StevenGuthmiller

One more hint. HBO series. Steve

Oh! I should have known that one. Steve I'll give you a hint. Produced by Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks. Steve

Is there a difference between the valve covers in the 427 Fairlane kit and the 390 kit? The valve covers off of the 390 look pretty close to the ones I'm seeing in most of the pics I see on line, minus the chrome of course. I have the original dual quad intake from the Galaxie kit that looks like it will fit perfectly, and I can modify an oval air cleaner from the '63 Galaxie kit pretty easily. I'm not terribly worried about the exhaust manifolds. I really can't justify buying any new kits just for the engine. Don't have an un-built '60 Starliner or the 427 Fairlane. but I do have a pair of 390s from the Fairlane & Cyclone kits. Steve

Speaking of great WWII movies. Not technically a movie, but..... "What ya reading ? Um, an article. No sh*@, what's it about? It's about why we're fighting the war. Why're we fighting the war Janovek? It seems the Germans are bad....very bad. You don't say. The Germans are bad huh?.......Hey Frank, this guys reading an article over here that says that the Germans..........are bad!" Steve

Saving Private Ryan! Probably the best WWII movie ever made! Steve

That's what I thought. But then I read this from an article that another member sent me. "The big Fords could still be ordered with either a 410 horsepower 427 4 barrel, or the dual quad type that delivered 425 horsepower. Ford also continued offering the SOHC through the parts department." That tells me that it would have been possible to get one. Regardless, I'm still planning on the dual quad R code. Steve

This has become one of my all time favorite westerns. "My friend and me got a hankerin' for Switzerland chocolate and a good smoke." "Mose don't start fights, he finishes them." "How about I hold your head under water for just a little while." Steve

I'm not sure about the OP, but I was planning on using the 390 engine from the '67 Cyclone kit with an added dual quad intake to represent a '67 427 R code. The AMT 1967 Galaxie XL kit that I'm working with includes "cammer" parts, but I thought that might be stretching the stock feel that I'm going for. Though I thought that I read somewhere that it was possible to order the SOHC engine in the '67 Galaxie? Steve

I will be interested to hear the answer to this myself. I've been assuming that the 390 from the AMT '67 Cyclone & '66 Fairlane kits are basically the same on the outside as the 427. But then again, I know very little about Ford power plants. Steve

Easy one. "I've killed everything that walks or crawls at one time or another, and I'm here to kill you little Bill, for what you done to Ned." "Any man don't want to get killed, better clear on out the back." "You been talking about that queen of yours again Bob, on Independence day?" "I'll shoot for the queen, and you for.......well.......whomever." Steve

The interior modifications continue. I made a few changes to the dash board, including a collar for the steering wheel, & I also added defroster vents by scribing them in. I also cut a hole in the dash top & inserted a piece of an old grille for a speaker grille. The steering wheel has had a lot more modifications than apparent at first glance. First I removed the horn ring to be thinned & re-applied later. Next, I ground out the center cap and added a locator pin to accept the scratch made "flower pot" center cap. The entire steering wheel rim was thinned down considerably & "grip" detail was cut in. The flower pot was made with a shaped piece of plastic tubing capped off with the center cap from the AMT '66 Ford Fairlane kit. I still have one door panel to finish up & then most likely the console will require some tweaking if I decide to use it. The interior is coming along well. Steve

I saw it once many years ago, but not one of my favorites. Probably why it sounded familiar, but wasn't registering. Steve

Looks more like 1966 Pontiac "Barrier Blue" than "Marina Turquoise". Works for me!! Steve Marina Turquoise Barrier Blue

Sounds like something that I really should know, but it escapes me at the moment. Steve

I'm kind of on the fence with the console on my '67 Ford Galaxie project, so I thought that I would pose the question to any of the big Ford gurus among us. Does anyone know if a '67 Galaxie XL with the R code 427, 4 speed would have come with the console or not? Or would it have been optional? Steve

After getting a little frustrated with trying to do some modifications on this interior tub while intact, I decided that I would cut it apart and transform it into a "platform" style interior to make detailing a little easier. There was a lot more work involved than appears. First, I had to grind off the obligatory arm rest that runs all of the way to the floor in most of these old kit buckets. Then the window cranks were removed, which means that the pleats on the door panels needed to be reworked to eliminate all remaining evidence of them. All of the pleats were re-scribed, deepened & re-shaped for a clean slate. Then the old trim was removed and replaced with pieces o stretched sprue. some filling, sanding, scribing and priming yielded a nice fresh panel to be detailed. I will add a set of arm rests cut from an AMT '67 Cyclone's door panels, a door courtesy light, and a set of window cranks shaved from some other door panels when it's time to finish. Need to finish the other panel & then a few mods to the dash and steering wheel and they will be ready for paint. Body has had any modifications basically finished and is about ready for primer. Steve

Goodfellas! De niro and Pesci, how can you go wrong? Steve

Just a joke guys. It's beautiful! Steve

That's why I didn't know that one. I am a Tarantino fan, but the only movie of his that I didn't care for, in recent memory, was Kill Bill. I never saw the second one. Sometimes I think he gets a little carried away with the gore. My favorites were Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Inglorious Basterds. Django Unchained & The Hateful Eight had their moments, but the carnage went a little overboard. I would like to re-sample Natural Born Killers again some day. Haven't seen it in years & don't remember a lot about it. Steve

Doesn't sound like my genre. Sounds a little like a conversation that might have taken place in a movie like Dead Pool. Steve

By God, that's fairly decent! Steve

Anybody notice an underlying theme here recently? Lots of Coen brothers movies. Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, True Grit. These guys are among the absolute best film makers of our generation, no doubt! Steve

The Big Lebowski. Another great one! Steve

Christmas Vacation. Steve

Most of them from another favorite of mine, Fargo. Steve