Tim W. SoCal

know where to

sleep is a necessity of which many of us can never seem to find enough time for

When I worked at the Hot Rod Shop, we had a customer bring in a '66 Shelby GT350 that he'd bought on-line from a flipper in the southeast (we're on the Lower Left Coast). In the seller's pictures, the car looked REALLY nice and the buyer paid handsomely for it, but when it arrived at his driveway, they couldn't get the driver's door open to unload it from the transport. The transport driver said he had to crawl through the window when he loaded it. They ended up bringing it to us without unloading it. Ends up that the undercarriage was so rusted out that the front subframe had collapsed and the body was also sagging in the middle. When the buyer contacted the seller about the POOR condition of the car, the seller's response was "I just buy 'em and sell 'em, I don't look underneath 'em!" and showed the buyer absolutely no sympathy or goodwill. The car is in such bad shape that it needs to be rebodied and the buyer doesn't have the funds for the repairs. In another nightmare, a local customer inherited a nicely restored '55 Chevy Cameo from his Dad in Oregon. He found the least expensive transport company he could and hired them to deliver it to him here in California. The trip was SUPPOSED to take 4-5 days. After a week-and-a-half, the transport company "owner" admitted that the truck had been damaged and he had it delivered to a body shop without the owner's knowledge or consent. The transporter was a 1-ton flatbed with a gooseneck trailer in which the ramps went over the truck cab. The driver loaded the Cameo up front and didn't tie it down correctly. During the trip, the driver ran into a situation where he had to slam on his brakes and the Cameo rolled off the front of the trailer, landing on its frame about 3 feet behind the front wheels. The Cameo's owner, after much fighting, had the Cameo delivered to us. To make matters worse, he transport company had let their liability insurance lapse and refused to cover the damages they caused.

while we writhe

dishwasher was my profession at at Mexican Fast Food joint when I was 14 and provided the funds to buy my first motorcycle, which I modified into a motocross racer

while we all

park and then jump into the back seat of my car is what my high school girlfriend and I would do on Saturday night at the drive-in

grabbing fifth gear

inspections of the underwear for burn holes and skid marks may be in order after the above mentioned bean factory shindig

BITCHEN' GTO, Jason! As the former owner of a '64 LeMans Convertible (that I SINCERELY wish I never had to let go), your build REALLY floats my boat... GREAT job!

Detroit used to be the auto manufacturing capital of the world and one of these United States' great prides, now it is in a wretched condition and I, for one, hope that it will soon return to its former glory.

for us to

rationality, as in sense and logic, is something a large portion of the U.S. population is obviously deficient in and would do the world a HUGE service if they corrected that issue in the very near future

Hakuna Matata is what you feel when you know that you're skilled at cooking a frittata

our hands on

Now we will

Welcome to the community, Durhl!. There are still a TON of car kits from the 80s being repopped, but instead of being less than $5.00 each, they're now over $30.00 per copy... HOWEVER, thanks to companies like Atlantis and Moebius, some of our Holy Grails from the 60s and 70s are being cleaned up and re-released.

near Yorba Linda

1882 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, oh wait, that was a different year!...

Welcome to the community, Chris! It is REALLY good to see young people like you interested in our hobby...

Welcome to the community, Darrell! Part of my learning-to-drive experience was in my Dad's '64 Falcon Station Wagon, which my brother and I hot rodded for him when we were in High School. I still have a HUGE soft spot in my heart for all the '64 (and '65, although I like the '64 grill a LOT better!) Falcon Models, especially the Courier Sedan Delivery (VERY RARE!), Sprints and Sprint Convertibles.

Welcome to the community, Marcus! For glue, the Testors 3501X (Orange Tube) is still a great glue for non-detail work, but takes quite a while to bond and cure. I am having really good experiences with Plastruct Bondene and Tamiya Extra Thin, which bond almost immediately and dry quickly. Can't wait to see your work!...

Welcome to the community, Dan. Can't wait to see more of your work...

Welcome to the community, Priscilla. There are some very knowledgeable and highly skilled automotive technicians on this forum, so if you have any questions, ask away!...

Welcome to the community, Nathan!