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Modern AC systems are designed to cycle periodically in heat / defrost mode to keep internal parts and seals lubricated also. Early-summer failures of old AC systems were common as a result of dry seals from inaction all winter. It's doubtful the arctic animals would have been really comfortable in the back of an old Ford wagon. 1950s AC systems in general were not as efficient as today's systems are, and were usually bulky, heavy and huge aftermarket affairs. The only cold AC-equipped car I recall from my childhood was my father's boss's Caddy, which had a separate rear-seat AC system.

I've seen several complaints that Testors lacquer clearcoats crack over time, so I thought I'd share some of my own experience. A model I built in 2012 for the Revell contest required a hasty re-work of the decklid in order to get photos in for the deadline. I stripped the deck and primered it with Duplicolor, blocksanded and applied color and clear all in the same day, then wetsanded and polished it the following day. 6 months later, the paint on the deck had visibly "shrunk in", lost most of its gloss and showed slight orange peel. A careful sanding with 6000-12,000 grit paper, wet, and a re-polish brought it back up. Now, almost 3 years later, there are visible cracks in the clear on the deck. There's probably not enough clear left to wetsand and polish again, but a scuff and respray with a couple more coats of clear should get it. The rest of the model, which was given sufficient flash time between coats, and was also given plenty of shrink-time after primer, looks just like the day it was polished in '12. The moral of the story: don't rush it.

The 1939-40 Aero 50 Dynamik, by the Czech coachbiilder Carrosserie Sodomka, is reminiscent of the work of Figoni et Falaschi, a French firm that built many striking aero-influenced designs in the 1930s also.

Oh yes. Both the Jr. Stock idea and a straight-axle gasser appeal to me, as well as a shop / tow vehicle for other race cars. Hmmm...that's 3 kits I need so far...

You're right, of course, but I've always thought of the mid-engined P-39 as "Airacobra" and forgot entirely about the P-63 Kingcobra derivative.

And then you got your slightly more potent Mustangs, Cobras and "King" Cobras...

A relatively cheap rooftop solar PV array can crack wastewater and rainwater into hydrogen and oxygen using only sunlight as its power source. A system capable of fueling a car daily for an "average" use cycle has been operated successfully. Honda has done much work in the field. Lack of vision and a cowardly risk-averse business-as-usual mentality, political posturing and greed are all that stand in the way of essentially free, 100% renewable energy.

Exactly.

"Sort of" is putting it very nicely. Though there are several variations, this is a pretty good generic representation of a Powerglide. Nothing at all like the model part.

Exactly. The T-bird engines didn't use the block-mounted breather canister assembly,as shown, or the lower-glass-bowl fuel pump due to accessibility-for-service issues in the 'Bird chassis. Y-blocks used two different crankcase ventilation systems ("road-draft-tubes") and the very last of the line had a PCV system.

Definitely looks like fun.

Another Pyro / Lindberg GeeBee. Though these are marked 1/32 scale, that's only the pilot figure. The aircraft actually scales out to 1/26 or so. Here's a comparo size shot...

Car builder: FAIL. If seatbelts WERE installed, they were obviously not installed correctly (possibly just bolted through sheetmetal of the floor. No good.) Car driver: FAIL. It's good to know when to back off, and to have the reflexes to quit before it's too late. Pre-race inspection: FAIL. Any competent tech inspector won't let a car run ANYWHERE with no belts, or improperly installed belts.

You might want to think about how you're going to kill the animal too. Car hits often leave maimed animals to die slowly and painfully, sometimes taking days. What would you do with a deer with one or two broken legs and no other serious injury?

I didn't know that. Frankly, that makes me furious. I'd like to work a "hunter" like that over with a baseball bat.

Love it. I had a '62 413, bought really really cheap in about '77. Daily driver, black / red interior. Borrowed a VW camper from a friend for a vacation trip, loaned him the 413 while I was gone. He was a moron, drove it into the back of something at around 40mph. Killed the car...not worth fixing back then. Who knew. Wish I had it today.

There are probably 20 online articles citing the Uirapuru as the inspiration for the Jensen Interceptor's styling. Of course, as in many things online, much is mindless repetition of "facts" read elsewhere...online. This short video segment compares the two cars from various angles. I think there can be no doubt the big Jensen borrowed a little, though cleaned it up a lot.

Ditto.

That's just beyond pathetic...

Nice video here of one of our hard-working, responsible, well-paid (with great benefits) postal employees doing what a few in every profession do best... http://www.news.ruralinfo.net/2014/05/video-inappropriate-postal-behavior-usps-throws-package-in-rain-while-im-home.html

Put a mower and a chain-gun on that, and you'd really have something useful.

Hmmm...I always thought he was just a Mason...

Man, I haven't seen one of these for decades, and all of those were gluebombs. Nice job. That dual-Paxton blow-through setup would sure look good on something...