Tom Geiger

Great history! I'm happy to see that this all still exists, and the people are around to tell the story! Very interesting change of story on the Garwood. So much for hobby lore!

This is from Scale Auto and Terry Jessee. It's for 1/25 but I believe it's the piece mentioned. I believe it scales up to 5.5" at the rear and 14" up front.

I'm a fan of old rusty rods, whether we call them rats or traditionals. I do wish to own something like the Model A roadster pickup in 1:1 someday. Traditional rod, something I can hop in and take out for a ride without worrying about polishing it!

Frickin amazing! That could be the best Hot Wheels store in the world... and it's just someone's collection. Okay, everyone show the photos to their wife. "See honey, there are people way worse than me!"

Very nice limo! No matter which manufacturer's style you choose, it can't be all wrong because there were so many little shops doing this work. Back in this era, a group of my work colleagues and I had to go from New Jersey into New York City for a meeting. Through our transportation department we asked for a window van type transport. Guess what showed up? A huge stretch limousine! Near embarrassed to be seen being picked up by such a car in front of our building, we all piled in and headed into the city. When we got to the destination, the car couldn't make it through the circle in front of the building. It was too long to make the arc! The rear wheels mounted the curb and it got stuck there. We all went in to our meeting, and left it up to the driver. It was his issue. When he picked us up later, the car was sitting at the curb!

Leaves and sticks! This is the time of season where they'll come every Wednesday for pickup. My goal is to make the most of this and the past two weeks I've had over 20 bags and all 4 pails out. They usually come between 7-7:30am, but they didn't come until 2:30pm, which allowed me to get another bunch o' bags out! Yup, already did some 50 bags stuffed heavy and tight. And haven't made a dent!

Here's the list... States Without A Front Plate Law Every state requires at least a rear license plate, there are 19 states that do not require a front plate. These states are: Alabama Arizona Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Mississippi New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee West Virginia

Looking good! I especially like how your blankets came out!

You reminded me... back in the early days of my club, we had dead project day once a year. Everyone would bring dead projects, their junk boxes, etc and either trade or give them away. One of the pieces I picked up was a poorly built Plymouth Volare from a guy named Todd. This was back when Volare kits were a dime a dozen so this was just something to play with. I stripped it and painted it yellow. Then I learned to weather on it. When it started to come together as a credible project, Todd actually was ticked! ? And it took me some 25 years to actually get it finished. Unfortunately we lost Todd a couple of years ago so he never saw it completed.

Ha! I was thinking about this myself. When you are working on a project it's fun, especially if it has promise and you are all in. You think about it when you aren't home, ideas flow on your daily commute to work or when sitting in boring meetings. Once home you cannot wait to get back to it! I have caught myself not wanting a project to be over. I slow down. I do one small detail, call it quits for the evening and sit and admire it. I will add additional details just to keep it going. For instance my Dodge Ramcharger truck has interior details like scratch built sun visors. When that wasn't enough, I added a tissue box to the right side one! Anyone else? And as Mike said, once it's done. It's almost like the project has died. It's over. Nothing more to do!

Really didn't fit those either! ? It didn't fit on a '51 Chevy either, but hey, we're modelers. Also, it doesn't have an interior at all. I am having fun with this one. I need to get back to it.

That's cool Mark! As long as it's in a safe place!

I have friend who is a retired police officer. I kidded him once that everyone obeys the speed limit when they see a cop car. He shook his head, and said I wouldn't believe the stuff people do right in front of a fully decorated black and white!

I'm following! It's great to restore an old soldier. It deserves to live on! I restore a lot of the old built ups I find. I don't try to make them contemporary builds with the best of my skills and new materials. I restore them to what they were. Same here! And if you can get to NNL East this spring, you are right into the theme!

needs a trailer

of course it's an urban legend. Everyone modified it to their own set of nationalities! Three auto executives were at a conference and all in the mens room at the same time. The Ford executive was washing his hands and he said, "At Ford we wash our hands with great care so not to tarnish our products" The GM executive was second and upped him by demonstrating, "At GM we do the soap and rinse process twice for double protection" The Mercedes executive replied, "At Mercedes we don't pee on our hands!" I'm quite sure this never happened!

Not to derail the discussion, but I did look at the Stars & Stripes link about US servicemen and their cars. I find it interesting because I lived in Germany from 1969-72 as a US military dependent. I remember a vibrant car community, and local drag races on the post airstrip. Here's an article I wrote about it back in 1999. This site picked up my articles from my long gone website. I'm pleased that they preserved it. I just noticed that the article did not include the illustrations, so I'm sending them along and hoping that they add them. http://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/articles/0085.php All my photos: https://public.fotki.com/modelcitizen/11_car_reference_library/pirmasens-germany-d/

Neat, but that damage on the quarter panel looks like it will be a pain to repair unless you replace the entire quarter panel.

You are a good friend Randy!

I too like the older BMWs, but wouldn't own one today. The cost of maintenance and repair is astronomical, a friend of mine recently paid around $5000 to have his starter replaced at the dealer.

Thanks! Those are old originals that I bought just as you see them. They were built nice enough to display.

Kewl! Pictures, we need pictures!

Okay, that's it! Let's vote Pete off the board for this one! ? Reminds me of a story... German engineers had proudly developed the worlds smallest drill bit. So proud they were, that they sent one to engineers around the world to celebrate the achievement. American and Chinese engineers sent their congratulations! Japanese engineers sent the bit back with a hole drilled in it.

Since we're sharing, I just remembered another 1969 Chevy story... Summer of 1976. My friend Mark had just finished his first year of college. He couldn't take a car to school, so that past year he sold his 1966 Mustang for school money. Moving forward he figured he could buy a car that needed work every summer, work on it as he drove, and sell it at a profit before returning to school in September. His goal was to pay for the car and insurance, and maybe a bit of money for school each year. So Easter week 1976 he bought a 1969 Chevy Impala 4 door sedan. It was white with a black vinyl roof. The paint sucked and it had rust in all the corners. Note that this was a 7-8 year old car and it had already rusted out, great cars we had back then. It also had a broken windshield. And it needed a radiator. All summer he worked on the car. He cleaned the engine and repainted most of the bolt on accessories. He did body work and got an Earl Shieb paint job on it. He claimed the windshield on his insurance, so it got replaced. And he didn't want the expense of replacing the radiator, so he drove it that way all summer. It became normal for that beast to overheat, so he kept jugs of water in the trunk. Then we'd just have to sit until it cooled down. One night it was just Mark and I on our way home from a concert at the local college. Between the college and home we drove through Aberdeen, New Jersey and the darn car overheated. It was about midnight, and we knew there was a 7-11 about a mile up the road. We reasoned we'd walk there for sodas, and in the time that would take, the car would cool down. We got about halfway to 7-11 walking and the cops stopped us. We had no idea that this silly little town had a curfew of 11pm for anyone under 18. Mark was 18 and I was 17. The cops let him go and took me to jail! They called my parents that I was a law breaker and needed to be retrieved from the station. My father came to get me around 1am. I knew he was there because I could hear him yelling in his full military voice at the officers. He threatened their very existence! They let me go with no citation or fine. At summer's end Mark sold the Chevy at a profit to some unsuspecting woman who needed a car. No doubt he told her it was in perfect condition. She drove it a day and it over heated. She called Mark's house (note this was way before cell phones) and got his mother on the phone. His mother made him buy and install a brand new radiator in the car, negating his profit! Good on him. If he had put a used one in there at the start of the summer, everyone would have been better off!