ChrisBcritter

dislodged another skeleton

Nothing to be guilty about there! One of the best Phil Spector/Righteous Brothers style songs ever.

Major improvement - bravo!

My thread on this kit. My cross-country move and subsequent living situation have pretty much curtailed my building for now; looking forward to getting back at it: As I've mentioned elsewhere, Revell made some running changes in the first edition of this kit. Tim has an early version which has three differences I know of from the later one: "C H R Y S L E R" lettering embossed in the upper part of the grille surround ('61s had that; '62s didn't) The aforementioned trunk lock trim piece No trim surrounding the rear license plate Most Newport kits I've seen have had the corrections made, so I'm guessing the early ones are pretty rare - wonder if Chrysler Corporation spotted the errors and insisted upon having Revell fix them? The purple Metalflake version had some pretty nice mags added, along with tampo-printed narrow whitewalls. The tan ones had blackwall tires with wide whitewall decals. Besides fixing the curved trim, I cut a notch about 5/32" in the front bumper where it mounts to the body so it would line up with the fender openings, and raised the notch where the chassis fits into the front of the body about 1/8" to get it to sit right, as well as shortening one rear screw post maybe 3/32" to level the chassis. One other note: The plastic in the tan ones I've found is rather brittle (good luck finding one with an unbroken w/s frame!); the Metalflake is a bit softer.

across six lanes

One more get-well-soon wish for Snake, coming up! Best to you, good buddy.

I wasted no time grabbing one of the Satco promos when they became available (from a Wheat's ad in SAE I think) and wish I'd bought a few more. The glass is vacuformed and includes side windows, which I don't think the original did? I notice there's an irregular ridge across the top of the front bumper; crack in the mold maybe? When I got it I corrected AMT's mistake and countersunk the taillights into the fenders, so there goes the collector value : I marked this shot up for someone who wanted to build a longbed from the Revell or AMT kit: Anyone else here have one?

in fold-down seats

Fourth time was the charm! Stumbled on it the other day and spoke to the owner - it was shortened through the rear doors, it has a full frame with four-link suspension, and a small-block Ford under its little hood:

Sorry to hear about the job - at least you had a nice vacation. Visiting Pearl Harbor and the other military bases there has always been on my bucket list - but as the old song goes, "My bucket's got a hole in it..."

or Mr. Limpet

Yes, I love a certain singer, but as far as feeling guilty: Regarding German schlagers, there's the 1968 East German teen comedy musical Hot Summer - fondly referred to over there now as the DDR's version of Grease, but it's really more like Beach Party. Lots of relentlessly catchy songs, including the opening number: Lead actress Chris Doerk reminds me a bit of Gidget-era Sally Field.

Some have jumped to that conclusion :

Very interesting technique! I wouldn't use it on A-pillars, but I can see it for installing Styline front and rear ends.

Back on topic. Checked both local Hobbit Lobbits (Beaumont and Rancho Mirage) and neither had the '64 442, so finally got one from eBay.

He's still around? Good; nice guy. Got some great projects from him at the Pomona Swap Meet long ago, including a real clean '61 Olds 88 and '61 Fleetwood.

As far as engine swaps go, a Chevy small block was doable - as proved in this article in Car Speed and Style from February 1958: "His horn went Beep...Beep...Beep!"

Northbrook, IL in 1972: My mom suggested we get in for a photo; my apologies to the owner (anyone around Chicago ever see this one?).

on the prize

Oh no! Sorry you had to learn the hard way, James, but ELO makes plastic brittle if you leave it on too long - I always use it applied with a brush or a rag and wipe off the paint, then rinse it off right away. Usually I only use it to get stubborn paint off (especially black and red) after soaking in Super Clean. Hope you can find another body.

My only '70s sort-of-muscle car was this '72 Chevelle SS - the base model with 350 4-barrel, owned it from '85-'87:

of the dog

Rough remains of a '72 street machine Firebird, last tagged in '84: Same car on prom night with its original owner, pre-mags and spoiler: My boss dragged it home from a Pasadena estate sale as a project for his then-boyfriend; both the BF and the Firebird turned out to need way too much work to keep... "How Not to Pick Up Girls"

too much STP

traumatic for grandkids