Rob Hall

So the Ford-branded cars in NASCAR today still have 'Ford' based engines, and are not just a generic power unit? I haven't paid close attention to NASCAR in years... they have a spec chassis but not a spec engine apparently..

I went to a car wash across the street from the local Ollies today, but didn't go in...interesting, nothing I need there, but those Revell kits mostly look like items from 10 years ago or more (going by the box art style)...I remember getting the Mustang Cobra in that style box art at least 10 years ago.. Edit: scrolled back and read some of the posts in this thread from the last few days, explains the above...

‘Fast 111s’ were a line of 1/64th diecast by Kenner in the early 80s, their gimmick were unique license plates. These 1/32nd snap kits were cross branded product with MPC. Vaguely remember them. Supposedly there were 4 in the series.

Probably could modify the glass and chassis from the Revell '15 or '18 snap kits...since the 1:1 S650 is an evolution of the S550..

I've had a few of these over the years...currently have two in my home office..one at my work desk and one at my hobby table. Very adjustable and comfortable.

Got my order from Jan 18th today. No problems, just under a month.

What I’ve read is the long bed regular cab pickup became the USA-1 monster truck and its chassis was changed.

Perhaps. Maybe they will do a 2nd full detail version w/ the engine like they did with the ‘63 Nova wagon.

First post in the thread about the '64 Olds Cutlass convertible.

I figured 14 or 15, didn’t look it up but most 60s American cars had wheels of those sizes.

Might be time for new glasses? That Corolla is from the 90s…

The large wheels are a giveaway that it’s a replica. The real ones in the 60s had maybe 14-inch wheels

A bunch of new releases became available for preorder at various vendors today (Model Roundup, Hobby Search, etc). AMT '66 Mustang 2+2--March, AMT '68 GTO --March, MPC '81 Chevy pickup--March, AMT '63 Corvette conv--March, AMT '62 Impala convertible--April...lots of good stuff due next month (incl. the previously listed MPC '68 Coronet R/T convertible) ..though I'd assume there may be delays..

I assume it is coming in the future. Haven't seen it for preorder anywhere, so not anytime soon.

I've had no problem getting the items I'm interested in, the key is to pre-order them....

Those would be nice. I seem to recall someone saying that Salvinos was planning over time to make kits of everything RP drove. We will will see. The ‘79 and 80 style Impala/Caprice race cars would be be neat to see. I have the ERTL diecast ‘80 Caprice stock cars from back in the day.

Going from learning to drive in high school in S. Florida to college in NE Ohio was eye opening for winter driving (I'd spent childhood in Ohio but hadn't driven in the winter there until I was 18). But I did 6 winters (college and grad school) in NE Ohio w/ an '86 Mustang w/ snow tires and got around pretty well. Then lived in Michigan 3 years and Colorado 12 years always with an SUV for winter...then 8 winters in Arizona, and the last 6 winters back here in NE Ohio with an SUV. One of the scarier driving experiences in winter was getting caught out unexpected in the wrong car w/ the wrong tires for the weather...when I lived in Colorado Springs, I went to Denver often on the weekends, and did have my 4x4 Grand Cherokee along w/ my '87 Mustang GT. One 55 degree, sunny late October day in 2000 or so I drove the Mustang up to Denver for the day, then headed home after dark...as I approached Monument Hill (7300 ft elevation) on I-25, the temps dropped into the 30s and it started snowing...heavily. I was on summer Firestone Firehawk tires, not particularly grippy for winter driving..I slowed down and crept along about 30 or so in the right lane, made it over the pass and dropped down towards Colorado Springs, no snow and clear at the lower (6000 ft) elevation....a bit of white knuckle driving for 15 min or so...after that, I paid very close attention to the forecasts for my Colorado trips...

Ok, so ....and that 'Street pickup' is a definitely a '77-78, since it has the 3 row of rectangles grille, rather than the '76 which had 4 rows of rectangles. So Revell didn’t have box art ready, so they lazily used a stock image of a truck that looks nothing like the actual model. Revell being Revell…

This Monogram-origin kit is a '76, though. Maybe what is coming is just a re-release of this kit (and the photo of fleet side is obviously wrong). Do we really know *what* kit the upcoming release actually *is*? I don't see anything listed about scale (the Monogram-origin one is 1/24th).

I wonder if the 'one other kit' that used that same chassis was the Edsel...

Daytonas towing Daytonas... these would be easy to build in scale w/ MPC trailers and MPC or Revell Daytonas.

I love the box art of the MPC ‘71 GTX. Have a built up w/ the box in my stash, painted brown.

Yeah, I remember in the 70s my Dad routinely towed a trailer (hauling furniture, etc) on his '67 Cougar (289 V8)..he later towed that same trailer in the 80s w/ his '85 Town Car and '84 Escort diesel to haul sheetrock, bags of concrete, etc. He later towed it with a Ranger. I couldn't imagine using a car today to tow a trailer.. I'd tow w/ my Jeep or a truck, though. Found a pic of the trailer I took last year when cleaning out the barn...it was a homemade item my Dad bought in the 70s, I remember helping him load it as a kid.

It was an odd choice of car to include a trailer with. But who knows, it was 55 years ago.

I noticed that. Probably didn’t mention it because it was already covered in one of these videos previously.