Rob Hall

..and AMT always made things confusing by sometimes rebranding MPC kits as an AMT. Like the last issue of the '82 Bronco, was boxed as an AMT and said '81.

The AMT is a '78. Different generation than the MPC '80-82. The AMT '78 came w/ the Cougar Funny Car kit...the Hobby Exclusive kit was the MPC '82 (though the box art inexplicably said AMT and '81).

The '78 is an AMT kit. The '80-82 was MPC.

Cross ram was a 413 thing, wasn't it? Don't think I've seen one on a Hemi.

I have that one and that was the one I was thinking of, forgot it was labeled as an AMT. I think I have the Ridge Runner and Saddle Trap versions also in my offsite storage. MPC w/ their naming and 'colorful' 80s boxes...

Interesting....the most recent reissue was an '82 w/ the revised grille. Backdated to the '80 style?

Hmmm..maybe related to the upcoming '92 C1500 tooling? The '90s snap kit was an extended cab, would be nice if they updated to a crew cab.

It is amazing Don is still in business, he's had a shady reputation for at least 20 years...I bought some parts from him about 20 years ago, I remember even talking on the phone w/ him once..

New goodies….

Both. Did the kit have an option as to where to place the steering wheel?

Or the stepside shortbed C1500…

They are there on the original '60s kit box art, maybe how the boat gets on and off the trailer is left up to the builder's imagination (lifted with a crane? hidden jacks? lifted by a helicopter?, inflatable air bags? etc..)

Alas, in the era of always carrying my cell phone, I haven't worn any of my watches in over a decade. I really need to unbox them and start wearing them again as jewelry. I have a nice Citizen I got for HS graduation, a heavy Tag Heuer I got for college graduation, 2 Skagens, 2 Fossils, a Seiko, and a Timex.

Is that the same boat & trailer that was packaged with the '70 Pontiac Bonneville convertible (Model King release) maybe 15 years ago?

Sounds like it might be a January release...Model Roundup has it and the Coronet as preorders for January.

Canuck 3D Model Parts has wheel covers for the '67 Impala 4dr (and also the '70-72 Chevelle), Fireball Modelworks makes a variety of wheel covers and hubcaps for various '60s-70s cars. http://wylde.ca/canuck3d.html https://fireballmodels.info

I get a lot of Amazon emails (I buy a lot from them, subscribe to their Prime streaming channels, etc). My email routing rules filter well, so anything that is bogus pretty consistently ends up in my spam folder. And even if they get to my inbox, poor grammar, typos and bogus email domains flag them as suspicious.

Grass can be frustrating to maintain, with the cycle of spring/summer/fall/winter care…

Yes...but much cheaper monthly than T-Mobile's plans.

I was a customer for 20 years, dropped them a couple years ago for Mint Mobile. For the most part been happy w/ Mint, about $240/year, 10gb month data. Not unlimited data like I had with Verizon, but since I work from home I’m mostly on WiFi. About the only downside to Mint I’ve seen is I get weak signal (dropping to LTE) in rural areas. Still using my 2020 iPhone SE, though thinking of upgrading to a newer model.

I saw Herb Alpert in concert a few years ago...great music.. for people and bands known for nstrumental pop/rock music, I do like some The Ventures, The Shadows, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Mogwai...

Yes, a long time ago...quite good IIRC...

Heat is in my all time top 5 movies, probably seen it 20 times...I Love Michael Mann films, incl. Collateral, Thief, Manhunter, The Insider, his Miami Vice movie....love Mann's use of music (his movies have great soundtracks) and cinematography. I saw Heat in the theatre back in day, have had it on VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K..

Ronin had a good cast and great chases, IIRC the cars were an Audi A8, BMW 5-series (E34 generation), Mercedes 6.9/450 SEL (late 70s), and various Peugeots..

Lots of good stuff to look forward to...