Danno

Very Good !!! ??

I don't have a problem with scale-bickering. I call them all "1/24.5 scale" and I get along real well with me. In the immortal words of Rodney the King, "Can't we all just get along?" ??

or gob-smacked

Track with Lo-Jack

That joke blows!

LOL. Rob and Tom are right as rain. Yeah, I don't (either) want to get distracted with philosophical discussions about what the definition of "is" is. I'm just tickled poopless that we're getting this awesome Nova wagon, no matter whether it is 100% Awesome or just 99% Awesome. There are still more than one coming home with me! ??

LOL. That's an interesting little tidbit. Quite so. Allllmost a Z28. I drove a lot of police cars in my day . . . and a lot of purpose-engineered police package cars . . . Some were good, a few were great, but the NOVA was hands-down the BEST all-around package (at least in my humble opinion). Its only drawback was also one of its great attributes: it was smaller, but also tighter, than most of the traditional police cars of that era and earlier. (Remember, this was before anybody used Camaros or Mustangs for patrol work.) It was fast . . . not as fast as the huge Plymouth Fury and Dodge Monaco 440 Magnums. It handled superbly . . . not a big floating, wallowing boat like most of the large police cars (Fords were horrid and frightening). It didn't have the roominess of the mid-size Furys, Monacos, and Diplomats, but getting into it felt like pulling on a well-fitted leather driving glove. The biggest bad-rap the Novas got . . . and the reason they didn't take the police car biz by storm, was the smallness. It really wasn't THAT small, but remember you have to compare it to the BIG Plymos and Dodges and the Caprices and the Crown Victoria Inn-and-Suites police cars that were out there. The top cops (chiefs) liked to buy luxo-barges and were not sold on the "little" Novas. I had a ton of fun with mine. I outran most of the big Furys and Monacos. On a long over-the-highway chase I could often start at the end of the pursuit string and pick off the fellow coppers one by one until I had worked my way up to the front. There were a lot of "perps" who were surprised to realize it was "that little toy police car" that caught them. Then the county struck a marketing deal with a certain manufacturer and replaced all our cars with turds. I kept the Nova. Okay. You guys got me going. Enough romancing the 9C1. I have a compelling drive to sweep the bench, dig out my Nova builds, and finish 'em up! ??

dry double martooni

Amen, Anthony and David. The 1:1s were GREAT cars! And whether a 9C1 or a well-optioned 350 with the F41 suspension, they were awesome handling hot rods. Literally a Z28 with four doors. LOVED mine. ??

Most excellent!! A true credit to the hobby. ??

Yes. Extremely annoying. Good solution. ??

I'd buy those just for the photo on the label! ? ??

Ooooh! Looky there! They bumped the Nova wagon up. May be here this month! Gotta raid the piggy bank and cash in the aluminum can stash. And the Jimmy! Yahtzee. And who's gonna be able to resist that ultra-rare 1965 Monte Carlo die cast??? ??

Now that's funny right there, Patric! ????

Hi, Vic!! Welcome to this forum. You'll enjoy it here. It was great to see you at Goodguys . . . don't be a stranger around these parts, pardner! ??

gotta quith now ?

#1 pith stop

cherry avacado piths

Lewis & Martin

or mixed semaphores

OMG!! I love it. Great save, Rich. ??

Sweet!! ??

and mixed metaphors

Oh, they know their jobs, alright. Their jobs are to shuffle you around until you give up, quit complaining, and just wait for the problem to resolve itself. It's hi-tech industry brilliance! ??

Sounds like my 'everyday/any day at the bench' days, Tom. ??