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I've been reading Shōgun , which has been on my list since age 7 (but, mum wouldn't let me read it back then: "It's too violent for someone your age. Besides, you wouldn't understand it.") I can't argue - in my adult years - those points. It seems more detailed about sexual content and bodily functions than violence (haha).

That's a fun read. I've read it a few times (sometimes just certain passages). Leee Childers cracks me up ! Have you read Walter Lure's To Hell And Back ? Wonderful read by the most rational, accessible member of The Heartbreakers. The next music biography - an autobiography - I'm going to get is Time Between by Chris Hillman. He's offering signed copies of it via his website.

I have the c.2013 issue (first of the 'Retro' art series), but will be purchasing two or three of the new one as the aforementioned decals are worth it alone. Again: I wish that the DOHC Hemi from the Pro Street would find its way into the stock version...

"Said you were going to love me forever", said the sobbing young lady, to which her now former companion replied, "Yeah, baby, but forever changes."

Same here. Well, maybe three -- those Peacock Blue stripes (V6 & V8) and the V8F stripe are too much !

"Nohow is that Josef Mengele lookalike going to pick No Time Like The Right Time by the Blues Project on that jukebox !", barked Ace ap-Richard from across the bar of Icepick Slim's

I've discovered that the Crager GT wheels fit better in the kit's tyres than the stock wheel covers. So, that's what I'm going with -- besides, I'm having a devil of a time properly detailing the stock wheel covers (got to love ageing eye sight !)

Single-handedly I attempted to roll-on a copious amount of lidocaine topical pain reliever only to miss the targeted shoulder area

The engine in the AMT 1960 Starliner would be a great upgrade/substitute for the 1960 F-100 offering, neh ?

Here's a 1970 Super Bee with the V6B over EB7. I can't wait to see the V8B stripe ! You folks are hitting all the right buttons, @SteveG !

"Hoax at the La Brea Tar Pits !", proclaimed Bat Boy whilst purchasing groceries inside a shuttered Alpha Beta

He was on Dragnet 1967 !

Testors cans have been doing that for - in my experiences - at least 15 years. I've never had a Tamiya aerosol can leak, and I've been using their aerosols for more than 20 years (one can was "bad", but that was my fault). The shelf-life of Testors paints have always been quite short, bottles and cans. However, at one time, if the can wasn't used-then-stored, its contents were fine for a while. But, once used - even for a spritz - they turned to garbage in short order.

Words by The Monkees on Pieces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, LTD., has an alternate mix which was featured on the T.V. programme

Give a listen to Rough Power [1972, c.1993] which was issued by Bomp! (now out-of-print). It's the early, "rough" cut of the Stooges Raw Power , and consists of a broadcast from WABX in which Iggy was in the studio (not on-air) with the tapes. I mention this because it's a fine example of how FM used to be in its heyday.

I'd say it was around 2001, 2002. Their kits from 1998 were made in Mexico, which didn't last long (not sure as to why).

Is that the longitude-mount trans. ? Is it a nice shifting gearbox ?

Those wonderful V8B and V8F and V6B and V6F -- the latter being the C stripes' codes, IIRC -- variants are sure to wear-out my bank card ! Any chance that the DOHC 426 will make its return ? I'd love to see it as an option for the stock Super Bee.

[ see my response below ] Heck, that's more than my 1972 Swinger weighed, and it was a 'compact' during its era. I obviously didn't bother reading the article (my bad). Frankly, I'm surprised that it has a planetary gearset trans, as most new(er) vehicles have those junky CVT's (as @Ace-Garageguymentioned, good concept and theory, but awful in practical applications). Either way, nine forward gears is a lot to cram-into a transaxle (let alone a transmission). And, just as likely, it "skips" gears which the ECM [et alia] deems to be "inefficient" due to "demand" -- ostensibly an in es. CVT, but with planetary gears (solenoids replacing bands).

And that small-displacement engine's in a 5,000 lbs. vehicle at that (perhaps a smidge hyperbolic on my part). A multiple-speed auto - planetary gearset - would be better than a CVT. Not by much (talk about 10 lbs. of dung in a 2 lbs. bag), but at least a step about those garbage CVT's.

Thanks for the (excellent) photos, @tim boyd! That F-100 looks sweet (I've always loved those "crown" hubcaps). I'd be keen on building a replica of the pickup in Easy Rider from it. Nice to see that wild full-on camper version of the '65 El Camino. I had it as a youngster (40+ years ago), but couldn't put it together properly. I hope that the '64 will see light of day some day... or at least the I-6/Powerglide as an option.

I'd buy one just to make the folks in the gym I attend get all totes jelly. Then the twenty-somethings at the local supermarket will get all, like, OMG!, when they see me high-sidin' at the curbside delivery of my groceries and White Claw.

While waiting for Jackie Brown to arrive, The Beard sat inside his Ghia in a quarry in the dark

The car he'd purchased in Indi-an-Anna which smelled like gym socks and Wheaties ! Great work on replicating its 540 cube Mark IV, shifter, seating, etc., etc., and especially that paint scheme ! Another huge fan of Vice Grip Garage here.