TarheelRick

Beautiful sort-track racer, one of my favorite types of build. Not really familiar with the old ASA, is this a phantom build or a replica? Either way it is sweet.

Very well done Torino. Nice shine to the paint, not over glossy; more factory than show-car. I like it.

As most have said I learned to drive in a stick-shift. My father was a rural mail-carrier and swore by 6-cylinder, three speed Chevrolets. Now my Dad was only 5'9" but he could sit in the middle of the seat and drive those cars with ease. I used to drive his cars around the yard and the fields around our house. My driver's training was in a '64 three-speed Ford Galaxie. First car a 6 cylinder three speed '56 Chevrolet, followed by a 283 3 speed '65 Chevelle, and that one was replaced by a 283 4 speed '65 Chevelle SS. Nowadays it is much easier on my knee joints to drive an automatic, although I really miss shifting gears.

Very interesting build. Even in 1/20 I would imagine some very small parts. I have an older Honda tiller 1:1, it is a center-time model and is not wheel driven, but it will sling some dirt in my garden.

Welcome aboard from one old phhfft to another. You have me by a year, but at our age numbers are relative. Looking forward to seeing some of your builds. I have been back in the hobby for a while now after a few years hiatus. This site is a wealth of information.

That is some excellent creative bodywork. Not trying to be a rivet-counter or an art critic, and this build is a work of art, but that Mustang nose just appears to be a bit high for my taste. Maybe a bit more slope in the hood area would have brought it down some. Adding late model design elements to a traditional body style takes a deft eye and you definitely have that. Also like the stripe, but then I am a FORD freak and love Mustangs.

$30 for shipping eight kits is not really too bad. I have shipped kits in trades on this board and the price has ranged from $7.50 to $12.50 for one kit, and if that kit leaves the US borders the prices become astronomical. One part of this price equation some seem to ignore is the continual price increases of the USPS.

For a couple of weeks I was having trouble with shower water backing up into my basement sink. Finally broke down and called the "grocery recycling" people to come pump out the tank. At the time it was in the mid 90's with high humidity and very dry. They quoted me $250 but when they did the job it was $500. When I called them I told them I thought the tank was fairly shallow and they did not bring any excavation equipment other than a shovel, it was actually over 5 feet deep and they had to shovel it out by hand. They then did a check and discovered the drain line from the tank was not working properly. For $1100 they would dig out the old line back to some good line and repair it. Of course they dug back almost 50 feet and all they found was collapsed concrete tiles. Change of plan, I will need a complete replacement of the septic drain field at an estimated cost of $3100. I am now sitting here with a three foot deep by 50 feet long, rather aromatic trench in my back yard . After visiting the county Building Permits office and spending $125 for a permit I got to wait from Tuesday until late Thursday for an inspector to come out and lay off the new lines. The septic people were busy, but said they would be back on this past Tuesday to do the work. They called me on Sunday and told me they would be here on Monday (this past) because there was supposed to be rain beginning Tuesday through the rest of the week. It was finished late Monday afternoon and the rains began sometime Monday evening. Since Tuesday we have got just short of 6.5 inches of rain. Here is a picture of my backyard from this morning. Of course now I have the pleasure of raking up the gravel from the old line, smoothing out the whole mess, and resowing some grass in the fall. Not bad for $4825.

If television could just figure some way to fill the time between the Pro turn -arounds I believe NHRA drag-racing could possibly overshadow NASCAR. Of course if the TV people were to also include some of the Sportsman races as filler, I believe their ratings for drag-racing would sky-rocket. Occasionally they will throw in some SS, Super Comp, Super Gas, and Factory Stock races. But if they were to schedule a four-hour block the way they do for NASCAR, do away with some of the talking heads filler between Pro runs, and replace it with lower class racing it would sell to advertisers. Just my opinion, and yes, I know about opinions.

