oldcarfan

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.

I have this body as well. If you haven't worked with resin, it is a little different than regular plastic. Before you do too much, be sure to wash the body thoroughly to remove any mold release. Other than that, get some medium viscosity super glue and probably a thing of kicker. There will be some pinholes and other things that will show up after the first coat of primer that will need to be dealt with.

Is there a time limit? I just got an old unbuilt Monogram 1979 Camaro that needs to be built.

On another site a guy was saying he contacted Revell and they sent him a decal set for a particular release that I think hasn't been in production for a good while. That started me to wondering how the companies get replacement parts. Do they keep a bunch of extra kits somewhere back in the warehouse and when a customer calls for something they send someone back there to raid them for parts? Do they have a bunch of old kits or parts of kits? I want that job!

It looks like it's set up for building a tear drop trailer. Either way, it's cool!

I tried ordering some Pegasus wheels through HobbyTown recently and was told that they couldn't get any except for the lowrider wheel/tire units which they always seem to have plenty of anyway. Anyone know if that was a problem with HT? It's really frustrating since I like to buy locally.

I have one of the '75s that I got on the bay a while back. I pull it out and work on it sometimes. Now I can do one stock and one hotted up!

B-E-A-UTIFUL!

I never buy anything in this scale. 1/18th was always an odd size to me anyway. I only buy 1/24 or 1/25, but anything that negatively affects the hobby as a whole is of concern. I would however love it if they started issuing their subjects in on of these two smaller scales.

I really hope it's not the flip nose monster truck version. I have a rebuilder that I'm working on as a stock one and I've been hoping to find another to do as a sort of Japanese tuner style parts truck.

There are many reasons. One is saving an poor abandoned little car in need of a savior. it is also a challenge like a model version of one of those flip or flop shows where somebody buys a junk car or house and rehabs it. Probably the most common reason is that finding a mint kit in a lot of cases will cost mega-bucks if you can find one at all. Also, at least to me it feels wrong to buy a rare unbuilt kit and then build it when there may be only a few still extant.

It's a cliche, we'll miss him, but he's in a better place.

The Monogram Ranger is an 80-86 body style, and the F-350 is an 87-91. They are both 1/24th scale and pretty much the same size. The only real difference is the wheel wells and the tail lights. You can probably transplant just the wheel wells from step side to the fleet side part and call it good.

I think the Iron Horse version was the same kit, just changed a bit and recycled to get another use out of a tool. I seem to remember someone saying that a while back. It would be nice to see it returned to original and reissued if the tool is still around.

Nice cars, but I guess I'll have to stick to the 1/24 versions for a while more!

I don't buy many magazines these days, but Hot Rod Deluxe and Vintage Truck are some of those few!