Ace-Garageguy

Thanks. This one's done too, all but for one or two more coats of primer and a little fine sanding...

Got some real fine looking fabrication going on there.

Yessir.

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There's a bunch on ebay from a Chinese site too, and the shipping looks to be pretty reasonable http://stores.ebay.com/evolution-online/Tuner-Model-Manufactory-/_i.html?_fsub=2189030012

The body skins are ready for this one, but i suspect there's not enough interest to justify casting it. It's a backdate to the non-supercharged version of this kit, recently reissued.

Here's anudder cupla Monogram snappers in 1/32.

I once knew a "Three Finger Louis"...pronounced "tree feenguh Loowee". From your neck o' the woods, too.

Results don't lie. Very nice. Pretty indicative of why I really like the stuff.

OK...here's the bad news. The engine in the Munster Coach is SIGNIFICANTLY underscale. It's a freakin joke, really. Worse than the tiny little joke smallblock Ford in the Revell Lil' John-26 Ford-derived kits.

The manifold on the real Munster Coach was partly fake, just for looks. Barris, you know? If you can score a Weber downdraft manifold for a 289, you're halfway there to do mechanical Hilborn-style FI. I believe I've seen an injected little Ford in somebody's Cobra build on here recently, too. EDIT: You know, I have the Munster kit around here somewhere. Let me look at that manifold and get back to you.

The Studebreaker 232 / 259 / 289 / 304 is physically a little bigger outside than a SBC, wider through the heads. Also heavier. There actually are aftermarket bits for them, but it's kinda a semi-orphan like the Y-block. You're right about it being cheap too. They're STILL cheap.

You're gonna need more money. A LOT more money. More than Bill Gates has. More than we owe China.

He must have his mother's eyes.

Very swoopy. Lots of nice work. I LOVE to see originality.

Not irked, just saddened. The 3-year-old son of a guy I work with sometimes died unexpectedly of a massive brain hemorrhage. Take time to be nice to the people you love. Every day could be the last.

The Chevy inline 6 was popular as hot-rod material. There are a couple of different trick heads and intake-exhaust setups in the AMT '51 Chevy kits Jantrix mentions, and a Wayne head and manifold in the Galaxie '48 Chevy kits.

Speaking of Y-blocks...this is probably one of the rarest of rare speed-equipment setups in the history of the universe. It's a Hilborn mechanical fuel-injection rig made specifically for the oddly ported Y-block.

The alloy-block Chebby LS engine has been in production since 1997. Multiple displacements (4.8 liter up to 7 liter) and configurations, bolts in pretty much any hole the old smallblock will go in. Same bellhousing bolt pattern (minus one bolt hole).

I wouldn't be at all surprised to find someone within the IRS who has access to a database of people who have had "issues" has sold contact info too. Lot easier to put a scare into folks who have had a little problem in the past, and people are terrified of the IRS in general.

You can just google whatever number comes in on your caller-ID and be directed to multiple sites that log complaints, too.

Great idea. The Studebaker V8 is a stout engine, much overlooked (and don't listen to the "experts" who say it's a Ford 289...it ain't).

The Y-block Ford is very unusual and can make some pretty serious power these days. It's available in the Revell '57 Ford kits and elsewhere. The odd stacked intake-port configuration of the original heads made the engine not-too-popular for high-output applications in the dim past, and speed equipment wasn't plentiful. Still, blown engines made credible power...like the Paxton-blown rig optional in the '57 Fords. These days, alloy heads (Mummert) with better porting are available. http://www.hotrod.com/events/1510-jon-kaases-insanely-customized-ford-y-block-makes-nearly-600-hp/

The wheels are too small diameter to be a real period car, so I image-searched "looks like Bugatti Atlantic" and it came up about 3/4 down the page. There are a couple other recent cars inspired by the Atlantic that I think got the proportions a little better though.

This has been mentioned here before, but they hit my number the other day. This is the automated transcript my system makes of every incoming call. I KNOW all of you are too smart to fall for this carp, but just in case...unless you get a registered letter in the mail, it's all phony. Do NOT call back, or give these walking turds any information. Voicemail from (706) 956-0479 "Hello this call is officially a final notice from IRS Internal Revenue Service. The reason of this call is to inform you that the IRS is filing a lawsuit against you to get more information about this case file. Please call immediately on our department number 706-956-0479. I repeat 706-956-0479. Thank you."