Harry P.

I posted your photos. You keep making the same mistake... you're posting the Photobucket "DIRECT" link instead of the "IMG" link.

Still waiting for the answer...

I knew it, but I cheated and did a reverse image search of her photo... so I didn't post the answer.

The parochial schools have to hit the parents with tuition and fees... property taxes don't cover them, they only cover public schools. So it's not like the parochial schools are fleecing the parents, it's more like doing what they have to do to survive. And they're really not surviving. Here several are closed every year due to declining enrollments plus increased costs. There are only a fraction still operating compared to 50 years ago. You have to heat the building and keep the lights on whether you have 500 kids or 100 kids going to a particular school, so as enrollment continues to drop in the Catholic schools (mostly due to demographic changes), their only choice is either charge the parents more, or shut the doors. And the parents who are still sending their kids to Catholic schools are hit twice... school tuition, plus they still have to pay property tax to support the public schools, even though their kids are not in the public schools.

Catholic schools everywhere are strapped for cash. Here in Chicago there used to be dozens and dozens of Catholic grade schools and high schools... many (most?) of them have closed due to the combination of low student enrollment and ever-increasing costs.

Wow! That's really nice! Paint is perfect!

You have a point there. Most of the "unreliable" ratings given to today's cars are due to electronics and gizmos, not mechanical reliabilty.

Thanks, Bob! Glad you liked the WIP.

Or a two hour job when you go "by the book."

That's a very impressive model. Congrats! But why is the inside of the top white?

Ok, it's bad enough that someone built this thing. But someone actually created a model of it? Yikes.

Wow.

I have a feeling you think this is a young Margaret Dumont, but it's not. I know who it really is, but I cheated and did an image search, so I won't post the answer. But I can tell you that there are a lot of mislabeled photos on the internet. This is definitely not Margaret Dumont.

Passenger side exhaust pipe isn't connected to the exhaust header. Also the pipes in back aren't connected to the chrome rear outlets. The driveshaft is also not connected to the trans. Man, don't try driving this thing!

PM me your email. I can email you the manual. You might get lucky and find some extra spokes on Ebay.

That's not too bad for only your fourth model car. You were pretty ambitious, restyling the body and using putty. Nice result. One suggestion, though... your ignition wires are waaaaaaay too big. They look like garden hoses! You need to use much thinner material for ignition wiring (a tip for your next model car)...

The only way to repair the wheel is to take it completely apart and rebuild it. And hope that you have enough spokes to actually finish it. If you want to give it a shot, I can send you the instruction manual, which of course covers wheel assembly.

Who is this?

You only get a very small amount of photo storage space here because this site is not meant to be a photo-hosting site. The right way to post photos here is to first open a photo-hosting site account, like Photobucket. Then put your photos into your Photobucket album(s)... then post the link to the photo here. That way the photo is physically taking up space on the photo hosting site's server, not this server. But we will still see the photo here because you posted the link to it here. As long as the photos you post here are sitting elsewhere (on a photo-hosting site), there is no limit to how many photo links you can post here. I think there is a 10 photo-per-post limit here, but in the rare case you need to post more than 10 photos of the same model, just make another post in the same thread.

I like the older one better!

Very impressive! And really nice photos, too!

I was also wondering what those rods are for. Your explanation makes sense.

According to Consumer Reports, Lexus is the most reliable brand, by far. It doesn't add up that Lexus would be the most-often towed brand of car.

The Marx Bros. were fantastic, as you may have inferred by the quote in my signature line. Also, pre-code stuff was amazing. The things they got away with back in the day! Wow!