CometMan

Very nice, Al! My parents had a '76 Monarch they bought new, they are pretty under-rated when compared against other cars of that era.

Or maybe in a row under some monster trucks!

Very, very well done, as usual, Tulio!

Coming along very nicely, D.W.! With the cost a rarity of those kits I can totally understand taking everything very slow and careful.

I guess I didn't get the memo, but apparently, Cheech & Chong movies are not considered politically correct today! Still one of the funniest movies ever! Glad to see this one made it back out of isolation, hope to see it finished, it is a great idea.

I was getting ready to leave for work, watching Good Morning America. I had thought that a Cessna had taken a wrong turn and got lost in the middle of the city, and at most the dead were limited to a few on a small plane, and some minor injuries to people in the building and on the ground from flying glass and falling airplane parts. I saw the second plane hit live, the way that the flash of the explosion lit up the whole area was very surreal! I was over 30 minutes late, the manager looked like he thought about making a smart comment until he saw my complexion and expression, he only asked if I was OK, and if I had any updates.

That's very cool, the memories, and appreciation for her later on will be worth WAY more than the $8 you spent today!

You're right, Andy, I've never seen one either. And, for $8, it is interesting. But, the very idea alone of the Smart, Prius, Isetta, and some others, to us guys that have been around good old-fashioned Detroit Iron for MANY years just seems WRONG!

Since promo models have long since disappeared as a demonstration tool for the salesmen at the dealerships, I wonder how much, if at all, the auto manufacturers get involved with the model companies? Or, do the model companies simply wait until a car is available to them to start their work?

Looks pretty nice to me, Gary! It represents an era of Mopars that, until Moebius released their '65 Plymouth, had been almost completely ignored since Johan disappeared.

Very nice tributes, guys! I can certainly remember "where I was" that day. I find it very difficult to believe, and quite disturbing, that anyone that watched the attacks unfold that day either don't remember where they were, or, even worse, choose not to!

Well said, Bill. After watching some of your builds, you are definitely one of the ones here that could match Paul's work!

Very nice, Tony! Always like seeing the Olds instead of the more commonly seen makes.

Very fitting that Sep. 11 falls on a Sunday this year, which is tends to be a day for reflection anyway.

I think almost all references to 9/11 in advertising are in bad taste, some things are best left alone. What Walmart did was no worse than any other advertisement that crosses the line, but, that being said, I haven't been in a Walmart store in nearly a decade, so my image of them can't get much worse.

Looking great so far, Randy! The De Soto grille is a really nice touch!

Well done, don't see too many of the Daytonas.

I've done alot of dry wall work, that is great stuff! Never tried it on models, though. You can get it at any home improvement store, as well as most descent hardware stores.

Thanks, Nick! It is alot of fun having a rather unusual car, (about 25,000 Caliente hardtops made in '66), they are becoming more recognized as the more popular (read common) cars of the era have gone out of the average person's price range. For many years whenever I drove it into a show field the two things I would hear several times each day would be "What kind of Chrysler is that?", and "You know, a (insert you favorite, most overproduced, Chevy engine here) would fit right in there!"

I live 5 miles outside of Detroit, Bill. According to what the local news has been saying for many years, the apocalypse happened in 1967!

Yeah, Myron, there aren't too many of us Merc nuts out there, but we sure a rabid group, aren't we?! BTW, love your state, and your name!

Hey, Mike, the I.D. of those tires is 15 mm. I happened to have a Jo-Han '60 DeSoto nearby, it seems that with a little minor finessing the Jo-Han wheels should fit right into the tires from the 300.

Yeah, many of the ones I have met are, let's say, "unusual". My ex, for example, seems to building quite a collection of ex-husbands-but, that's another story!

"Some people see things that are and ask why. I see things that never were and ask, why not?"

Very nice, don't see one of those too often.