Joe Handley

Not sure if mileage would even be a concern on a beast like this.

Being hairdried with EFI, That shouldn't be a problem like it would be with blowers and/or mechanical injection or carb(s). Then if he's running E-85, the car shouldn't run hot at all when cruising and not cost to as much feed like it would on pump gas let along some form of race gas!

What Bill said, plus the car shouldn'd be too difficult to drop, might have to tuck the fronts in a bit to fit them in the fenders though..............

That don't look good, can't be helpful for the newly repainted TB either!

That last bit could depend on if and how badly the chassis is warped coming out of the box I'd imagine so, that could be kinda tricky for somebody to paint, especially for somebody who might be fairly green to model building.

Thanks for posting these pics Draggon, I can use them here! I think Casey has a point with how much would be needed to make the kit fully represent the drawing. Look at the wheel openings alone, you would have to section out and raise or grind the flaring back and create a while new flares once the opening has been raised to get that look, while not even trying to get that stance. Then with the rake of the windshield on top of it, they would probably have to retool half of that kit to make it look like the artwork! I never saw that episode, so I decided to go looking for a decent pic of that car, and here's what I found.... Cosmeticly, the model doesn't appear to be as far off the final product in 1/1 scale as it is from the drawing, honestly, I thought it looked darn close when you compare the model to the full sized car vs comparing either to the artwork. Honestly, only think keeping me from buying this kit is that the car payment for my 200 and fuel for it come first over buying the kit, if I can swing the cash for one right now, I would have bought one of the three we got in last friday by now!

I heard about his passing this morning as I was leaving for work, I didn't realize he was that old until they showed hid DoB-DoD on the TV Dad was watching this morning.

I'd love to see any of the old Turbo cars, 4.0l Cherokee (make for a great engine swap into a Gremlin ), and some of the newer FWD's...........like my 200 Can I second on the '70 Charger? The Revell '68/'69 kit would makr a fantastic basis for a '70

Too bad you don't live closer, I think we've got that one on sale at work right now.

Actually, a vinyl skin on the garage door to look like a model box would be pretty cool!

Wow, that is astounding, wonder what he started with?!

Looks like it's a V-6 Car, not nearly as wild as the GT's or Shelby's.................well current ones anyway

That Aston kinda reminds me of the Tri-5 Nomads for some reason.

I gotta work, so no can go for me

Yea, I keep thinking either Maserati or S2000 myself......

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.