Chuck Most

Thanks guys. Other than the self-induced headaches brought on by all the kit bashing, it went together pretty well. All I did was graft in the Mustang front suspension and de-arch the rear leaf springs.

Well, it did make the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs. so what's there to complain about?

Love it! I'd actually care about drag racing if the cars still looked like this.

The original chop would work better if the body and hood sides were sectioned by about the same amount as the chop, I think. Other than that, I like it. Would be nice to see someone do more of a custom '32 than just another hot rod... not that there's anything wrong with just another '32 Ford hot rod, but a little variation never hurt. A stock '32 Ford is a good enough looking car, but still kind of a glorified buckboard buggy with fenders. The idea of giving one more of a "coachbuilt" look is interesting.

If you start with an ugly car, does it really matter if it's made uglier? I'm surprised that there's some evidence of restraint being exercised on this thing- pale beige paint job? On a design this insane? Call me when this guy gets his hands on something like a first-gen Riv or a '66-'67 Connie and maybe I'll get a little more worked up.

Love it! All you need now is a 1:25 chicken coop to park it next to.

Don't forget to widen the rear window- that seems to be the one detail everybody misses when they're modifying the Revell '50 into a '51 or '52.

Always nice to see a Blue Goose in scale.

Calm down, Mike. Next one.

Yeah- I've seemed to notice that decent 240s are going down in price, and MkII Jettas are getting to be a popular sight parked out in front of vape shops. Might be a connection there...

Thanks, guys! I don't think this will be the last one of these I build.

Very cool, but I am a bit disappointed about one thing. When I read "Brats" I was thinking along the lines of "bratwurst". But I guess this will do.

I'm going to at least try to turn one into a somewhat street-stock car. The 240 is an indestructible brick and now the ultimate hipster car, I'm really surprised it took this long to get one as a 1:24 kit, even if it is race-only.

Dateline 1966- Carroll Shelby takes Baja.

This is the new Moebius kit, built as a modern-style street machine. I lowered it, used Aoshima Lauda Sport wheels and Pirelli tires, and powered it with the 5.0 from a Revell '14 Mustang GT. I modified the inner fenders to make room for it- let's just say that it has the TCI front suspension on it. It likely needs some bracing- I'll figure that out later. The Mustang also barfed up it's electric fan, overflow tank, and battery, as well as the modified front suspension. Paint is Testors flaming orange. Needs a couple of foil and paint touchups here and there now that I look at the pics but overall I'm fairly pleased with how it came out.

Actually the stance is pure accident- I just left the "tail-down" stance to give the impression of rear leaves that had been overtaxed one time too many.

'54 Hudson Hornet Club Coupe converted into a four-wheel-drive pickup and powered with a Ford small block. The idea was an abandoned old aftermarket conversion or forgotten factory prototype given a new lease on life.

First gen Fit? I'll recommend simulating RTV sealer along the roof seams to keep leaks at bay. Also, driver needs a vape box and the LP sleeve from The Beat's "Wha'ppen?" needs to be somewhere in the car. Speaking of hipsters... why is there no kit of a stock Volvo 240?

Also- some of the Polar Lights snap kits come with metal axles that are splined on the ends.

Scenes Unlimited sells an axle shaft set that comes with a pair of splined shafts.

Glad I could help, though I have to admit I know nothing about this kit, but the fender unit and suspension looked awfully familiar to me. Guess it's clear why now.

Another Heller Ferguson bites the dust- this one has a homemade loader and blade, truck tires up front, and a 12-volt conversion. It's kind of a composite of all the crusty old beater tractors I used to see on farms as a kid... and still do today, come to think of it.

Well, the big push these days seems to be to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US- who needs intelligence when all you're going to do for five decades is punch a time clock and press the "start" button on some conveyor system? Being a little "educationally disadvantaged" wouldn't be so bad in that case- you wouldn't have any real inkling of how far you're being bent over the barrel. Yes, that statement was mostly just me cracking open the pressure relief valve on the part of my brain where all my bitter sarcasm comes from, but that being said, thoughts like that and seeing research like this (and wondering if there's any connection) do keep me up at night. Sheesh- thinking can be a real downer. I can almost understand why nobody would want to do it. On the plus side? Maybe this means in 50 years I'll look like some kind of guru because I'll be the only one at the plant who can read and understand the MSDS sheets, or possibly explain the nuances of what that "No Cell Phone Use" sign up front means. I'll regale the break room with stories of how we used to have to write stuff down by hand, perhaps using the archaic alphabet called "cursive". Someone will ask "What is cursive" and I'll take a deep breath and... okay, I think that bitter sarcasm relief valve has a slow leak. Here's what I believe. There are always going to be people who are, shall we say, "less than exceptional". I'm not talking about people with learning disabilities, or any other types of conditions that would make learning to a higher level possible. Even then, I know mentally challenged people who are almost genius at times. I know a guy who can't even read or write his own name, but he can do long division in his head. We called him The Human Calculator. I'm not talking about that. That's not the person's fault- that's a disability. I'm talking about a lack of drive from an otherwise completely capable person. An awful lot of people just don't see what I'd consider to be fundamental knowledge to be important. I went to school with a guy who was going to be a farmer, just like the last five generations of his family. The way he saw it, why did he need to learn math? Or reading? Cows don't care if you know how to read, crops don't care that 2+2=4. Turns out, his lack of drive translated pretty well into his (ultimately abortive) farming career. So now, he's practically about as employable as a second-grader. And he blames everyone but himself for his failures... but that's a rant for some other time. And if they aren't interested in mastering the basics of, well... the basics? They're pretty much going to be screwed in anything above that. Little wonder that nobody gets my Renaissance jokes... which you'd find hilarious if only you hadn't skipped history class to do donuts in the parking lot with Steve Zdunowski in his beat-up '81 Delta 88 that always reeked of burned oil and stale reefer. Is the number that high? I have no idea. Every study (scientific or not) most likely has some kind of agenda attached to it. And, those of us with reading comprehension and critical thinking skills often wonder "what ELSE could be inferred from these results"? (Tin foil hat relief valve talking there.) But it's always seemed to me that there are an awful lot of "low-drive" individuals out there in the wild. No scientific backing there- just my own observations and plain old gut feeling. Lack of drive, or motivation if you prefer. I believe that is the real problem. I'm not sure if it's an American thing or a Human thing, but it seems like many people just want to squeak by on the absolute minimum amount of effort. Hell, I'm guilty of that from time to time myself. I think if we could figure out the cause of that, we'd be pretty well set. We don't need to encourage everyone to be exceptional, but I think we need to make a more focused effort to get people to see what they're really capable of, rather than just doing the bare-bones level of effort. But, that would require drive and ambition. Ugh...

Nope. the 3.7 is a completely different design than the previous Ford V6 engines. The design is only about 10 years old, and as far as I know, there hasn't been a full detail kit of any vehicle to use it.

Sweet! A little work really brought it to life.