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Jim, that came out great. Love the color!

I'm not really a truck guy, but a garbage truck and a cement mixer have always been on my "want" list in kit form.

Gee Skip, I thought I was old...

I was born in 1958 - I'm going with the BMW 507, hardtop, in red.

Jim, That would be a perfect candidate for an Altered.

No, Gassers has to be coupes or sedans. There was a class that was similar to gassers for roadsters, but you would have needed a early roadster-style car to be competitive in that. You could have a convertible in the Altered class.

Cool project. I'll be watching

Wow, you have had some fugly cars in the Auto ID, but this thing takes the cake. The proportions are just horrendous, and what's with that silly-looking kickout in the front wheelwell? I have no idea what this is, and I don't wanna know.

Anthony, MassCar meets in Medfield Mass a couple time a month.

Very nice.

I paint anything that I think that I will be able to see when the model is finished.

My Geek Glasses...

His stuff isn't as good as Modelhaus stuff, but it's well worth the prices he is charging and he has some great unusual subject matter. I built this from his 32 Ford Hearse body.

The other problem is that is it going into new cars. The last new cars I had any interest in were built in the early 1970's... And, oh yeah, it's gonna be in a Chrysler. Do you know why Chrysler has always been the third largest of the "Big Three" automakers? Cuz they have always made the third best car.

I'd buy two. That leaves 9,998 for the rest of you guys (and girls).

Ann - I also went to high school with the only coach to receive 6 Super Bowl rings.

1. I was the Track Photographer for New England Dragway in NH and Lebanon Valley Dragway in NY for most of the 1990's. 2. I have seen the Boston/New England Patriots play at every "home" stadium that they have had during their existence - Fenway Park, Harvard Stadium, Alumni Stadium at Boston College, Schaefer/Sullivan/Foxboro Stadium, and Gillette Stadium.

Thanks Derrick, it was a fun build.

Everything that Modelhaus sells is top-notch. You won't be disappointed with their models.

Dale, Altereds could be coupes and sedans too. This was an Altered -

Bill, Yes, both of those cars are higher than stock, but the frames have not been altered to do so, nor have the bodies been raised on the frames. All of that extra height comes from the suspensions. Obviously many people stretched the rules as far as possible to get any advantage that they could. My only purpose was to clear up any confusion that many people have about the two.

Bill, A lot of the pictures of early gassers are misleading. The combination of big racing slick in the rear and small front tire makes it look like the front is sitting high. So, if you look at the picture you show, yes, it looks like the front fenders sit high, but if you look at the running board, it is pretty level to the ground. If you look at true side shots of early gassers, they sit pretty level. The early rulebooks state "Bodies and/or frames may not be raised to gain weight-transfer to rear wheels.". But those rule were modified and made more specific to take into account that the rear slick would raise the rear of the car. But the late '60s the rules stated "Car must remain level at a standstill when equipped with competition rear tires, except those cars which have a forward rake, an acceptable modification." While it wasn't specifically stated in the earlier rulebook, the intention as to not allow the gasser body or frame to be used in the improvement of weight transfer. There were other rules, such as the allowed total battery weight, rear bumper weight, and added ballast weight, that were also intended to minimize the weight transfer to the rear. If you wanted more weight transfer in your car, you made it an altered.

There has always been a lot of confusion of what the differences are between Gassers and Altereds, so I thought I would put together a small chart that shows the most important differences between the two. The fundamental difference is the Gassers (the formal NHRA name is Gas Coupes and Gas Sedans), and Altereds is that the Gas classes were intended for "streetable" cars, while Altered were for non-streetable race cars. But in practice, the two classes had a lot of similarities and a lot of fans and model builders get them confused because of that. Here is a short listing of the major differences between the two classes. This is not a complete list, and the rules did change somewhat over time. But for the most part, these rules applied through the heyday of the Gassers and Altereds.

Tom, I have had packages get lost or take so long that the buyer gives me negative feedback, as if it was my fault. With the ability to track a package that will end.

I got this notice from eBay too, and I will definitely try it. International shipping has been the biggest snake pit on eBay for a long time for sellers. This program may not be perfect, but it's a vast improvement over what has been going on. Combined with online shipping payment and label printing through PayPal, shipping is now one of the easier aspects of selling on eBay.