Really sweet gasser. Reminds me of some of the local ones from years past. Just one comment and not being at all critical, in your first picture the flat black front end looks to be a "mile long". I know it is all in the angle and perspective of the picture, it just caught my attention. Thanks for sharing this build.

Agree with the others, super nice Maverick. Not too sure about that picnic table front bumper though, I didn't realize they stuck out that far.

Very sweet Vette. That color fits it to a "T", makes it look fast just sitting there. Also like the small flairs over the slicks. Is the windshield frame kit chrome or did you redo it?

Excellent build. Very clean and simple. Really like your choice of colors.

Oh man, bright pink and gaudy. Very clean restoration.

Hmmm, I missed that. Guess we are on the same page.

I have owned two 65 Chevelles the first was a straight 283, 3 on the tree, bench seat version. After I got goofy on a wet road and backed it into a dirt bank I traded it for an SS, same color Tahitian Turquoise, 283 4-speed, chrome reversed wheels. I have three of these kits in my stash, two of the original and one of the later "Street Machine" versions. I have the PE set and a parts pack small block, so one will be built to represent the one I owned. I am think another will be built as "What I would have liked to have" and the third is going to either be a B/SS, C/MP. C/G or maybe a short track terror. These pictures were made when I was home on leave from Thailand and planned on taking it to the strip for a fun Sunday afternoon, unfortunately it rained and the races were canceled.

I have seen this on other forums. Not to be arrogant, but we are a people of words. Little yellow smiley blobs do not adequately state what we feel. To me, using emoticons only (I have used them as an addition in some of my posts) is just an example of laziness. It is just as simple to type "Great model" as it is to click on the emoticon page, then search for the one you want to use, click on it then hit submit.

Had to go to the doctor for a check-up yesterday morning. They are repaving one of the roads in the area and had the right lane closed, which left the left lane and the turn lane open. I pulled into the turn lane behind a few cars , and yes they were very slow to make turns so I got stopped. While sitting there in the left turn lane with my signal blinking, I had the left turn signal right in front of me, another car pulled up on my left, then two more; they were sitting in the inside lane for oncoming traffic. When the light turned green the oncoming traffic had to bottleneck down to one lane. I completed my left turn by cutting off the fourth car in the line. Got some horn blowing and maybe some indiscriminate hand signals.

However brake fluid will "reduce resin models to a molten blob."

You are doing some nice work on this Jeep. Are the tires kit items or from somewhere else?

I think I may have dated her when I was stationed in Texas. There is something about the nose that rings my chimes. It was a long night at Billy Bob's, if I remember.

This topic is close to my heart. I really loved those Gasser and the Modified Production class cars. Still "streetable" but really fun to watch. Here is another site to do some research on http://www.gassermadness.us/main.htm . You may also want to look into a book "Gasser Wars" which is a pretty good history of the Gas class cars.

I do not think it is your imagination. I made a similar comment a long while back, especially the number of photos with just a few degree difference in perspective. It has always been my belief a side shot, 3/4 front and rear shot, chassis shot, engine bay, interior if convertible, and maybe a head-on front or rear shot if something interesting has been done in those areas. Tops four or five pictures should give a fair representation of a build. Just my thoughts. It is up to the members to share the wealth of free posting and not get too greedy.

Another beauty is Milana Vayntrub, probably better known as AT&T's Lily. Almost makes me want to switch my cell=phone carrier.

20 out of 20. I used Butch wax in the 4th and 5th grade. Lot of the older guys used it to hold their "DA's" in place. That is another one, the D-A hairstyle - flat top, sides combed back to look like a duck's posterior. As far as the Drive-in, several of the Baby-Boomers and the following generation were products of those wonderful establishments. I never saw the glass bottle milk deliveries, although my in-town cousin's folks used it; our milk came in a gallon jar from the farmer down the road. Also have fond memories of crinoline slips, pedal pushers, cuffed blue jeans, Lucky Strikes rolled up in T-shirt sleeves, and Bee-hive hair-dos. "After while crocodile, see you later alligator!"