oldcarfan

Cool. This opens up a whole new venue for you to buy stuff. Now you can haunt eBay and resale shops looking for vintage Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars!

You did good! Amazing!

There is a 1/24th diecast of the 1980s Dodge Diplomat that's been around a while. I think Maisto or someone had one at Walmart a few years ago too. Did anyone mention the Blues Brothers cruiser? I think there is a standard police version of it too.

You might look into slot car wheels and tires. A few years ago I came across some at an old hobby shop. They were meant for 1/32 scale slot cars, but the tires fit onto a 1/24 Hasegawa 13" wheel that I had so they must have been right.

Not necessarily cops and robbers, but you could get a Porsche Speedster and a 63(?) Corvette and do the racers from the 1980 movie King of the Mountain. Both cars have personality! Also not movies per se, but a 1950 Ford and a Porsche Spyder? Or is that in bad taste?

Corgi shows one in 1/43rd scale. Don't know it it's still available. I think there was a slot car version at one time as well. http://www.modelly.com/modelcars/members/fred/corgi-toys/ford-gt70-pjj/

Really ooking nice. I love the Tom Daniels kits!

I stopped at HL this afternoon to get some some supplies for my kid's project that I'm going to be taking over. Anyone know how to make Champa and Beerus masks for an Anime Con? Me either, but my wife said do it, so I guess I'm going to learn! Anyway, I checked out the clearance aisle, just because. The MPC NASCAR Cyclone is on clearance for $16 along with a lot of other nice kits. If I didn't already have 3, I would have gotten more. I then came across this really cool car and thought how it would be nice to model. Then I remembered I don't even seem to have the time to finish a snap kit lately. Sad headshaking LOL. I thought it might be something of interest to people here. http://www.roadkill.com/1969-torino-turns-into-a-1971ish-road-race-monster-montego/

Hearing about the axles isn't a turn off for me. I'll be getting a couple. I might even get around to building them this decade!

I could sure use one.

Really nice! You've done great work as usual. I wish I had your skills. Have you looked at the Monogram or AMT 53 Corvettes? I think both have issued versions with Essen Speed Shop markings from when the team raced Carrera. I don't know how accurate they are, but it is a fun build.

Looks nice. My dad's friend across the street bought a brand new 1972 in that color when I was little. The only difference I can see was that his had a white vinyl half top. Love it!

I like it!

Model car archaeology! Love it! Looks like you are having fun and that's what the best part.

It would be hard to get someone to build one. Hobbytown for instance does demographic studies before they allow a franchise. As others said, you might try starting one as a hobby and see if it grows into a business. I know a couple of people who run 'informal' hobby stores in their areas, buying kits and supplies online for friends who don't have access to order for themselves and making a small profit from it. They also put ads on Craigslist and in the local papers that they buy old models and collections and then resell them either locally or online depending on the situation.

I've had this problem as well. I'll try the right click thing and see how that works!

These are the cars of my youth. I took them for granted and am now beginning to really appreciate them! I really like how you've done this. Just great!

I lost interest in NASCAR years ago. At least the modern version. What I still love is old NASCAR. Since licensing seems to be the hold up in so many stories of coulda-been stock car kits, why can't a kit maker take some of the old chassis tools they still have available or better yet, tool up new chassis in the style of 60s, 70s and 80s racers. They could be used/modified to fit currently available street stock kits to build up vintage racers? They could do a chassis with a generic period correct roll cage, a seat, wheels/tires and all running gear except brand specific parts like engines. I know there are a lot of reasons why not, but still..

I already tried that. I paid $65 for a MIB Landie a few years ago and waited patiently for them to re-release it. No luck. Someone elses turn!

If we can't bring more new blood into the hobby, that may be where we are headed.. Just a bunch of old guys sitting on a pile of kits like Smaug in his lair... LOL

A lot of people also use the term muscle car for pony car. My dad has always been very specific about that, it's a pet peeve. A muscle car was larger, based on a standard passenger car line, with a big engine and performance parts. Mustangs, Camaros, Firebirds, Barracudas, Challengers or Javelins was a pony car. People call Mustangs muscle cars nowadays and it still irritates him. LOL

Looks cool. A little out of my price range though!

This is I Get Around, but check out the three cars used as props! I wonder if they are still around? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZe4APttU0

All those cars we put on pedestals now were once just junk used cars back in the day. In High School I was going to buy a 68 Mustang Fastback from my uncle that had a 428 with 4-speed. My dad wouldn't let me buy it because it had some rust in the trunk and it got like 9 MPG. It wasn't anything special back then. My best friend had a 69 Chevelle with a 396 and 4-speed that we used to go to the beach at Port Aransas in until the rust ate it up. He sold it to a scrap yard for a hundred bucks and got a Camaro for next to nothing and repeated the cycle. They were beaters to be used and thrown away. An Accord like they describe isn't a muscle car, it's too refined, more like an old school Grand Touring car, capable of blasting across the country in comfort with a couple of people and all their luggage.

It all comes down to the definition of muscle. Do you go by the capabilities or by attitude? Even the cheapest penalty box Hyundai can outperform and outhandle a 40 year old Ferrari and that's with the radio on and A/C blasting. A 1968 Dodge Charger Hemi did a 0-60 in 7.8 seconds. My wife's minivan does it in 7.6 without spilling her Starbucks and with two kids in the back playing Mario Kart. Any current car sold today is better in almost every measurable way than the old stuff. Safer, faster, better handling and can go 100k miles without breaking down. I wouldn't want to daily drive a classic car, but I'd sure like to have one in the garage.