Chuck Most

I love it! And yes, foiling the trim is the only thing I don't like about building this kit.

Love this!

Very nice!

Love it.

Dead-on. Same way bolting a set of wire wheels and whitewalls to a stock Saturn SL doesn't make it a lowrider. Putting 24" wheels and a clip-on billet grille on an Escalade doesn't really make it "custom". There are a few more ingredients you need than that. Even though it seems like, in many people's minds, that's all it takes. Just like doing a factory stock model, doing a proper tuner... or street machine, or lowrider, or what have you... takes a bit of research if you want to do it right. Otherwise stock cars with wings, faux fiber, and fart can mufflers are frowned upon by tuner enthusiasts, but you seem to see quite a few vehicles which fit that description entered as tuners. And for the record- I have no problem with your model or you if you build one that. It's your model, you are free to build it in whatever style you goshdam please. But that might be part of the problem with model contests.... cars like that get lumped into the category, even if they don't really fit it. How often do you see a factory stock muscle car in the "street machine" category? Shouldn't it be in the dedicated "muscle car" category? Think of how many models you've seen entered in a "box stock" category, despite the fact they clearly have wheels from another kit or aftermarket decals. If people cant' get a concept as simple as "box stock" right, I don't suppose you could expect them to get it right when it comes to more specific categories. I don't know if that would translate into fewer tuner-specific classes at shows and contests over time, but it certainly couldn't help the case. Stuff like that often makes me wonder why we bother with labels at all. A nicely done model is what it is- it doesn't necessarily have to fit into a neat little box for a particular category.

I was gonna say... I had a '67 Impala and all I had to do was stoop down a little.

Very nice! Yes, it's a simplified kit, but it's loaded with potential and it doesn't take much more than clean building techniques and a little detailing to make it look really good.

Mine's the reissue with the scaled-down Polar Lights decal sheet. I got it when it first came back out, so far haven't done much other than open the box.

Nice! Reminds me I have an AMT 18" Enterprise I need to get around to building....

NOT the '55 Chevy, it has the cast finned type. Like this one- I believe the AMT '34 Ford street rod kit has an air cleaner like the one in Ian's link, but it might be a Weiland- I seem to remember that kit came with an one or the other logo on the air cleaner and one or the other on the valve covers, but I don't recall which was which. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I checked the two I have in the stash- one is the stock only version, and my street rod version is missing the small block Chevy parts.

Just tried it, and nothing. According to isitdownrightnow.com the site is down.

It already looks good. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

I think the label "Tuner" might be a tad too generic to have much meaning. What exactly is a tuner? Well, judging from what I've seen as far as tuner category entries, it can be anything from a factory stock SVT Focus to a Skyline given the full "Dyno Queen" treatment. Obviously the term gets tossed about quite a bit as far as import cars are concerned, but what about a Hennessey Viper, or a Calloway 'Vette? Those are "tuned" by outside "tuning" firms, after all. So depending on how you want to define the term, it might cover quite a bit of ground. As has been pointed out, many of them could just as well fit into another category. I seem to remember a Mazda RX-7 winning the "Street Machine" class at a big contest several years back. Granted, maybe not as many people are building them these days, but there are still plenty of categories for them, even for lack of a dedicated Tuner class.

Totally doing this!

A few years back I was hit really hard by the flu, so basically spent a week on the couch. I'd answer the phone, and if it was a telemarketer, I made it a point to have a little fun. I remember one was getting very impatient with me after about fifteen minutes and I said "Please, don't hang up! I'll buy whatever it is you're selling! I'm so lonely!" Needless to say, he hung up, and I never did hear from that particular company again.

Oh, I've had some fun with those types. The best part is when they get indignant with you, for wasting their time. Kind of the same feeling you'd get if you prank-called a telemarketer at some ungodly hour.

I have noticed it, but it seemed like today was a perfect storm. Isn't the whole point of a classified ad to give people information about something they are interested in? Apparently not today.

Irked by the fact that many people seemingly can't read a classified ad. I have a windshield for an International pickup, and listed it for sale online. In the ad I said it fits 1957-1968 A,B,and C series pickup and Travelall cabs, as well as Loadstar and Fleetstar trucks with that cab style. I listed the price. I listed my location. I mentioned that I had no other parts or vehicles to sell, only the windshield in the listing. I also posted several photographs. I was barraged with questions like "Will that fit a '62 Scout?" "Will that work in a '54 pickup?" "How much?" "Where are you located?" "Do you have the headlight bezels/ side emblems/ tailgate/ etc.?" If you'd read the flipping ad, you'd know the answer to the last three, and if you looked at the pictures and compared them to the glass in your '54 or a Scout, anyone but Stevie Wonder could tell you they're different. One particularly "knowledgeable" fellow tried to tell me it was for a '62-'70 Dodge. Despite the fact I pulled it out of the 1964 IH truck myself. I ended up pulling it after about the 20th stupid question, by which time my head was pounding and my vision was blurry. I can understand people asking about something that isn't in the ad, like "What did it come out of?" or inquiries about possible trades, but if you can't process what's listed in the ad, maybe you're a bit too dense to be restoring a vehicle in the first place. I've dealt with dumb questions before, but jeez... this instance was nothing but stupidity. Really sad part is IH truck guys are generally way more intelligent than the cross-section I sampled today. Fingers crossed this isn't a recurring thing...

Too many to list, so here's their site. http://www.hotrodchassisandcycle.com/

They had a red one and this yellow one- I bought the yellow one- might be easier to paint over.

Nice!

Not shown... the Replicas and Miniatures Eddie Meyer Flathead hop up set, and the better set of headlights I ordered for the Mustang.