OldTrucker

Our next to the oldest grandson became Pvt. Michael Alan Holt yesterday! Combat Engineer!

I've got my eye on a 1973 4 door Ford Maverick with 79,000 actual miles on the clock. If I get it I will dump my 2006 HHR and use the Maverick as my daily. We put less than 4000 miles a year on our car.(way less most years) so that old Ford will last me for as long as I will be driving!LOL Just buy up and shelve enough tuneup and repair parts to make sure I can keep it on the road! Just what we need, more "tanks" out on the road in the hands of inept drivers. Can't see around over or through them in traffic they are so monserous and all needless to be that large! Just look at a 70's through 90's pickups and note how small they are next to these new things they make.

Everyone step back take a deep breath and just wait. No point in getting all wound up over what you have no control over, now is it???LOL We all just need to wait and see and what ever happens, happens.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying which was what they think they are replicating isn't what they were doing back then. Sure they were building hot rods with junkyard parts because they were cheap but the cars had to be safe. I have yet to hear anyone from that generation that didn't talk about how John Q Law wasn't on their cases regularly about the safety of the cars and meeting the laws on vehicles. No, as the welds they have the wrong idea in thinking that the novice kid would be doing the welding. How many hot rodders had a welder available to them??? Not many would be my guess so they had to find someone with a welder and that could do the job for them! A local gas station owner I worked for when I was an early teen was one of the guys here that the hot rodders would go to get get thir welding work done. He would do the work cheap because it was cash in his pocket that his wife didn't know about!LOL

I once used that method too and have one less tooth for my effort! Never got the bottle open either!LOL

They are out there. They most commonly are called "Flower Cars" and can be seen at most mafia figure funerals!LOL

I don't think advantage was his motive as much as "different" was!

Ace, there was a local guy that built his "rat rod" as they like to refer to these monstrosities. His weld job on it were comparable to what you see in that picture. Thing is he is a certified welder. Welded in the Canadian pipeline back in the day as well as on others and was a welding instructor in the military and at a community college for a time! Guess it is part of the trying to replicate what they think hot rodders did back in the day which is really not the same as what they are doing today.

Classy Lady, may she rest in peace.

Sad news. We always liked the show. Watched it in first run and syndicated. Had a great cast and funny and sometimes serious story lines!

Mine was an old IMC kit that I painted wit Testors red enamel waaaaaay back in the day. Over time parts were lost broken and decals went bad. Picked up a parts kit in a trade and finished it up a couple years or so ago. I was building it from what I remembered seeing at US 30!

I put my order in and it appeared that it went through. The next day I had the message that my order was rejected. (never went through) because they were closed down and not accepting orders. Looked to me like they were flooded with orders so bad that they cut it off a little earlier than they had planned. Can't blame them though! I wonder if they will one day let someone else have their molds and the rights to start making their parts again!

Great job! When I built my 52 I debated on whether to do the grey or the late season black car. The decision was made when I found a can of metallic grey in my paint stash that looked close to the right color!

Just an out of box build. The kit was great as it all fit together really nice! Hardest thing is putting the body on! Boy was the Bare Metal Foil chrome work a nightmare!

In the wary 60's some guys did that to a guys 58 Ford at a parking lot on what we called the square. The guy was a real hot head so their knew if provoked he would try and Chase down the other guy. They chained his rear axle to a light pole the someone cruised by and yelled an insult about his car. Sure enough he fired it up and took off like a house afire. Well, it was sad news for one of the guys dad's car because that was what the light pole landed on!LOL

Looks like they took the original 64 and added a 65 grill! Look at how the front fenders are squared off on the front rather than the point that the 65 had! Also the hood grill and bumper are straight across rather than coming to a point in the middle so for all intents it IS a 64 on the box!LOL

Yep! The idea was he would go to take off and the car wouldn't move, just spin the tires. Problem was they chained it long so the car got a a running start before reaching the chains end and supposedly yanked the rear end out.

I had lost te center piece fror the grill and while trying to find it under the desk found an old piece of fiberglass screen and thought "why not!!!"

That color really makes the little Buick stand out!

Yes Double Dragster kit.

takes me back to my early days in trucking! Awesome build! Where is the reefer unit from?

This was the old Street Freak version of the car. I lost it years ago only to have it and a few others returned in pieces that my wife's little brothers had taken them when our stuff was stored in their garage at one time. It sat in the box while I tried to find parts to restore and finally gave up on it. Well after doing a 73 Mustang stock car I decided to do the same with this one! I used am AMT Nascar chassis and adapted it to the body after opening the hood on the body! Turned out pretty nice to my own surprise!

Pretty much built out of box! It was a fun build!

Dave, I was a little nervous at first using the decals as they were so thin but they worked perfectly just using the old Testors Decal Set and water!

Great looking build! Love the red clay too!