Rob Hall

I'm glad I have the Jo-han kits that I have, I particularly like their Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles...along w/ the AMCs and Mopars. This Powell truck is of no interest to me, weird and obscure, a really odd choice (I guess he went with it because the licensing was easy?).

Yeah, these suburban deer...both of the suburbs I've lived in here (Cleveland, Oh area) have been full of deer. I went from a quarter acre lot to almost 2 acres backing up to a park, so lots of woods for them...fine with me, I enjoy watching them.

Saw a deer in my new backyard this morning, then later saw 4 of them (2 does and 2 fawns back by the woods. I've seen lots of rabbits, chipmunks, and squirrels in the yard. The squirrels and chipmunks come up on the patio right to the sliding doors..and the dogs go wild. The gates are not good on my fence, the deer can push them open. Got a fence contractor lined up to do repairs on the fence and gates, but he's not available until August 31st...have to walk the dogs on leashes until then...

Beautiful Caddy..love that era.

The Boss 351 is due in August, it's available for preorder from various online vendors now, such as Model Roundup.

I'm not a mechanic, always gone to my dealer(s) for service on my modern cars...I don't trust Wal-Mart or those Quick Lube-type places....no interest in DIY, as I'd have to find a place to dispose of the oil, which is messy. Simpler and more efficient for me to trust someone else to do the work.

Haven't had any issues w/ my dealer of the last 6 years, since I've moved I'll be going to a different dealer for my next service...hopefully they will be good also.

Sorry to hear that...never an easy decision. Polly was a Westie, looks like? We had two of them, lost MacDuff at age 15 in 2011 and Maddie at age 14 in 2013. Wonderful breed.

The Revell '91 Caprice is what I plan to use under mine. I have the Diolex '78 Impala, and the '77 Caprice wagon now on order..

I just have the dealer rotate the tires when I go in for an oil change...

Yeah, I haven't changed a tire myself in 20 years. Modern 20 inch wheels and tires are very heavy. I've had AAA for 20 years, though only used them a few times. I find I get at least 50k miles out of modern radials.

The Mach 1 was available with a 429. I think I read that the Revell 007 Mach 1 will have it.. Edit: the box art photos here show a 429 decal on the air cleaner.. https://www.jumbliesmodels.com/plastic-kits-c3/car-kits-c35/05664-1-25-james-bond-ford-mustang-mach-1-gift-set-car-model-kit-p21279

I look at the fantasy stuff as just novelties of a specific era. Before my time, not my thing so they just 'are'.. just as there have been many real concept cars displayed by manufacturers at auto shows w/ no powertrains.

I want to see that one, I usually enjoy Wes Anderson films...but I'll probably wait until I can stream it.

So many to choose from, always liked this one--David Crosby, Sonoma County Line. Also love Prince's Little Red Corvette... Pink Floyd's 'The Division Bell' album is one that always puts me in a driving mood, it was the soundtrack of many mid to late 90s road trips in my '87 Mustang GT 5.0...

Talk about obscure..they were pretty common family cars 30 years ago, but I haven't seen a 1:1 Lumina in many years now...can't recall the last time I saw one on the road or parked...

Those are Challengers in that photo. And the 1970 had 15 inch wheels, the modern ones probably 20s, so they sit higher.

I do the USB drive thing also, though I find I mostly stream from my phone or use Sirius XM channels.

My '14 Grand Cherokee is like that...single disc CD player in the center console...awkward location, but I use it once in a while..

My movers moved the furniture today, from the old house to the new house. Biggest aspects of the move done, still have to clear out the garage, shed and basement of the old house and clean it up to sell. And a lot of boxes to unpack at the new house.

Yes.. I like the driving position in the Transit..the huge windshield and deep side windows make outward visibility great. Can definitely tell the age of the E-series and GM vans..IIRC, I've driven older versions of them from the late 90s-early 00s and the new ones aren't that much different inside beyond the dash design.

It was interesting going from a Transit high roof to a very base E350 cube van to a GMC Vandura cube van in a space of a week... the seating position differences between the 3 was quite interesting...none seemed to have seat height adjustment, but the E350 had the lowest seat...the steering column was adjustable but felt like I was sitting too low compared to the other vans. Though lower is easier to get in and and out.

I had a rental 2022-ish Ford E350 cube van over the weekend, had manual windows, manual mirrors, manual locks (no central locking), no fob...crazy to see that level of base on a late model. The check engine light came on, so I returned it to Penske and swapped it for a GMC Vandura cube van which was 'luxury' by comparison--power windows, power mirrors, power locks (but no central locking or fob). The Transits high roofs I had the previous few weekends had fobs and central locking, power windows, power mirrors, etc.

Googling turns up some in 1:1...kinda neat.

Yeah, I have several also..been building the AMT '63s since the Barris Cruisin' USA release around 1980...