ChrisBcritter

Like the rest, I built the Badman when I was a kid, and even then I knew it must have been modified from a stocker (the frame still having its upper A-arms plus the mounting points for the lower suspension tipped me off). More recently I experimented with making red and clear resin taillights for it. The modeling masochist in me keeps nagging to take the drivetrain and other drag parts from the Badman and Frankenstein them into one of these Hachette diecast Opel Rekords: Tough parts would be (a) sawing open the hood and (b) making the word "SCHLECHTERMANN" fit on the quarter panels.

That was Arte Johnson; Artie Shaw was the bandleader. I think the Cowboy might have been successful for AMC in Australia as a Ute (and maybe with their subsidiary in South Africa as well).

I worked for over twelve years as a proofreader for a large printing company in Los Angeles. My greatest moment was when I caught a lawyer's name that was misspelled on a proof of an expensive engraved announcement card. The lawyer's name was supposed to be spelled Fick.

Radio legend John Landecker ruled the airwaves in Chicago on WLS during the 1970s, and his middle name was Records.

and sour chicken

Menagerie by Tennessee

Cold War Motors for me. Low-key fun without the hype and Scott does amazing work; right now he's splicing together a '60 Impala using a very rotten coupe and a less rusty Biscayne sedan.

she'll dispense tokens

Better '66 Mustangs are equipped with Rally Pacs and Pony interiors.

Second image is from Robert Altman's haunting film 3 Women, co-starring Sissy Spacek and Janice Rule as the other two women.

Tootsie Roll center

President was a popular model name for Studebaker since the 1930s, but Dictator fell out of favor well before WWII and was replaced by Commander.

when tabs break

Some folks like 'em - like my boss who has this one and a parts car:

Bondage? That's kinky!

OK Used Cars were sold in Chicago by Z Frank Chevrolet.

Bands like The Crayz and What? were ones I used to print tickets for forty years ago; haven't heard of them since.

degrees in sociology

Develop us a cloned '66 Skylark, please, you Round2 kit designers!

unless you're masochistic

It's a bit tedious to do, but I modified a set of Opel GT wheels into pretty good 4-lug mags by drilling out the areas between the spokes.

Should be interesting to see what the full detail version brings - the six-banger and SBC from the ElCamino/wagon plus their custom parts?

Ever the practical joker, Violet Beauregarde put her old gum on the elevator buttons.

House wine is sometimes labeled as "made from real grapes".