Harry P.

I watched the movie "Duel" the other day on youtube. First time I had seen it in many years. All in all very entertaining, pretty much as I remembered it... I really love the locations they filmed at... those desert roads were really photogenic. But I couldn't help but notice several really glaring mistakes. F'rinstance, at one point Dennis Weaver's Valiant blows a radiator hose... there are several closeups of the dash temp gauge all the way over on the "hot" side, and the little Valiant is sputtering slowly to a crawl as the evil Peterbilt bears down on it. But then the road begins a long, steady downhill stretch, and the Valiant gradually picks up speed as Dennis Weaver's character puts it into "neutral" and just lets gravity take over. Ok, makes sense... but then later in the movie, the Valiant has miraculously repaired itself as the chase continues! Then there's the scene where the Valiant is stopped at a RR crossing as a long freight train rumbles past. The evil Peterbilt comes up behind the Valiant and begins to push the car into the train. Dennis Weaver puts the car in reverse and guns it, trying to push back against the much larger and more powerful Peterbilt. Uh, not gonna work. Why not just turn the wheel so that as the Peterbilt pushes you, the car just makes a left turn parallel to the tracks instead of heading into the train? Duh! And finally, maybe the biggest goof of all. The evil Peterbilt, which was pulling a tanker clearly labeled "Flammable," goes over the cliff at the end of the movie. Yet there is no explosion? Shouldn't a truck carrying a trailer full of flammable liquid that just tumbled over a cliff catch fire and explode? I know I'm probably nit-picking, but if I saw those obvious mistakes (and there were actually more), you'd thing Spielberg or at least someone would have spotted the mistakes and re-shot the scenes.

That is really impressive! The weathering and wear look absolutely real.

Depends. There were a lot of different configurations, some of them carried 5 or 6 cars. https://www.google.com/search?q=1950s+car+carrier+truck&biw=1582&bih=864&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidn8K_0YnKAhXEYiYKHeCeCjQQsAQIGw#tbm=isch&q=1950s+auto+transporter+truck&imgrc=2N2cn4SsuT540M%3A

The magazine is not on an "infrequent" schedule. Every year there are nine issues, and if you subscribe for a year (nine issues), you will get nine issues. It's true that the magazine usually appears after the cover date, but it appears nine times per year, as agreed to in the subscription. You pay for nine issues... you get nine issues.

Wow! Impressive! But that Caddy...

Nice.

Yeah, lots of "silvering" on that hood decal. But on the plus side, I love the interior. Very cool "blankets."

Whoa... Crazy Jim and Crazy Ed in the same thread. That's a whole lotta crazy!

A front-engine Porsche? That's crazy!

Very nice. I like the red accents on the body and wheels. And of course, that's another of your wild interiors! Nice job, Jim.

My new year's resolution: Not to break any resolutions anymore. To that end, I will no longer be making new year's resolutions... I do want to take a moment to thank all of you people who make this place what it is... the best online model car site, in my unbiased opinion. You guys are what makes this place tick, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Yeah, sometimes I have to deal with a mess or two, but by far the overwhelming majority of members here are terrific and contribute positively to the success of our site. I'd love to meet you all in person and have a few beers and a pizza with you, but of course that's not possible. But even so, I really enjoy the back and forth with you guys. Happy New Year to all of you. Here's to a better 2016 for all of us.

Are you kidding? Was there ever a custom that Barris didn't take credit for? And BTW... this one looks like something that Barris would have done! Schlock is as schlock does...

You missed my point. The guy was a "regular" at the collision center. Ergo... driving lessons.

Maybe some driving lessons would be in order?

Does a cover version get any better than this?

Yes, the Beatles did cover versions on a lot of their early albums. But their cover versions were almost always better than the original!

Kartrashians. I love it!

TJ, if you really want to get into the Beatles in detail, I can recommend several books for you to check out. I have them, I've read them, I can vouch for them. Some fascinating stuff in there that you probably never knew, but they make for a very entertaining and informative read between listening sessions. And as far as "all the good bands were British,"... well, hard to deny that the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, etc. were huge... but back in the '60s there were so many good bands from both sides of the pond (as listed in a previous post) that it's incredible. What an era for music! IMO the '60s artists, both American and British, were to pop music what the Renaissance was to art. I'm glad to have been there as it unfolded...

That's one tough looking bird...

I agree. "Watters' World" is the new "Jaywalking." Same concept, same execution.. same incredibly stupid people.

Let's steer clear of the political commentary... because if we go there, I got about 5 pages worth of political commentary I could lay on you guys... and believe me, Trump wouldn't even be close to the top of my list of "grievances"... So let's just stay away from that potential can of worms.

In case you don't think Americans are dense... remember the "Jaywalking" segment of the Tonight Show where Jay Leno asked random people on the street basic questions? I don't know if the people who made it on the air in those segments were really randomly picked out or not, but they were spectacularly stupid. They couldn't ID a photo of Winston Churchill or Margaret Thatcher or George Bush, they had no idea who we were fighting during the Revolution, they didn't know who won the Civil War or when it was fought... or why... and on and on.

Actually, given the overall stupidity of Americans, I would have expected that number to be higher...

I finally got around to adding the last missing piece: a scratchbuilt trunk, made of balsa wood, top sanded to shape, covered in a vinyl material that looks like leather, and added straps and buckles. Now it's finished!

No doubt Led Zeppelin is one of the best ever. But the Beatles are the best ever.