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Tell us about it Enjoying a week of stable 80 degree weather here now after an unsettled windier and cooler season than we've been used to. Hope the extra precip isn't a harbinger of what's coming this winter. Guess I'll make sure the 4x4 and plow are ready. Couple of weeks ago, this brought us a few minutes of excitement with a bit of horizontal rain.

Unfortunately the dust obscures the beautiful bronze and polished alum wheels on this 70ish GMC... Couldn't hide the big block thunder, though

Interesting... all this time I avoided this thread, thinking it was by/for high school girls 🤣

Itchy legs she had, but was wary of letting me check for ticks

I'd say some of those associations have rubbed off on you, Bill. You do at times expend inordinate effort sharing hard earned experience and dare I say wisdom here. A lot of times it must seem like 'casting pearls before swine', but some of us are listening

'80s fashion trends for ladies included big hair and leg warmers.

Thanks for the heads up on the other shows, Dan. This was the annual show in Red Deer. One year there was two restored royal blue '70s Mountie cruisers on site.

Weekend show I ran across... For 20 bucks, someone could win this little unit. Not sure if it's an original 340. The kwikee refurb it endured adds rockguard and a pound or six of extra ballast in the quarters.

Revell had a 1:32 kit a long time ago...

Tomorrow is a dream, yesterday is a memory; live your best today.

Would you want to live if you were that poor cat? 🤣

In an ancient letter to friends in Greece, a man wrote 'Whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable -if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things'

'Thought I saw'... just doesn't have the same ring as 'tawt I taw a puddy tat'.

Either the monogram '80 or the revell NightRider bed will probably work. Revell nr is about 1/26 though. Monogram '53 might also work if bed side tops are modified to be flat. Compare the widths in scale with the factory specs...

Like this one... the round lights seem to go better with the flareside

Recently, mental illness seems to be on the upswing.

Tea and crumpets make a nice afternoon snack, I'm told...

Here's the original kit combo funny, I've still got my license from back when I wore a much younger man's clothes here somewhere. Some history, courtesy of hagerty... https://www.hagerty.com/media/motorsports/malibu-grand-prix-when-pint-sized-cars-were-a-big-time-attraction/

Theyselves be thinkin' english is a hard language to unnerstan', but it can be done through tough thorough thought though ...

A kwikee comparison of grill fit, '78 Bronco vs '78 F350 on the amt F series truck... A few seconds whittling on the rh side of the radiator support will ensure the fit of the bronco grill. This will probably work for using the fireball resin round headlight '78 grill as well. The bronco also supplies the correct 78/79 bumper and the 351M/400 mill, if an accurate 78/79 F150-350 is your goal.

The auto industry seldom wasted top coat on the bottom of cars; instead it was basically a primer hosed on with jets from the bottom. Ford used red oxide or a mix of leftovers called slop gray depending on the plant or day. As the painters couldn't reach far under the rockers, the sides of the floorpan received a light dusting of body color. Other makes were similar in process. By the late sixties/early seventies large electrically charged dip tanks were introduced.