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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.

Some 3D printed parts guys use an ABS material, I probably even have some made if it. If in doubt, try painting a sample area that is not visible in the finished form.

Aka... feline paralysis ...

I was going out the back door and I see a squirrel drinking water out of the top of my recycling bin where rain water collected. I noticed this was a momma squirrel who was nursing. I put out a bowl of clean water for her. She was on my deck rail close by and waited for me to bring the water out.

One of my ex lady friends had an XR7, dark blue with a white top and interior. It was a complete hooptie. It did have front disc brakes. I had a green '67 with a 289 in it. It got totaled out when it was parked.

I do airbrush now and then. I have a couple of names brand single-actions that work well. I have also a new brand X single action I have tried and it works well too. YMMV.

Is the engine 3D printed resin? I find that almost any 3D part I have to wash first before I even squirt primer on it. I've had issues with using Tamiya primer lately. It does funny stuff like you're seeing.

No picture but... I was at my girlfriend's place yesterday, the back yard alone is a 1/2 acre. She points out something in the yard, she was concerned it may be a dead cat. So I was volunteered to take a look. It was a very deceased possum, likely there after the lawn was cut on Wednesday. Green flies all over it. I then volunteered her daughter's husband to deal with it when he got off work, which he did.