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Thanks for all the feedback, guys. I think I'll add the '57 Chevy to my "want list". I might also look at the Olds 442. It looks like the paint and detail are pretty decent.

Harbor Freight has a set of rubber inserts for small vises that works well. They are magnetized so they stay in place while you're using the vise. The rubber is a kind of hard rubber so it's fairly firm, but not so hard as to leave marks on soft material. I say they have them. I haven't looked for a while. I'm just guessing they still have them for sale. I think I accidentally ran across them while searching their site for a vise.

I looked at a Taurus 806, I think was the model. It is a 6 shot 38 special. Several of the compact revolvers are 5 shot models. For some reason I just can't get past that. I've always considered a revolver to be a 6 shot gun.

If you would, try and post up your opinion of that kit. I've got 5 (I think) of the ProShop kits and have one on my bench right now. I'm on hold waiting for an order of paint I put in a few days ago. I've got the '57 Chrysler on my bench. It kind of surprised me with the level of detail and crispness of parts. I almost pulled the trigger on the '57 Chevy just a few days ago. I'd really like to know what you think of it.

I had a Taurus Poly22, or PT-22, whichever you prefer apparently, and sent it back twice. They never got the gun fixed. I ended up taking a refund on it. It jammed, jammed, jammed. Then it also threw the rounds out tumbling. It was a nightmare. I did some research on the 'Net and both of those problems were mentioned on dozens of different forums. Don't buy one of those! I bought a Ruger SR22 at the same time I bought the Poly22. I love the Ruger. I can go out and run 100 - 150 rounds through it without stopping to do any cleaning and it won't give me ANY trouble. It's a complete joy to tear up some silhouette targets on a sunny afternoon with that gun. I'll try and remember to update this after I shoot the new Taurus.

I made the mistake of stopping in the local gun shop today. We all started talking guns and one of the guys mentioned the Taurus Spectrum. I wasn't at all familiar with that gun so they pulled one out of the case for me to check out. A couple of the guys there said they had bought one and both guys were really pleased with the gun. To make a long story short, I plunked the money down and bought one. They are available in a rainbow of colors, but mine is exactly what you see in the photo. I didn't think I wanted to carry a pink or purple one. I'll pick the gun up Saturday. They only had LRN ammo in stock, but are supposed to get a shipment of ammo in tomorrow. They'll have 4 or 5 different home defense, fragmenting types of ammo when I go in Saturday. I might decide to go with the RIP fragmenting round. I went ahead and bought a new, soft touch, concealed carry holster for this new gun. When the gun is in the holster it is extremely comfortable in the 3 o'clock position inside my waistband. It's a fairly slim gun and the holster is minimalistic so there is nearly no bulge at all.

You're more than welcome. I'm looking forward to seeing the completed build.

Here are some more photos of the silver car. Scroll about halfway down the page and you'll find them. They're all listed as "Jim's Clone 64 Charger". http://www.superbirdbob.com/topless-charger/1964-charger-concept-car/

Here is a photo of the silver car.

You haven't mentioned which color you're going to go with. Are you planning on silver, the way Rodebaugh created it, or the actual concept’s ruby red color?

Things are looking fantastic so far. Really looking forward to seeing it finished. IMO, the '60 Impala looks best in either red or black paint. Looks like you're really going to do the red color justice.

HAH! AS I was reading down through the posts I was just waiting for a reference like this. It just HAD to happen.

Beautiful build! Great attention to detail. That paint is just fantastic. That's a very well deserved 1st place. Yeah, I know. I commented twice. I meant to. It's such a great build I thought it was deserving of an additional comment.

They both look really great to me. I sure do love MOPARs. These are a great pair.

You guys are actually receiving package delivery on Sundays via the Post Office? Must be a bigger city thing. I live in a town of around 10,000 and I can promise you there is no delivery on Sunday or a holiday via our Post Office. That's a pretty nice service to have. I hope you all appreciate it. It's just one more "con" on the list of pros and cons of living in a small town.

