Rob Hall

A buddy of mine in college would 'fix' rust holes by stuffing the holes full of wadded up newspaper, duct taping cardboard over the hole, then smearing bondo over that until smooth then primer and paint. I think over a 6 yr period he flipped maybe 75 used cars to pay for college.

It’s a nice kit. Missing a carburetor IIRC. I’d love to see a ‘55 version of this.

Nice haul. I built the Bora as a kid. Is that a Lamborghini Cheetah up at the top right?

Great replica of a Duel rig... I love that movie, first saw the Incredible Hulk episode that had footage from it as a kid around 1978 then saw Duel around 1980 or so. Speaking of Duel, this is has been my weekend of watching cheesy movies with killer truck drivers--all on YouTube. First was 'Overtake', an Indian Bollywood remake of Duel--sort of. It had more story at the beginning and in places of the driver of the car (Nandan) and his wife, office, promotion, etc. Many of the chase scenes were very similar to Duel.. the ending wasn't. a couple screen captures below--the truck had a Kenworth 'KW' logo on the top of the grille, but never seen a front end like that. The trailer appeared to be a lowboy style trailer with a tanker body on top of it..had like 8 tires across in the rear. Instead of a red Valiant, they had a red W123 200D Mercedes sedan. Continuing with cheesy movies, I watched a Canadian film called 'Tow Truck Killer' which seemed to be inspired by Duel--low budget with a large semi truck wrecker towing a '73 Torino wagon dueling with two women in a red 2012-ish Mustang GT, filmed on desolate mountain highways somewhere in western Canada. Watched 'Trucks' (called Highway to Hell) with Tim Busfield, seemed like a knockoff of Maximum Overdrive with small town citizens at a gas station/cafe terrorized by possessed trucks incl. a '59 Chevy Apache. Now watching 'Death Car on the Freeway' about a psycho killer in a '70s Dodge van (oddly without the engine cover-chrome valve covers visible) and playing some dreadful music on an 8-track...seems a bigger budget ChiPs episode, and I'm pretty sure I've seen it a long time ago..

Out in the snow and ice yesterday afternoon (I had ventured out to the hardware store to get more ice melt) I saw a blue and black BMW i8 (the hybrid coupe w/ the funky doors, like the Revell kit) and a salty orange McLaren 720s (unusual to see out and about in the Cleveland burbs in any weather).

Cold down there too…snow in Florida today, and my sister who is wintering in Myrtle Beach SC is expecting snow tonight. In the 30s today.

Nice...it was up to 9 here today outside Cleveland, maybe 10F and sunny. Down to 3 now, supposed to be down to -9F tonight and up to 14F tomorrow. Coldest I can recall since the Polar Vortex in 2019.. But at least it's not completely dark at 5:30pm now.. days getting longer.

The 1:1 that someone built looks so strange because it looks like they used B-body side glass and upper doors/window framing that are too tall for the Cuda body.. looking at the space above the windshield, they raised the roof for the doors to fit...probably should have built it with a stock Cuda roof height..and made doors that fit the stock Cuda side window opening height.

Nah, I just brush the snow off before I go out. I go out 3-4 times a week, a cover would be a nuisance…

My plow guy plowed the driveway last night, sunny and 6F this morning….

I had a professor in college that had a 427 Cobra in the 60s. I found this out one day when I went to his office in the early 90s. Had several framed pics of it and a few Cobra models on a shelf. I guess he zoomed around Akron in it in the 60s-70s. He was an engineer at Goodyear Aerospace then, before he became a faculty member. Interesting guy. IlRC, he had a beige Camry when I knew him..

Got about 3-5 inches fresh this afternoon on top of the 5 or so that was already there... it was a rain/snow mix this morning, so icy under the new snow...my plow guy was here about an hour ago, cleared the driveway and up to the garage..moved my Jeep after his first pass so he could get the full width of the driveway near the garage (there is about a 30 x 60ft section in front of the garage, then maybe 20 x 200ft out to street). Should be no more snow in the next few days, but the 3 days will be around 0F at night and under 10F daytime..ugh..looking forward to February..

Unfortunately, not here. They only delay trash collection on 1/2 dozen holidays through the year. Rolled them out a little while ago...will roll them back in about 24 hours..

Last year was expensive, I bought my current house in 2023, knowing the furnaces and air conditioners were 25-30 years old and likely not up to code. In 2024, I bought 2 new furnaces, two new air conditioners (the house has two complete central air and furnaces each w/ their own duct work), a hot water heater, upgraded fuse panel, new meter outside, etc. This year will probably be cosmetic work inside--kitchen flooring, maybe remove some carpeting and put down wood laminate or tile, etc.

I know that, but that is the past..the modern car sold very well as a Charger. I remember all the people whining it should have been called a Coronet 20 years ago when the 05 first came out.

I've never had a truck, but really like '80s-90s Fords (up through '96) and GMs--both the Rounded Line and GMT-400 generations. I really like 80s GM B- and C- bodies, though the engines were pretty low power and some troublesome. I'd love to have an '80s Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham or Buick Electra to tinker with.

I'm set for a few days on groceries and dog food. It's not the snow, but the cold that I'm not looking forward to...low single digits the next 3 days. Snow coming down heavy now...got to roll out the trash bins later, don't want to go out in the morning when it's in the single digits..still low 20s now.

Finding good skilled tradespeople can be challenging, though. As a college-educated home owner (software engineer) I appreciate people who know things about stuff, can do stuff and do it well, whatever the task is--stuff I can't do or don't have the time or skills to do. I know I'm not my father (he was a college-educated educator but was very handy with tools--woodworking, brake jobs, engine rebuilds, bee keeping, grapes and making wine, etc). I'm not great at DIY, and know that. I've had too many people flake out and not deliver or not want to take on a task (repairing/replacing sections of an existing fence, duct work, brick work, etc.) People that never return calls or never show up. Currently, I've got a great landscaper (mowing, snow removal, etc), a great local HVAC company that also does all things electrical and plumbing, a good mechanic I've worked with on my vintage Mustangs ( the only real downside is he's about 100 miles away). Once you find a good one, keep giving them business and hope they stay in business..

Didn't really need it on the last 2 generations, since they had the Challenger.

Lots of fratzogs.

Went out to breakfast today before the weather gets icky, saw a new Charger out front of my local CDJR dealer..didn't realize the 2025s were on the lot yet. This one is a Daytona R/T 'Stage 1' according to the badging...in an understated dark blue..it's a clean design.

Supposed to get some, a bit of Lake Effect snow this weekend then very cold early next week. Today was nice, 34 and sunny..had a bit of melting. Ran my Jeep through the car wash to get the salt off before the next round.

There used to be a great hobby shop in Greeley that I used to visit 20+ years ago. Don't think I ever went looking for shops further north.

31 and sunny this afternoon. More snow coming Tuesday and later in the week. I have next Monday off, but it’s only supposed be 19 then. Typical Cleveland January, last year was milder because it was an El Niño year I think.

About 25F today. A few inches of fresh snow over the old snow. I start my Mustang once a week, haven’t driven it in snow since I lived in Colorado over 25 years ago. Got it out for a while w/ my Caddy, Jeep lives outside…