Harry P.

A few more... 1929: 1930: 1931:

You're like the kid who pitched the perfect game the other day. Asterisked! It's a really cool car, whether it's a '29 or '30 (My reference said 1930, so that's what I went with). For all I know you may be right, and all three model years were actually identical. Who knows? Either way, I like it... especially love those headlights!

The first pre-production Batmobile was flat black with white pinstripes. This car was used very early on, in test shots and test sequences. The producers didn't like the results and asked for gloss black paint with fluorescent red pinstriping. All the cars used in the show were gloss black. The 3 replicas were fiberglass-bodied, and at some point were covered with the fuzzy-flat paint to hide stress cracks in the fiberglass.

I gave you credit, didn't I??? And yes... you did get the location right!

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OK... 2 different ways to go...

Looks like it's too late, but you could have used beading wire (from Hobby Lobby or Michael's) for the seat piping. It would have made it much easier to make them straighter (instead of trying to paint them on the seat). But no matter... what you have so far looks good!

Could also use pieces of sandpaper glued to the surface of the brake pads.

See what happens when message board rumors are taken as fact???

Not many got this one... it's a 1930 Ruxton Model C. There were two front-wheel drive cars that came onto the scene just prior to the onset of the Great Depression, the Cord L-29 and the Ruxton. Ruxton's front-wheel drive campaign was short-lived and less remembered. Despite its technological excellence and ingenuity, the company struggled to find its financial footing. The final Ruxton automobiles were built in 1931. Unusual horizontally-striped paint schemes were used to accentuate the long, lower silhouette of the body profile. Disc wheels were by Budd, and fabrics by famed designer Schumacher were featured for the interiors. The company slogan was, "A car so low you can look over it. A car so smart you can't overlook it." This example, one of only about 200 Ruxtons actually built before internal strife and the Depression killed the company in 1931, features the trademark Woodlite headlights and sidelights. The car was named after a New York investor who never actually invested any money in the company, and who later went to court to prove that he had not. Ruxton's featured a unique transmission setup which allowed the car to sit ten inches lower than other cars of its time. This 1930 Ruxton Sedan is in the ownership of the Nethercutt Collection. It was shown at the 2006 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance where it won 'First in Class' and 'Best American Classic'. It is finished in horizontal bands of maroon and cream, designed by Joseph Urban. The fabric was designed by Schumacher of New York. The coachwork was by Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co., Coachbuilders, of Philadelphia, PA. This 1930 Ruxton Sedan is powered by an eight-cylinder L-head engine capable of producing 100 hp. The original price was $3,195. Who got it right: Mr. Moto chillyb1 Thom modelmartin (sort of... )

Larry Greenberg gave it a positive review in Model Cars #132. He said in part: "Pyro Plastics was well known for their series of 1/32 scale classic car kits. In 1967 they began a range of classic cars with full engine and chassis details, every bit as good as the larger 1/25 kits coming from Revell and AMT. Look under the seat cushion in this kit and you will see the Pyro 1967 copyright notice. Pyro went out of business in the mid 1970s, selling the molds to Life-Like and in turn, Life-Like sold the molds to Lindberg in 1978. I’ve always been a big fan of these 1/32 scale classics–despite their smaller size, they build up beautifully, and the price is certainly right. Kudos to Lindberg for bringing back these superb little kits. More are coming in the future, as Lindberg has assured me. They make a good change of pace from all of those projects sitting on your workbench. Pick up one and have at it!"

1970 Duster: 1971 Duster: Both have flip-out quarter windows.

First our southern border... now our northern border is being overrun!!! Just kidding! Welcome aboard!

Did you take your meds today?

I think interleague play is the best thing to happen to baseball in a long, long time. As far as steroids, Selig has his hands tied by the player's union. If you want to blame anyone for the steroids mess, blame Fehr.

Seriously! Hawaii has its own language (Hawaii used to be an independent nation/kingdom).

That one I don't get either...

Yep. "Pau" means "finished" in Hawaiian. Aren't you going to ask what "ohana" means???

I loved that show when I was a kid!

Stinkin' Flyers... :lol:

I couldn't disagree more! Baseball shouldn't rely on an umpire's "perspective" as to what's a ball or a strike. They have a rule book that tells them what's a ball and what's a strike. Why should an individual umpire have the right to decide what he's going to call a ball or a strike, regardless of the rules? What sense does that make? The whole point of having an umpire behind the catcher is so that he can decide whether or not the pitch is a ball or a strike. And in order to determine whether the pitch is a ball or a strike you have to have some sort of reference as to what exactly is a ball or a strike... hence the "strike zone" that's described in the rules. It makes absolutely no sense to let each umpire make up his own strike zone. Might as well let each umpire make up his own rules as to what's a fair or a foul ball, then... or how far into the seats a ball must go before it's called a home run. I mean, if an umpire can call balls and strikes however he feels like it, regardless of what the rules say, why not let them make up all the other rules too?

Selig did the right thing. If he overturned this umpire's call, where does it end? There would be calls to his office all the time asking him to review certain plays. As long as baseball does not have instant replay and the humans are making the call, Selig is correct in not overturning that ump's decision. Unless Selig wants to become a full-time commissioner and umpire, he's right to not overturn the call. What Selig should do is institute instant replay, and go with something like football's "Coache's challenge" rule. And also crack down on umpires who call their own strike zones. The strike zone is clearly identified in the rules, and I don't see why umpires are allowed to bend the rules as far as balls and strikes. I'd like to see the electronic strike zone used for TV coverage, and also available if a player or coach wants to challenge a call. Give each team a certain number of challenges per game. That would get the umpires to call a consistent strike zone.

I'm a big baseball fan, and I have had it up to here with umpires, particularly the different strike zones each ump seems to have. The strike zone is clearly defined in the rule book, yet 99% of umpires will call a pitch at the letters a ball, and a pitch below the knees a strike. Both calls are wrong, and it bugs the heck out of me. If I was a batter I'd have been thrown out of plenty of games for arguing balls and strikes (I'd suggest in a friendly, non-aggressive manner that the umpire might consider perusing the rule book at his earliest convenience in regards to the strike zone)... I also think baseball needs instant replay, not to take the umpires' place, but to supplement them. There have been plenty of blown calls, some in very big situations that actually affected the outcome of the game. I think maybe each manager should get a certain number of challenges per game, like in football, where the ump's call is reviewed by the camera. Something needs to be done. I bet the kid who threw the perfect game and the ump who made the bad call feel like you-know-what today... but credit to the ump for manning up and admitting he blew the call. At least Galarraga got that much from him. But that has to eat at you... knowing you missed a chance for the record books because an ump made a mistake.

I never did like that style of Mustang... with the "inboard" headlights. It always looked a little goofy to me...

Right... they made changes to the cars throughout the TV series (there's a website that chronologically documents every change in excruciating detail), but apart from that pre-production flat black car with white pinstripes, all the TV Batmobiles were gloss black with red/cerise/dayglo orange/whatever you want to call it stripes.