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Yup! I was very surprised to learn about that.

Big car, tiny interior. My company has leased out a few, and I literally cannot move the cars around out lot. HEadroom and legroom are virtually non-existant! The current Corvette (in CDN dollars) starts in the mid $60s, and goes to well over $100k for a loaded ZR1. You'll never find one on a dealer lot for less than $70k CDN. I'd be truly surprised if the mid-engined one retailed for less than $150k CDN when it finally arrives!

Chevrolet has been teasing a mid-engined Corvette for decades. The difference now though is that it is definitely happening. Going forward, GM are positioning Corvette almost liek a seperate brand, much like FCA has done with the SRT vehicles. We'll be seeing both the front engined and mid-engined Vettes. I would be fairly confident in saying that the first we really see of the new mid-engined car will be at LeMans. Much like Ford and Acura, and others before them, the first truly undisguised car will be racing at Lemans. I like the idea, but as a 6'6" person, I can tell you right now that I won't fit. Therefore, don't care. lolz. I also think GM should be paying a licensing fee to Ferrari for using their designs. The current Vette looks like the F12, and this mid-engine car looks a lot like the 488.

So if you're ever driving through Summerland, BC, you should take an hour or so and check out the Nixdorf Classic Car Museum. They have about 80 cars on display, ranging from the 30s to the 2000s, with the bulk of them being 50s and 60s. Little bit of everything. WHat I like about this museum is that every car has a story. It's not just a guy who went to an auction and bought a cool car to display. Each car has a sign that mentions where the car came from, a little history on the car, and a fun little factoid about the build. The cars will never win Pebble Beach Concours, but they are all beuatifully restored drivers. It's all private, owned by one family, and they decided to open a museum instead fo just parking the cars and hiding them away for their own pleasure. http://www.nixdorfclassiccars.com/ Here's some of the cars. My personal fav car there. I love these old Grand Nationals. This Cahrger was a very close second for me. Love it. I thought this was cool. 1953 Oldsmobile. I was very curious about the thing on the dash. Was quite shocked when I found out out what it was. Thought that kind of tech was a fairly recent thing. For sale. $10k CDN for all three.

That's a tough one! Favourite car I've owned. Hmm... The one I think about the most is my 1985 VW Transporter Double Cab. Definitely not stock! TDI swap, larger turbo, intercooler, regeared transmission, added power steering, H&R lowering springs, Bilsteins, Mercedes wheels, South African front end conversion, Westfalia swivel seats, Tristar sliding windows. I should never have sold this. As for the cars I most want to own? 1992 Porsche 964 RS in Maritime Blue. 1969 Charger Daytona. I don't care what engine, or what colour. As for a realistic dream car? I am actively hunting for an old 70s station wagon. Ford, Plymouth, Mercury, Dodge. Doesn't matter. Woody preferred.

Also, apparently I'm not supposed to waste my summer, and should "meet flirty singles now." I know that ads that appear are supposedly based on browsing habits, but I know what I look at, and I know what wifey looks at, and I know what the kiddies look at. So not sure where these ads are coming from.

The ads I see are currently "5 ways to meet your dream girl now" from toprealdating.com. The blonde in the ad is rather attractive. lolz

Is this the Revell kit? I built one back in junior high, and now have one in the stash. I need to build it, just so I have somewhere to put completed kits! Watching.

So with a few things on the the bench, I needed something I could bash out quickly to make me feel good about myself. So thanks to a great trade with Oldcarfan27, I knew what that quick build could be. Using the kit he sent, plus some pieces from an AMT promo kit, I was able to build a replica of the 1991 Chev C1500 Scottsdale my wife was driving when I met her. Being a Scottsdale trim level, it was fairly basic, but had a few options to dress it up: two-tone paint, chrome appearance package with the better headlights, tinted glass, AC, cruise, and the all important upgrade to the 350 engine. Was a great truck, and we ended up selling it in 2003. Which we shouldn't have done. Here's a couple of pics after a thorough cleaning and detailing. And here's a couple from the day we sold it, in front of our house which we had just moved in to. Anyway, here's what I came up with. Not perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it. And because everyone likes the 45 degree shots from 5 feet away...

So, did this thing actually exist in 1:1? I did some searching, haven't found anything.

