it for later use. Thanks for that one Bill. And thanks for the link to the past discussion on this subject too. Scott

I would prefer a Club Wagon version with the stock windows and seats. But, I'd be happy with a plain stock cargo van too. Scott

Very, very kool! Wow! I only have one question. Is the lettering used on the truck, decals that came with the kit? They really help with the look of the vehicle. Scott

Nice job. But, through the photos I would never guessed it was painted Ivory. The color in the photos does not appeal to me. Especially with the green. It would be interesting to see this kit photographed under lights that would bring out the true color. Other than the photographed color, I like the model. Very nice. Scott

Over the last couple of weeks, at repair shop only a block or two from my house, I've seen parked there a very nice '55 Ford Fairlane. An equally nice '59 El Camino. And a not perfect, but very nice, what I believe to be a CJ-3 Jeep. They were not all there at the same time. In the past six months, I also saw an early 50's Cadillac there. I'm wondering if they are getting a reputation for being able to work on old stuff? Have to keep my eyes open when passing by. Scott

Good point Harry. They stamped parts for the big three and other companies for years. They build complete Ford pickup cabs sometime in the 1930's or 40's. After they quit building their own car in 1982, they countiued stamping parts, mainly for General Motors. They stayed in business unit 2008. Then the problems GM was having, and the Bernie Madoff scandal finialy took Checker down. Scott

A pickup truck based on this generation Checker is for sure a custom built unit. Built by somebody other than Checker. In James Hinckley's book on Checkers, the only Checker truck he shows or talks about is a '33 Checker Model T converted into a flatbed by somebody other than Checker. By the way, James Hinckley's book, is titled "Checker Cab Co. Photo History." Published by Iconografix in 2003. It a great book on the subject. But, I think titling it as "Photo History" does the book a bit of disservice. The book has a ton of photos, but also plenty of written information on the history of Checker automobiles (and other vehicles built by Checker). Another great source is the Checker Car Club of America. Their site comes up through a Google search. The other night I was reading a section on owning Checkers, on their site. It was mentioned there, that Checkers handling is not the best at speeds over 80 or 90 mph. Too much air gets under the cars at thoughs speeds. Interesting. This brings up two thoughts. One, I never thought of anybody driving a Checker at 80 to 90 mph. Second, if one owns a Checker, should they then put spoilers on it? Scott

It way look like '56 Ford. But, from my understanding it was their own parts. I could be wrong on that though. Scott

Wow! It looks very good. I hope mine turns out half as well. Scott

Looks great. I found it to be a very fun kit when I built mine. Scott

Very, very nice. I like it. Scott