Chuck Most

I would be excited about this kit, if not for the undersized wheels. I could use a set for a couple local cars, a Fiero and a VW Golf. Not sure if the GTZ wheels were ever a popular swap,but at least two guys in my area thought they looked good enough to retrofit. What's even more baffling is the fact that Ertl HAD THE CORRECT MODEL AND SIZE OF TIRE by the time this version of the kit came out. And yet, they chose to shod this thing with the '70s compact tires.

If I remember, the S chassis wheelbase could be relatively easily adjusted for such swaps because you could grind away some welds and "telescope" the frame rails. I actually used the Xtreme chassis under this '50. https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/162345-1950-chevrolet-turdy-one-hunnert/

The kittens have names now. The aforementioned Gregory, Stanley, Bear, Poopie, and Baby Patty (last one subject to change). I've been keeping Patty outside because she's taken to attacking them for so much as looking at her the wrong way.

I've been having a time finding homes for the kittens. Then last night my mom was petting the orange one and because she's even more mush mouthed than I am, she tried to say Ginger but Gregory came out. So the orange one is now named Gregory on complete accident. 🤣

This is the Jimmy Flintstone kit, originally built in May of 2010. Back in April of this year my cat had a litter of kittens, and they've grown into wiley little bastards. So, occasionally, stuff gets knocked off of shelves. 🤣 Guess what happened to the Nash? After the cat-astrophe, it was rebuilt. I redid the bumpers, grille and bezels with Revell chrome, removed the wing vents (in the hopes the interior would be easier to see), replaced the yellowed resin headlight lenses with Revell Model A lenses, and added new white line tires from the AMT '70 Monte Carlo lowrider. I added a new battery and an electric fan. Originally it was set up on a cut-down '66 Mustang promo chassis, and powered by an AMC V8 cobbled from Johan Rambler and Revell Jeep J10 parts. I repainted the engine from light blue to dark metallic red and added new plug wires.

I don't know which one of those wiley little bastards did it, but one of them knocked a Flintstone Rambler off the shelf. It's currently in the body shop getting mended. 🤣

The kittens had some leftover meatloaf.

Of those four, one has calico markings and is the only female, one of the gray tabbys is fluffier than the others, and the last two have identical markings but one is slightly bigger than the other.

They're a long way from the tiny blobs of fluff they were back in April.

It's just a solid mass of semigloss black, I did absolutely no detailing to the chassis.

That's the way that paint comes out. It's actually a little glossier than I expected so I left it.

Roger Liss was born in 1985, the year his dad started selling cars at Schumacher Oldsmobile. So it's a given that most of his early automotive memories revolve around the departed Rocket Division of GM. He's owned this 1964 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 since 2003, although it wasn't in this good of condition back then. It ran and drove, but that was about all. It served as an auto shop project and occasional summer cruiser, though it soent most of it's time under a tarp in his parent's carport. As the years went on, it eventually morphed into what you see today, a bright green pro street machine with twin Judson superchargers. 22 years into his ownership and Roger thinks it's almost done. He might install a stereo system (hopefully something better than the rattling sub box it had in 2003), but overall, this is just Roger's "fun" car. This is the AMT '64 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 plopped onto the '67 Chevelle Pro Street chassis. The Oldsmobile kit engine was retained, and the whole thing is painted in Testors Lime Ice.

I did a '53 a thousand years ago...

Ted Doyle wanted a '64 Chevelle forever. For one thing, he was born in 1964. And for another, a '64 Chevelle was the frumpiest looking car he could think of. He'd always wanted to build a pro street car, and now that he was retired from driving a Package Car for UPS, now was the time. He managed to find an older restoration of a '64, and it was painted a rather bland shade of green, too. With the help of his son and a few buddies, the Chevelle was tubbed and treated to a triple carb 409. In keeping with the dull sleeper look, he went with plain black steelies, not bothering with hubcaps. Ted is enjoying every second of wheel time with the Chevelle, and even his wife Angie has taken a shine to the boxy tire shredder. He's thinking about adding air conditioning, and maybe a supercharger, but for now Ted is just happy living the dream. This is the AMT '64 Chevelle on the '67 Pro Street chassis, powered by a 409 cobbled from '59 El Camino and '62 Bel Air parts. Paint is Krylon Italian Olive, with Moebius F100 front wheels and MPC Dodge Monaco rear wheels.