Joe Handley

Kinda got to do that on a 1/1 van too, especially with the mid 80's and newer G-Vans

Mine is Tamiya's M-03 chassis that uses upright shocks and is powered by a Castle Sidewinder with a 4600kV motor and a 4000mAh 2s li-po, even detuned as far as it will go, it's still shockingly fast! Had it at work in November and took it for a quick blast across the lot with a beater body and went to take a couple passes across the lot. A customer came up and asked if I "wanted to race for pinks", and I said "Sure", and crossed 2/3's of the lot in less time than his real car would with the front tires spinning like mad for about 1/4 of that distance.............next thing I heard him say was "never mind........."

Not...........me!

Isn't that about where Micheal Waltrip stood for his career?

Considering a friend of mine is building a supercharged 4.8 for his '04 Silverado and contemplating turbocharger for his '07-'09 Silverado DD, that could be interesting to see. As for the Hennessey car, I've heard that they are pretty much a dirty word in Viper circles for the way thwy treat their customers.

Aren't there 1000+ hp LS motors out there already?

Haven't built a plastic model of one yet, but I do have one of Tamiya's rc Mini's I detuned it after that last video was shot, it was a little too high strung!

Yup, as everybody has stated, the originals were usually the real deal, but as they got into racing the things and moving away from the from standard frame and leaf springs to tube frames and coilovers with multilinks, they went to the lighter, more easily replaced fiberglass.

How wide were those strips Dave?

I can't imagine what those massive side doors would be like to align Ed, how many guys would that take?

Ah-Ha! I was begining to think I was imagening things with that part of the side door Looked like it was backwards (as in flipped or reversed) from what the later 1/1 Vans I grew up around had The roof rib thing is a head scratcher, since the addition actually made the kit more accurate I'd be surprised of they changed the dash then too Ed, if they didn't bother updating it for the A-Team version back in the day............ BTW, thanks for the input!

I got to thinking a while back about a Jr. High teacher I had, when both my little sister and myself went to that school, he had a Gremlin (I think it was somewhere between '72-'74) for a work car. It was just a tired looking old Gremlin in a Lemon Yellow color, but it ran and he drove it no matter what the weather was. I ran into him once not long after graduating from high school and he was now driving an early 80's 4 cylinder Fox Mustang, I aksed him what happened to the Gremlin and he told me he had to scrap it. The car still ran and all, but his wife and daughters were so imbarassed by it and finally made him get rid of it, so he switched to what was his late mother's Mustang for a work car............sadly that Mustang seemed sooooooo souless when compared to what I remember of that Gremlin.

No problem Mike, I was thinking of the issues of this kit I've bought ( a few older than me too) all had the sliders. I am curious on the side and roof ribs on the 1/1 '71-'77 Vans now though................now where is Ed at

Finally got around do shooting some A-Team vs Vantasy comparison shots http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v698/bjoehandley/Plastic%20Models/Vans/A%20Team%20vs%20Dirty%20Donny%20Vans/

I'm no fan of the Prius, though I would take a Volt in a heartbeat as a daily driver (and would keep my Cherokee for days like today )

Actually, the A-Team kits (as well as most of the 1/1's) were also sliding door vans, not sure why they got rid of the ribs, unless the 1/1 pre-'78 vans were also lacking in ribs too. Our '87 and the neighbor's '85 both had the side ribs and I'm pretty sure our '78 also had the side ribs (but different side trim) and all three had roof ribs.

And that was a joy driving through too.................

We got it at work yesterday or this morning, planning on buying that and another Gremlin tonight.

Just wait till you get into something with e-clips Andy!

I've seen that car before, it's pretty sweet but the owner seemed like a preachy douche.

What about that Rumbler snapper from AMT?

My guess would be to keep a bit of a family appearance.

Was that LIncoln from around here Ron?

That's some of the reason I wanted it, the Hudson, the van kits, ect, they're not the usual Tri-5 Chevy, Pony Car, Muscle, or Tuner Car.

I'd have no problem driving a car like the Volt on a daily basis, could get away with only running on electricity for daily use and just plug it in to top off the pack every night with the slow charger (which would be better for the pack anyway.) A Hemi Challenger would be nice to have as a play thing, but probably would be just as useless as a typical hybrid in really bad weather....which my Jeep would shine in compared to those