Chuck Most

Sam Reeves never had a 9 to 5 job. People would dump off old appliances on his property, and he'd either dismantle the machines for scrap, or repair them and sell them for a modest price. He obviously never made a fortune doing this, but he did pretty well for himself. Eventually he bought a building downtown and began selling new and used appliances, and for many years he used a tattered 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager for pickups and deliveries. In 2015, the Voyager was rear ended, and rather than scrap it, Sam brushed up on his welding skills and rebuilt it as a pickup. Sam had a trailer made from the back half of a '72 Dodge pickup, and after he'd cut away the mangled Voyager body, the bed from this was grafted to the unibody on it's new shorter wheelbase. A piece of plexiglass was used for the rear window. Sam passed away in 2024, and the business was closed. The Voyager was sold off, and is now the first vehicle of 17 year old Elijah Keating. Elijah found a spare tire carrier on eBay, the old Iron City Beer spare tire cover was a gift from his uncle, and he added the late model GM truck mirrors and a set of pawn shop driving lights. He also stuck on the smokestack... It's just for looks now, but he might actually hook it up to be functional if he gets ambitious. Elijah is having a blast driving the crude old van-truck around town and to his job at Taco Bell. It might need a transmission shortly, but for now it's definitely the only vehicle like it in the Sickles High School parking lot. This is a Lindberg Grand Caravan I got as a glue bomb years ago, with the intention of turning it into a pickup. This wasn't what I had in mind but it'll do. Inspired by the Caravan dump truck that went viral a few years ago, I added a Warlock bed, with the wheelbase adjusted to match. The spare tire is from the MPC Sod Buster Chevy. The mirrors are 3D printed from Fast Trax Hobbies, and the parts box was raided liberally to fill in the blanks. Most of the decals are from Gofer Racing, but the Plymouth graphic on the windshield is from a Petty '64 Plymouth.

Bought one because I'm a glutton for punishment and the local shop had them in stock last time I was in. New grille looks okay AND has a bit better means of attachment to the body vs. the original grille. Watch out for the original front bumper (round fog lamps). Still includes the bench seat with floor shifter and console cup holder, so I'm happy. That's always been my favorite part about the kit anyway. Decals look nice ... A shame that the license plate graphics look more appropriate for 1:20 scale. That's almost as big of a pet peeve for me as incorrect wheel diameter but your mileage may vary. You also get more comprehensive graphics for the dash than just the instrument cluster. I take exception to the word "authentic" showing up twice on the box considering the fact that the interior was not updated but that's mostly just me being silly. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Everyone griping about the grille and here I am looking at the shape of the forward edge of the roof thinking "Well, that's much closer to the mark than the existing kits of these vans, which range from anywhere to "well that's odd" and"did they volunteer the janitor to pattern this ". Aside from that I'm pretty sure I have a shoebox full of loose AMT/Monogram/Revell van grilles I can make work if that bothers me much. Front end gives me Revell Jeep J10 vibes... looks high and narrow compared to the real deal. Hopefully"grilles that suck out loud" aren't a continuing theme with new Revell releases, because the grille was the weak link in the K5 Blazer kit too, and I'm not expecting the Jimmy version to be any real marked improvement. No engine detail? Who cares? It's a van. Van kits that do include full engine detail usually don't need to. I can't think of any van kit that does include engine detail that's actually visible once the thing is built. Unless you're going to make the doghouse removable full engine detail is a wasted effort. The opening cargo doors and all the possibilities that unleashes more than make up for any lack of a powertrain.

Very nice little conversion! Was Julie a flight attendant? That uniform goes pretty hard. 😁

This '47 Chevrolet was purchased brand new by George Anderson, and today belongs to his great grandson Aaron Sullivan. There was a period of decades where the car left the possession of the Anderson family, and Aaron's dad Luke found the car sitting in a partially collapsed corn crib in the early 2000's. After he'd owned it for a couple decades, he handed it off to Aaron and told him to have fun. To that end, the car was treated to a Krylon paint job, a completely rebuilt chassis, and a tunnel ram Chevrolet big block from Luke's long-gone '67 Malibu drag car. Aaron is planning on a more mild engine and a better paint job for the future, but if he has his way, Great Grandpa's old Chevy isn't leaving the family again anytime soon. This is the Galaxie Limited kit. I bought it years ago to rob the wheels and tires and engine for another project. I filled in the blanks with the wheels and tires from the AMT '60 F100 and the tunnel ram dual quad big block from the AMT '67 Malibu pro street. The paint is an ancient can of Krylon Camouflage Olive Drab.

I'm about 20 miles from Stanton and I have never attended this. At least I can live vicariously through the album. 😁

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. 👍