Chuck Most

City Cab served central Michigan for many years, historically running the typical fleet of full size Fords, Plymouths, and Chevrolets. This Corvette was never actually active in the fleet as a taxi, but it did serve as a highly effective rolling billboard for the business. Purchased in non-running condition from a police auction in 1995, the car was painted yellow and fitted with the appropriate signage, once it was back up and running. It then spent the next couple of decades parked out front of the office, and participating in car shows and parades. City Cab now exists only as an auto repair and service facility, and the Corvette has more or less been relegated to a lobby and lot decoration. Maybe it'll be restored one of these days, or maybe they'll finally accept a ridiculous offer to buy it. This is the Monogram kit, built out of the box except for the Caprice wheel covers and taxi sign, and the Gopher Racing decals.

Not at all, but then she just disappears altogether. So we're basically letting her into the house and watching in shifts until the kittens are weaned.

That was the plan, then she got loose and came back in this condition. 🤣

I think I used a cut down MPC Monte Carlo promo chassis plate.

Well, Patty got loose and disappeared for a while. Then she came back with another litter of five... One orange and four tabbies. So I guess she's at least consistent. 🤣

He lied, and yet the thing exists...

Autumn (formerly Baby Patty)

It just fits onto the front of the frame. Nothing more difficult than substituting it for the factory bumper. 👍

Kevin Gerhardt found his shop truck pretty much how you see it a few years ago. The only changes he's made are adding his shop logos and, later, repowering the '66 with a supercharged 5.4 pirated from a wrecked 2004 Lightning. Although he does use it for the shop, it's mostly an advertisement for Outcast Speed Shop. The truck itself is a later model F350 chassis with a '66 cab. The previous owner said that he bought the truck in 1998, and the newer chassis had already been under it for at least ten years. It also had a 460 with EFI, and had been fitted with dual fuel tanks. The previous owner had shaved the door handles, eliminated the cab mounted fuel tank, and made the custom mesh grille. The model is the Moebius '67 Ramp Truck with a '66 cab, Revell Lightning engine, wheels and tires from a Revell Midnite Cowboy, and a wrecker front bumper. The mirror arms are brass rod, and I swiped the decals from the AMT '53 F100 Baja Patrol. It has a Best Model Car Parts 1966 Michigan plate and Ford Drag Team plate. Eventually it will be loaded down with some kind of hooptie and pulling a WMCC trailer loaded with another hooptie. So stay tuned for that, I guess.

Just bought this. 2011 Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited with 169k. Just replaced the belt and tensioner today, and next Friday it's going to the shop to get an exhaust manifold replaced because I'm not screwing with that. Otherwise, no problems besides cosmetic.

He's going to his new home today. They're calling him Colt but he'll always be Gregory to us.

One family, three owners. When Richard "Rich" Gillies bought a brand new 1966 Ford F100 six and a half foot Styleside, he had no idea it would still be in his life a half century later. His son Richard Jr. (Rick) bought it from him in 1983, and Rick handed it off to his son Rich III in 2009, when the latter turned 18. Rich III has spent countless hours but not a lot of dollars keeping the '66 on the road. It's never been his primary vehicle, but it's the one that's stayed with him. And it's the one he's always had the most fun driving... which is saying something when you consider he's owned a Shelby GT500, a CTS-V, and a Magnum SRT-8 in the past, and currently dailys a 2014 Chrysler 300C SRT-8. It was Rich III who replaced the mangled front sheet metal (from a 1992 deer collision), crafted the mesh grille, and fabricated the flatbed and ladder rack. At the time he got the '66 he was self employed washing windows, cleaning gutters, and doing landscaping, and the '66 was the "company vehicle". After a fall from a customer's roof, he opted to get out of that business and find work that offered health insurance. He got a job as a maintenance technician at a local plastic molding plant, and the '66 became more of a project. He lowered it, rebuilt the factory,352 FE, and located the front bumper from the '57 F350 wrecker his grandfather used to drive and installed it on the '66. Rich III isn't a drinker, but his dad and grandpa were big Blatz guys. Well, his dad still is, though Rich Sr. had to give up the beer in his early 70s to curb some possible gout issues. He started drinking it back in the '50's just because the name made him laugh. Anyway, Rich III added some "Blatz Beer Powered" markings to the doors. Rich III is quick to point out that the truck was never operated by his grandfather or father while they were drunk, but they were absolutely at least a little bit 'faced most times the truck was under repair or maintenance. His father once modified an old STP slogan: "Blatz... It's basic car maintenance!" Rich Sr., now 84, calls the truck "The Ford of Theseus". It's the '66 he bought brand new almost half a century ago, but it's also a very different beast today. And it's probably going to stay in the family for years to come. Rich III's oldest daughter Richelle is going to be turning 16 in 2026 and has been fascinated by her dad's crusty old truck for as long as she's been able to walk, and says she's often imagined driving it to school. She barely even acknowledges the existence of his SRT-8, which would be the one Rich III assumes would be the typical sixteen year old girl's choice. This is the Moebius 1966 F100 kit, with a scratch built flatbed and ladder rack. The grille is from the AMT '64 Mercury Marauder, and it watches over a '60 F100 push bumper. The fog lights are from an MPC '80 Road Runner. I swapped out some front letters to spell "DOOD" like those aftermarket Raptor grilles.

Know what? You convinced me. 🤣 A non "performance package" car would be nice for a change.

It's a stock 1973 Mustang Sportsroof in a very unflattering color. What's special enough about it to warrant a dedicated kit?