The Junkman

I'm going in this direction: problem solved http://www.indycals.net/decals/canam/2019fordgtdaytona.html

Ooooh, black plates. In all likelihood they were the original issue back in 1966-67(?).

It was a good day on the road but did I take any pictures? No Pride of place and something I've never seen this side of Top Gear with Clarkson running it inside the BBC offices: A Peel P50 going about 60-65mph on US 101 north of Santa Rosa. Of course it was being hauled in the back of a pickup at the time. #2 a very clean, pumpkin orange early '70s Karmann Ghia in a Costco Parking lot. #3 a pretty clean 1957 Olds Ninety Eight, white over gold, with just a few blems (cracked driver side window)

Obviously I am a Mustang adherent but I guess Ford is making what people want to buy. During the next gas price spike? Who knows?

Explorers and Escapes aren't cars?

"While that commitment won’t be extended, it doesn’t mean that Ford will abandon the GT racing program; it could be left in the hands of Ganassi Racing, which fields the IMSA cars, and/or Multimatic, which fields the WEC program. " While I find this quote to be hopeful, how competitive will the GT's be in a couple of years without full factory support? Also, will Ford come up with another "halo car" to showcase in the same manner? Unlikely. I think it IS a money deal but IIRC, they did say they were in it for 3 years back in 2016 so its not like they surprised us. OTOH, the Revell Ford GT race cars have hit the US.

Not much. Got a Racing Champions diecast 1970 Petty Superbird in 1/43rd. Box is present but trashed but the car is in real good shape. All of $5 at an estate sale. Gives me a grand total of 3 diecasts and 2 Monogram Cobra kits in 1/43rd. At least that portion of the model collection remains under control.

Personally, I'd settle for modern, safety featured innards (COT being an example) with bone-stock bodies and aero mods for high speed stability at the appropriate tracks. Just putting a Chevy sticker or a Ford sticker on the front of the same body means nothing as far as fan identification with the product. Just change the engine and last week's Ford becomes this week's Toyota. The Mustang/Camaro of this year is a move in the right direction. I know they've been pushing the NBA idea-the players are the attraction and the vehicle is just that-a vehicle. How's that been working for them?

Oh, sure. Bring reality into the conversation.

New Corvette price-$100K (+/-)? Ford GT laughably above $500K with draconian re-sale restrictions. Honestly, except on the track I don't see them competing head-to-head.

I recall a Road and Track cover story of a rear engine Corvette with a Wankel engine about 1971. Some timelines just don't pan out. Of course, the 1990 Mustang was supposed to be what was eventually released as the Probe, basically a Mazda 6 series under the skin.

My list isn't long but it is fervent: '67-68 Mustang notchback. It far outsold the fastback (still my favorite body style of any car-full stop) but they were everywhere and had most of of the options of the f/b. Shelby Trans Am cars, anyone? An up to date 68-69 Torino. A hardtop would be great but even a fastback would be awesome. Add to that a wish for the 68-69 Mercury Cyclone. Dan Gurney/Cale Yarborough editions. Now for a laugh: an AMC Rebel Machine. In real life a day late and a dollar short but unique lines and color scheme.

Ah, a sighting of the rare IH drywall catcher in its native environment. Two things I noticed: its missing a side mirror and (2) was that a for sale sign in the rear window?

And to offer a bit of inspiration:

I just looked my over. What I found was two engine block/tranny assemblies. The sprue with the Boss 302 model specific parts (rear window louvers, etc) had the oil pan and all the other parts included though the attachment to the oil pan sprue was very thin. The other, with the main body/frame parts, didn't have the pan or pretty much any other engine parts. So I got a tranny and engine block extra.

The first 10 minutes of "Le Mans" with Steve McQueen for your sounds. Turn it up loud. (Strange thing that: between "Le Mans" and the chase scene in "Bullitt" my wife always knows when I'm in the midst of a "McQueen Marathon".)

I always entertained the theory that some Pontiac chief ("chief": get it? I slay myself) came up with a product and pushed it so hard that no one had the cojones to tell him/her "Boss, that's a gawd awful design" so it sailed through. Bad groupthink would work too.

Never let a classic idea go to waste: Los Angeles Jan 2018 Yes, that's a Volvo s/w

Pretty much everything on the outside of a Pontiac Aztek.

Early in my Ebay experience, I won two ESCI 250 SWB kits. I just saw 250 SWB. When I got them I found they were pretty much glue bombs and had no tires. I went screaming back to the original listing and.....glue bombs with no tires. Slapping of head ensued. And a lesson learned-read carefully.

I'm hoping this works out. I found a Fujimi Porsche 917 on Amazon last week. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MMWAFVI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The thing is; it was priced at $7.14 with $0.00 shipping. Obviously that's changed in the interim. I pulled the trigger on it because: why not! I just got a shipping notice and its supposed to be on the West Coast (the Best Coast) between the 8th and 23rd of April. I'll let you know how (if) it works out. It sort of reminds me of when Model Expo was blowing out of the plastic model scene. I got two Accurate Miniatures GS Corvettes and a Tamiya Skyraider for (basically) the cost of shipping.

88 parts and a level 4 grade. I'm not thinking its a snapper. Take a look at some of the detail pics on the link. https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/cars/motorsport/ford-gt-le-mans-2017.html https://stage.revell.de/fileadmin/import/images/bau/07041_%23BAU_FORD_GT_LE_MANS_V01_02_LOW.PDF

https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLHML&P=7 Its projected at a good price for me, I'll probably end up with two.

I never watched the show but I heard that one point late in its run they were reduced to using AMC Matadors as victim cars.