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I maxed out my credit cards buying tix to the Swift / Kelce wedding, but I'm sure that I could find some loose change in the fountain at the local nudists' colony. The AMT '69 Chevelle has some nifty , vintage customising parts - likely grab one of those. '76 Nova... why not ? I haven't built one of those rascals in 40 years. The '69 H/O Cutlass ( not to be conflated with a 4-4-2 ) is super nice. I positively love the Hurst Dual-Gate shifter and console ( nice piece to use in any vintage 1967-1972 race car - the '68 Hemi Dart comes to mind ) .

Gov't spending has been spent on other frivolous projects...

Perhaps the dumbest traffic-flow "improvement" I encountered while travelling through Arizona was those asinine traffic circles on US 60 !

Step 1 : Leave California.

There was a lot of discouragement being spread around during the 1980s : cinema, television, advertisements, etc., etc. ( social engineering ? ) . The dead-centre Middle Class was on its deathbed . 99% of the shop classes were D.O.A. before I arrived high school. So, I took drafting classes (just as I did in middle school), as that was the closest I could get to automotive classes. Then CAD came along - at least that was my first time learning of it - and I gave up on drafting, too. Bitter victory here. It's great to see a return to calloused hands and missing teeth and other Blue Collar indicators. On the same note ; I'm still angry that those courses were stripped away during my formative years.

A reissue with stock option would be boss ! I'm keen on those long bed step sides (or whatever GM's nomenclature was).

Ah, yes... the "San Francisco Stuffed Potatoe" !

There's a handful of YooToob videos I'll watch - subscribe to if the content doesn't irritate me terribly - and , yes, that prattling on about nonsense gets under my (Celtic) skin immediately. As others here have mentioned , I prefer the "ASMR" kind of builds - no jabbering, no ad nauseam instrumental tracks , no rubbish. I can cite Mr. Lin and A4 Garage as two of the best that come to my mind. Mr. Lin provides English subtitles ; A4 does not. Apparently, Louie "Autistic Modeler" was slagged HARD recently. He happens to be one of my favourite content providers. Being Autistic myself, I know how difficult it is to provide content (let alone get though daily requirements - work, etc.). But, yeah... those nut jobs whose performance-content is akin to someone who took psychedelics before starting their gig...

I have some original, bootleg recordings of Shakespeare ( Live ! At the Lyceum MCCCCCCCCCDC ) , and I can totally hear his voice when thinking of opening a sealed , vintage kit.

I seem to remember the B&M 'J' converter from c.1967, 1968 being one of those early , high-stall , "loose" converters. Those were in the '68 Hemi Dart and Barracuda models.

C.A.F.E. Standards seem like a more likely contributor ; "world platform" , secondary. Should a non-perf version of it find its way into truck / van applications, that's good... a comparable V6 doesn't have comparable low-end torque (all being equal). Like the 3.9 "chopped 318" V6 - absolute dud in full sized pickups and B-vans. Fine for the Dakota , but that's all. Gutless gas hog of an engine.

As much as an I-6 can be a fantastique engine, it has no place in a vehicle such as a Charger... (1968-1972 models ? Yes.). Why is Chrysler-Renault-Yugo-Fiat-Trabant et alia hacking around with that instead of a, I dunno, small-displacement V8 sans turbos and/or other oxidisers ? Not that piece-of-it 4.7 junk, but rather an all-new engine with similar engineering properties as the Ford Modular V8 ? ( attention ALL manufacturers : pretty please kick back on the "infotainment" screens and other techie rubbish, please ? )

Then there was the Liberty 4-speed as well. IIRC, it was the opposite of the Clutch-Flite ; it was typically a Chrysler A-833 , but with a torque converter instead of a clutch. Thanks for the article !

I'd be good with not only stock rims / tyres / hubcaps, but also a regular , single 4 Bbl. intake (vs. the originals' rare Autolite inline four barrel, and the later issues' fuel injection setup). Some nicer aftermarket rims would be lovely, too. Not those "Vectors" from the original, either ( !! ) , nor those 1990's junks in the F-100 kit . Okay, since I'm dreaming here... an interior whose appointments aren't out of a c.1996 "Gold Card Build" catalogue.

I'm not speaking of the personnel , only the title. I'd never entertain the idea of calling one a "grease monkey" (unless they want to be called as such... haha). Even the position I hold at work has an ostentatious title : "Delivery Service Specialist". Scoff !