Brett Barrow

I thought I knew what love was, what did I know? Those days are gone forever, I should just let 'em go, but...

I'd love to have a Bulletbird. Give me a hardtop with a/c and I'd make it a daily driver. Bag it, throw some Supremes on there, some lace panels on the roof... Yeah I could do that.

Are those the MRC Keystones? Looks great! I haven't seen the new issue yet but I'm keeping an eye out for it.

Yes, that's the stance straight from the box.

Just found this thread.

It's funny that this thread started out saying the slicks were too small, now we're saying they're too big?!?! Gotta love this place sometimes.... Here's my mock up pic from a few pages back flipped to make it closer to the pic above. The slicks are pretty close to the leaf springs so if you want them in more you'll need to narrow the rear. (I see mirrors and marker lights on that car - wonder if it's just a clone or a show car?)

Only pic I have that's a straight side profile - They could have massaged the wheel well lip a little and still been within the rules.

Wha?!?! Bobby Allison drove one of these? Now I've got to get one...

Collier's Magazine, July 1941 for one. Need more?

If you hadn't been such a jerk to me over the years with all your "decoder ring" cracks, I'd tell you about more...

Where did T-Buckets come from? Gow Jobs.

I have to think that a big reason they spent $$$ remastering and cutting fresh molds for the Stacey David roadster is because it would make a McMullen-esqe Roadster kit a nearer possibility down the road. No way they spent all that money and that'll be the only kit they get out of the new molds. My Spidey-sense says stay tuned...

Doesn't appear to be that much difference between them. I'd go with the Johan since they're lettered, but the kit slicks look OK to me. I did mention the Firestone Drag 500 lettering to Fireball Modelworks, looks like they might add them to their product line. The real deal is engine-turned silver leaf. I'd love to see a sheet done up like VRM's Kurtis Midget decals, with the bright leaf effects. Maybe someone could cook up a sheet to cover all the leafing on all the S&M cars? I'd gladly pay $20 (the price of VRM's midget sheets) for that, even though the really reflective chrome-like leaf isn't quite right for the 1:1, it still looks really cool on a model. Revell's attempt is admirable, but as noted earlier, they have the "Plymouth" standing straight up instead of italicized.

There are 2 Corvairs locally I see on the road pretty often. One is nicely restored, red and seems to be a show car, the other is a little rougher, white and appears to be a daily driver.

I'd green light a kit of the McMullen Roadster in a heartbeat. Even easier today given the remastering and new tooling Revell did to make the Stacey David car. And the Project X 210 is only a hop skip and a jump away from the Bel Air post sedan. But hey, nobody wants to see more 32 Fords and 57 Chevys, amirite?!?! :-)

Black with a little sheen to set it off from the frame. Seatbelts olive green or raw canvas as if they were military surplus.

Actually, I think it probably started out looking like this -

Need one that fits Revell's 70 Cuda.

Sometimes when I click it only shows new members (if any) Just have to click "forums" and it's normal.

We had the Trabant Universal when it came out back in April, but US distribution appears to be totally sold out right now.

First part - does anyone make one of these sized to fit 1/25th scale kit engine blocks? I tried out one from a Ross Gibson engine and it was way too big, I'm guessing his is probably 1/24th. I'd like to not waste money buying a part that's just a recast of the Gibson piece. Second part - if there aren't any available and I were to scratch-build one, would there be interest in using it as a master for a resin piece? I don't have the materials to do this myself, but I'd gladly loan it to someone in return for a few casts. These were popular on Super Stock Hemi Cudas back in the day.

Very cool! Great model, great pictures, and great write-up. But where's the figure you mentioned?

I'd try Inliners.org http://www.inliners.org/ or the HAMB http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/ somebody on one of those is bound to know.

I'd be in. I'm pretty much a total convert. Heck, I'd even pay for it. Right now I just read our advertisers' copy.

Were fluorescents around back then? Fluorescent red can look all kinds of different shades of orange or red in pictures.