Joe Handley

Looks good!

Somebody on another forum mentioned something about somebody who decided to kill themselves that way The handed the operator his wallet and phone then dove in head first

I was pretty sure that's what it was before hand, I seam to remember one guy bought one after waiting a good length of time for it, and paying cash for it, just to have the thing burn up before he got the thing home Just found this, thought it would be good for a laugh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygCxBf_SiaA&feature=related

Well, they could have though you were a more stylish MacGuyver Junkman

One thing I have thought about is getting a couple brass nuts form the hardware store and doing something to leave them out all winter long (maybe tie them to the back of my Jeep) and see what it looks like come spring. I might try to hit some with ammonia as well too, thanks guys!

How did you not smack any of them?

I've got a 1/8 T-Bucket from Revell that I've thought about doing as a bit of a beater rod, might even hit the hardware store for a couple brass nuts to hang from the bed or rear crossmember too

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!