Rob Hall

A couple of the houses across the street have some lights up, if it’s like last year, my neighbors on either side don’t put up lights. I usually don’t put anything up, and my house is set way back from the street and from each neighbor so usually no issues..

True... a 2016 likely wouldn't have any of the issues old cars had. (but potentially other issues). My '00 Jeep had a lot of electrical issues as it aged and got over 100k miles, but so far my '14 Jeep and '19 Cadillac have been trouble-free. It is funny how perception of what is 'old' changes relative to various points in time...I remember as a kid around 1980 it was common to see 5 to 10 year old cars worn out and rusty, but today 5 or 10 year old cars can still seem pretty new and usable...(obviously dependent on maintenance and upkeep).

Of course, it was a late model used car at that time.. like driving a 2016 now.

I used to read them as a kid and teenager. My late brother loved them. He bought a lot of stuff from them for his cars. Some of his cars he couldn’t resist putting a lot of stick on stuff on. Not as bad as that smart car, but a lot…

In the olden days, it would be someone went wild with a JC Whitney catalog..

Supposed to get more snow here on Friday.

‘69 Pontiac it looks like. Missing some of the shiny trim around the taillights.

I did drive my '87 Mustang GT about 100 miles home from the restoration shop last year. I did drive it many times on cross country, 2000+ mile trips back in the 90s, but it was a late model car then. Likewise, took many road trips w/ my folks as a kid in the 70s-80s with cars that were 5-15 years old at the time. Not sure I'd take my '87 on a 2000 mile road trip today, though it would probably be fine mechanically. As far as usuabilty, it doesn't have any cupholders or way to charge my phone currently. After doing road trips in my late model Cadillac, I don't think I'd want to go very far in an older car without all the modern conveniences..

Got a bunch of roundabouts/traffic circles here in NE Ohio...when I lived in AZ I remember seeing a lot of them up in Sedona..like 1/2 dozen of them in a few miles on one road...

I got two new furnaces and two new air conditioners installed for my new house back in April. The old ones were installed in '94 and '97 when the house was expanded and the installations weren't up to current local codes and the A/Cs were inefficient for a 3200 sq ft house. Was $25k to replace all 4. Now apparently my meter and main electrical panel are undersized for the power usage, need a new main panel, new 4 wire connection to the meter, etc... $10k. The joy of home ownership..

Had about 6 inches of snow last night, first snow of the season. Melting now. When the city snow plow truck came by, they clipped my mailbox..ripped it and the pole out of the ground on my tree lawn. Grrrr

The Cleveland suburb I lived in from '17-23 had a few of them, both unmarked detective cars and a couple w/ light bars and the dark gray on black markings. Replaced a few years ago w/ Explorers.

A guy I worked with about 10 years ago had a then-new Ford Raptor...had a falling out with his wife, she broke out all the windows.. then dumped a couple gallons of gasoline in the driver's seat and lit it up..

Or cheating spouse. I know someone whose wife did that to their truck.

Having never had an AMT '65 Valiant or Barracuda, looking forward to seeing this...

2023 according to this article. https://www.chevrolet.com/the-block/articles/2024/september/the-final-copo-camaro

The AMT Bronco Outer Banks is a 2023. No difference from a 2024.

Of the AMT Philcos, I have the '67 Mustang in that hideous yellow and a light green '67 Thunderbird. Also have a '68 Galaxie XL in that same yellow, it may be a regular promo and not a radio, though. For the non-kit/promo based, I have a metal bodied '30s Rolls Royce 2 seat convertible radio that I've had since childhood, about 1/24th (same as the first link Brian posted above)...also have a '63 Cadillac convertible radio--was finished in gold..found at a flea market maybe 30 years ago. The Cadillac is plastic and not a Jo-han kit/promo tool, but larger...1/24th probably. I recall seeing these and others in novelty catalogs in the 80s.

Yeah, there are already dozens of wish list threads on here...

To keep costs down, I'd assume.

Yeah, same roofline..the Biscayne is just more stripped down. I think it is made to work with the Revell '64 Impala. I never built it, need to find it..it's somewhere in my stash.

MCW used to offer a resin ‘64 Biscayne 2dr sedan, I have one, it’s pretty nice. I don’t know of any currently available.

A '63-66 Valiant would be nice to see also.

Hmmm...it's like they cast this as if the horizontal dividing bar was part of the bodywork separating upper and lower taillights, in reality it looks like it's a trim piece over the taillamps..

Alas, had a change in my plans and missed the show. Drove to Louisville, KY Friday evening for a funeral yesterday, drove back home today in continuous rain up I-71.. one of my cousins passed at 70 6 months after his wife.