Joe Handley

All the ones I've bought were that 90's era primer grey.

What's the best way to replicate that on a part that might be in normal chrome?

Depending on how ba the build quality, it could very well be very jiggly!

That Fiat kinda reminded me of the pink Jeep used in "Blue Hawaii", and it turns out it was the inspiration for them too! http://www.film.queensu.ca/CJ3B/Siblings/SurreyGala.html

Not bad, styling wise it's far better than the Pontiac Aztec and previous BMW Z4 or current Mercedes SLK and I kinda dig that the steering wheel grip matches the tread pattern of the tires.............and yes I'm sober, awake, and not currently blinded in any way right now Now that I think of it, that kinda looks like something sold at Toy's "R" Us for toddlers when I worked there 10 years ago though

:lol: :lol:

Well, instead of chest thumping you into a heart attack or trying to knock your head off you shoulders like some airbags do, the ones in this car just might blow the uni-body apart when they deploy, especially if they're as potent as the pre-'99 US spec bags

My god, I actually know this one! I'll be emailing you tonight Harry!

Wow, and I thought the old N Scale Dodge Shadow Coupes I found in a Walthers catalog were small

I'm not surprised by that, I swear my Jeep's engine wasn't fully broken in until a 90-93k.

Neat build, I had one of those little Mini's as a kid too!

I never kept a car long enough to let it get as bad as the ones mentioned here, the worst was my '85 Lebaron, some of the reason I took it off the road as that the floor was getting bad enough to be worried about my rather hefty self would fall through it, but it ran good much of the time I had it, and was frighteningly stable at 85+mph with the floor (and the whole body really) in such shape Probably the most dangerous car I have driven was the '86 Pontiac 6000 Dad used to own, the brakes were such that if you hit the brakes just hard enough to stop when it was slick (and sometimes when it was dry too), the thing would swap ends, wouldn't corner if it's life depended on it (wet or dry there too ), and It would also stall for the no apparent reason within the first couple miles after start up after having the fuel pump replaced. We were actually pretty happy when that car got totaled and Dad replaced it with our first XJ and my Lebaron, even at the end of it's life was a safer, more stable and more reliable car than that car ever was!

I hope it was a model!

IIRC there was a real Nova built like that some years back, it was meant to look like something a kid slapped together and had some DOT "Slicks" on it, but also had a 1000hp, twin turbo LS motor in it!

Can't wait to see what you do for a correct dash on this thing, the dog house is looking pretty close already! I wonder why they never went this far when they tooled up the A-Team van, shouldn't have taken that much more work

Oh yea, forgot to post a few pics.

Saw one many years ago at a local Mopar car show put on by the now renamed Koller Dodge, it was an american couple that brought it over here and was identical to the car on page 1.......with the exception of the plates though. Good looking car and I may have beenone of hte few that actually knew what it was at the time (there had been a few articles on them around that time in the Mopar rags.)

Fantastic looking wheels, with an equally fantastic price!

Dad has a very truthful saying about getting old, unfortunately.....I can't post it on here

Probably didn't intend to do that, then just rolled with it when that happened......then nearly rolled in the next corner

Don't know what it is, but it's one goofy looking little car

Wow, I thought my eyes were screwing with me at first! How hard was it to line everything up to make the Camaro clip fit the Nova body?

Some of the post '99 4.0l Jeeps had that problem too, apparently the heat shields separating the exhaust header from the intake system had a habit of holding flammable junk between itself and the header......IIRC they were installed because of some federally mandated recall to prevent the risk of the header starting things on fire

But it was still a Vega