Radretireddad

Yep! Unfortunately they’re needed to keep the lights on. I just wish they branded them differently. Yes, yes, yes!!!

Because maybe Porsche’s leadership feels the need to atone for the sins of all the distinctly non Porsche sedans and SUV’s they’ve disgraced such a hallowed name with? To me the GT3RS is blessed assurance that the ones running the marque haven’t completely betrayed it. Yet. If I were well healed, I’d own one of each of what you mentioned simply because I’d want to gain the ability to fully experience driving them all at the limit.

Whenever my sons and I saw this I explained it to them by stating his noise to forward motion ratio is unacceptably out of proportion.

Good intentions, poor execution.

I believe it can all be summed up in one word Bill. Ego. I always have a great time interacting with the many other more appreciative owners and admirers that gravitate towards the variety of other very cool cars that my Jag is a part of at our local shows but our collective reaction is almost universal when some twenty something rolls by in a late model whatever with the loudest exhaust he could afford to have someone bolt on it.🥱🙄😒

Mine is a stock body conversion/kit bash on the old LA dart. Fitting the chassis, engine and interior from a Mueller era Duster was the easy part. Summoning the will to do everything the body needs is another matter. It currently occupies the eternal scrap or finish realm of my essence.

Last one the the LHS is a rotten egg!

That looks amazing! I’d love to see a tutorial on how you did that and how it could be done without an original annual. Getting a stock version of this kit (and all the other modified stockers) redone as a craftsman plus kit would be fantastic.

Separate f&r suspension and exhaust makes my face look happy. Let’s hope this trend continues into future releases. 😃

In 2014 my daughter was gifted (not be me or any member of my family) a used 2006 Pontiac G6 retractable hardtop right before I helped her relocate to Southern California. When the top was up it had a usable trunk, but some genius bean counter didn’t think the trunk lid needed an old fashioned manual keyed latch release. This caused a problem when the body control module that monitored whether or not the top was up and latched decided that it wasn’t even though it was and then disabled the power trunk release effectively holding everything we were carrying back there hostage. We discovered this when we reached the motel in Flagstaff AZ which required us to sleep in our clothes that night because we couldn’t get our suitcases out. The next morning I found instructions online on how to remove an access panel on the passenger side of the center console, unplug the main body wiring harness connector and jump the trunk release solenoid to ground with a paper clip. Before returning home I made sure she was well versed in doing that.

I could see this coming years ago when my sons and I were still attending the Chicago Auto show every year and not just with GM. When the only car Chevrolet sells today is the Corvette and when potential North American customers who are interested in an affordable compact or midsized sedan have exactly zero non Asian makes to choose from, something is seriously amiss and it’s most likely at the top of GM’s food chain. If I had to put my finger on exactly when it happened, I’d say it was probably the intentional outcome of the big shakeup about fifteen or so years ago that killed Pontiac, Saturn, and Hummer.

Point well taken.

Bamboo skewers with some equipped with small alligator clips crimped on the pointed end. These are indispensable for holding small parts for painting.

I think the final version of the real Malco gasser’s front end differs from the kit.

The ‘72 Duster is a must have for many of us including yours truly, but since it’s underpinned by the recent Demon kit, it’s going to require the same chassis corrections to look right.

I just completed a very generous trade with chryslerjunkandstuff. You can trade with him confidently.

Like a sedan delivery.

It’s the oversized tires, stock wheel diameter and ride height that makes it look so silly. I think the tires from the ST version would fix that.

I could definitely have a ton of fun with these!

This version looks rather cartoonish. I’m thinking the ST version is the better choice here.

I could certainly use those door cards for my AMT kits but not much else.

This is indeed a very unexpected surprise kit announcement. I’d be interested in one but I’m betting it’s going to be pretty expensive. If you get the chance, check out all the YouTube videos of the Macungie Pennsylvania historic truck show. The restored rigs that show up would rival any professional classic car restoration.

There’s definitely a cultural undercurrent in play that’s not necessarily about cars and more about street reputation. Several weeks ago the owner of a small local watering hole invited me to attend a show at his place with my jag. A cadre of the usual cars showed up with about a half dozen fairly heavily modified late model mustangs, Camaros, Impreza’s and such. There was one young guy walking around the parking lot talking to someone on his phone. He walked past everything else and zeroed in on all the late model stuff describing the cars and what they were packing under the hood to the guy on the other end of the call. It seemed like these guys were doing recon only on all the local late model street racers for some unknown reason.

I finally attended a cars and coffee where I wasn’t the only guy there with an English car.

If the parts I’m gluing together are positively located and I want the glue to set quickly, then I’ll use CA or JB Super Weld but be advised it’s pretty thick and stringy. If I need more time to position the parts and want a glue with a longer setting time, two part epoxy is my go to.