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Keep hydrated. That's what beer is for.

I'm in that age group too. Great version. I've seen Depeche Mode in concert numerous times. Love hearing them do this. Another group that covered the song is The Cramps.Between 1976 and 1979, I saw them at CBGB's over twenty times.

It's right up there with the best of them with that hip, sophisticated late '50s-early '60s sound just like the theme from "77 Sunset Strip" and "Peter Gunn". Route 66 used to be on MeTV. Both "77" and "Gunn" are presently on the schedule. Now, if they only brought back "Naked City"..... Yeah, I'm digressing. My thread.

Nice background history, Ellen. I wish that these AMT PUs would be reissued; but, the molds probably were modified or unusable.

Email to whom? There is no Revell USA at this time; so you'd be wasting your time. Contacting RoG is an exercise in futility because it only provides part replacement service to EU countries. Check out ebay for a parts/junkyard kit. You should be able to find one Or, just fix/replace the post with styrene strip. It's not hard.If the chrome is messed up, soak the parts, still attached to the sprue(s) in Clorox and scrub with a toothbrush. The chrome will be stripped in a few minutes and you can replate the parts with Alclad, Spaz Stix or other similar products.

Understood. I was just making an aside or whatever you want to call mindless ramblings.

I like cars, not automotive mutations which fall between car and truck. Yeah, SOP when one disagrees.

I like split beach seats. Cloth covered is fine. Car interiors are tight as it is. It sucks trying to cram that sixth passenger into the back seat a la Citroen Clown Cars. I also like trunk space big enough to rent out as a 2BR apartment or stuff a couple wiseguys inside, not the pigeonholes currently in vogue which can barely hold more than a couple bags of groceries or a full size spare. The only donut I want in my car is a honey glaze to go with my cawfee. Why does a car with an auto transmission need a floor mounted shifter? Does it allow the driver to pretend he's Goggles Paisano at Le Mans? Most people don't know how to drive a car with a manual tranny anyway. Technology exists to improve upon and reintroduce pushbutton transmission controls. And, nobody in his right mind doesn't want A/C.

I don't know about not noticing Jayne Mansfield. Ray Charles couldn't not notice her.

Might not be everyone's cup of tea; but, that sure is one steaming hot cup o'Joe.

As in one's pockets?

GM's quirky new take on the classic Eldorado Biarritz.Notice the the graceful lines and proportions. Truly, a car whose memory will last a lunchtime.

I blame that mistake on the nefarious Ty Po

The Road Raider was in Aurora's 1965 catalog.

Nobody here fears change. It's that there are those of us who loathe both ugly and excessively overloaded wrapped up in one package. Sorta like your friend's girlfriend's fat, hyena-like cousin who he asked you to take out on a date as a "personal favor".

Sharp, man. The '56 was the best looking of the Tri-Fives.

Well, those who love their EMP-susceptible, computer-dependent fun wheels can look forward to this Happy motoring!

What a steal, Dan. The 912 is cool.

BAH! The utterances of a plebeian! At least I never had to worry about the possibility of my ass getting roasted because the wiring harness under the front seat decided to short out and spontaneously combust. Ask anyone who owned a Mercury Sable about that bonus feature.

Love them RoG Unimogs, man.

There's no "shtick" involved. "Modern", "new and improved", and "computer controlled" don't equate to better than the stuff they're designed to replace. Those catchwords mean that the average person can't fix a simple problem by himself because everything is interconnected to a dozen computerized boxes, which means having to take the car to a shop to get it done. Did you ever experience the warm, fuzzy feeling you get when the electronic control systems of your modern, new and improved computer-controlled car decide to simultaneously drop dead in the middle of nowhere, or in a crummy neighborhood and you can't roll up your windows because......there ain't no power to operate the electric motors? Bet you'd wish you had window cranks, huh? Unlike you, Bill, Pete and I have been around long enough to personally witness the changes in automotive technology and how its overapplication resulted in excessive, unnecessarily complicated and, in a number of cases, useless and distracting gadgets more suited to toys than motor vehicles. Funny thing is that if some "bad actor" decides to set of a nuke in the upper atmosphere with the intention of triggering an EMP over these here parts, you're modern, new and improved computer-controlled ride will stop working because all of those fancy electronics will be fried like a piece of fish on a hot skillet. Meanwhile, all of those angry, bitter, old Luddites who ignorantly clung to the old ways will be laughing their heads off as they drive by you now useless, overengineered pile of junk in their primitive, non-computer-controlled Bulgemobiles.

Interesting piece on The Mother Road.

You gotta grind that plastic away, Ron. Sanding isn't aggressive enough to remove sufficient material from that area. I had a similar issue with blobular formations inside the body of the MT '36 Ford.

Using Milliput, or any other two-part epoxy resin eliminates the possibility of ghosting or shrinkage.