Joe Handley

I'd love to see my wages go up in relation to the difference in gas prices between when I started with models and now

I want to say that's now closer to $20.

You are right on the weight of those, not as bad as a case of dominos (those are a good bit more portly!) , but surprisingly hefty..........especially whe you recieve a 1 1/2 foot square box of paints in bottles and cans, I want to say a decent restock of our paints can weigh upwards of 40+ pounds and not even completely fill that box up!

I think those Fiero wheels are 5 lug wheels, at least in the box art anyway.

What about the Knight Rider K.I.T.T. and that era Trans Am kits? If I didn't know better, I'd swear those are the same minus big plastic disks.

I think there might be some sarcasm there Bill, sounds like that electrical system would be in trouble if you turned on a map light for a couple seconds on a civilian car.

Saw a Hudson at a local Sam's club a few years back that looked pretty close to your build there Art, only difference is that it was more of a maroon color in and out!

That's pretty good compared to my Jeep

Which Rover? I was under the impression that Land and Range Rovers were very, veeerry distant relatives of the Jeep, that marking it's territory could be hereditary! If you can show me an old Jeep that isn't leaking, I can show you a Jeep that needs it's fluid levels checked

Collectable......Nope, all but forgotten.......sadly yes.

Wonder if the Grand's projectors are the same ones as my 200 then! Looks like there are some out there that do that that aren't for Chryslers, this is the first I've seen that though. Haven't seen much on the new 200's, I have heard rumors of the next gen being RWD and a platform mate with a new Barracuda, FWD with a 9 speed auto, ect.

That looks good!

Nice, hard to beat a good hatchback! The hatchback thing is the one feature I wish my 200 had, that was one of the best features of the Lebaron GTS I used to own!

Or at least was one working on the project to turn the Sebring into the 200 anyway............ A few weeks back I parked my 200 up near the garage door and noticed the wing-ish shape to the light put out by the projectors, but chalked it up to being around the time I was going to see the newest Batman movie and thought I was seeing things. Recently, somebody on the 200 owners forum I've joined noticed the same thing with his recently and took a picture of it and shopped in a computer generated version of the current wing badge place above it. I can't get a clear pic of it on my since the lights on my car seem to be a bit low in comparison to this 200 (I need to get them adjusted before we go to Branson, Missouri, low aimed lights in the Ozark Mountains may not be too fun), but not only is it still noticeable, I can see it on the road when driving at night, it's just heavily distorted (and slightly Nightwing like!) Now all of us on that forum are beginning to wonder what the story behind it is. Now this is kinda cool as it is only obvious when pulling up to a non-glass wall of some sort. I'm kinda curious if they've done this with the 300 as well (which also uses projectors) and if this is a feature on Bentley and Aston-Martin since they also use wing badges on their cars too!

Actually, Rob's on the right track here! Why couldn't Round 2 do something with this kit like AMT/ERTL did with the '70 Cornet back in the 90's (and still sell this way) where they stuck one of the newer B-Body kit chassis and drivetrain in with the vintage body and interior pieces to make one kit. I'd be interested in buying one of those kits anyway, but doing the above would make it even more worthwhile of a purchase for me!

I don't even like comprimising grip for price let alone looks when I can afford to!

Depends on the victim.......er......subject. If it were the Charger my folks bought back in '70, that would go back to stock as even then the 440 6-Pack/4-Speed cars weren't particularly common. Now if it was my Turbo Mopars, our Cherokees, or our F/S Chevy Vans, those would be hot rods of some sort. The Lebaron and Shadow would have healthy 2.2 Turbo motors (maybe drop a 2.4Turbo in one), minivan brakes, and be mostly restored appearance wise (Wheels would need to change with the switch to a 5x4.5" bolt pattern. The Cherokees would have some sort of stroked I-6's in them with cop XJ springs, ZJ or KJ rear disks, Wrangler/Ram hybrid front brakes, again, restored cosmetically on all but the Briarwood. That would be an experiment too see how easy it would be to use venieer instead of Cheezy vinyl. My short lived Grand Cherokee would end up with a Viper V-10, 5.9 Limited, suspension, not sure on brakes, wider tires on bigger rims (no more than 18's though, anything bigger looks stupid on them). The Beauvilles would get LS Motors and 4L80 transmissions, mild lowerings (2/2 or something comparable), 16"-18" in the front and 18"-20" rear wheels that are either Torque Thrusts or Truck Rallys (these in 15x7 were factory), and once again, cometic restorations.

Lol, I need to do something like that for the Maglight I keep in my 200, I always forget about it until I do something agressive at the wheel and wonder what's thunking around in the trunk!

If you can afford to build and then feed a ****hp motor, you can probably afford to buy new tires every day or two

Depends, if it was my 200 Touring, I'd sure as heck hope not, it's only got 6000 miles on it (6002 to be exact, it "rolled" over on the way to work today!) Now if it was my 14 year old Cherokee............well, it's s 14 year old Cherokee with the factory motor, I'd be worried if there wasn't at least a little oil leaking, that means I'm out of oil!

So far myself and a coworker have k joked about putting FREE CANDY!!! on the sides of them, but I'm not that fond of them otherwise, the nose is about a foot or so too long and about as hideous as the Econoline's.

Just out of curiousity, has anybody seen the new Nissan full sized van that is based on the Titan p/u?

It would, alot better too!

I still can't believe that disaster lived this long, the Ford highrail truck with that front suspension could develop some vicious death wobble, when Dad saw "news" footage of a JK Wragler with DW, He just laughed and said that was nothing compared to the TIB Ford highrails!

Honestly, I thought they looked too skinny, especially out back. Figured a slightly wider front on a deeper rim and a lot wider in back eith a much deeper rim, then drop it an inch or so at least in the front. Only other thing I can think of is to ditch the orange stripe for abetter color, if not put one on at all.