Tom Geiger

Exactly why I built it. To confuse people!

Looking good. Classic colors on a '57. If I had a 1:1 I'd want mine to look like that!

A priest from a small parish was also an avid golfer. He got up one Sunday morning and saw a perfect golf day. So he called in sick to the church, and drove to a golf course an hours ride away, so no one would recognize him. His guardian angel was sitting up next to God, and pointed out this misbehavior. God just smiled and said, "He'll pay for it in due time." So the priest got onto the course and had the best game of his life . Hole in one on almost every hole. He could do no wrong. Very much the best game he had ever shot! The angel looks at God and said, "I don't get it. You let him play the best game of his life!" God replied, "Yes, but who can he tell?"

Ertl, then Johnny Lightning did both the van and the pickup in diecast. I believe both were last seen wearing Coke colors. Art Anderson was involved in that series so he may show up to elaborate. Below photos from that auction place. These aren't expensive.

I once saw a Chevelle sitting at a gas station that was white with a red nose on it. The red nose had accident damage on it so I was pitying the car as a two time loser. Then on the opposite side, I saw another Chevelle, that was red with a white nose on it. Then I got it. The guy had a red car he wrecked and used the white car as a parts car. It looked like he just stuck the red nose on it to make it look whole.

My problem is that I have too much stimuli and get easily distracted by new ideas, or kits in my stash. It can be something I've seen on one of the boards, real cars, cars and trucks I see in person. Ideas are all around me, and it takes longer to build them than to dream them up. I started out this year with the goal of getting my unfinished project stash down, (I finished my long term '34 Ford project) but I fear I've started a few more that I haven't finished. So I'm no closer to my goal! Dean Milano builds factory stock vehicles and he said that he had a jar with a folded piece of paper for every kit in his stash. When he needed to decide his next project, he just reached into that jar and pulled one out. And that model became the next one on the bench. He's one of those guys with more discipline than I. No unfinished projects, he builds each one straight through to the end before selecting the next one.

I think Charlie said it well. This is just an honest street rod that has the right look. I like it! Can you tell us about the radiator shell? That's very cool and makes the build. It gives the rod a face.

Interesting solution but I would have been more inclined to just bend the rear pillars to more of an angle to fit. I think you've created a bunch of issues. for instance, now you need to shorten the interior tub and chassis, drive shaft etc. Keep posting, this should be an interesting build.

I know, you're all sitting there hitting refresh wondering what I think! While it's not my cup of tea, I can understand the genre. Think about street rods. Cars of the 1930s weren't made for the roads of today, so people have created specialty chassis and drivetrains that bring that drivability up to an acceptable level. I think this new ProTouring genre is pretty much the same thing. Think about how comfortable and smooth current cars are today, next to the way 1960s cars drive. I know that even my 1999 Plymouth Breeze is a better driver than any of the 1960s and 1970s cars I've owned. It's comfortable, drives smoother and takes turns better. It's quieter, has air and power accessories. Most important it's bullet proof reliable at 140,000 miles. Thinking back, my '65 Barracuda or '66 Valiant ran on 13" tires, had inadequate brakes, handling left a lot to be desired, road noise was loud especially at higher speeds. And when you got it up to 80 or higher, the whole car vibrated. It just wasn't made to do that. So, same as street rods, it makes a lot of sense to update these cars to current standards to have a unique ride that drives to today's standards.

I believe they are real. They were a military item that came in a bag called "Forest Litter".

I've never been to a Hobby Lobby, there isn't one near me. I will go to the local shop in Westchester, PA if I'm in need of supplies but the don't stock Tamiya paints. I'll go to Avenel Hobbies in NJ when I'm there for my Tri-State club meetings. They cater to car modelers and have BMF and other goodies.

I understand that the prototype sheet has actual agencies but I heard that licensing got in the way. Yea, even police agencies. Still, the aftermarket will respond with different agency sheets. I do like the sheet in the kit. Lots of interesting decals we didn't have before. I'll be using them on different kits.

I was born in '58 but I came home from the hospital in a '54 Studebaker. Maybe my interest in this brand?

I have two daughters, each who built a model when they were young. I think it was more to do something with dad, than the hobby. Dave Burket (Model King) has twin sons, neither of them ever took an interest in cars or models! But his daughter did some of his early box art.

An incredible collection of brand new cars. There's at least a half dozen new Corvairs, and a dozen or more mid sixties pickups. What a waste. You know these will be out in the collector car market, some restored right, others made to look good and the buyer beware. It's beyond comprehension how anyone could run a business like that and survive. Figure that a small dealer like that putting a dozen new cars in the field each year, would be all the profit from that year. I want that brandy new '82 Chevette !

I paint mine flat white. Then I add the coolant or windshield washer fluid in the bottom with water color. Then I spray another light coat of flat white on it again.

Ha! I had planned on doing that when the kit came back out about 3 years ago. I got as far as sawing the back off the cab!

Always, but always root for the underdog! My friends march to the beat of a different drummer, and some of them refuse to march at all.

I love it! Great concept and execution!

I don't know if anyone has heard anything about this. I understood that his wife Ruth and his children were involved in the business. I hadn't heard whether it would continue in business, be sold or just be out of business. Does anyone know anything?

Cool work, opening up that hatch!

If you removed the goofy exhaust and put a hood and side panels back on it, it would be a neat ole Jeep wagon!

Great choice for the next '56 Rich! I'll be watching, commenting and poking fun as usual.

Back around 1990 I was still trying to collect all the Mopar kits. There was a vendor who had mint condition Little Red Wagon and Fireball 500 for $150 each. I told him I was going to go find a cash machine, and by the time I came back he had sold them! He said he didn't think I was coming back! Man was I ticked at the time. I had been looking for those kits! And time heals all wounds. In due time both kits were reissued and I got them for new kit prices! I felt good then!

Someone on another board said they had heard that Round 2 was doing the 1960 off the ancient '59 kit. Probably not true since that would be a major investment in a 50 year old tool. And they haven't modified anything that extensively to date. But dreaming, it may be possible for them to do a new body insert, and a new chrome tree. I'm not sure if there are differences in the interior and dashboard.