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Beautiful looking paint finishes. The engine detailing looks outstanding.

Been a while, glad to see you're getting back to this El Camino.

Like your mockup for the roadster.

Great looking engine and turbo.

60 Minutes had a program about the companies doing the programing for AI in Africa. The main theme had to do with the company being hired to git programmers and was paying them around $12 or $13 per hour. That company was hiring locals in Africa and was only paying them pennies. 60 Minutes interviewed several of the programmers and got information on how and what they were doing. I think you can find the program on the internet somewhere if that would be of interest to anyone.

I have a Testors "Those Famous Fords" '48 Ford kit. Seems complete and never started if that would work for you let me know.

This type of body and structure work has been in favor off and on for many years. This one looks to be one of the best finishes and paint work I can recall seeing in a long time. You're right about being an inspiration for a build.

Look at Google Images and input that you want pictures of a '37 Lincoln Zepher.

Great! Now I want to remodel my workspace. This looks like a surgical center, and everything is in its place.

Is Santa making a rude gesture with his right hand?

I always felt you couldn't get enough oil and filtration and for the same price I would use the truck filters when they would fit.

The GM A-bodies of this era never was shown much love by kit makers.

Looks like Santa is about to have a very Merry Christmas.

Beautiful looking paint color and finish. The chrome body trim is all cleanly done. The interior looks great. I like the showroom style look. This was the last year for this OEM size narrow white wall tires on the Impala and the '66's had the thin pinstripe style white walls.

Going to mis the Chevy 6 cylinder. Shortening the torque tube shouldn't be too hard. Are you going to keep the bed length or chop it?

My complements on the engineering that went into combining all of the components from so many different vehicles. Like the I-6 Chevrolet emblem on the dashboard.

I think the audience makeup is far different today than years ago. They lost me when they went to the segment racing. Works out for making pit stops but the races that at one time based on 400 to 500 miles race strategies are now like watching Saturday Nite Heat Races and one Main Event. Nothing wrong with that if that is your interest, but I can find that grass roots style racing here close by during the season.

Interesting junk on the web site.

I remember many years ago GM started using oil filter that were different lengths in order to clear steering and exhaust in different chassis using the same engine. They were interchangeable and there was even one I used to use on some of my own cars that was for a truck application, and it was a few inches longer than the passenger cars but even cleared the headers I had on that car. All that said I have no idea if it even has a bearing on your discovery, but maybe the manufacturer of the STP and other oil filters are just condensing the part numbers and production costs and going with just one short filter for all applications. Think about how much a manufacturer could save on stocking and warehousing costs alone.

I have to get one of those Chimenea thingies now that we have a concrete patio instead of the wood deck where we used to live. I'll stick with a nice west coast Zinfandel though.

Beautiful looking hull finish with the wood veneer. Like the dual engines and the extensive engine detailing. This boat kit is a great base to build off of, wish there were more boat kits to build.

Great turnout with a lot of nice old cars that I haven't seen in a while.

Congrats on getting your own space to build in. A couple of suggestions that may work with what you are trying to accomplish for your new area. Bookcases with adjustable shelves to display finished models on. I use a two-drawer business style filing cabinet for storage and keeping reference materials for builds, a larger one could also work depending on space. For the work bench, some sort of paint bottle shelving with mutable levels so that the labels are easier to see. A place for your most commonly used tools, knives and cutters. A drawer for your sandpapers and files. Drawers for different shaped plastic strips for scratch building. Don't know if you have a separate area for any spray painting or if you're going to setup something that will use the window in the room. I can say from experience no matter how well vented that room and your spray booth maybe, your wife will be able to tell when you're painting, don't ask how I know. I do mine in a separate room in the basement with the spray booth vent and boosted with the bathroom vent directly to the outdoors and she can still tell.

The only thing that impressed me about the Day of Thunder movie was the information about how it was made. The in-car shots were done during actual competition that the cars had to qualify for to even be on the track. They were directed to not interfere with any of the other cars during competition and allow themselves to be overtaken if someone was trying to pass them. The writers of the script tried to represent some of the well-known drivers and crew chiefs in NASCAR but in usual Hollywood fashion it just didn't seem all that real. Wither its Racing, War, or another type of sport Hollyweird might get it close but no cigar. Their thing is entertainment, not accuracy.

One of our fellow builders here showed a build where he did a custom interior using materials he got at a local Hobby Lobby. I have purchased a couple of sheets of the material but have not had a build where I would be using them, but I do see how this could be easily done. The sheets are available in a couple of colors under the name "Silly Winks". They come in 9" by 12" sheets with a self-adhesive backing. He would draw out a pattern for the interior parts, seats and door panels, on the sheet. They cost a whapping $.99 each so you're not out a lot. The interior design is just laid down over the existing door panels and seats. I guess if you don't like it or want to change it you could just peel off the design and try something else. As another option consider working with the kit's interior. I built the kit you mentioned last year and just used spray paints to replicate the stock materials Ford used. I have attached a picture so you can see if that would even be of interest, I understand that you may have something else in mind.