Harry P.

Huh? Why would a 3-window door weigh so much more than a 5-window door that a third hinge would be needed?

You know better than I do. Like you said, you work on these things in real life. I defer to your expertise.

'31 Ford convertibles had front-hinged doors. I doubt the weight of the door had anything to do with it. We're not talking about bank vault doors here. What did a '30s-era Ford door weigh? Maybe 50 pounds, if that? The question of front or rear hinged doors had to do with geometry, not a question of structure. If the front of the door was vertical, they could hinge from the front, like the '31. If the leading edge of the door was angled, like on the '32 coupe, they hinged from the vertical rear of the door. Obviously the structural integrity of a '31 convertible was no better than a closed '32, yet the open '31 had front hinged doors. It's all about geometry.

1935 Fords had an even more swept back A pillar, and they had front-hinged doors. The angle of the A pillar has nothing to do with it. The hinges aren't even attached there. It has to do with the angle of the leading edge of the door. In order for the door to swing open level using barrel hinges (the type that were used in the '20s and '30s), the upper and lower hinge has to be aligned and centered vertically one above the other. As you can see, the angled leading edge of the door on the "32 would make it impractical to hinge from the front, so they were hinged from the rear, where the hinges could be vertically aligned on the straight vertical line of the door opening. On the '35, however, they went with a vertical leading edge on the door, so putting the hinges in front was possible, as the upper and lower hinges could align vertically. It's simply a matter of geometry; nothing to do with body construction or wood framing vs. stamped steel or anything like that.

I agree with everyone else. Super looking model, not very often seen (I've never seen one like it)...

Ok... I'll agree that "your call may be recorded" can mean "there's a possibility it will be recorded," but I still don't see why they say your call "may" be recorded when what they really are telling you is that your call will be recorded, and there is no possibility that it won't be.

You are correct. And I'd bet that 98% of Americans don't know the difference between "may be" and "might be."

Ok, here are two that really annoy me... These days, no matter what company you're calling, if you call their customer service number, you inevitably get a recording that says... "please listen carefully, as our menu has recently changed." They all say that. Every time! No way everybody's menu has "recently changed," it's just a stupid line that I still don't understand the point of. And then when you make your choice, annoying line number two: "Your call may be monitored for quality control or training purposes." May be? MAY be? And who decides which calls will be "monitored" and which ones won't be? Obviously, all calls will be recorded... there's no maybe involved. Just another stupid line that annoys me to no end.

That's the problem with all clever ideas/ads/spokespersons, etc. You see them enough times and they go from clever... to boring... to annoying. Take the Trivago guy. Likes nails on a chalkboard to me. Although I still do like the Geico gecko!

Sometimes being the moderator just isn't any fun at all...

What if it's not my thing and it's not well done? Do I get a vote in that case?

LeMons? Or did he mean lemons?

They were a holdover from the horse-drawn carriage era. The doors were hinged that way on carriages because it was easier for women with their full, poofy skirts to enter/exit the carriage than if the doors were hinged at the front. So as carriages evolved into horseless carriages, the "suicide" doors were carried over, just because that's the way doors on carriages had always been done.

Here's the real question. Are all those gauges for real? If so... what are they all for? There aren't that many functions on a car!

Or at least not to restaurants that you go to!!!

Now there's an idea!

I think the swoopy fenders of cars from this era are beautiful. So yeah... fenders.

Nah. Buy a baseball cap and you're good to go!

I prefer the 5-window style. The 3-window greenhouse looks too short and oddly proportioned to my eyes. Plus, the 5-window gives you those rear side windows that you can load up with all those cool little speed decals!

Agreed! Nicely done!

But just think of all the money you'll save on shampoo!

Just because it's real doesn't make it any more logical or sane.

All I'm saying is that the "Retro Deluxe" kits are reissues of old kits. In many cases, very old kits with very old tooling. Maybe they should put a little blurb on the cover telling the potential buyer that the kit is a reissue of an old kit with old tooling, and not a newly-tooled kit. Note the title of this topic...

I don't see a nav screen...

Yeah, maybe. But for some reason, Danbury did get out of the model car business. It's a shame, as they offered really well detailed, beautifully engineered models of subjects that many times were not available as kits.