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It has a 283 that runs well. I had it in for the inspection on Friday and everyone there said it ran well and was quiet under the hood. I took it for a good run after the inspection, up to 70 or so. The alignment is out for sure. I adjusted the camber on one side that improved it. I may have a case of poison ivy... minor so far. I'm going to the beach with my sons in a bit, salt water is good for it. I did was with a poison ivy soap after I was done working outside. Hope I got most of it off me. I go for my 3-year stress test on the 19th at my heart doctor's office. I'm gearing up to change all 4 coil springs at my buddy's shop soon, this will be a tough job. I have help him put a transmission back in something there first.

I love a Q-Jet. I raced stock cars in a class where Holley 4-barrels were not permitted. These worked just fine for us. These have great detail to them, nice work!

I worked with a girl that had one, with the 430 under the hood. This was around 1976, we put a new timing chain in it and turned it into a rocket ship. We would race from the Jones Beach water tower going east to the Captree bridge, that car could not be beat. We later stopped racing each other and would just time the runs.

All new tooling? I was thinking of getting a '64 to build the Bobby Allison #2 Chevelle.

Thanks, I'm doing a coupe now. I also built a Richie Evans coupe for a friend... deals with the devil... that I tried some new things on. The basic kits are lacking in many areas. So it is a lot of work to have them look accurate. Like stumbling on the 5/16" piece to add back in front of the engine mounts. I started a build thread on that, I have to do an update soon. I have been buying lots of items from Ron Coon Resins. I may have come up with a better header design.

I'm digging it. I have been considering doing one.

I recently got the cheapest Android phone possible... $199, a Samsung. It has a great camera in it, it takes great cat pictures too.

I have a ton of these from Hoppes. I'll have to dig some out for polishing. I had a recent issue with getting decals to stick on a body after using the Meguiars. Good old toothpaste is a great polishing medium.

My late wife could drive ANYTHING. She drove my '65 Belair with the Muncie, tow trucks, moving vans and stock cars. She was good at jockeying them on and off the trailer in the pits. Her dad gave her a VW bug while in HS and she later had a Pinto with a manual.

I first started driving friend's manual cars when coming home from a night out, when the owner was too smashed to drive. Things like Ford Falcons and Ramblers. Then I was 18 and got a part time job where we had to put the fleet trucks away at night. Nobody liked to drive a 1957-ish International flat bed aka The Dinosaur. It was simply immense with very touchy power brakes. Well, I mastered that thing practicing in the parking lot. It was outfitted with a snowplow and did a great job despite being 2-wheel drive. I did valet parking when I was on unemployment in 1980 into 1981. I was one of the few that could drive a manual. At upscale places I got to drive some cool cars, Jags were the most fun.

I had automatics in a couple of stock cars, bomber class. Full cages, no weight jackers, etc. I picked up the habit of left foot braking, it made me faster. An old timer showed me how it should be done. I had to break myself of the habit around 2006.

I have a good Nikon digital camera, but still have to bring them into the PC and edit them. The cell phone is what I have been using, I go into my gallery and edit the pictures, mainly cropping or adjusting brightness.

I see my pain management doctor next week. My girlfriend found a new chiropractor, I imagine I'll need a lower back x-ray to start off. Either way I'll be working on it. Been putting it off too long.

Long Island NY here, SW Suffolk County. I grew up about 1.5 miles from where I moved in 1986. A nice town, I also grew up in, with about 32k residents. I am likely the best modeler on my block.. of about 14 houses.

That sounds good. I would imagine an onion soup mix would add awesome flavor. My girlfriend picked up a bag of little peppers for me, actually a big bag. I'm planning on making sausage and peppers possibly later today. A big batch, I can freeze the excess and there will be excess.

I was a competitive weight lifter until age 58, I quit after my late wife was diagnosed with cancer in 2013. I have one shoulder I managed to rehab without surgery, this was in 2010-2011. Then I had a car accident in 2011, really messed me up and I live on pain killers. I have other injuries over the years, I had knee reconstruction in 1982 and it has been pretty good since. I have spinal stenosis and have had lots of ESI injections, nerve blocks, RFA ablations, etc. I broke my right thumb 2x, once playing baseball and once boxing, I was in a GG industrial league for a few years. Now arthritis is setting in, I need to get it looked at. I'm doing good after my widow-maker HA, I see my heart doctor later today. I will probably have a heart valve ultrasound in the office and I'm due for a stress test. One good thing about Medicare, I pay almost nothing and they spring for the nuclear test. I retired in 2020 and lost 40 lbs and have kept it off. We had a great cafeteria at work. The work stress was taking a toll on me too. It was getting crazy with Covid, so I opted out. Having another 1:1 car is good for me, it gets me up and outside. After my HA in 2016, within 5 months I was working on my older Ford with some help. We changed the rear gears, new leaf springs and front sway bar. I did the traction bars myself.

Speaking of pork chops... my SIL makes them with an electric skillet. She browns the chops first. Then they go into the skillet with onions and sauerkraut, also some spices. Man is this good... the chops can be cut with a fork.

Yeah, go easy with the tape. I use mainly scotch tape since I can see through it.

I have been giving HL a rest for a while. Like I need another kit and I have a lot of primer stocked up. I will check their site for the 40% off notice and go soon just to look around.

The Revell '48 Ford has a great flathead. VCG Resins makes a nice one with ordering options, IIRC, Iceman Collections has a bunch too.

I find that it is hard to do all the polishing in a single sitting. I'll break it up so I don't rush it if I'm tired. I use mostly lacquers, some nail polish. With those, I have had to start with 1500-1800 grit to get it going. Most of the time I start with 2400-3200. Let the cloths do the work. I dip the cloths in water with a couple drops of dishwashing soap in it. You need to keep the cloths clean, once they pick up paint, time to toss it. I cut the DM cloths into 4 parts and mark the grit on the back with a Sharpie. I rarely go past 6000 grit. I then switch to Meguiars Show Car Glaze, I apply that with a damp piece of flannel or t-shirt material. Also don't be afraid to go back to a lower grit for problem areas. I learned this the hard way, make sure there is enough paint on the body. When polishing, I stay away from the edges. I'll put down a piece of tape if I have to mask something off so I don't blow through it.

The flattie looks good. The last AMT kit I did, I used the Chrysler engine.

I may have done too much yesterday. I jacked up the back of the Belair, took the tires off and adjusted the new brakes. My buddy came over around 5 and helped bleed them. He never even got dirty. The car stops well. I will take it in for the inspection later today, maybe tomorrow. I also took some weeds and vines out of my front and side beds. I washed with poison ivy soap just in case. It was pretty cool and I like to work in the shade, I take pool breaks too. My yard always looks nice. I have a lawn service come in and do the weekly cutting. So I'll take it easy for the next few days, give the body a chance to heal. My lower back is a little stiff, no bad pains. I see my heart doctor on Friday, he calls me one of his "miracle" babies. He was the attending heart doctor when I coded in the ER back in 2016.

This is Ivan at 8 weeks, just after he had his shots, etc. The vet said he was in great health considering he was born in a feral community.

I was working on the Belair over the long weekend almost 3 weeks ago. At the height of my back and knee pain. I was finishing up the back brakes and my son walks up. He sees me having a hard time getting up off the driveway. His advice.. maybe you need to give it a rest for a while. He was not wrong. I just took a break, I have the rear wheels off the Belair. I'm waiting for it to get shady so I can adjust the shoes. My buddy is coming over after 5 and will help me bleed the brakes again. It stops but the pedal should be better.