Out "lot" used to be a stand of trees near a farmer's field. Now it's good, replaced with nothing, plus some generic ugly housing. The green circle is where I grew up. Big red circle, top left was our "lot" yellow area was all farmer's field. Small red circle, lower right, is bridge crossing "the creek." This is of significance because every Monday is when the local convenience store got their new shipment of magazines. That mean the old mags got the covers torn off and thrown out. We would assist the store by taking all of the car mags, music mags, and porn mags. That bridge is where we hid all of our porn. lolz. Ahh, junior high. All of the car mags, and the junk food we bought, would come to the lot with us, where we had cleared a spot to sit and hang out. Because it was treed, the spot we cleared was pretty closed off. That entire neighbourhood was our turf though. We had a main group of about 6 of us that knew out spot, but a gang of 20 that freely roamed the hood. Tag, bike riding, hide n seek, it all went down. Summer vacations, we'd leave our houses right after breakfast, show up at lunch to grab a sandwich and watch The Flintstones, then gone until dinner, then out afterwards. Our parents never knew where we were, and never worried. I miss the simplicity of those days.

I'm in my 40s and I'm still cranking metal. I like almost every type of music (except country and modern r&b), but as someone that came of age in the late 80s, and learned to play guitar when hair metal and shred metal reigned supreme, that's just where my heart goes! Will never grow up!

I like it! I think everyone should take outdoors pics, they always make things look more realistic.

The weather. I do not like constant heat. Bring on fall, I'm done with you, summer.

When I first learned to drive, I wanted to learn to drive a manual so that I never had to limit my options when buying a car. Worked the opposite way. Since I was 16, I've avoided automatic transmissions as much as possible. And it makes me sad seeing how many manufacturers are getting rid of manuals. Haven't been able to buy a three pedal Lamborghini or Ferrari for almost 10 years. Porsche have eliminated manuals from many of their models. And it's very hard to find a nicely equipped manual transmission family car now. #savethemanuals

That's totally going to be me when i'm old.

Bob, I for one would just like to say I've always enjoyed your posts, even if I had nothing to add to the conversation. I think I know where you're coming from. I've often wondered why some of the amazing, detailed, brilliant, lifelike builds get no comments, yet some of the ...less than "perfect"...builds get a ton of comments. At first I wondered why some of my builds get no comments, and others gets a ton. And then I just stopped caring what others thought of my builds. I build and post for me. And if others dig it, great. And if not, whatever. I think the problem comes when some people make comments with very little tact. I'm not talking about sparing people's feelings. We're all grown ups, and if we can't take a little constructive criticism, then maybe the internet isn't the place for us. There's a big difference between replying with "that could be better, try doing this and this and that and see if that helps" and replying with some derivative of "that sucks." Anyway, let's not derail this thread. Stick around Bob, post more, we do like it. Back on track, I just got back from vacation. A week with no internet access. It was glorious. I'll be back working on my C1500, and I was inspired to start a VW van build over the past week, so I'll probably get on one of those.

Man, that's a lot of work, but for $50? Heck yeah, I'd have bought it too! As Bill said, if the frame and floor is solid, you're laughing. Now go ask that guy if he has a 70s station wagon kicking around. I need a new project! lolz

You're right, we don't have titles on our cars, makes it a lot easier to purchase and register vehicles quickly. It varies from province to province, but here in Alberta, because it's 15 years old, it will need to pass a mechanical/safety inspection. Take that inspection and the serial number and arrange insurance. Take insurance and a bill of sale for the car to a registries office, and you now have registration. The problem we see is that sometimes, shifty people will have a buddy who is a licensed mechanic that can perform the inspections. So they'll take a bucket of junk, get a "passing" inspection, and away they go. If Cole was in Alberta and had a buddy who was a licensed mechanic that was willing to do him a solid, he could technically register and insure that car as it sits.

Been working on a Chev C1500, circa 1991. Building a replica of the truck my wife was driving when I met her.

You don't even need to do something stupid, you just need to be young. One of my staff is 22 years old. She just bought a 2017 Nissan Sentra. She pays just under $200 CDN bi-weekly and her insurance is $553 per month. Clean license, no violations or accidents.

It's a nicely done kit, and he's done a really good job with the paint. love 70s boats, and have a few DOH kits, plus a Yodel. I hope mine will look this good when done. Having said that...I think there have been better examples of that kit posted here.

I always thought the Hudson pickup was weird looking.

Sbarro has been building weirdness for decades! The Challenge. The Function. The Autobau.

Two more work days, then off to the wilderness for a week or so. No cell coverage, no wifi. It's going to be fantastic.