Rob Hall

Sweet XLR-V on that hauler. I'd love to have one.

I did get a recall notice for the 10spd auto in my Cadillac...taking it in for a software update w/ the next oil change. It is a very smooth transmission.

I remember seeing those in the late 80s..my late older brother was a salesman at the local VW-Mazda dealer in the late 80s-early 90s and he liked them a lot, though he drove an '84 Chevy S-10.

Still miss my Dad, been gone since Christmas 1999, when I was only 29. I wish I had spent more time with him as an adult..I was busy in my 20s away at college and grad school, then 2000 miles away establishing my career...

I love those MPC Pontiacs. I have a few in my stash. The '71 & '72 GP plus the Sweathogs version are in the row behind the front row.

Today was a nice respite from the recent heat and humidity. 72F, sunny and 49% humidity. Did a lot outside in the yard today. Relaxing on the patio…

Johnny Lightning made a nice 1/24th die cast '51 Studebaker coupe also.

Vic's Resins also has a 1/25th partial resin kit (no chassis) of the Continental available through Southern Motorsports Hobbies, I don't have it but do have a couple other Vic's Resins kits..they are a bit on the rough side and require a lot of cleanup (not Modelhaus, etc level). https://stores.smhracing.com/1956-lincoln-mk-ii-1-25/

The interior layout reminds me of the '78 Southwind 28 ft we had--it was our first Class A motorhome my folks had when I was growing up...it replaced a '73 Mobile Traveler 21 ft Class C that had a Dodge Sportsman van cab. The '73 was a 318, the '78 a 440. My folks next motorhome was an '86 Winnebago Chieftain 33ft Class A (same style that was modified in 'Spaceballs').

Wow...just found this thread. I love older Winnebagos. Incredible work.

I've never had the opportunity to drive a car w/ a manual column shift, but as I was learning to drive 40 years ago, I did drive my Dad's '67 and '68 Cougars w/ 3pd manual floor shift...and manual drum brakes, manual steering..quite different experience than the 'modern' (late 70s, mid 80s) vehicles of his I was also driving.

More hot and humid. As I get older, I really don't care for heat over about 80F...esp. when there is humidity. Was 89F w/ about 80% humidity yesterday. But my dual ACs are keeping the house very comfortable at 68F inside.

It would be an extensive conversion kit... engine, body, interior, etc..never seen a standard or police Taurus conversion set.

I got into the hobby as a kid in the late 70s...lots of kits then were reissues of '60s kits. Jo-han was still around, but not easy to find. My 2nd glue kit was a Jo-han. It wasn't until the late 80s that I got several Jo-han kits from the X-el era. My first glue kit was a Revell. My third an AMT 'Countdown Series' reissue. I generally didn't like Revell kits before the late 80s merger w/ Monogram. Only built a few prior to that. I liked Monogram a lot, especially their '80s kits of '60s-70s muscle cars, '80s cars and contemporary NASCAR race cars. I like the AMT and MPC kits (many were reissues) I built, though even as a kid got tired of MPC's molded in color and tinted windows in the 80s. It wasn't until about 1985 as a teenager that I got my first 'foreign' kits with a Tamiya Audi Quattro and an Imai De Tomaso Pantera GTS S. In the late 80s I got more exposure to import kits w/ the Testors Italeri and Fujimi reboxes.

Nice. The one I built was the regular issue, later got the police wagon kit. I have a glue bomb ‘60 Fury ht to restore eventually.

The '60 Plymouth wagon was the first Jo-han kit I ever built, as a kid in 1978. A weird detail about that kit is it doesn't have inner fenders..open the hood and the front tires are visible.

I have builds that I started in the late 80s and early 90s. And ones I built back then that need restored.

I'd like to see the aftermarket make some grilles for the kit...the Revell grille is a bit generic.

Partly sunny, humid and 82F outside..icky sticky with mosquitos. Good weather to stay inside w/ cold AC and do house stuff...

This is supposedly the new box art. Just the same ol', same ol'. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-14568-104-good-buddy--1593772

Just a reissue of the 1981 Honcho 'Dude' issue looks like. https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=All&q=revell+jeep

There are many words.

It's sunny 75F and 46% humidity, with a slight breeze. Feels warmer. Went out at 4 to run an errand. A black car w/ black leather interior gets really warm sitting outside on such a day...

That is curious they did the vinyl top for 1 year only. I checked my ‘66, ‘67 and ‘68 Riviera annuals and they are all smooth. The only ‘69 kits I’ve had are the Countdown Series

Would be nice, but I assume the tooling was long modified for race only versions..has been reissued twice in this century-- 20 years ago IIRC in the box art below, and more recently in the Allison livery (in the last 10 years?)