ChrisBcritter

What's the job - Tonight Show host, or Chicago alderman?

They're going to get chastised by proofreaders if they don't.

Ha ha ha - hey, wait a minute - that one's mine! Roof donor for one of my '58 convertibles; trust me it wasn't savable - took a lot of work to get the paint off and fit it to the "good" body: What's left of it; I later cut the hood out for somebody on the forum: And now back to our scheduled programming.

100 proof/octane

evil Dr. Goldfoot

I wish I could. I think it was Tim Boyd who posted the info on another thread a couple years ago?

Believe it or not, Round2 somehow still has the mold for the 1952 Pontiac sedan promo body and did a test shot. If only I could get them to run a few shells...

You've seen it before, I think, but here it is again. In 1976, shortly before my 16th birthday, I wanted to get an old car for my first ride. I was also figuring to find one in my parents' hometown of Paducah, KY because cars didn't rust down there like in Chicago. While driving around West Paducah, we spotted this '50 Plymouth by the side of the road: The older gentleman owner, Mr. Lapoleon Bridget (looked him up and he was only 54 at the time), was asking $360 for it. I offered him two hundred-dollar bills and shortly afterward my uncle and I drove it home to my grandparents' house where I shot these photos. It was faded Shore Green with three '56 Hudson Rambler wheelcovers; the horn worked and the radio didn't. Only 72,000 miles and it ran smoothly enough but my uncle said it was starting to get a rod knock when he revved it. So what happened to it? Not much. I drove it back and forth from the back yard to my grandparents' garage a few times, and left it there when my folks told me it probably wouldn't make the 400-mile trek home without major repairs. By 1980 my grandfather had died and my grandmother sold the house, which was to be torn down for the local hospital's expansion, so my mom and my uncle sold it to some hobbyist from Kevil, KY for what I paid - $200. And... R.I.P. Mr. Bridget.

Carpet shampooer is a necessity for those with un-housebroken puppies.

cars in Frisco

Zizzibalooba mechicka boola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo; put them together and what have you got?

I've seen the Henry J listed in 1/25 on eBay; the file definitely needs more work (front of hood and the grille are too flat).

Oh yes! In school we'd be singing "It's about time - it's about space - it's about time to slap you in the face!"

Add to that the two superhero spoofs: Captain Nice and Mr. Terrific.

Market research convinced Ford that the Edsel would be a rousing success.

The guy I sold my '78 Buick LeSabre coupe to on FB Marketplace had good luck; we were liquidating my parents' estate at the time so besides the car he got a bunch of the furniture we didn't want for $100. Nice guy with a wife and young kid so it would be put to good use.

Nice to see the '49 Merc coming back. I wonder why AMT didn't do a Stylized option for that kit back in '63, like many others in the Trophy Series?

Argh was a brand of coarse stench from Wacky Packs.

Jo-Han made some beautiful Caddys, but they were stuck having to fit a standard promo box. Thus we get a short but not narrow '60 Fleetwood:

"Albert in the can" was the subject of many a phone prank.

Late show movies on TV in the '70s were usually scratchy 16mm prints.

has two ashtrays

Brushing her hair one hundred times a side kept Marcia's sisters awake.