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    Spotted these neat little Texaco salt and pepper shakers, shaped like Tokheim model 39 gas pumps; got 'em cheeeep: From what I could find online, they scale out right around 1/24-1/25 in width and a little taller in height (by maybe 3/16"). I have higher-res scans of the decals I've been cleaning up.
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    Which led to a goof on AMT's part once; the original '62 Impala kit had convertible top bolsters but used the hardtop upholstery pattern
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    This can be fixed; it's tedious but doable: After using the top piece to fill in the armrest, add patches along the sides and next to the rear seat. Check Steve Guthmiller's '65 Plymouth Fury thread; he did a similar modification to it.
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    Just to give you some idea, I widened the track of my Jo-Han '64 Cadillac by 3/8" to get it to look right. The chassis does respond to detailing even if it's pretty basic:
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    Sold. Will report back when it gets here next month. Mike, a few questions: How long did it take to dry? Did you airbrush the Molotow on the spoon? And how long did you let the Molotow cure before you clear-coated it? Thanks for the tip!
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    hey hey goodbye
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    Got a desperately-needed modeling tool today - new glasses.
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    Pies mmm tasty
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    Good grief, there was another - this one's a '59 Ranger: (Image from carthrottle.com)
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    (Former Edsel owner here) Major cool! I always wondered what happened to that car. Here it is in action back in the day: And a couple more racing Edsels:
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    Got the complete 454 and TH400, plus all the underhood goodies and a few other bits from the AMT '70 Monte Carlo. Should be a big improvement for my '70 Impala when I get to it - well worth the 99 cents.
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    Nope (Note to self: Don't bother putting too much more work into the '62 Imperial kit's chassis ).
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    Unibody is wrong, but my 1/1 '62 Imperial had single exhaust (so did my '64). I got a '62 Newport convertible builtup not long ago; it's purple Metalflake . I still could use a set of wheelcovers, or at least one...
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    (Don Pardo voice) Not just any exec, Snake! That's Elwood P. Engel, the Ford stylist Chrysler hired to de-Exnerize their '63-'64 car lines (which explains the slab-sided, knife-edged Imperials and why the Turbine resembles the '61-'63 T-bird in side view).
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    OK, just build the other half.
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    were scratchbuilding material
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    in your nose
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    Scott, that dust cloud alone is a work of art - brilliant job!
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    Seriously, it might be interesting to compare the drag coefficient between the real car and the Lego one to see whether the more pebbly surface on the "Legatti" improves the Cd.
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    A friend's daughter had one in the mid-Eighties - a '72 notchback coupe in bright blue - very rare even then. Some local firebug later torched it.
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    by your smile
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    I sort of played with photoshop time travel for this: My mom with her friend's car in the late '40s. She remembered it as a LaSalle, but that didn't look right to me. After a whole lot of Googling I IDed it as a '38 Nash Lafayette: Turns out Mom was half right - it was named after a famous Frenchman whose name began with "La"... So I combined the two images to get a complete car; luckily the backgrounds were similar although the angle wasn't quite perfect:
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    Loved this! Good thing you had some nice clear photos to work with. (He may have been about 25 years too early to say "freaking me out", unless he did some time travel himself )
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