Maindrian Pace

Wow.

It's both, actually. I've been using it for the better part of 20 years, it's a gentle formula that won't bite into soft paints like Testors enamels, but can be used to polish out fine scratches left after using a polishing kit. I use a small piece of toilet paper with a few drops of water to use it as a polish, and it hasn't failed me yet. For use as a wax, use soft cotton cloth with lighter rubbing. From their site: http://thetreatment.com/modelwax

I'll take the '63 if it's a splittie and not a roadster. And any 427 midyears. -MJS

Treatment Model Wax.

The Econoline pickup got a heavy steel counterweight bolted in above the gas tank. Reportedly, a hundred or so very early '61s (the first year) didn't have it, and could tip in heavy braking in just the right conditions. So Chevrolet either found one of those, or removed the counter weight from another one for this "demonstration" video. They also raised the rear suspension of the Econoline, note how high the back is and how the axle doesn't droop when the back comes up. They could have also added weight under the front overhang, car manufacturers were notorious back then for sabotaging competitor's products to fake demonstration films before the era of truth in advertising laws.

The junk model gets an appropriate junk model drive train. This is a few of the parts that will make up the engine/trans, an AMT '90s F-150 351W block, an AOD from a Revellogram '32 Ford, and other stuff from the parts box. Valve covers undecided, I'll surprise myself there. 4x4s do better with less weight over the front axle, hence the small block. Getting everything finalized on the chassis, added two more front shocks, made a steering damper with brackets, and built a simple steering box with pitman arm so the tie rod wouldn't hang out in space. The divorced transfer case makes it easy to add about any engine/trans you want. A Fox double sump oil pan was the right shape for the cross member. The short wheelbase makes the two piece drive shaft with pillow block/center bearing unneeded. Time to blow it apart for paint. -MJS

Draw your own conclusions. -MJS

Yeah, I'd say he's got a few bucks wrapped up in that.

Back in '81, the rather well-to-do family across the alley from my folk's house had a son turning 17, and it was time to get him a new car. He was a great guy, did very well in school, no bad habits, so I must say, he deserved it. He could have picked any new car within reason, and his pick was a new Citation X-11 hatch back, white with red stripes and rally steel wheels. I thought he was nuts, he could have had a Camaro or Mustang or Z car, but those didn't interest him. He waxed and detailed it almost every weekend and it was always spotless. It eventually grew on me, in a way. He drove the Citation throughout college, then traded it for a BMW 318i. -MJS

Very nice Jules, and it looks like it's been run through plenty of Metropolis muck. -MJS

Why aren't there classes for them? Because usually, not enough show up to justify a separate class. -MJS

And $25,000-$28,000 less expensive, lol. -MJS

Very cool car, Matti. It does have familiar American styling, I can see a bit of '68 Torino in the design. -MJS

That's a beautiful truck, Ron. Just right in every way. -MJS

Pull out the razor saw, Ron. It's therapeutic.

Thank you Gentlemen. Preparing the house for tonight's club meeting has pushed this aside for a while, but here's one more mockup shot with the grille and tailgate. Body to frame contact points are finalized. -MJS

A black Volkswagen Eurovan.

I knew it sounded like it was powered by a 283 with a stuck lifter.

Looks great, I like the seats and the instrument cluster. The power window conversion is easy on these, eh? -MJS

I like this picture the most. Super crisp build, and that engine looks like it was made for it. -MJS

Outstanding doesn't even come close, easily one of the best police models I've ever seen. -MJS

Tell the Graveyard Carz guys. They'll fix'er right up.

I wonder why they removed the Cobra snake from the grille of Farah's II.

That is great to know. The possibilities are now officially endless. -MJS

Outstanding, this is just the type of build that I was hoping to see with the Meng F350. It'll be nice if/when a resin caster comes out with a set of correct dually wheels for it. -MJS