Ditto. Oversized wheels with rubber band tires just won't do it for me. Vehicles with those big wheels and rubber band tires remind me of Donks. Everyone has their own personal likes and dislikes. Foose's designs just don't do it for me. I can appreciate the amount of work he puts into his creations, but it's just not something I like. A factory stock muscle car or tastefully done Day 2 car is much more attractive and interesting to me. And I certainly don't mean any disrespect to anyone that does like Foose's work. If we all liked exactly the same thing it would make for a pretty boring place to be. When I view a model build of a Foose vehicle I simply move on without commenting. Nothing good would come from a derogatory comment, so I make sure to refrain form posting anything negative. I usually appreciate the work involved in creating such a build. It just doesn't appeal to me.Yes, I place a Coddington creation in the same basket as Foose. I know they each have a tremendous following, but it's just not for me.

This was definitely not a case of miscommunication between auction personnel. You would have to see the whole thing to fully understand, but there was definitely a bid made by the husband of this couple, then the wife stepped in and refused to honor the bid. Apparently she was the actual registered bidder and hubby made a bid she didn't approve of. The helper, or floor person, took a bid from the husband in obvious good faith, then the wife spoke up and refused to honor his bid. I don't think the floor person had any idea he was taking a bid from a guy who technically couldn't make a legitimate bid. The way I viewed it I didn't see any mistake made by auction personnel up to the point they started asking who wore the pants in the family.

No, it didn't just air. I recorded it a few days ago. It was a Denver auction that aired last Friday or Saturday. I guess it could have been a ploy for the show, but I didn't get that feeling when it happened. Anything is possible of course. Yeah, Steve, my wife and I have always been pretty much equal bread winners. There were times when my business was doing really well and other times when things were slow that tipped the scales one way or the other. We never question each other on small purchases of $500 or maybe $1000. We would have already discussed how much money we were going to be willing to spend at an auction like that. Even if I had overstepped my bounds by $500 or $1000 my wife would never have done what that gal did. She might give me a sharp elbow and say very sternly something like, "That's it! No more!" That would be the extent of it though. And I definitely agree that there were a couple of comments made by staff that were totally out of line. It wasn't professional at all.

I record several of the TV car shows including the Mecum Auctions and Barrett Jackson Auctions shows. I was just watching one of the Mecum shows and saw something I've never seen before. The bid was $10,500 on a 1926 Ford Rat Rod. Everything seemed to be rolling right along and then the auctioneer was heard asking questions and NOT going on with the auction. The camera and mike feed went out on the floor to one of the helpers (whatever they're called) and you heard a woman's voice say, "I have the bidder's number and I say NO." Then the auctioneer and the helper go back and forth kind of teasing the guy by asking him who wears the pants in the family. He actually pointed to her. And then, sure enough, she made them back the bid up. She withdrew her husband's bid and made the auctioneer fall back to $10,000. The reserve had gone off at $10,500 and when it rolled back to $10,000 the reserve went back on. They couldn't get another bid so had to roll the car through as unsold. Can you imagine just how totally humiliated that dude had to be? She literally emasculated him in front of hundreds of people on site and then millions of people in TV Land. There just had to either be a divorce and/or an arrest for battery. That guy SURELY can't just forget that and go merrily along in his marriage.

Absolutely gorgeous build. Fantastic attention to detail. That headliner is very sharp!

Sad to hear. His name will forever be remembered along with Garlits, Prudhomme, Sox &Martin, Jenkins, and the other kings of drag racing. The battles of "The Snake" & "The Mongoose" were quite memorable. RIP.

It looks fantastic, Bill. I have about a half dozen of these kits in my stash so really enjoy seeing what you other guys do. A question about the Tamiya panel accent wash. I'm not familiar with the Tamiya stuff, but I bought some of The Detailer washes. I bought both black and gray as well. I figured on using gray on lighter colored paints and then black on darker colors. Do you know if the Tamiya stuff is about the same as The Detailer stuff?

A great looking Boss. Very nice.

Fantastic looking street freak. Exceptionally neat and clean.

Great choice on those Cragars. It looks great already!