Craig Irwin

X 100000000 !!! On both counts.

You guys know that something known as music exists out in the real world, don't you?

I hope they can work their problems out, and stay out of the recording studio. (can't deal with the music, I mean "Hamster Love? really?)

Thats almost a twin to the real one my friend Jerry had, but his was an automatic with aftermarket wheels, and had a vinyl top. Very quick car. Nice model!

It's 12 here, going to -2, where's my tanning oil? According to the forecast this is about as good as it gets until after the first of February.

I bought a 66 long nose a few years ago but I don't know who cast it.

Yep, I've done more building in the last 3 weeks than the last 6 months! Unfortunately my body is stiff and sore from lack of exercise.

My LHS doesn't charge retail and is only 5 or 6 blocks from the feed store I go to twice a month, but I do admit most people aren't that lucky.

Example, the cheapest Revell 49 woody on ebay right now is $17.50 plus $6.00 shipping, and my LHS has it for $17.95 plus 7% Indiana sales tax, or $1.26. And I'll have it in hand as soon as the money changes hand. No, I don't find it cheaper to buy online.

I helped Steve with the swap, but its been 40 years ago. I remember multi piece fender well headers and an offset plate that hinged for the master cylinder. He used a Torqueflite so there was no clutch linkage issues. I also remember the shock towers were cut out and the roll cage mounting the shocks. I also remember the motor mount tabs cut off the K frame and tabs on the water pump for mounts.

Back about 74 or 75 a friend of mine bought a NOS crate Hemi long block and put it in a 69 Barracuda fastback, it was one of the first "back halved" cars on the street. It and my 427 69 Camaro (also home built) were well known around here.

For some people "it ain't right" is good enough, but it really bugs the rest of us,

Even the 68's were farmed out, the factory, as far as a car coming off the line, never built a Hemi A body that I know of. The 66 Hemi Under Glass was the first factory "authorized" one that I know of. Now watch a true fan correct me.

Yeah, I was passing up Palmer kits by the time I was 9.

It's us that have become more particular.

The last 5 kits I've bought were all from hobby shops, but my aftermarket parts all come from the net, unless there is a swap meet soon which is where I really like to buy. Online kit prices WITH SHIPPING cost more than what I can buy for at my LHS, plus the wait.

Nicely done! Who did the decals?

OK, we've had an inch of snow each hour for the last 6 hours, and the snow plow just closed my driveway in about an hour ago. A half an hour later I get a knock on my door, a teenage girl is stuck in my driveway in the plows wake, she was looking for the teenage boy who lives next door, who wasn't home. Both teens out on a night like this, I guess hormones are still stronger than brains.

I see the small ones in garage sales cheap all summer long, you might try a flee market but someone will be wanting a profit on the ones they bought last summer!

Thinking of driving over from Indy........how large is the show?

I buy mine at the hobby shop to get undamaged copys, but that didn't work this time. It looks fine on the outside but several inside pages were torn, with two tears about a 1/2 inch apart, like they were strapped in a stack too tight. I guess in todays world nobody has any pride in their work so the fact that they got delivered at all is a miracle.

I'm an auto body repairman and have a large upright compressor in my garage that could run a small body shop. With an air regulator an airbrush will work great. Ever wonder how shops do custom painting? Most Craftsman tools are great, but I know nothing about their compressors. They should be fine, buy the biggest one you can afford and buy a water trap to put on it.

That also has the Belair side trim, the flip front, wrong rear wheelwells and a bad chassis, but yes it could be done.

Cool, my first new car was a 78 Corvette L-82 4-speed, dark blue with oyster cloth interior.

Just looked at the forecast, next week ain't gonna be pretty.