lordairgtar

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.

I am so happy I live near Milwaukee. We have the best LHS selection out there. Plus being involved with two model shows, it's nice that I can call and ask for door prize stuff from the owners. I know them and they know me. I tend to support those who support the hobby locally. I have to give kudos to a big company, Revell, for helping out with kits and displays of upcoming stuff at our NNL.

My condolences and deepest sympathy to you.

...and he can't afford a plug wire.

Would Monday be the Revenge Of The Sixth?

I wonder what the body restoration alone cost. I could do this for you at about $200,000.

HHR Panel truck in SS trim 1984 Charger....love those lil hatches 1976 Eldorado convert 1969 or 68 Buick Skylark Custom 1976 AMC Hornet X V8

The Heller/AMT Renault Gordini is my multi piece nemesis.

Just a bit of humor for the rail workers. My dad worked for the Milwaukee Road and later The Soo Line and a very small bit for a Canadian rr that bought them. He then retired. I'm not allowed to run the train The whistle I can't blow… I'm not allowed to say how far The railroad cars can go. I'm not allowed to shoot off steam, Nor even clang the bell… But let the darned train jump the track And see who catches Hell!

I got tired of crummy phone pics of model cars, so I bought a Fujifilm Finepix 4250. Finally something with a macro setting. Once I figure out how to use it, I'll be posting pics... I wanted something inexpensive to learn on and this fit the bill. was $119 at the Wally World.

Floquil has a very nice black primer as well as white. Very comparable to Tamiya. Floquil is popular with the model RR crowd.

We in southern Wisconsin are keeping an eye on our rivers. The Fox at Big Bend was over it's banks. In Muskego, the water seems to find its own course through my back yard.

My dog finds all the dropped bits....and chews them to an unrecognizable mass.

Sheesh, Custom Hearse! Now I won't be able to sleep tonight.

I remember when I lived in California and I took my car, fresh from Wisconsin, into a smog station. I had a 64 LeSabre with the little 300 engine. They retro fitted out of state cars with what was nothing more than removing the vacuum advance hose and plugging the fittings at the carb and distributor. They set the advance to a pre determined level and that was it. Simple? Not if you drove a lot of highway miles. Anything over 55 mph was gonna burn your valves. Most of us "in the know" would just re install the vacuum line and tune the advance back to factory settings. It was just California's way of getting rid of older cars through attrition of engines going bad and the car really not being worth much to begin with and just junking it and buying another California car with it's required smog equipment that the 49 state cars didn't have at the time.

Best concert I ever saw was the 3D Psycho Circus tour. It was like Stanely's guitar touched my nose from the stage. I also saw the Revenge tour.