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I believe if you live your life as you should and treat others properly you shouldn't worry about what the future holds or when the world might end.

Ever see or hear of a cop getting a ticket for anything?

Been there done that. Reminds me of the scene near the beginning of "Young Frankenstein" where Dr. Fronkonsteen stabs himself in the thigh with a scalpel.....

I saw a Cube on the freeway yesterday. It looked so out of place.....

Sorry no pix but my first car was a 66 Ford Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop. White with a turquoise interior. 390 with a C6. Cost $500. Bought in 1973 just as the first "oil crisis" started. I thought it was so unfair and horrible when gas jumped up to 50 cents a gallon.......

Here's another prototype that is sorta related......

IMHO there is nothing boring or "appliance-y" about my 2007 Fusion.......

Back in 1974 I saw a 70 Montego Brougham 4-door at a Ford dealer and it had the gauge-package dash.

There's a built one for sale on that infamous auction web site.....

Nowadays any thought of the DMV or the "written test" takes my thoughts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asECeBfwTLA In California there is a separate test if you have a motorcycle endorsement on your license. One time when a friend took the motorcycle test there were two questons whose "correct" answers totally contradicted each other. Drivers who use the criteria of whether or not they have been involved in an accident or received a traffic ticket in X years to determine if they are "good" drivers are not necessarily "good" drivers. They are just lucky......

From what I've seen and heard, none of these shows is worth spending the time to watch.

I've always wished that someone would produce a kit of an Alfa like that in styrene.

I liked the first version of the Mach I better. The front looked more like a normal 67 or 68 Mustang, but it had oval headlights. There was an AMT kit of the first mach, very hard to find these days. I have a built one somewhere.

I hope this isn't a violation of forum rules. Burbank's House of Hobbies appears to have the Micro Chisels in stock: http://www.houseofhobbies.com/etchmate.html Tell Glen I sent you.......

The dash is different. Grille, parking lights and nameplates/trim on trunk and hood are different. 50 Merc had a one-piece rear window in place of the 49's three-piece window. BTW is the dash in the 50 Merc kit any good? Anyone have a photo?

Burnouts, eh? That would cause the same kind of damage even in a brand-new car. ....the consequences of abuse......

Remember also that the Vista Cruiser (and the Buick Sport Wagon) had a longer wheelbase than the regular Cutlass (Skylark) wagon.

That combination of parts gives me some ideas....... BTW the "lack of parts" is just the way these kits were "back in the day". Nice body and interior, one-piece chassis with metal wire axles and a fairly simple engine. We loved 'em.

Penski? A Polish outfit? OH!!! You mean Penske.......

This happens every time they announce a new kit or a reissue of a kit that hasn't been available for a long time.....

Krylon Satin Black. ...and forget the sequential turn signals. They belong on COUGARS, not Mustangs!!!!!!

I got to hear the Ligier V-12's run at Long Beach one year when they revived the engine (between running Cosworths and before the Turbo era for Ligier). The sound was incredible. Musical and borderline painful. It was wonderful! High-pitched whistle from the Renault Turbo was, I think, some sort of bypass thing that helped reduce turbo lag to some degree.

No, the distibutor is supposed to be in the front, so you can see it and work on it easily.......

Congrats!!! I have a two-year-old grandson, and a granddaughter due to be born any day now..... Geez, we're getting OLD!!!!! (55 today)

Just stay away from the rip-off artist vendors in Hong Kong and Macau........