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Go to the Contest Section of the Forum and inter your information. Please remember to share any photos of the show afterwards. Besides sharing your photos may build additional interest for the following year.

A lot of good suggestions here. Mine would be to look at the AMT Corvair kit or even the Revell Datsun 510 kit.

A couple of years ago I needed a tool for bending some wire like you mentioned. I found my pliers at a JoAnns Fabric store in their Jewelry department. I think most any store that caters to jewelry making will have many small tools that come handy.

The engine compartment and chassis on this kit could accept just about any engine you can imagine much like the 1:1. I can remember many of these with every engine you mention with the Pontiac OHC in line 6 cylinder being the only exception. The HOC 6 cylinder would be different. Since you're going for a mild custom you may want to consider one of the V-8 engines or even the Hemi included in the kit ? The 6 Carbs. may look good for a custom or scale it back a little with 3-2's or 2-4's. Fuel injection stacks or a super charger ?

When the weather gets real cold here the weather man on TV refers to it as "The Alberta Clipper" effect.

Thank you for sharing your pictures. A lot of great looking builds and a lot of imagination went into many of them.

That is a beautiful paint finish and very cleanly detailed trim.

I didn't realize that. I just remember seeing the spray cans at a couple of shows/swap meets.

I agree and meant no disrespect to Joe. As for ageing, trust me when I say you have to be brave to get old.

Great looking Firebird. Your color choice looks very much like an OEM color of the day. You mentioned a problem getting the wheels and tires lined up with the opening. I noticed the Air Cleaner sits back in the engine compartment which might come from the frame not fitting far enough forward. I wouldn't change it at this time since the wheel & tire issue isn't that noticeable unless you point it out.

This really cleaned up well. In time with a little foil and the white insert on the side it well really pop.

Great looking build. I like how you detail painted the engine compartment and the chassis. Very nice paint finish and the color looks just right on this.

Thanks for the info. I really don't know much about R/C cars and never thought about the Drift Cars steering geometry. Learn something new every day.

The finish on the Buggy looks very much like what I remember seeing on these in the '60's. I'll try that on the next one I build.

HOK used to be available in spray cans years ago. Maybe they're back ?

That's a great looking find. As you pointed out the '64 Chevelle models in the Craftsman Series were molded in Yellow, I still have one left. Since this has the complete Trunk moldings this leads me to think this is either an Annual or a Promo, either way I would think it's very collectable.

At least the USPS usually through boxes underhand to minimize this type of damage. I'll bet the emergency brake wasn't holding on the delivery vehicle and this shipping box looks to be the right size to place behind one of the tires to hold their truck on a slight hill. Or it might have not been as effective as the driver hoped and the truck just ran over it. Never seen that extensive of damage. Someone somewhere knows this happened.

Some of the reasons for them not buying cars or driving early on is simple economics. With very few exceptions wages have not kept up with inflation plus the cost of insurance and maintenance is not cheap. The cost our auto insurance has also almost doubled in the last couple of years with no claims since a hail storm over ten years ago. No citations on either of our driving records.

Old Joe was always a ham. He even used to be called Broadway Joe, although that had as much to do about he nights out on the town in New York. He was always one of those types you just kind of enjoyed hearing him tell tales. He may of even out lived his retirement and misses the lime light. So the extra money I'm sure comes in handy and he always enjoyed the attention so there's that.

I have also been watching the show. Another even dumber remark from one of the talking heads explaining the term "Lead Sled" saying it originated from doing a chopped top on a particular car on the auction block. While it was true that lead was used on this particular car he failed to mention the major body work done on the fenders and grill area of the vehicle. His explanation implied that the name came from just having the top chopped and failing to point out all of the major alterations done on the body.

I'd love to see any pictures you have of the show.

Please share any photos of your show.

Hopefully someone will have pictures to share with some of us unable to attend.

I hope someone will post pictures for those of us unable to attend.

Very interesting car. Impressive suspension action and the exhaust flames are great. The builder put a lot into this. The only down side in watching this move around is the front tire geometry when the front wheels are turned. I'm afraid to ask how much he has in parts alone in this.