Tom Geiger

The other night we were at one of our favorite restaurants... family sitting at a table. Parents and a boy about 12. All nose down in their phones!

That's great, right in US Navy gray too!

Something in the way she moves...

Cool! Consider me in with the Model A Boat Tail! I really want to build this one!

For me it was 1967. I sorta remember my father had one of the Monogram classic cars.. which one had a golf bag door? It got creamed by my sister and there were parts in the toy chest. My dad was a Studebaker fan and wanted an Avanti. He had a kit.. not sure if it was AMT or Aurora. He got the idea that we’d use it as a pattern to build my Pinewood Derby car. He added a roof to the wood block and carved a crude Avanti.. picture it with those wheels sticking out! It got painted yellow and black because I had seen the movie, “The Yellow Rolls Royce”. I remember being at the Pinewood Derby and thinking it would be neat to have that kind of track for my Matchbox cars. There weren’t any more just then because we lived in Turkey and nothing was sold there. When we got back to the US in 1968, i saw Hot Wheels track and fell in love with that!

Entirely my fault said my neighbor when he ran his lawn tractor into my basketball hoop post, sending the whole thing crashing down onto my nice Buick Lacrosse!

Hey rules guys! I do want to participate since I’m pretty passionate about TROG. Last time I went to the Wildwood races I told my friend we needed to have a car for next time! Yeah we didn’t! Anyway, I didn’t see rules about starting with a fresh kit VS something started. I have this… It’s a body I was playing with. Auburn meets Model A, after seeing a few boat tail cars at TROG it got me thinking. Right now it’s just a body I was figuring out on a junker chassis. I still may have to shorten it a bit right behind the pilot. Sooo.. can I enter this? Or do I need to do something else?

And this is the reason kits are $39.99... so every other week they can sell them at regular retail price! ? I have an eBay store for stamp collectors. Sales were pretty flat. I learned from a sellers group... I upped all my prices by 25%. Then I run a 20% off sale when you buy three or more items! Shipped 70 orders last week! There's a lesson in there guys!

You asked for tips on working with plastic sheets.. I love this old Jeep with a fabricated body. And it’s all straight lines! Step One- measure off your project. Then cut and assemble panels from cardboard. You have no real investment here, and you may have to do it several times. Save the expensive plastic sheet stock! Once you are happy with your cardboard mock-up, take it apart and use the individual pieces for templates to cut the plastic sheet! Hope this helps!

Carpet from home with two dozen cats, $100 or best offer.

Patients can run away if they forget to lock the loony bin.

I had two Plymouth Breezes with the hidden battery like this. Pep Boys had free installation so I let them have at it!

Very nice! Back around 1980 I worked with a guy who drove that car to work on occasion. Even then the Mustang with a vinyl roof was unusual. I need to try a vinyl roof! Just haven’t done it yet!

Welcome! I’m an American but I grew up in Pirmasens.

Me thinks the worst complainers have never driven an electric vehicle. My cousin has loaned me one of his Teslas and it is a really cool ride. For me, converting that pickup to electric is no different than dropping a V8 in it.. only faster! It’s still a modified, modernized street rod.. as technology marches onward!

Pleasure or Pain can be a fine line

Great piece! Trosley would approve!

I just went through same with UPS with a shipment of architectural parts from Poland. Their tracking just said “in warehouse”. Their online and phone help does anything it can to avoid connecting you with a human, but after jumping through all their hoops, it tells you “in warehouse”! i finally got to a person who agreed it was being held for paperwork, but they hadn’t contacted anyone! They sent me the form which I had to have signed by an officer of my company and then notarized! I do so and two days later, 5 of the 6 boxes show up here! I look up the last box and it says “in warehouse”! I get the same guy who straightened out the first mess and he managed to get that one released. A two week overall distraction!

https://public.fotki.com/ModelCitizen/11_car_reference_library/car-shows-and-cruis/trog-the-race-of-ge/ Above is my album from the last Wildwood TROG I attended. Per the comments on NJ vs CA races, racing on the beach adds a whole new element to the event! You gotta be there!

I’ve been to the Wildwood event. It’s incredible to watch. I built the white phaeton after going to TROG. Both fenders and headlights are on pins so to be removable

Yea but I’d like a shot at being one those few idiots.

Frequently repeated lies are regarded as truth, one of the principles of modern day journalism

A sucky weekend for sure! Exhibit A- my poor 3 year old granddaughter ran over a yellow jacket nest and got 4 stings! Kinda ruined the whole day. Above is a video of the suckers swarming right before we sprayed them to hell. (Hit the forward arrow at bottom of post for the video! Exhibit B- My Buick LaCrosse! Neighbor next door backed his lawn tractor into my basketball hoop post, knocking it over directly into poor Buick. Nice guy who has only been there a year or two.. says he’ll make good.. we will see. IMG_9485.MOV

Stupidity is a way of life for some folks

Did you find it the next day? ?