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Just got this gear today. I now have six speakers for the DJ system Two PR12s and four PR10s. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Peavey-PR-10-Speaker-Pair-with-Stands-and-Cables-H76056-i2007901.gc

Attempting to spray paint a 36 Ford inside a model box top during high school study hall. I soon had a bunch of class mates surrounding me to see what I was up to. The smell of Testor's spray paint wafted up to the teacher's desk and I got detention...and no model building in school.

Just wasted 2 hours on this. LOL

Many times, cars are restored because of nostalgia, family memories...what ever. The truth is Art, is that no car is really going to recoup it's restoration cost unless it's a Hemi Cuda convertible or some such rare car.

Picked up seven Lee 1/144 aircraft kits for $2 a piece.

Y True. The closest I ever came to owning anything considered an exotic or expensive were my 1969 Opel GT and my 1973 Eldorado rag top. And I drove them every day.

Jay Leno drives his cars

Oh I don't know Harry. I'd buy it as a car and drive the bejeezuz out of it. Of course it would never see Wisconsin snow.

You mentioned the tape adapter for hooking up yer iPod and other media. Try this. I make the cables for the company that sells this. Pretty straight forward install. http://rediscoveradio.com/ You will save your dash with no hole boring and it's a simple wiring job connecting to the antenna leads and power lead. The jack can be left hidden in the glove box or just hanging behind the dash out of sight. People who have old cars and hot rods love this.

Is this not far from happening? I know they do 3D printing in metal now. http://www.google.com/imgres?sa=X&biw=1360&bih=635&tbm=isch&tbnid=oQCjHjkXYjxYNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.universetoday.com/41743/nasas-version-of-star-trek-replicator-ready-for-on-orbit-test/&docid=RMrb0HlMpb5C6M&imgurl=http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Replicator-Star-Trek-weapons-and-gadgets.jpg&w=450&h=344&ei=JSupUb2_LYSwyQGwzYDwBQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:1,s:0,i:86&iact=rc&dur=677&page=1&tbnh=196&tbnw=257&start=0&ndsp=18&tx=122&ty=103

Just a note. They sell a product that you can wipe onto the rubber bits that will bring back the black colour to them.

Try the Monkeemobile kit.

1) Was your introduction to modeling at home? At my grandparent's home 2) From whom? Grandfather 3) What kind of models (cars, planes, trains, etc)? Cars, then model navy ships. Grandfather was a proud navy veteran. 4) What did the person who introduced you to modeling do for a living ? Briggs & Stratton machinist. 5) How old were you? 8 or 9 6) About what year was your introduction? 1962. It was a 61 Mercury.

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MPCs 1968 GTO is kinda rare too.

The "special" part is that they were a smaller company than AMT or MPC or Revell or Monogram. Plus, you will never see those kits produced again. They made beautiful bodies and on occasion they made awesome chassis and engines too as in the Trophy Series Mercedes' and the 30s Cadillacs in addition to the Turbine Chrysler. Even the lesser kits had unique subject matter that I myself gravitated to just because I was kinda weird....AMC, Full size Oldsmobiles, Station wagons...you name it.

Two I can think of, possibly three. First, my 1969 Buick Special with a 350. Of all GMs intermediates, the Skylark/Special/GS bodies just looked lighter than the Olds or Pontiac counterparts. Mine was a post coupe, although I really wanted a Skylark hard top like my grandfather's car. The second one was my 1976 AMC Hornet X hatchback with the 304. It would embarrass Camaros, Frirebirds and Challengers all day long at autocross. Mustangs were harder to beat. The third was my disco era 1973 Eldorado convertible. I lived in Santa Barbara then and never had the top up. I would pull up to the valet station at the club like a boss. My GF at the time had a VW Beetle....exact opposite of me in every way.

Yes, Sjordan2, The work would be extensive. Would be nice to be able to build one though. The Hupp version was called the Skylark. Same basic car.

I had a bronze 1973 Eldorado ragtop when I lived in California. When redoing the trunk, I found pace care decals under the carpet. In bad shape, but obviously came with the car but never applied. Since the car was bronze, the decals were white letters outlined in black. I paid $400 for that and had to use a tractor to pull it out of a field. Got it home and it started after an hour of futzing with the thing.

Do you think some Graham and Hupp front body work could be cast to create those variants?

Metal, most likely aluminum.

Maybe some of us who had CBs in the day are now HAM operators. I'm studying for my license.

But what about the spent battery pack? Does not the disposal of it cause some waste problems?

There is one of these cars floating around Milwaukee. I did not know what it was when I saw it, but I was driving the freeway when this sedan whisks by and I could not make out the emblem on the trunk lid. I assumed it was some kind of tree. Very good looking car and I just liked it the minute I saw it. Now I know what it is.

I have both the original Pyro kit and the Lindberg release. Be prepared to do a bit of fiddling. The windsheild and hatch window hole need to be enlarged a bit to match the pics on the box. This is something I am in the middle of doing.