Brian Austin

From The Principles of Automobile Body Design (1922). Digital version archived here: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89090514050&seq=9

Different situation but i remember there was a time many years ago when some eBay listings had cheap prices but exorbitant shipping. These were considered scammy.

I used the roof of a Blackforce on a Monogram Lincoln Continental. The trunk lid looked a bit short so I reshaped it. Out of curiosity I dropped the remaining BF body on the Continental chassis. The interior bucket almost fits. The BF cowl is way narrower. The Continental trunk bustle fits the area between the rear fenders. The convertible boot fits OK as well if you shorten it to start just behind the door shut line (or reshape the doors). I don't recall how well wheelbases lined up. Note that the Continentals had slightly different body proportions compared to standard Zephyrs of the same year, though they used the same chassis.

You're welcome.

From Dyke's Automobile and Gas Engine Encyclopedia (1928).

3 ton hoist from the internet.

From the internet.

Weaver equipped Ford and Cadillac from the internet.

Somewhere in the Midwestern US, perhaps Indiana. (110 film cartridge negative scans).

Location not noted (circa 1980s).

Somewhere in the Midwest (1985).

Fremont, IN (2016).

Bath, NY (2016). Which Corvette would you like?

Apparently there were small tornadoes in the Worcester area

I heard this one this evening on the Retro Cocktail Hour radio show.

As a Jethro Tull fan, I picked up the Walk Into Light LP in my college days, and frankly I didn't know what to make of it. It was a departure from the Tull sound. I discovered Camel through my brother who had borrowed an album or two. While I haven't been following them closely, a couple of their pieces have stuck with me. There's some nice Mellotron and guitar work there. I recently heard this song on a local college station. I am not familiar with the artist.

Ever wonder how a banjo might sound submerged?

I really wasn't familiar with The Wild Wild West at the time, though I've heard it often at work the past several months. I did hear Adam West on the Doctor Demento Show back in the day.

Adam West by Wally Wingert (to the tune of Wild Wid West). The bass line is perfect. https://youtu.be/FdVJWyoncdU?si=Pxsyd5rW7-zkHk-o

https://barnfinds.com/caddy-camper-1957-cadillac-series-62/

Cowboy Bebop, Deathnote, Space Dandy, Kids On The Slope, Fuli Culi, and features like Spirited Away. Then there's Star Blazers and Battle Of The Planets but i haven't watched them since the '80s.

We could use some more rain in Massachusetts. It's getting dry again. The Charles river is down a bit. Just this spring we celebrated breaking our last drought. Other than that, the weather for my vacation has been beautiful. 🙂

It's a fascinating image

I recently ordered a 1980s LIONEL repro "Hiawatha" 4-4-2 steam loco and streamlined passenger train set. The motor doesn't turn, which is fine, since I'm rebuilding the train for 2-rail running regardless. 🙂 I removed the motor block and the body shell casting is still very heavy. Some time ago I got a used set of Weaver aluminum 2-rail Hiawatha passenger cars gambling I'd find a loco for them. The cars in the original LIONEL set were based on their UPRR M10000 diesel streamliner tooling.