ChrisBcritter

Tim, do you have any front view photos? What was the problem with the fit of the front bumper?

One of the prewar 2-cylinder Crosleys has turned up in Cuba, of all places; unfortunately the Revolico ad from about a year ago didn't have any photos.

If only briefly. Should've spent less money on cars and more on lawyers...

That also led me to the Stanford photo files, which had some interesting goodies like some of the students' Model T speedsters. Thanks!

Somebody really should build this: http://blog.caranddriver.com/24-hours-of-lemons-veteran-66-plymouth-belvedere-still-going-strong-this-is-how-you-do-it/

A long difficult story with a happy ending - congratulations!

Cute as a bug's ear. Somebody should rescue this one; looks very worthy of restoration (or just buff it up and leave it original): http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4646941029.html

That's going to be worth watching - have you thought of kitbashing them into coupes using the roof (but not the A-pillars or windshield) and back window from the AMT '57 Chrysler 300? I have one of the DeSotos and a 300 that I'd like to pull the trigger on.

Terrific save! It is so hard to smooth down crazed plastic. Does the silver polish leave any residue that would affect paint if you chose to paint it?

I remember that article (was it in Hot Rod or Motor Trend?) - not many Camaro lowriders then or now. Good choice!

Got our electricity back on this morning around 11:30 (went off during a very brief storm around 2:55 Friday afternoon) - thank goodness the basement didn't flood. Big relief, because earlier, ComEd was saying it might not be back on until tomorrow or Monday.

"...Porcupiiiiine... V8 Chevelle Draggin' it up now, you better be quick Nothin' can outrun my SS 396" -Paul Revere and the Raiders

Hard to think of anything that hasn't been done before. Real aluminum lightweight front fenders and bumpers? Opening glove box that lights up? Vent windows that crank open? Inflatable tires? Working windshield washers?

The first attempt at a drive-through market was less successful :

Yeah - looks like Tyler Perry's Madea did it: Brilliant web design there...

They're also running Batman, which oddly features an early '60s gray-green Humber Super Snipe in many of the backlot street scenes - it gets on screen almost as much as the Batmobile. Sadly the problem with MeTV (and now IFC for us Batfans) is that the shows are all sped up in places to jam in more commercials; you especially notice when the music soundtracks are constantly changing in pitch, and some of the words sound clipped off. At least when the DVDs come out in November that won't matter.

Looks like an AMT Styline version of a DKW! So what's the Galaxie like on the open highway? How is the power from the Y-block? Are you using a gas/alcohol mix, and what percentage?

Great job, Emmanuel! Do you think the Trumpeter chassis and running gear would fit under the AMT '59 Pontiac body?

Got the photoetch grille for the '60 Chrysler over the weekend, then hit Michael's with the Labor Day 50% coupon and picked up Testor's light yellow for the '61 Continental. (Was debating picking up a Badger 350 with the coupon, but thirty bucks is more than I want to spend right now.)

Makes me wonder how he thought he could possibly get away with it - with security cameras all over stores now plus detectors at the doors as well. Maybe his defense attorney will use that - "It was a cry for help, Your Honor." Either that or "This was all a big misunderstanding. He was testing the security system, Your Honor."

"Burning Rubber" by Carol Cummings, Checker 983, 1961 - many thanks to Dennis Doty for that one. B-side that really should have been A.

I see they slipped a certain green Mustang's license plates in there...

One detail about the Jr. Series kit: The taillight lenses are chromed rather than clear red plastic (which they were on the 3 in 1 kit); cost savings I guess. The Modelhaus has them in clear red resin. The other round lenses on the ends of the chrome spears have to be scratchbuilt, but it's not too hard.

Don't forget licenseplates.tv - their fonts are usually much closer to the real thing than Acme. Drawback is they no longer do California, Florida or Texas (although if you use an older version of the site on archive.org you can at least pull up and copy the blank templates).