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Thanks, Bill. Yeah,that's what I meant. HIPS

Has anyone printed in styrene? I saw a video where he printed in 'wood'. Probably a composite material like decking.

Great story. As for most of the employees being women ,I hate yo say it bet women made less money per hour than men. I worked at a factory that had some injection molding presses,and it's still mostly women.

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

I was thinking the same thing..

I like choices. It's OK if a kit has a Hemi,as long as I can put something else in it if I want to. Unless it's a drag car,of course.

Yeah,the dreaded X frame didn't help at all. In one article about this,they said the older car bodies are more or less metal boxes. No crumple zones like newer cars. If you listen to Car Talk,they said many times about old cars not being very safe.

Hey Ken, Are you still around? I emailed you about the plans. Thanks!

Yep, Gas went up to over a dollar a gallon!!! It sounds funny now,but I was only making a little under $2.00 an hour. I had a 68 Firebird,and sold it and bought a VW beetle. The weird thing is,I never really regretted it.

Great article! Your wife sounds like a keeper too.

I've wondered about hat too. It seems to me that most model makers have the mind set that the builder wants to always build the 'top of the line' car. The biggest engine available,2 door hardtop,etc. Very few mid 60's Vettes came with fuel injection,but every kit does. I know there's a lot of guys-me included-who would love to have a station wagon kit with a 6 banger. I guess they go with what will sell the most.

On Jay Leno's site,there's video of him getting a mostly original Duesenberg out of a garage. It was like that GT 40. Parked for 30+ years,and buried under boxes and junk. Some people..

I've never really been a Ford guy,but get the Vicky. It's a nice kit.

I've wondered about that too.When I think back to my childhood,I kind of shudder. Standing on the front seat of my parent's 50 Chevy. No seat belts,unpadded steel dashboard. The good old days... In that video with the 59 chevy said the driver would have been killed. The steering wheel was real close to the seat. The new car driver may have gotten a broken leg.

I just checked my garage ,nothing like that out there. Not that trashy either..

Old cars are not as safe as you think..

Ouch indeed. And the bad parts i,that that's a small percentage that get nailed. Here's a 67 LeMans that got T-boned by a soccer mom driving a Lexus. she was on her phone and drove over one of those little greenery islands they put in parking lots and into the Pontiac,pushing it into the 40 Ford coupe next to it. She never hit the brakes...

Almost anything made by Palmer..

John,you make it sound so easy. Incredible work as usual. I vaguely remember this car,but didn't recall it having a flathead. Very cool!

Yep, Happened to me last summer. Didn't touch a model for a long time. now it's all I've been doing for the last 3 or 4 months. You might try just putting together something simple without painting or anything. Like an AMT 40 Ford,or a snap kit. It'll come back...

Yep. Usually they show up cheaper after I buy one..

Wow!

Is the Badman kit any good? I've never built one,but I built the original Monogram 55 Chevy hardtop many years ago. That kit had so many options..

Thanks William,but I'm going to leave it like it is for now. Yes,the 2 pistons are connected to the same part on the crankshaft. It works OK. I think I stripped a gear or it's out of line. The motor turns,but nothing else does. And I'm not taking it apart again...

I thought Future was floor wax and Pledge was furniture polish. Probably not in the same section of the store.