Harry P.

Actually that's a 1973 Aerovette.

I'd add the original Jaguar E-Type. No photo necessary, we all know what it looks like.

The basic idea (especially in factory stock or replica classes) is to make the model look as much like the real car as possible. If the real car doesn't have giant holes in the firewall, your model shouldn't, either.

I guess it depends on how you define "swoopy." Here's one that probably belongs:

The 1/12 scale MPC (originally Airfix) Blower Bentley. A friend gave it to me...

"Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results." –Willie Nelson Of course, this was probably said while Willie was "happy," if ya know what I mean...

I think that's a very likely possibility. I bet if you put it up on ebay you'll sell it for a good buck. It's a collector's item!

1967.

It's not too late. Lay it on its side, flow some thinned flat black into each wheel, let dry, flip over and repeat...

Just a very quick hack job... I literally spent more time uploading the photo than I spent in Photoshop... but I think the front end needed work. The rest I like... Click the link in the very first post.

The first VCR I ever bought cost me $850. The last one I bought was $100, and it was better than the first one!

0-60 in 28 seconds! You better plan your highway merges well in advance...

This is a "girl's car?"

And on the wheels.

Notice how those prizes are geared towards kids? That's because back when that contest ran, most model car builders were kids, not adults. Today it's the other way around... so what would the appropriate prizes for that contest be if they ran it today? Big-screen TV? Trip to Jamaica? Not too many adults would be interested in winning a mini-bike!

"I thought I made a mistake once... but it turns out I was wrong."

A lot of you guys got this one right... but only on the second or third try! Many of you insisted that this is a Messerschmitt, but it is not! It's an FMR Tg500. FMR took over production of the 3-wheeled Messerschmitt KR200 in in 1956, and they added this four-wheeled "Tiger" in late 1957 as a 1958 model. It was heavily based on the Messerchmitt 3-wheeler, but it was badged and sold as an FMR Tg500. This particular car was recently sold at auction for more than $300,000, which is a record for a microcar. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/02/18/fmr-tiger-sets-microcar-auction-record-selling-for-322000/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMR_Tg500 Who got it right (eventually... ): slusher wisdonm blunc Nitro Neil otherunicorn mr chips Badluck 13 sjordan2 Lunajammer The70judgeman Thom Draggon carsntrucks4you Chillyb1 Pete J customsrus Chris R TooOld foxer Sixties Sam maltsr matthijgrit george53 Corvair Jim Richard Bartrop

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away–and you have their shoes. –"Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey

That reminds me of a couple of lines from "The Blues Brothers"... Elwood Blues: It's got a cop motor, a four hundred and forty cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks, it's a model made before catalytic converters, so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say? Is it the new Bluesmobile or what? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elwood: It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. Jake: Hit it.

I've seen one from the same builder listed at $75,000.

I never said they didn't. In fact, I never said anything about any other manufacturer. All I'm saying is that Sub Star has come a long way. Their models used to be cheesy and cheap looking, very toy-like, while this new Fury looks to be more in the Danbury Mint class of models.

What does "VZ Team" mean? Just curious.

"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." -Groucho Marx

If a hot rod is an expression of the builder's own personal style and preferences (and it is!), why does it matter what he does? Isn't it sort of like saying that you can't understand why your neighbor likes his steak well done, because you like yours medium rare?

Of course the obvious question is: How did it get in the tree?