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66 F and was foggy earlier. Yesterday hit around 82 and the humidity is creeping in. I'm holding off on any more yard work to see if my poison ivy is spreading. So far I have a few minor spots to deal with. The pool is finally warming up, about 72*.

We grew up in the shadow of WWII. Just about anywhere I worked, there were vets. TOUGH as nails for the most part. My dad was one, stationed in Morocco and Italy with the 461st BG which was a B24 squadron.

My right shoulder is a flat out mess. The big injury happened on July 3rd 1981 while body surfing. I came in on a wave, looked down and saw nothing but shells and pebbles. I put my right arm out to break the 5 foot fall. I had it looked into after a 2010 weight lifting injury. The gleno-humeral joint has a 360* tear. Which explains why it comes out of the joint easily. There is other problems too, AC joint, etc. I pre-habbed it, getting set for a 2011 reconstruction. After almost 4 months of PT, I skipped the surgery. I should have opted for the surgery. You'll be okay. It is a process like anything else. When does rehab start? Some start as soon as the nerve block wears off... fun.

Hit or miss for models by me. I got a pair of Grumpys Toy Vegas... opened up 1. A terrible kit by today's standards. I recall on eBay around 1999, an OG kit fetched between $350 and over $500.

Escalation is tough when you're a broke racer. Especially if purses don't correspond to the effort to build a competitive car. I ran a class called "chargers" which is a street stock anywhere else. No weight jackers, no aftermarket a-arms, etc.

66 F and overcast, getting humid once more. I took a break yesterday from heavy yard work. With possibly dealing with poison ivy, the last thing I need is sweat spreading it.

This looks quite real. I know of a 'yard. I'm not sure if it us still open, that is similar. It had streams running through it, I had to walk across two old telephone poles to get to some outer storage trailers to dig through. Of course no power or lights. I had to bring items outside to match them up to my part. Then traverse back carrying both parts. Good times, this was around 1990.

My '59 Ford was a basket case. I was very close to being over my head with it. I dug and scoured for everything I needed. And I still need a few things. I found out later that the car was sold as part of a divorce settlement from the wife of a famous Ford restorer. He likely withheld a slew of parts as an "up yours" gesture. Chrome trim pieces set me back, along with new clips, around $1700. Missing interior pieces another $500. The doors took a donor Edsel door and some Ranchero door guts from Washington state. With the glass and puzzles, seals, etc that total was $800.

My brother builds his stock cars using stock kit chassis under them. This is how we built the real ones. I have to start doing that myself. Possibly with a truck arm rear under it. I have lots of donor parts/kits.

Thanks, I'll take a look. I find their stuff mainly on eBay. EDIT: I did find one on eBay from a vendor who deals in Fremont stuff. His name is "paintinjoe". I have bought from him recently, a '35 Chevy modified body.

I have gripes with those chassis. The front ends are on the fiddly side and I don't like the front cage under the hood. The BBC is wholly inaccurate and using all kit parts, there is not much room for header/chassis fit. The headers have to be tucked in tight to the engine. I did one wired with spark plug boots, I should have omitted the boots. I have 2 going now... both are BACK IN THE BOX!! specials.

My Belair had a full dual system on it when I got the car, very recently done. AND... very quiet. I find it nice to be able to hold a conversation when I drive it.

One I have is made by Zona, likely hard to find as well. I had a small US General one when I worked in machine shops. Some idiot dropped it... it was 2 piece with rivets. I just threw it back into the box. The advantage was that it could sit up on a flat surface.

Wow. I have a set of the old MAS PE dragster fronts with rubber tires. I have to dig them out and take a picture.

Nothing beats a gaggle of kittens running around!

I'm sold on the new gasser version for sure. I'll have to unload the couple of AMT kits that I have. I do like the AMT body however.

I yanked some weeds last week and saw some too late. I scrubbed with Lava bar soap, strong stuff with pumice. I got one minor spot on my wrist. Yesterday I cleared a corner of my yard that took me 5 hours. I didn't see any, but sat on my pool ladder and scrubbed away. I did the same thing today and washed my gloves and hat with the soap.

I was more interested in the AWB one. I did the AMT one recently and struggled with it. I took apart one I built in 1995. This was my reentry into modeling, man was this a horrific effort. Testors tube glue, no primer, Testors enamel... I had used copious amounts of glue to hold the glass and interior in.

Gotcha. My '68 probably came in at #2800. The newer ones are much safer and hold the road, providing the car is driven in a reasonably safe manner. My car is babied. I have 16k miles on it and took it over 90 once. I looked at some used 5.0 cars, 60k miles, 4 years old and MORE than the $29k I paid for it.

Hard to see perhaps, but this is how it laid down. No polishing.

Nah, it is a very good road car. Stable in any weather except snow.... Very safe too with airbags all over. I got it in 2021 with 434 miles on it. It came from Tennessee to NY where I found it at a dealer. It was likely a demo, loaded with a black leather interior.

A couple of Mr. Ivan hanging out. He stays up most of the day if I'm around to spoil him.

Poison ivy anyone? I'm cleaning out flower beds and came across this fine specimen. I haven't tackled it so far. I need serious PPE for this gem.

I shot some yesterday on a hood painted with Duplicolor. Heated the can first, the nozzle has a great fan pattern to it.

I think that some drivers are not used to RWD driving. The cars are light-ish in the rear, not as bad as the OG Mustangs. My 2020 Mustang weighs #4500 and has the Ecoboost turbo with the manual 6 speed. Only 310 or so HP, but I have to be careful in the rain with it. Tires are Nitto brand, 265/40-19 up front, 285/35-19 out back. Horsepower comes into the equation too. Some of us here had 400 + HP cars 40-50 years ago. We had to learn how to respect that.