Rob Hall

I try and avoid the commercialism (and since I'm an atheist, the religous aspect) of the holiday, and just enjoy it as a few days off to spend w/ friends and family. I'll be flying back to Ohio Xmas eve this year..hopefully, the weather won't be horrid back there....then back to Phoenix for a few days then back to Colorado to spend New Years weekend w/ some friends.

That looks like it is a Power Wagon, but the cab is all square..totally different cab than the diecasts. I have a 1:24th scale Power Wagon diecast (green) I got a few years ago, not Danbury Mint, though... it was cheap, don't recall the brand--maybe Matchbox or ERTL.

Last year on the '49 Merc.

I still see auctions that say they don't accept PayPal and say MO only..I guess they didn't get the message. I've only bid on PayPal auctions for years...I don't have to time to deal w/ Money Orders..they seem like a quaint concept from long ago.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens w/ the loans...and see how the big 3 fare in 2009. MY next new car will most likely be a 2010 Ford or GM product. I've had good luck w/ my Jeep, but most of the Chrysler products today (other than the GC and Challenger) don't appeal to me. The Japanese and Koreans have nothing that appeal to me, but I'd buy German again...loved my BMW.

Ah yes..I started watching NASCAR in '79, definitely remember the early '80s cars...they looked so good....very stock looking but also quite the racing machines...they lost me when they started using the names from the FWD GMs but with RWD race cars in the late '80s. A description of NASCAR today I saw on another board was great---drop a box of Skittles in a toilet and flush it...

Ok..vinyl, not hard plastic? I was looking at the slicks in the recent '77 Mustang II Firefighter kit, but they look a bit too wide to fit w/o tubbing the chassis.

I recently picked up a couple '70s MPC Duster Pro Stock parts kits... a '72 and '73...got the bodies and trim, found some parts box wheels that look like pics I've seen of those kits (Mopar Missle and California Flash Pro Stock). But I'm not sure what tires would have been included w/ the kits--I probably have some old MPC slicks floating around my various parts boxes, but am not sure of what would be correct. Any aftermarket sources for '70s Pro Stock tires?

Meh. I enjoyed NA$CAR when the cars looked kind of like real cars, and built a number of the excellent Monogram kits ias a kid n the early-mid '80s. I lost interest in NA$CAR when they started doing the fake nonsense--i.e. RWD race cars w/ the names of FWD production cars.

Cool... I have '69 (351W) and an '87 (5.0).

I preordered from Dodge's website back in August. AMT has announced kit versions for '09--an R/T and an SRT8 like the promo. I assume we will see other colors of the promo in time.

I have heard of a group called Moonlight Modelers or something like that. I'm not affiliated w/ any groups, been here since April.

Looks good..I noticed the charge on my CC on Tues then got the email Weds...haven't received mine yet, though.

The SVO/Cobra lenses are very similar to '86 and earlier LX lenses, though. I've thought about using '83-84 GT taillights on my '87 GT. I always liked the taillights on my '86 LX. The '87-93 LX taillights were so bland compared to the earlier ones, IMHO.. My family are Fox Mustangs fans-- I've had an '86 LX and the '87 GT (had it since new), my brother has a '79 Indy Pace car, '82 GT, and '86 GT, my Mom had a '80, '85 GT, and an '89 LX 5.0. I'm thinking about getting a '10 GT convertible in 2010 for my 40th birthday.

Anyone have any idea what a trailer like this was used to haul? On a car forum I'm on everyone is trying to figure out what it is...

Seems to be about $1.95 here in Phoenix for regular. Electric heat here... winter heating costs are low here, but the electric bill w/ the A/C running 24/7 averaged $400/mo. this past summer...

I've been on a vintage Mopar kick lately...besides the '72 Duster w/ box I scored last week on ebay, I scored 3 Duster parts kits on ebay yesterday--2 '73s and another '72. With my parts box and the aftermarket, I hope to build a stock '72, stock '73, and '72 and '73 Pro Stock cars eventually out of these...

Cute doggy... my puppy that I've had for a month now is 6 months old, 3 pounds of pure energy.. I keep the door to my hobby room closed, so she can't get at model parts, but she loves to go in my bedroom and steal my socks. So far, she gets along well with the other dogs, though my 9yr old Aussie snaps at her--

Ordered the 'new' AMT '49 Ford, '51 Chevy convertible, '60 Ford, and '70 Dodge Super Bee today from a favorite online vendor. I got a sweet restorable '59 Ford Galaxie convertible in the mail yesterday. I'm waiting now on a restorable '72 Plymouth Duster I got off ebay a few days ago..

Ya, I'm looking forward to seeing it also...I've always liked Zs, since the '70s models. I had a 350Z as a rental in LA a couple of years ago, a lot of fun to drive. My sister is a long time Z fan, owned 4 of 'em ('78, 82, 85, 90) before moving on to a SAAB, then an Acura, then to Mercedes-Benzes. When I was a kid, I built the AMT 280ZX kit to match the '82 she had at the time. I wonder who will kit it---Fujimi or Tamiya or both?

It was the Rides issue I was thinking of. Forgot about the pre-painted. I think it has all the original parts.

Yes..I get my RoG kits from Evers or Model Express..they are reasonable on them.

I've never ordered from them..I would try them if they had online ordering with a shopping cart, etc. Their site is good for looking at pics of the box art, though. My favorite online kit vendors for domestic kit brands (and RoG) are Evers Toy Store (www.everstoystore.com) and Model Express (www.modelexpress.net), and for imports, Hobby Link Japan (www.hlj.com). They all have easy to use websites w/ shopping carts, easy to check out, great customer service.

That's a sweet build. I have two restorable Johan '66 Coupe de Villes in my stash (along with a mint '65 and unbuilt '65), but alas, both of my '66s are missing the stock bucket seats--they were built w/ the ugly custom seats. And the Modelhaus doesn't reproduce the stock seats.

Others that were previously issued as two separate versions that would make great 2n1s I think would include the '69 GTX, '67 Chevelle, and '66 Nova. The '66 Nova Pro-Street was only issued once w/ all it's parts intact (they sort of reissued it a couple years ago, but that version was missing some of the most important parts--the tires!).