Suburban_Hooligan

saw a C8 vette on my way home from work about an hour ago. it was like a champagne color.

i found that on youtube a few months ago and watched it. stumbled across it by accident looking for old hot rod movies. iv sense watched a few Highway Patrol episodes. pretty good show. anyway, if anyone wants to watch it, here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbih-1ru9YM

im loosing the battle to bermuda grass in my back lawn. stuffs taking over a third of the lawn. had to do some spot spraying. thanks to it being summer and being in a drought it's going to be a few months before i can replant, which means ill be fighting more bermuda grass in a couple months. lawns man. rewarding when they look nice. but they're a total pain in the ass sometimes.

tuna no crust. ? all i saw today was a red C8 vette and a decent looking early bay window VW bus

in the last week iv seen a new Supra (silver. haven't seen a silver one yet. actually looked pretty good), 58 Chevy wagon (i see it a lot, one day ill get a pic), a couple rather nice VW bugs (today was a super clean red lowered 62-63 on 5 spokes with a roof rack) and a really nice looking square body Suburban 4x4.

left work at 11:30 today. cruised PCH from Huntington Beach down to Dana Point. the car spotting was good, but the traffic was sooooo bad i couldn't get any pic's without causing a multi car pile up. saw more C8 Corvettes than you could shake a stick at. first gen Lamborghini Gallardo (pretty sure it was twin turbo'ed and burning E85), Lamborghini Huracan spyder, Lamborghini Urus, couple unknown front engine Ferrari's, Alfa C4, 911 GT3 RS, Nissan GTR, 32 Ford hot rod (or street rod? it had fenders), a super clean looking 66 Mustang GT convertible. mid 60's Bronco, and lastly, one of those new lamo electric crossovers that Ford had the audacity to call a Mustang Mach E (which i didn't even know were available yet, so i was confused)

R33 ?

saw this yesterday on my way home from work. not the greatest pic's, but the best i could do in traffic

yeap. that's the black paint in the third pic. also used KBS rust blast to neutralize what was left after i wire brushed the loose flaky stuff off. this should take care of any rust issues around the windows for a looooong time.

im digging the addition of the logo. not to much and not to little, just enough to break up the blank canvas that is the side of a VW panel. nice!

finally finished my little window project. wasn't as much rust as i thought there was going to be. and it came out nicer than i thought it was going to. this also means i can clean up the garage a bit. so im more than pleased!

i got 4 new tires put on my truck this morning ?

oh heck yeah! sign me up for a couple of those! i have a 1/24 scale Cheetah slot car from the 60's (i think it's a Cox). actually drag raced it in the mid 90's. id love to make a modern version of it.

it's "stanced" or "hellaflush". it's all about massive camber and wide wheels with super stretched tires and being as low as you can get. it really is dumb as hell, but i digress.

i remember Beetle Juice, but wasn't really into it. my brother on the other hand loved it. as well as Batman the Animated Series, and to a lesser extent X-Men. still go out of my way to watch those as well. frosted my ever lovin's that it wasn't on network TV last year. had to watch it on DVD instead. but somehow that's just not the same. also never miss Rudolph or Frosty. been a few years sense i watch The Grinch though... Garfield has a Christmas special that hasn't been on in a long time. found it on youtube and watch it last year. another personal favorite is The Year Without A Santa Claus. i think the Heat Miser and Snow Miser song's are permanently etched into my head. also really like Mickey's Christmas Carol. i remember 'Twas The Night Before Christmas. i vaguely remember Winnie The Poo And Christmas Too. as well as the California Raisins Christmas Celebration. back at the original topic. i remembered there were 2 Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons i really liked. also remembered Mighty Max. it was pretty good. Biker Mice from Mars. Street Sharks (ninja turtles rip off), and Swat Kats The Radical Squadron. Captain Planet (couldn't stand that one, but my brother liked it), Aladdin had a cartoon that wasn't bad. Abu had his moments lol.

think i may be a little younger than some people in this thread. used to love me some Garfield and Friends Disney had: Goof Troop Darkwing Duck Duck Tails Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers Warner Bro's had: Tiny Toon Adventures Animaniacs Pinky and The Brain and we can't forget the Ninja Turtles!

iv got a method that's not exactly convenient or available to most people but it's been getting me good results. iv done 3 bodies and 2 engines this way in the past year and a half. iv got a heated Safety Clean solvent tank at work. drop the body in a bucket so it's submerged and let it soak. after a couple hours the paint is soft and pealing, a paint brush will remove it. takes off enamel and lacquer as well as chrome plating and even some adhesives. the key is that the solvent has to be heated so it's cloudy. iv got a solvent tank at home with the same solvent in it but it's not heated and this method doesn't work. so far it hasn't hurt any of the plastic, and iv yet to try it on clear parts. just figured id throw this information out there.

yeap, iv got it in the house (i don't mix my garage games and house games). i got going on RC Pro AM last weekend. ended up playing the game more that working the current build (70 Camaro) ?

it was an interesting car spotting day today

i have a stereo receiver and a 5 disc CD changer. also have a headphone adapter so i can plug an MP3 player or my phone into the stereo. there's always music playing. i flat out can't work in silence it drives me up the wall. i also have a TV, DVD player and old Nintendo set up out there. so it's not uncommon for me to be playing RBI Baseball or Excitebike while waiting for paint and glue to dry. a few times iv plugged my laptop into the TV and watched shows on motor trend on demand. but i seem to save the TV and DVD watching for RC car wrenching for some reason...

took a detour through a neighborhood on my way home from work and spotted this in a driveway.

wow, that scratch built or is there a heb kit I don’t know about?

saw this leaving the Long Beach Convention Center yesterday morning. 440 6 pack no less!

oh cool! didn't know that. may have to track down a coupe.

off the top of my head. VW Hebmuller VW Type 3's Toyota 2000GT Auto Union Type D (think it's been done but not in 1/24 scale. at least that im aware of) a Trophy Truck of some kind. ideally Ivan Stewart's TRD truck from the early 90's sand rails and tube frame dune buggy's along the lines of a SCORE class 9