Chuck Most

Not sure if it was the same one, but saw another red one headed West down M-57 on my way home from work. Right before Chrysler's daily test fleet convoy.

That's what's great about the Modelhaus repo- no horrific warp, and even in the off chance you do get a warped Modelhaus part, it's ususally close enough to in-shape to be easily coaxed back to its correct shape. AND you needn't concern yourself with Johan's classic 1/4" thick glass. Yeah, I'm exaggerating about the thickness of the glass. But not by much...

I can vouch for that- test fit, test fit, test fit, when you are building the AMT White Freightliner DD!

I keep seeing a stretched Gremlin somewhere in this rendering...

Any way I could get five or six of these accidentally shipped to my house?

Now you're speakin' my language!

Not building a custom- this place is crawling with them,but I do have a few ideas. '60's drag style- Use the blower, Moon valve covers, etc. from the AMT '40 Willys or maybe the Revell Beatnik Bandit on the kit Rocket V8. Jack up the front end either by raising the stock IFS or ditching it all in favor of leaves and a stick axle, and radius the rear opening. Leave out the rear seat (easy to do due to the NASCAR building option) and make up a simple rollbar. Then you just need to throw on some appropriate graphics, sponsor decals, and maybe tint the glass- even though that was illegal in most NHRA classes back then, it didn't appear to stop too many guys from doing that. Bonneville car- strip all the street-legal niceties, lower the car as far as you can get it, slap on some Moon spun discs and plumb some twin turbos to the engine. Modern street rod style- Lowered on an air ride suspension, with large diameter billets. Swap in the Olds Aurora 4.0 from the Revell Shelby Series 1- work in the tube, rear-mounted transaxle, and suspensions if you really want to get ambitous. Update the interior and paint it in a modern metallic color. Abandoned junker- Since I'm stealing at least one engine from one of these kits, I'll use the rest of the car as filler for a junkard diorama I've been kicking around for a while. Rust holes, dings and dents, a thrashed interior with ripped seats, and delaminating glass will be incorporated into that one. Sedan delivery- yep, another vote for that one. It'll probably be more street rod oriented than theoretically stock. Fastback and/or hardtop- this one will involve grafting in the roof from an AMT Belair or Fleetline. From there, any of the above ideas could be applied to the conversion.

Combine this kit with this- http://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-prodshow/79muscoupe.html and these http://www.madmodeling.com/store/ccp0-prodshow/dogdishtruck.html, and you'd be right in the ballpark for building something close to what's in the pic. That's sort of what I'm planning for at least one of these- combining the '92 underpinnings and the MAD '79 transkit and doing a mildly updated four-eye notch with the '92's fuel injection intact and Cobra R wheels.

Where'd you pick your Olds up from? Don't say Ed... apparently his supplier isn't getting them for another month.

Nice! Oddly enough there are two Beaumonts in my area, and I'm SEVERAL miles away from Canada.

That, and I'm not sure people are really ready to trust a GM vehicle with a hybrid powertrain, when GM has barely figured out how to build a decent vehicle with a conventional powertrain. Bazinga.

Theoretically, yes. But I'm certain the Moebius chassis will be infinitely better detailed and more accurate than the old AMT warhorse.

Good plan- unless you're into gray chrome.

Best thing about the AMT Belvedere is that you can use the chassis and drivetrain under a Modelhaus body.

Yeah, I guess screwing people to make boatloads of moneh with crappy phone and internet service could be considered pretty cool, depending on which end of the stick you get.

A guy who builds Pochers complaining about the price of a little jar of paint? I'm still trying to wrap my head around that.

Richard Branson (I refuse to call him 'Sir')? He's too busy counting the cash he's raking in from his crappy cell phone and ISP companies to actually do anything cool.

Well... I have one in the works that will be powered by a Plymouth flathead six, so I can't suggest that. I'd go with a variation on option 1- but I'd flush the small block Chevy down the nearest toilet and put that log manifold on a more deserving engine- something like a 392 Chrysler Hemi. Or if you really want to get kinky, an Ardun-equipped Flathead. It would be cool to keep the stock V6- maybe hop it up with a Paxton blower, or make up a manifold with mechanical injector stacks.

Hey, Rob? Where did this one go????

Do what I did. Move into an old, circa-1903 farm house. When one room fills... just put up some shelves in one of the six or seven spare bedrooms you'll have!

My junior high English teacher told us the same thing. The word 'very' was also discouraged. Anyway, all I can say about the Olds? Very nice!

Glad to see you back!

Managed to get a few shots before the rain REALLY came down.

That I've tried so far.

That thing you did? It's there, and I saw it... Anyway, this car didn't sell well in a country where some trucks are still built on a wooden chassis? Yeah, they'll do really well here, where vehicles are required to have some degree of safety features built in!