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lordairgtar

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  1. Interesting. I have an unpainted one sitting in my display cabinet
  2. http://forums.aaca.org/showthread.php?t=278354&page=30&p=1231687#post1231687 Here is a link to the AACA Forums. Talk about dedication to a craft. This build is all scratch built from copper, brass and other materials. I am amazed at it. You might want to go to the beginning as I linked 30 pages after the first post.
  3. Also Chrysler Turbine cars, The JoHan Mercedes' and those Trumpeter Chinese limousines. Found one buy a different Chinese maker but it seems to be the same car as the Trumpeter.
  4. We live in Wisconsin and my step daughter is obsessed with Kelli Pickler. She's been to several of her shows and went to see her in Boston. On the way back, they hit up a museum in Hershey PA and brought back for me two plain brown boxed kits they sell of the Highway Pioneers kits. A 1910 International truck and a Packard. Neat stuff. Plus some regional brand potato chips from different makers in PA. Five different brands...Middleswarth, Dieffenbach's, Herr's and Utz. Also a bag of homemade by the Amish chips. Reviews forthcoming.
  5. Any chance of Russian automobile kits?
  6. Interesting thing about the drawing on the model box. It's a Japanese market version of the Mustang II. Note added turn lights under bumpers and the fender amber side light. Also in the rear there would be similar lights under that bumper for reverse lights. The back up lens in the car's tail lamp would get an amber bulb to replace the clear bulb and work with the amber lense above it. Interesting to note is the Japanese market version used LHD steering.
  7. We all knew what Edsel Dan meant.
  8. http://www.rocketfin.com/resin_product.cfm?id=4490 How's this?
  9. You can use the AMT kit sedan body. It's the same as a 210 except for the chrome trim piece. The Bel Air has a sunken detail that was usually painted white in the center valley. The 210 trim was a single thin piece of chrome without that white painted valley. Study the pics of the Bel Air post sedan and the pic of your grandfather's car and the difference will be evident. Luckily, the AMT kit did not add the front fender trim piece that is seen on most Bel Airs.
  10. What historical societies do is purchase properties or get lucky enough to convince owner to donate. Eminent domain is mostly used by governments. Rarely does a foundation or private party get to practise it.
  11. You can't touch a Gremlin for $500 these days. A cheap rusty one that needs engine work is $2000 now.
  12. Ah Yes! The mighty 304, a true 5 liter. Ford's 302 was only 4.9 liters, but that would never look good on a fender, so 5.0 it was.
  13. Oh geez, ToyLvr, that Caddy is not very attractive with those custom parts, but a good reference to what someone in the industry thought custom cars should be.
  14. I have seen this vehicle at a traditional rod show. I think it was at Symco Wisconsin. I think this would be the perfect vehicle for politicians to drive. What they spread is about the same as this wagon spread in it's former life.
  15. I've never seen these. Was this a clone of a Polaroid?
  16. Or this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjDshU8pDxI
  17. I bet I can top those little trucks with this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR3W65u5qu4
  18. no pics, this was some time ago. I do see hints of these existing on the various places on the web. Pintos, Mavericks and Comets were made by JoHan as stock builds and funny cars like their Hornet hatch. Basically a promo body over a Logghe chassis. Palmer had a few of these cars made as kits but Palmer had really bad kits. Multi piece bodies and stuff and a generic chassis. Lindberg's Gremlin and Vega are from old Palmer tooling in a goofy scale size. I have a couple of Hornet X hatch promos which are going to be converted to full detail models using AMT's Gremlins for chassis and engine. In real cars, I've owned a 76 Hornet X V8, a 78 Concord D/L coupe, 2 Gremlins, 1984 Dodge Charger, and a 74 matador 4 door ex cop car from Santa Barbara.with a 401 V8.
  19. It was funny about AMC in that they would use up emblems and such from the year previous. In the beginning of the model year there were a few Xs made for 78. All others were Sports or D/Ls. I had a friend with a 78 Pacer X bought new at a Milwaukee dealership.
  20. Yes, and truth be told, I see several Volts in my city at times.
  21. I got to go to a seminar about the Volt because I had purchased a couple of cars from my local Chevy dealer. I agree, the Volt had some awesome tech in it. I got to drive it and thought, My what a nice car. Needed more range on the battery though.
  22. It seems like a lot of hassle to go through to get what you want. I'm very patient and I think you were too as well. But to ask for a refund because the kits had gone down in value? That's what I cannot understand. It ain't the stock market here. If you bought kits to build, the value would not mean a thing. Many of us go through this. We buy some grail kit that's rare and then someone re releases it....so what! I bought a bunch of Renwal Revival 66 kits and if Revell decided to release them again, I would not really care. But they won't release them because the tooling is damaged....but still.
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