DonW

Thanks Rob and Joe for the info, it's interesting to hear how these things are done in different places.

Don't they check the brake pipes and cables, the bushes and bearings and the chassis? Do they ensure the vehicle is safe, or just 'clean'?

I'm looking out for a good '70 Challenger, a white one with a 440 6-pack. I don't plan to hit the 'dozers.

Yeah, they used to have rounds at club meetings when I was there with the BMW CC races a couple of decades back. I can't remember what their race series was called They had motorbike engines and one seat, I thought they'd make great one-man road cars.

Getting there! I probably would't have really noticed the fishing line had you not mentioned it.

The owner's parking skills are no better than his (or her) taste! Here's a constructive suggestion to improve on the modifications:

I still have my copy of The Devil Went Down to Georgia. RIP Charlie!

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I got as far as Panther because I knew that much, but couldn't get any further, I forgot it appeared as a Vauxhall. Similar background to the Silver Bullet and with the Wayne Cherry connection too.

Worth watching 'City of tiny lights' - Google 'city of tiny lights zappa video' should get you there . All Plasticene. The opposite of the effect you're after in many ways. But moving images are attractive in any form. Cheers, -Don.

What would happen if you ran the cars faster and then slowed the film down? The opposite of many car chase movies...

I clearly didn't look properly, as I well know the difference between a Princess and a Rolls Royce of the era. Cheers, -Don.

Not so new - the substitute Lamborghini that gets destroyed in The Italian Job (1969) has no engine.

Thanks David Yes, and I've also used strips off old envelopes and even carefully folded cigarette papers. My comment was a little tongue in cheek? Any plans on smoothing out the Rolls Royces' ride? Cheers, -Don.

For years now I've kept cigarette papers and roach material (whatever that might be) in a green Curiously Strong Mints tin like the one in one of your posts above! I like the videos but agree about the jerkiness. Cheers, -Don.

Beautiful. Louis would have approved, je croire

I always hold off on replacing the brake pads until they're thin enough to see through. I avoid metal-to-metal though! My discs are in good shape. Brakes are important, as Homer Simpson may not have said. Weren't the squealing noises a clue that something needed looking at?

Kaiser Darrin! I see the connection. Acquired tastes, both!

It does look like a very professional effort, and one I'd never heard of. Thanks Michael and Blunc for the suggestion.

He used to get the revs up, kick the stand away - and that was it!......

I sort of get that. I can't help but like it, imagine doing the shopping run in that! Or at the drive-in...

Nope. not from choice. There's a few enterprises you don't wanna live near. Some loony chopping down beautiful trees included!

I get their reasoning in a twentieth century context. I wonder why those caveats were applied back in the Welsh Valleys in 1846. Maybe the same reasons. In those days this house was in open land. Re. Home Owners Associations. In the UK we have some areas ruled by the watchers who live behind net curtains. When you do anything really outrageous like arrive in a car with a loud exhaust, the nets twitch. These things are formed by good intentions, but: The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men Gang aft agley, An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy!

The deeds of our house (built in 1846) stipulate that we can't run an abbatoir or make glue on the property. They were spoilsports in those days too!

Fantastic model, especially given it's less than 2 inches long with a 2.6 inch wingspan!