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Email specialappearancedecals@yahoo.com with your wants. He has several of the Gooche decals. Mike

I pulled it right up in Firefox. Last update in February 2010. Mike

You need to resize it. When I click on it it's so huge I can't really see the composition of the picture. Mike

Larry Watson was a trendsetter with a career that spanned from the 50's until the present. He will be missed. Mike

The question is whether such a car would be carbed (doubtful) fuel injected or supercharged/turbocharged. If you choose carbed, I go with a Nascar kit. What you may want to do is combine the dry sump and maybe the headers from a Nascar kit to the stock motor and dechrome what's there. I'd either flat black or carbon fiber the valve covers. Mike

This is a great show. If my life was going better, I'd love to make it. Very good vendor set-up with everything from overpriced junk to great builders to restorable classics. I found a Pink Panther or another Eldon/Dihatusa show car and a Flying Dutchman built up and like a complete moron passed on both. Ughhhhhh. As for the show, there's some great models. If you want to show your work, its a good show. If you want to compete for trophies, bring your A game. Mike

Shane: Great tutorial on the front end. As for a stock block 392 the three "obvious" choices are the Revell Stone, Woods and Cook/Big John Willys. Other possible choices include the Wild Willy Winged T or maybe the Piranha. Either of the last two are workable but not really in the same league as the Revell Willys. MIke

Your "unknown source" is Fred Cady. Mercy I miss having his decals commonly available. Mike

Nice set of three cars that should have had more success in Nascar. I also believe this is the type of sponsorship that Nascar desperately needs if it is to grow its fanbase. Mike

Speed has it moments both good and bad. Barrett-Jackson has ruined to collector car market. I remember looking at a '69 Mustang that thuded in the rockers and rear wheel arches with bondo. The under hood wiring would make you want to keep a fire extinguisher strapped to the transmission tunnel AND the fire department on speed dial. Asking price? $25,000. What? "Well I saw one on Barrett-Jackson that was a little nicer I think it was one of those Boss Mustangs for $125,000. This one has to be worth at least $25,000." I also almost cried when one of Lil' John's cars, the 1926 Ford sold for $42,000. How can a common production car be worth six figures and a hand built classic built by one of the leading craftsman of our times not be worth at least fifty grand? Speed had the audacity to air the Junior Earnhardt's stupid attempt to modify the classic Car and Track with Bud Lindemann. At one time Speed would run the originals which were great history lessons about racing in the last golden era. Now we have Daddy's Coattails trying to be cute in a way that belittles these individuals who did more to earn their place in history in a season than Little Talent has done in his career. Too many shows are informercials disguised as a TV show. Pinks (not all out) was an enjoyable show that sadly seems to have faded away. Dave Despain is one of the best motor racing journalists out there. His Sunday evening show is a great overview of the events in the racing world. The Nastrucks is currently the best Nascar racing. It beats the heck out of Disney, Disney XD, Nick and normally Animal Planet. Mike

I own a 2005 PT Cruiser Convertible with a five speed and a turbo. It was well equipped from the factory. It has had a few modifications to both the suspension and the engine. While stock may not be as quick as you'd desire, with a little work it can be a fairly fun car. One version of the turbo motor in the PT is the same basic motor as the NEON SRT-4. The SRT-4 is one of the best low cost performance cars that you can find. Like most cars, the PT has a few drawbacks. First is the fact that as a niche car, it really didn't offer the potential for major design changes a trait it shares with the new VW Bug or Austin(?) Mini. There is no way to really change the car without taking it out of its niche. Chevy (can I still say that?) is going to have the same problem with the HHR. While the engine can be made quite strong (I know several owners of 300 plus horsepower PTs), it is an older design that suffers from poor fuel mileage. The fuel mileage issue of the PT is part poor weight, a common Chrysler trait, poor gearing (I'm turning 3300 rpm at 80 mph) and fuel management. I do not believe the fuel mileage can be attributed to aerodynamics as the HHR has to have equal or worse aero numbers but gets much better gas mileage with similar performance. I know some will question my enjoyment of my PT. To each their own. For example, I don't understand people with four wheel drive who never use it, Cadillac Escalades for city driving or several other automobiles. I liked the original PT's styling but absolutely love the convertible's styling especially if the car is lowered. Plus where else can you get a four seat convertible excluding the BMW? Finally until this past year, the PT was one of the top three selling models in the Chrysler lineup. Will I miss the PT? Yes I will. But I know I'll have the last laugh. In ten to fifteen years there will be a new model announced by whoever owns Chrysler, a retro PT Cruiser.

I went looking and found these on the other forum. I'm looking forward to these. May even drive down the price of the Etzel's resin kits. Nahhhh. Mike

I was gung ho on this until the posting of the built up of this car. It really took the wind out of my sails. Now I'm trying to get inspiration for another ideal. Mike

Nice job..... I appreciate the effort and the decals. The motor looks very well done. If I had a good selection of affordable parts, I'd consider trying my hand at something like that. Mike

Sorry to say but you dropped your link. I don't know which guy you're talking about. Mike

Karmodeler2: I absolutely dig you Deal's Wheels Van. Have you thought of adding some freak drops to it? Really not hard to do. Thin the paint down a bit more than normal. Than hold the airbrush still and shoot a small circle. Then move in closer and blow the paint with the air without adding any more paint. If you pay attention to where you angle the brush you can cause the paint to move in the direction you want. The trick for me was to always remember to aim in the opposite direction of where I wanted the center to be. Mike

This is a correct set up. The exhaust is not connected. If you look at the heated metal there is an open circle. The exhaust spins the turbo's impeller and then exhausted. The air for the intake comes into the bright silver side of the turbo. It is compressed within the turbo housing. I hope this helps. Mike

You know after my remark (which some might take exception to in this part of the woods), I really expected something like this instead of your rather nice build up. Mike

Wouldn't that style work better if you added some panels that were blue and gold? :D :P :P :P Of course anyone west of the Mississippi have no clue what I'm talking about. Seriously looks like a good start. Mike

I find the attached show rod is trapped in my mind. Guess its time to try making it in plastic. I've got a good handle on parts of it but the engine has me stumped. Any recommendations as to a motor that would work for something like this? I'd like something modern but it MUST have the headers. Suggestions would be appreciated. Mike

First off....... MENTAL Illness. If you know me, you know that. Second, I modeled during the late 70's early 80's. I remember desperately seeking any new kit besides a Firebird, Corvette or Mustang. Pac-Man and other video games killed the hobby. I dreamed of reissues from the 60's wondering why the manufacturers focused on new kits (although it was a new Firebird) instead of reissuing some of their old gold. I didn't want to lose the hobby due to lack of choice. Finally Darin I'll help you out with your overflow. When do you want me to bring the van to help you clean out that room? May how things changed. Mike

Before buying an MPC repop, I'd modify the original. I'm assuming you're using the AMT kit. The early pro stocks had a pretty stock interior with door detail with the exception of the back seat. If you were to get a pattern going you might be able to knock them out pretty quickly and have a better product than the MPC interior. Mercy I'm so tempted to say inferior interior. Mike

First let me salute your athletic ability for doing those marathons. I also salute your imagination. I'm curious would you have a partner to swap off with or what's the reason for the second person? Mike

Where's the Chi-Town Hustler? :angry: Mike

Len: I really like that body. What a great build idea. Who cast the body? Mike