Falcon Ranchero

with out haste

That's neat I never heard of that for the Valiants; I know there were the "Plodges" of the '50s like the '57 for example had the front of a Dodge and the rear of a Plymouth.

this one

in She Country

Been working lately on Revell's 1960 Impala kit; must say it's goin' pretty good. Finished the chassis and interior yesterday; hoping to spray the car today. Been waiting as it has been rainy outside lately.

don't forget that

I did in fact take the grade 10 automotive class and then the grade 11 small engines; and so I do have a very mild inclination about mechanical stuff; plus my dad knows quite a lot more than I do. Bringing the vehicles into the shop is basically because we have no time to do even the simple fixes (like an oil change) ourselves. Our particular mechanic is pretty cheap, too, this brake lines thing costing only $200 to replace both lines. But yes, I am aware of the fact that doing things yourself gets the job done right.

(Wow what an alliteration) Go to the store to buy a new model kit every so often

Wow is that ever interesting; I know there were some actual 1970 concept art of a four-door, but it never happened. Then some guy built a real one.

Seen Vice Grip Garage via the show Roadworthy Rescues on TV; one of my favourite shows; do you know by any chance when the next season of that show is coming? Also really cool model.

Nice set of 'Stangs; I've built the '66 kit twice; as the Hertz Rental and Shelby GT 350.

Really liking the shade of green with the black vinyl top 👍

Stop day dreaming

Hoof spelled backwards is fooh.

wake up boy

but if it's

It's not so much the main guy at the shop- he knows his stuff pretty well- it's the kids he's got working for him; if I may bring up another scare, A simple oil change for my dad's truck was turned into a hell because one of those dudes put the wrong size filter on, and it was a little crooked and leaky so my dad managed to somehow straighten it but then we drove to a Tim Horton's, parked in the lot and he went in to get a coffee or whatever, and then starts the truck up an backs out but there's some burning smell and a little smoke coming from underhood. Shuts it off immediately, gets out, and there was oil EVERYWHERE. People watching from inside saw that as soon as he turned it on, all the oil just gushed out all at once. It was one of those young kids working there that screwed it up, but we don't get oil changes there anymore regardless.

Regardless, the lines on both sides have been replaced, so there should be no problem, but yeah it's a 2013, and my dad's truck is a 2011 (Tacoma) and the lines on the truck are still good and it's two years older. Laverne is totally too young to have stuff like that goin' on.

Some more photos of that car from 2022

Yesterday evening while picking up my Mom's vehicle from the mechaninc, the 1983 Coupe DeVille that's unfortunately been sitting there for about 3 years. Florida car that came out of 20 year old storage with a rotted gas tank. Some guy's father's car that was purchased down there but the guy lived here. It's a two-door with black leather upholstery; not the standard living room couch. I guess the dude doesn't want to pay $700 for a new tank so he just let it rot out here, which is sad because when I first saw that car I wanted it. March 2023 I noticed someone keyed the front fenders; some badging's been gone since then. It's a Sad Cad, a real heart breaker in my eyes. It was actually a Caddy much like this that was the first "classic" car I saw and put me onto the craze.

what a filling

Found out the problem was that the undercoating never covered the brake lines so the area got all rusty and I guess that caused the rip in the line 🤷‍♂️

Real nice; I built this kit, too; even sprayed it almost the same blue as yours

or go barefoot

Update with Laverne's brake issue dilemma, it was decided we'd let CAA take the truck to the mechanic this morning and so at around 7:30 this morning the flatbed came and took Laverne away.