TarheelRick

I guess what's fair is fair. After all we now have a 4-door Charger and a 4-door Mustang, so why not a 4-door Camaro. What really boggles me is that the younger people turned up their noses against station wagons, back in the day (I hate using that phrase) but now they fall all over themselves for a SUV. Which is nothing more than a shorter station wagon on a slightly raised platform. Two or three seats with a storage area behind the rear under the lift up back panel sure sounds like a station wagon to me.

Sounds like they may have been talking with the folks in Gatlinburg. These towns that have family tourism as their mainstay of income do not really want a lot of disruption.

Stopped by WalMart today to pick up some printer ink. On the way out I walked through the toy department and they have a small display of AMT kits. They had: 53 Ford Pickup, 60 Chevrolet w/go-cart, Monte Carlo w/chopper & trailer, 63 Impala, 62 Impala convertible, 71 Duster, 68 Camaro, 69 Ford Galaxie, Charger, Firestone Pickup, and 92 Ford Flareside pickup. The Firestone and the 92 Flareside found their way into my shopping cart. Going to try to build a 4X4 92 Ford Flareside.

Going to the "Toy Show" I saw a modified school bus towing a late-model wedge style dirt-track racer. The bus had the forward half section of the roof raised for better headroom. They were headed north on I-77, not sure where they could be headed.

Stopped by a "Toy Show" just to see what they may have. A couple of the vendors had a sparse selection of models. Came home with a sealed '56 Nomad and an opened Revell standard '40 Ford coupe. $35 for both of them, not a bad deal.

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Very interesting build. Never considered a fastback version of this kit, but it almost looks factory. Great customizing job.

Mine was shot also from two prior surgeries, that's why I got the reverse replacement.

Hope all goes well with that, had my left one done this past June. Healed pretty quickly. Only issue I am having is raising my arm above the shoulder line which I can do with the unaffected one and reaching around behind my back; have to thread my belt before putting pants on. At last appointment doctor told me that would be normal and to get used to it. Sure wish he would have told me before the surgery.

For that "shipping" price you could go to wherever the kit is located, pick it up, and have some party time while there.

Ooh, where can I buy one?

Enlist them anyway, then let the drill instructors "teach" them. And get rid of these pantywaist DI's and replace them with some combat-hardened men.

It's a real beauty, super slick paint job.

Great looking build, I have often wondered what this kit would look with a little TLC. Another great filler to use, especially in cut lines is acrylic nail-filler. WalMart sells it in kits in the fingernail polish section. Couple words of warning, it does require good ventilation and do not ever put the part into a dehydrator. One more caveat, begin sanding with 100 grit, it is a hard sanding surface but stronger than the surrounding styrene and sands glass smooth.

It all comes down to respect for others as well as for self. Ok, I am an old man and grew up in the late 50's early 60's car culture. Sure, we did some stupid stuff, some of it even deadly. Remember the chicken races to prove macho, two kids at a local high school died because neither wanted to chicken out. After that the practice ended quite quickly. Some of the kids would get out in the middle of an intersection and increase the value of Goodyear stock by burning their tires off doing donuts. One of the more prevalent things to do was to prearrange drag races, quite similar to street outlaws. I missed getting arrested when a local bunch of 'hot' street cars challenged some from a nearby city to a race. The State Patrol and local police got wind of it, so they hid in some inconspicuous places and waited: 14 arrested for attending/abetting a prearranged drag race, 4 cars were impounded and their drivers arrested for participation in a pre-arranged drag race. I happened to be at the beach that weekend, otherwise I would have been a spectator. We did not have social media, nor did any of us involved want to be photographed in these activities and have it spread all over the universe. What we did was illegal, yet we still respected personal property and, in a sense, the local law enforcement. Today's world is so much more chaotic than it was back then. My answer for the problem will probably get me a nastygram from admin, but I feel we need to reinstate the military draft. It gets the kids off the streets and instills a sense of respect into their psyche. Rant over.

If you have something you are willing to trade I have a sealed Revell kit, says it is a 1/24 scale. Only stipulation is you need to be located in the 48 continental United States, international shipping is astronomical. Let me know.

This one, or its twin is currently posted for sale on Bring a Trailer.

Reenlisted in the USAF in 1972. Took my reenlistment bonus, all of $1500 and went car shopping. Tried a MGB, just couldn't fit my 6'2" frame comfortably into it. Next was a Triumph Spitifre, fit alright but there just was not a lot of room for moving personal stuff from base to base. Stopped by the Datsun dealer and they had the 'new' Z-car on the showroom floor. Immediately fell in love with it, but that $4200 price-tag was beyond my ability to pay. Finally bought a Chevy C-10 with 350, auto, AM radio, and rear step bumper for $3100. Oh, to relive those days knowing what I know now.

Scratchbuilt springs and tube axle I've got a better picture on Imgur but can't get it over here for some reason.

#277 arrived in the Tarheel State today, good issue.

Very nice looking modified, great color scheme. I can almost hear the gears turning in the other teams brains when you pull it into the pits.

Sweet little Porsche, some really nice body work.

Saw this in the VA parking lot this afternoon:

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Those rear wheels appear to be true "reversed" rims the way they were done in the 50's and 60's. Which kit did you source them from?