Russell C

Thanks! The grocery store I go to that usually stocks that magazine arbitrarily decided to stop stocking it, and in these days of isolation, it's the only place I go out to.

When his employer mandated that he lose the mustache, right? I missed the first day or two of that if he came in on a Thursday, and wasn't paying attention all the way up to the time when I was already on the bus for the trip to the museum and heard this huge roar of laughter including Pryor's own trademark laugh. That's when he showed who he was to that little crowd in front of the hotel. I forget what year that was, though.

In my mind's eye, the front looks like a three way blend of a Lancia Montecarlo / Lancia Beta / Honda Accord.

Knowing Pryor's sense of humor reasonably well, don't be giving him any ideas about being a ghost. =)

That's fun! The staff entrance door label is a nice touch.

In looking into this further myself, you are probably right on that. Whoever the supplier was at the time I began borrowing this set from my dad in the late '70s, they've been unbreakable, apart from the one that met its end from a 4 foot drop to a concrete floor.

Good to know, if calamity wipes out my set.

In doing a Google search for just the words on the spindle, it appears to be an older version of the "Taig Micro Lathe II" kit with a lever-acting Taig drilling tailstock and a Black & Decker power adapter (identical to the box item shown here). Looks like he supplied one of his own motors (he had a ton of those). Yep, my dad was absolutely the pro at this kind of work. He did the rear wheels for my Lambo 300 which cured the hideous plastic sink area problem with that kit's rear wheels, and he did the outer rims for my Lambo Flambé.

I count my blessings every time I use it, my late father (a pro machinist since 1937) gave me one he put together, including the two-drawer little bench it's bolted to. Variable speed and with a huge variety of cutters he carved from scratch. The motor is bolted to a door hinge, so it can be tilted up to change the belt from one diameter setting to the other two options (I've never switched to those), but it's heavy enough to hold itself down while running. Nothing in this lathe's workings are a frustration, glad for that!

Drill bits break? Might be a matter of the kind of metal they are made out of and how well sharpened they were out of the gate. I kid you not, swear on a set of Bibles, I've been using the same set of #61-80 bits since I snagged 'em from my machinist father sometime in the late 1980s, in both my motor tool and in my pin vice. A few seem a little duller than the rest by now and the only broken one in the bunch is the #79 where I dropped whatever I was using to drill on the floor.

I forgot all about these. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-datsun-200sx/

Sawed the front half of the oil pan off a Revell glue bomb '69 Camaro engine today (filled in the block's open side a couple of days ago with a scrap section of a Datsun truck engine). I'll have to create a W.I.P. thread on this engine project when I get a bit more done …

Good move. If the things I had were floaters, they were more like specks or a tiny strand of fuzz that looks like it could be on the surface, but know that it is not. Something especially big and noticeable as a sort of half circle can be a partly detached retina from what I've heard from two different people who actually had that happen. A professional can tell you absolutely what it is if they can see it for themselves.

The Chrysler does seem to have a look of astonishment on its face.

Looks really useful to me! https://www.amazon.com/Triangle-Coatings-Sophisticated-Antiquing-antiquing/dp/B004BNDH0M/&qid=1596863090

Wasn't aware of that line of cars 'til now. Tough looking.

Welcome! It looks like somebody walked through one of the city parks with a backpack Google Streetmobile thing. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.9066561,27.557696,3a,75y,274.11h,93.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipOPkM4u3immyWoz8rgsTlDQo4ZLPhVvKUa7mpUr!2e10!7i6080!8i3040 Must be nice there in the summertime.

That's why I'll never make a dime of profit from what I charge for shipping on the random old stuff I sell on ebay.

Got any outdoor sunlight photos? That color probably is really striking out there.

Lacking spotlights and twin radio antennas, though.

Great! The Woodlights would definitely make it distinctly different.

Wow! Jealous of your ability to get things done. My rod project is headed in a different direction, but I haven't had time to make an inch of progress with it. Hope some of the leftover parts from my pile were helpful, and glad they went to a good home if they did.

Yay! (sn a a a a ail mail)

Courtesy of "Modlbldr" Tom here, one of my partly stalled hot rod projects will be able to make a bit more headway toward the seaside.