Chuck Most

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.

Scariest part of that movie is that so many people think it actually happened. Yes, it's "based on a true story", but in this case, VERY loosely.

No, sorry. I'm told I suffer from "S10 blindness".

That kit's been gone a loooooong time- I think it was last seen in the '60's. The AMT kit is a '25, not a '23 as noted in post 21.

If we're talking old AMT kits... mirror brackets.

Elsie Fall Fest 2014- fortunately the weather was nice.

These were at a car show this morning.

They kind of look like they're off an old Ertl diecast toy... but I'd like to know where those tires came from too.

Count all the blades of grass, and all the grains of sand. I'd do it, but I kind of have a lot to do this afternoon...

A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, "My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?" The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk." The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery. The monks accept him, feed him, even fix his car. That night, he hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier. The next morning, he asks what it was, but the monks reply, "We can't tell you. You're not a monk." The man says, "All right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?" The monks reply, "You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk." The man sets about his task. Forty five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, "I have travelled the earth and have found what you have asked for. There are 145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth." The monks reply, "Congratulations. You are now a monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound." The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, "The sound is right behind that door." The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. May I have the key?" The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man demands the key to the stone door. The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, and amethyst. Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key to the last door." The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound. But I can't tell you what it is, because you're not a monk.

Love it! I especially like it because it started off as a model of a top-line version and ended up as a base model.