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Pro Street is neat, very well done. I have plans on doing a '55 Chevy once I finish the other 22 stalled projects I got going...

It is lonely work.. somebody got to do it....?

I worked with a guy that had a dropped VW of some sort with the negative camber. He wore tires out in record time. When I was doing alignments, cars with excess negative camber were impossible to get on the rack we had. I guess alignments are not important to them.

UV JB Weld... whatta game changer. I like the fact that you get a fighting chance to align parts. My experience with zip kickers... ask my vinyl table cloth how that worked out.

I've known Norm for over 20 years, he used to come out to the LIARS show but hasn't been out for a while. I would place orders to pick up at shows he attends, a very easy guy to deal with and his wife is a doll. Like us, he's not getting any younger and I appreciate what he does for the hobby.

I saw this on the HAMB... got a 40 of OE800 to test-fit?

1/2" wire you may want to try .020" wire wrap wire. It can vary in size. I got some on eBay that is TOO big coming in at .037"... I have already given some away. Real wire wrap wire, one spec is MIL -W-81822, this is the only way I will order wire going forward. Here is a handy chart, midway down the page. I use mainly the A30 gauge that measures .0185-.0205". https://pdf4pro.com/view/mil-w-81822-wire-cabletool-net-414d4.html

IMO, one of my top-10 best looking cars of all time. Love the color and the foil work. I built one as a kid, that kit had the NASCAR options in it. I brush painted it with Testors 123 purple.

Outstanding, color me floored. I have always thought that was one of the best looking cars of all time, you nailed it. I used to drive one now and then when I was fixing cars, they handled like slot cars.

Nice, I'll have to watch for this kit. I used a Mopar touch up Plum Crazy last year, I also have the Extreme Lacquer purple I have to try on something.

One of the worst kits of all time. I struggled with one as a kid (red truck on boxart), then the blue boxart one around 1994. That one almost got completed. One guy in my club bought a glue-bomb of one for 50¢ at a garage sale... missing parts. He is hell bent on building it. I told him I would GIVE him an AMT '53 truck kit.

I like it, sort of like the trans-kits to turn T-Birds into '49 Fords.

We have a local tool vendor that attends shows. I always stop by his display, maybe this is the same guy you mentioned.

I have been using Hobby Lobby CA glues, man do they set up fast, like zero time to position aluminum to plastic, an instant bond with aluminum to aluminum. The Loctite gel, gives me more time. Like I have said, I pin almost anything that needs to be strong. I use plastic rod for low-strength, brass and stainless steel and even aluminum tubing for high-strength. In the past I have used pieces of paper clips. Floral wire is real cheap too. I should look into UV cements. We used them at work on acrylic boxes (for environmental testing) and that set up real fast.

I use as little filler as possible. A trip into the dehydrator dries it fast, no shrinkage after that. I give it like 20 minutes and then I sand it. I just did a hood on a stock car build that needed a little help.

Thanks, I will try FB later on. Edit: No dice, sent you a message with my email. I appreciate it.

Eh, accuracy is over rated. The y-block was a remnant from my '56 Ford figure-8 car. I still have the built up Buick engine to use on another Trophy Series build, maybe a '36 Ford.

Model Master Extreme Lacquer Mystic Emerald. I have one spot on a back fender I may have to deal with. The rest of the clear coat went on smoothly.

I just found this. I'm building one. Have the Fremont decals. I was thinking the model master dark blue lacquer.

They ran odd-ish cars on the Winston West stock car circuit back then. I would not be surprised to see a GP there.

One problem, I'm not on FB...

I have a bunch of these Chevelle kits, I agree on using another chassis or at least front-clipping one. Benny also ran the newer slope-nose version IIRC.

I have a couple here, and some I got for parts. They were good for stealing the wide-5 wheels out of.

I'm digging this big time. I use a lot of brass in my work, a lot of 1/32" and 3/64" rod. I have also come across lengths of .020" brass wire. I had been using little brass nails that are .020". sometimes I use the heads. I found some that are a .050" diameter in a craft store. McMaster Carr used to carry a line of brass dowel pins, I can get stainless steel ones in 1/32" and smaller too. I need to get into soldering brass. I used to do it at work, mainly with a Prestolite torch and a hot plate.

I don't have a new catalog of his, neglected to pick up one at the NNL East. Someone used to post one on a Fotki account.