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I've seen good people do bad things and I've seen bad people do good things. Last winter a guy walked into a Wendy's restaurant not far from my home, committed an armed robbery and made off with $1,400.00 He was caught right away. This spring when his trial was getting started the court system discovered that the $1,400.00 cash from the robbery that was being held in the evidence room at the Michigan State Police post in Cadillac, MI was missing. http://www.9and10news.com/story/25758484/michigan-state-police-missing-money-from-evidence THEN-when the State Police started an investigation into this matter, they found that there was close to 10 thousand dollars in cash missing from the same evidence room. My all time favorite story on this subject: Two summers ago, one of our local sheriff deputy's was caught with a working methamphetamine lab going in his house. Seems this guy would drive over 100 miles away to buy his supply's . I guess nobody told him there was some type of registry kept on who was buying the key ingredients . That's how they caught him. So he was either doing it himself, selling it to others (which I believe is illegal) or both-doing it AND selling it. Just what we all need- a tweaked out (armed) sheriff deputy.

I wouldn't drop off/leave my wife and daughter in downtown Detroit at Ford Field. I would stay with them............a concealed weapon wouldn't be a bad idea either

Last night we went to the drive in movies for the second time this summer-saw Planes 2: Fire and Rescue Got a few good reference pictures of the speakers for a diorama too The Cherry Bowl Drive In got one of the Honda grants to update it to digital projectors http://www.cherrybowldrivein.com/

Then you could factor in the cost of old promos that dealerships GAVE away back then and figure the cost they sell for now............ http://www.ebay.com/itm/171386602040?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I picked up this magazine in the mid 1980's at a 1:1 car swap meet for $20.00. The inside cover says Copyright 1951 This is sort of car related, I got this book in 1977 when I had machine shop class at a Detroit public High School 'Ol Primitive Pete always got into trouble using tools in the wrong way

I'll be getting a few of the Starsky and Hutch Torino's. Finally a decent donor for this '72 Gran Torino promo As for T.V.cars made into kits- Brady Bunch , sponsored by Chrysler I Dream of Jeannie, sponsored by Pontiac

Ray, You could look at bicycles very much the same as model cars or any other hobby. Here are a few sites that cater to the bicycle hobby-If you'd like a few more ideas. http://www.ratrodbikes.com/ http://www.schwinnbikeforum.com/index.php Over the years I have bought a couple of brand new 21 speed mountain bikes and hated them. About 10 years ago I pieced this 1952 Schwinn together It rides as good or better than a brand new cruiser from the big box store.

There was a guy in Ohio that belonged to the Buckeye Model Club that made vacuum formed mower body's out of .010 Evergreen stock. I used the engine from the Dragula Surf Slab, wheels/tires are made from Evergreen round tube

That looks great ! For the rigging, you might look at a product called Tiger Wire or Tiger Tail beading wire.

A modern spiritual by Gail and Dale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg

David Bowie vs .Nirvana http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSH--SJKVQQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80tX5MLX8QY

Chuck Berry -C'est la vie (You Never Can Tell) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoDPPgWbfXY Covered by Bob Seger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDle0aVv13o I like the Chuck Berry version better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5WPXxNzPU

That is the same brand of illuminated key board I bought last year 'Logitech' Very Nice-Easy to see the keys when the room is dark.

Thanks for looking at my project and the positive comments-I'm very sorry but I can not post pictures here for some reason.

The Show Must Go On Originally written by Leo Sayer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwW2pQaCc1Y Then covered by Three Dog Night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs7F7qwGuTM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubqcT_sIBos I like this cover a lot more than the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MgpT22xYPU

I guess the reason I mentioned the Comet in a Falcon Ranchero thread is because at one time I studied on taking one of these re-issued Ranchero kits and bashing it with a 1962 Comet front clip As I mentioned before, the Comet wagon was a Falcon wagon with a Comet front clip-BUT- in Modelsville the two plastic bodies will not line up. ( I studied on it) And I thought the Comet front clip should line up to the Ranchero body. Obviously they interchange in real life but not in plastic.

To cross reference the origins of the Comet-read the Wiki report of the Ford Falcon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(North_America) Read the section called First Generation (1960-1963) I really don't want to start an argument over all of this, maybe it falls under the ill-fated topic that Harry P. started about "Scale Model Inaccuracies" and how some thing gets lost between the real cars and our models? when I put the AMT '67 Mustang chassis into the '61 Comet I had to cut it and add about an inch of length to get the proper wheel base. The Mustang in '67 was a larger car than the first generation Comet and you would think it would have to be shortened rather then lengthened. Although in the AMT/SMP days as with the real car world the Falcon and the Comet were both considered a compact while the Fairlane was considered a mid size. Also remember a few short years earlier the Fairlane was a full size car. I just want to have a healthy discussion about model cars and techniques. (period)

So-Are you saying Wikipedia is wrong ?

The 64 1/2 to 66 Mustang was the same unibody platform as was the Ford Falcon. Also the Econoline van and pick up shared the same basic platform. The first generation Mercury Comet wagon WAS a Ford Falcon wagon with a Comet front clip and different tail light treatment And as I mentioned earlier-the first Falcons and Comets would have had 13 inch/4 lug wheels-the Fairlane would have had 14 inch/5lug wheels

No, SIR 1960-1965 the Comet was based on the Ford Falcon platform (compact car) It wasn't until 1966-that the Comet shared the same chassis as the Ford Fairlane (mid-size car) But don't take my word for it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Comet The second sentence says Quote: The Comet was based on the compact Ford Falcon then later on the Ford Maverick. (Although I will agree that the 1966-1967 Comet was based on the Fairlane platform) Further down the Wikipedia page: 1964-65 The Comet was redesigned with a much more square shape, though it was STILL built on the the same unibody as the 1963. Here's a few shots of a 1963 Comet I was looking at a few months ago It is the same as the Falcon underneath right down to it's 4 lug wheels-the mid size Fairlane would have had 5 lug wheels.

There are a lot of great ideas being shared here, I'll throw one on the pile. I used the plastic globe from our bathroom night light to make the rear hood for a road grader I fabricated