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Rodent

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  1. "Private" parts used to be just that, today there are photos of them all over the internet.
  2. The kit wheels are for the AWD 3.6L version, but the kit is a RWD 5.7L. Your cruisers are probably AWD. Here in California, it appears that we have both because I see both styles on the road.
  3. Apologize to her for the current state of the world and ask her generation to make it better, please. Congratulations!
  4. You also have to have a backstory in your mind around where the vehicle was operated. Native California cars of the 1960s usually didn't have much weathering on the chassis after 60-80k miles other than light tan road splash. Definitely oil stains around cork valve cover gaskets, intake manifold end seals, transmission pan gaskets, and rear main seals especially of the multi-piece variety. Maybe even pinion seal seepage. If the leaks were bad enough, there was blow back. Power steering leaks on Fords with the control valve / ram system were common and resulted in caked on black gunk. I was able to return my 1:1 '68 mustang floors to almost new condition after 13 years and 60k miles with shop rags and Fantastik.
  5. "Command" is only one letter off from "Commando", which is either a classic Jeep, or how I prefer to dress in warm weather.
  6. I can't believe that I am giving you advice on how to kill my relatives, but..... They (she) got in my shed and started chewing stuff. There were two shredded paper cups that baffled me. They matched the Smart & Final ones we use, but I have no idea where they came from. She made a mockery of the old snap trap, managing to remove a piece of chicken that I had sewn to the trigger with stainless steel wire and did not trip the trap. I got one of these from Homer D. Poe and caught her with peanut butter within 1/2 hour of setting the trap. Takes a bit of work to lap the peanut butter out of the cup and about the weight of a cockroach to trigger the trap. So far, she has been the only one and I don't see any more evidence. I live in a riparian area with lots of owls, hawks, vultures, coyotes, and a fairly recent multigenerational group of bald eagles, so I won't use the poison method and I think glue traps are inhumane for any creature. We have all gluetrapped ourselves building models, I can't fathom what it would be like to accidentally glue myself to the workbench.
  7. Could be on sealed concrete and the floors would still be trash. Once the rear window starts leaking on an A-Body, the floors and trunk are doomed.
  8. Not today, but a few days ago. Correct wheels for the Charger Pursuit, a '71 Duster grille, and a grille for whatever year builtup D100 I have in the restore queue. I think it is a '74, but I have to find it first.
  9. My 2 cents, if you are going to all this trouble, find one of the "corrected" grilles. I can't unsee the headlamps on these kits and I don't even own a 1:1.
  10. I remember seeing red cars with the white "swoosh" and logo in Northern California as a kid. IIRC, they were mostly Fords. They were probably used by salespeople for the local independent bottling company. You would also see decommissioned examples, usually faded nearly to pink, driving around or parked.
  11. LOL, a friend has one. Previous car was an A35, previous to that an S3.
  12. USA painted on the street stands for Underground Service Alert
  13. Thanks guys. I am going to start shopping for some 6-lug wheels and better tires for this thing. I don't want to go much larger in diameter than the tires that MPC supplied.
  14. Chevy looks nice Jon! I will seek this out and experiment.
  15. Does anyone have one of these trucks handy that could measure the OD of the cartoon tires? I have my original built one somewhere that I would like to restore with a more correct wheel/tire package but it would take me a while to find it. Thanks!
  16. Clothes that have the possibility that the last owner died while wearing them have no appeal to me.
  17. It would probably be easier to install the GTO parts on your Lemans, LOL.
  18. OK, I understand now. My company's web product is very image heavy and we did the same thing a few years ago.
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