ChrisBcritter

OK, now we have statistics - 300,000 American families have two Fords. Note it doesn't say two new Fords.

Since you asked... My parents' first car, a '48 DeSoto... ...which they traded in on a new '53 Bel Air... ...which they traded in on a new '57 Century... ...then I came along, so we moved to the suburbs and got a '53 Bel Air sedan as the second car... ...then the Buick's Dynaflow lost reverse, so we traded it in on a used '59 DeSoto (of which I don't have any photos), but we sold it shortly after because we had use of my uncle's '58 Bel Air while he was overseas with the Army... (only image I have, scanned from 8mm movie film) ...and after my uncle came home and took his car back, we got a used '61 Dodge... (God, that kid was a doofus)... then we sold the '53 Chevy and got a '56 210 (taken when it was new; the family friend in the picture sold it to us in '65)... ...which we traded in on a '63 Dodge 440 wagon (no photo again, some old biddy in a '62 Continental hit it), which we traded in on a '65 Impala... (stupid cat messed up the slide)...and the Dodge was replaced by a '64 Biscayne... ... which was replaced by a '69 Delta 88 (this was taken several years later, after demonstrating why 5 MPH bumpers were mandated), which was the first car I rode in at 100 MPH on a long empty stretch of I-24. Thanks for the thrill, Dad. Over to you guys...

Saw a red '68 GTO convertible with mags and the top down in a shopping center off Willow Road this evening; looked like a decent driver rather than restored.

Ray Peterson. Ricky Valance in England.

When my boss bought his '90 Lotus Esprit at a B-J auction in L.A. we went to gas it up. Finding the fuel doors wasn't too hard; what had him really furious was we couldn't find the release for the crummy things. It sure wasn't where the owner's manual showed it to be. Crawled all over the inside for half an hour (no fun because the doors don't open that far) before I found it in a completely different place than it was supposed to be (somewhere around the center console? I forget).

Well, she shot him dead On a sunny Florida road When they caught her all she said Was she couldn't stand the way he drove...

"Tell Laura I Love Her"

I imagine quite a few second cars were the result of "That's all you're giving me for my trade-in? I might as well keep it!" My folks were similar to many others here; only had one car until I came along and we moved out to the suburbs; Dad had the six-cylinder go-to-work cars ('61 Dodge Seneca, '64 Chevy Biscayne) and Mom had the V-8 family car ('65 Impala four-door hardtop).

Don't forget that at the same time the Chevy II was being hurried to production, Ford was rushing in the other direction to compete with VW with its Cardinal project. A V-4 front-engine, front-wheel-drive coupe with styling somewhat resembling a Rambler American; it would have hit the showrooms in 1963 as the Redwing but was canceled at the last minute; instead it became the new German Taunus 12M and was successful overseas. I wonder what would have happened with Corvair if it had been designed with this (front/front) drivetrain layout?

Well, I see how the underside should be painted...

It will give info as long as you have the last five of the VIN and the license number - and the county and zip code - I just did it the other day for that Subaru: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/FeeCalculatorWeb/renewalForm.do If there's a license plate or an old registration with a license number somewhere in that wreck you're good.

Just ran the VIN JS23N0E102388 through the NICB database and it's not coming up stolen; if you had the license number and last five digits of the VIN you could run it through the CA DMV database, that would give a lot more info re salvage/junk, last registered, etc. (I just found that the low-mileage garage find '78 Subaru 4x4 wagon my boss just got has $619 in back fees... )

Just waiting for our Australian friends to chime in, especially about Falcon GT sedans...

That's what I figured, 2" x 4" in 1/35 scale?

That looks identical to the display in Glenview right down to the selection - separate from the other racks of kits too.

Yes, that's the old AMT kit. Nice to see some improvements are being made to the molds regarding fit issues. I wonder whether it would be worthwhile to try to engineer some new parts to improve the worst flaws in these kits? If the wheels/tires and engines were redone in the Auburn and Continental, the Auburn's door lines scribed, and the Continental's grille corrected (and maybe add an optional '42 grille as well) would they sell enough to offset the cost?

Eduard #00108 "2x4" mesh, near-perfect match for the '60 Chrysler Windsor grille; made in the Czech Republic and shipped from Australia. Am I correct to assume 2x4 is what it would measure in 1/35? At least if this stuff is meant for armor...?

Geez. Shall we continue with the movie bit? She needs a man She's been without one for so long She needs a man Someone big and oh so strong Lord, I think she needs Superman... Hint: VHS only. An Armenian guy sings it.

Sanford-Townsend Band - "Smoke from a Distant Fire".

Add the Crystals.

A year? That might be doable, knowing how I bounce from project to project (although three of my projects are Lincolns). Guess I'm in if you can live with my crummy photos...

I remember seeing a four-door conversion done using the rear half of the roof from a '65 Mustang notchback - with some reshaping of the C-pillars it looked very good.

I built a few of those as a kid; their scales varied as they all used the same tires. Later for my Pearl Harbor movie project I converted the school bus to a '36 Ford Army bus with a lot of mods (added 1/8" height to the body, rounded the roof corners and modified the front clip from a 1/72 WWII Japanese fuel truck to look Ford-ish).

Good going Bernard! Whichever version you build, you can offset what you paid by eBaying or trading the parts you don't use. I got one of those '34s as a builtup cabriolet long ago (nicely done, fortunately) - is your kit molded in dark maroon? Door length should be OK since the option is "coupe or cabriolet" and not roadster (same deal as the Monogram '36).