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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.

From KFS, natch.

Well, if you're ever in the area and do visit Rudy's, you can go to The Beer Garden at Bohemian Hall, located a couple blocks away on 29th St. & 24th Ave. Don't be fooled by the small frontage. This is the hall This is the beer garden in back

It's nothing like that, Mike. The security guys do their jobs; plus, they're all good friends of mine. They watch out for me and wouldn't let the bikes walk. Not that the could; they're Kryptonite Locked to the racks and each other. It's just a nosy S.O.B. thinking he hit paydirt and an even nosier yenta encouraging him to take what doesn't belong to him in the first place. They were stupid enough to discuss this on the building FB page, which makes it easy to press charges against one or both in the unlikely event that something occurs. I left a PM for the jerk telling him if he's that interested in the bikes,which he knows are rare, he can have both for $4,000. If that's too expensive for his pocket, forget you ever saw them and don't let me catch you anywhere near them. I am that kind of guy.

אַלטער קאַקער in this building really need to mind their own business.

Nix-nix with the styrene/glue mix. It takes a long time for the solvents to evaporate, the remaining styrene never hardens back as in its original state, the aforementioned solvents will soften the plastic where it;s applied and will result in filled in area to be very visible on the top part of the hood, causing more headaches. Use Milliput, Apoxie or Magic-Sculpt to fill in the lines.

Wow, Jesse! Two of me old favorite joints. And, both in Queens! Top photo is (was) 105 Hobbies on Jamaica Avenue in the Richmond Hill section of Queens. Unfortunately, it closed earlier this year. They mostly catered to the RC crowd; but, they had an excellent model section which took up the entire right side and left front of the store. This was the only hobby shop I can recall where guys and kids could hang out and talk hobby. They had Saturday afternoon RC classes in the backyard . Prior to 1995, it was known as Wilson Hobby Shop and was a neighborhood fixture for decades. Wilson was a major authorized retailer of Tyco trains and slot car stuff. The bottom photo is Rudy's Hobby & Art Shop on 30th Ave. in the Astoria section of Queens. For years, Rudy ran an ice cream parlor/coffee shop from this spot. He then decided to open a hobby/religious articles shop. Rudy is one helluva nice guy. The entire place is stuffed with plastic and balsa kits and model train goodies in addition to the Virgin Mary statues. The shop is still going strong, open Wednesday-Saturday.

First, access to this building is restricted to tenants and their guests and entry is controlled by a keycard and by the front desk security. The area where the bike racks are locked up is not visible, nor accessible, to the general public. It's on the seventh floor. If it were possible, I would keep them in the apartment. The only problem is that we live in apartment. They'd block the TV. Secondly, I never post pics or info about the bikes on FB. The schmuck who saw the bikes mentioned them but didn't post any pics either. Now that I think of it, why was he scoping out what bikes were up there in the first place?!?

My pleasure, Jim. It ain't the Coney of my youth; but, it still has that wonderful, grimy feel to it. The Steel Pier is still going strong, Pete.

I happened to check the FB group page for my building.The first new post I see if from some schmuck who was admiring my son's two Schwinn Grey Ghost 5 Speed Krate bikes which look like this He posted that he'd seen them for the past three years and wants to restore them. (They're in like new condition. What the hell is he talking about?) To top it off, some well known yenta in the building tells him to wait a while to see if they're moved from the rack on the 7th floor terrace. If not, she happily suggested that he help himself to them. How friggin' generous of her! I screen captured the page in case something happens to either, or both, of the bikes. Man, talk about having a big set of brass 'nads.