Longbox55

I noticed the rake on your 1:1. I did a mockup when I built my LRE, the rearend sat up high enough it looked like an old '70s Street freak with Gabriel Hi-Jacker shocks in the back . Here's a pic of it after I finished it, with 1/8" taken out of the rear blocks' I left a little rake in it.

Nice truck. Gotta love the six with a three on the tree, my old Chevy has the same combination except that I have a Borg-Warner R10 overdrive unit on it, too. A quick tip on that later issue LRE, the rear springs in that kit are for the 4x4 option that was in the Warlock version of the kit. It has the lift blocks molded to them, and makes the rearend sit way up, similar to the problem found on the IMC/Lindberg L700s. If you cut the blocks down about 1/8", it levels it out and makes for much better lock.

I couldn't find a listing for any big block engines as an option in the second generation Chevrolet vans until '88. Even then, it was limited to the G30 1 ton vans.

If you don't show up, they'll send someone to get you. depending on the state, you'll most likely get at least fined, and potentially get to spend a night in the "Hotel Of Barred Windows".

I had to do that a few years ago. First week I didn't get picked, second week I got picked as an alternate for a rape trial. Something I found out about in Illinois, if you get a traffic violation and take the court supervision to keep it off your record, you're automatically put on the list to be summoned for jury duty. Almost everyone that was there the same time I was had some sort o traffic violation withing the last 12 months prior.

If it's the blue Revell kit, no, it's not the same kit. That one is a 1/25 scale and has the Disk Brake/Rally wheel. The Monogram is the 1/24 scale Chevelle with the flip-nose front end, and was done in red or black. The red one has the wheels you're after, as the black on has Centerlines. Here's a pic of the kit I'm talking about (pic sourced from the DPMCC site)

Could have sworn I posted in this one, guess not. Anyways, here's my daily driver. It's a 1955 Chevrolet 3204 pickup, 235 6 cylinder (dual Holleys, Fenton headers, and Howard M4F solid lifter cam) and a 3 speed on the column with a Borg-Warner R10 overdrive. Still riding on the stock leaf spring suspension, manual steering, and manual drum brakes, but has been upgraded with gas shocks, F & R anti-sway bars, steering stabilizer, and radial tires. Those of you that attended the HMCA show a while back might have seen it sitting in the lot, it was parked out by the road near the CVS.

The old Monogram '66 Chevelle (the red one) also has those rims.

I'll be putting up some more pix soon, I'm having some paint issues that need resolved (my lousy technique, not the fault of the paint).

Yes, it does have the big metal axles.

Very nice. I'm building the '64 Utility bed version from Modelhaus, and am planning on getting the CSS at a later time.

An "L88 cam" will not work in a 350, L88s were Big Blocks.

No, it has the windowless rear doors. I'm inclined to thin that the reissue recue van will simply be the Dirty Donnie with different decals and the rescue parts added back in.

I see that they mention Marine Clean, which a POR15 product. I think I have a jug of that leftover from restoring my '55 Chevy, I'm going to give it a try. BTW, update on the whole sodium hydroxide thing in Illinois, I was at one of the local farm stores near me, they had a sign up about it. Not only does one need to show identification, but they also need to fill out a form declaring the date, location, and amount that was purchased.

I haven't seen a set date for it yet.

It wasn't pretty, especially since we were in an '85 Escort, and 3 of the people in the car (Myself, Rudnicke, and Foster) are not exactly small guys.

That would depend on whether your just watching in, or participating! Been there, done that.

You can't do the Chinese Fire Drill (old school car guys will know what I'm talking about) in a 2 door car, a 4 door is a requirement to do it right.

I would imagine that it will be a tie in with the Fury Road movie that they're working on. That would fit in nicely with your theory, as Fury Road is going to take place between Mad Max and The Road Warrior. Maybe Hugh Keays-Byrne will make a cameo in it, he played the Toecutter in the original, and is appearing as "Immortian Joe" in Fury Road.

I'll go you one better, the old opening doors Revell '56 Chevy. I have yet to see one that the body wasn't warped in 3 different directions.

I keep my tools in a Craftsman 9 drawer toolbox (7 drawer top chest/2 drawer center chest) that's mounted to my workbench. I also have a larger Craftsman one drawer center chest mounted to a cabinet that I keep all my airbrush supplies in, it also has been modified with a laminated top from the local hardware store. The bottle paints are stored in Plano small parts organizers, separated out by brand/paint type. Hobby spray paints are on a modified metal pegboard, using magnetic shelves from the local Lowes, again separated by brand/type. I have a separate shelf mounted above that for the larger cans, mostly primers.

You have it backwards. As you've already found out, each section has 2 speeds, Underdrive and Direct. When taking off, each section starts out in Underdrive, pulling the lever shifts it into Direct. The effect of the stacked sections is cumulative, so you would have to shift all the sections into Direct to get to the final ratio of 1:1. There is also an extra section that allows for Reverse.

The valves are in the block, rather than the head. It makes for a much cheaper and simpler engine, but they do have drawbacks in the design. The main drawback is the poor breathing of the engine, as the ports have to be run through the block rather than the head, which only has the combustion chamber, spark plugs, and water jackets in it. On inline Flatheads, it's not as much of an issue, as the parts are pretty much a straight shot, but on V8 engines, the exhaust has to make a 180 degree turn to get to the ports. This not only restricts the flow, but it also tends to hold heat in the block. Overhead valve engines are much more efficient, and will make more power for the same displacement, but are more expensive to manufacture and are a more complicated engine.

Here's some factory pix showing the underside of the cab, note that the steps are only at the doors themselves. Here's a few pix of my 1:1 truck, they're not the best, didn't get a chance to put it up on a lift.

I'm a Chevy guy, and I'm actually amused by this. Remember Chevrolets slogan; Valve In Head, Ahead In Value.