Ace-Garageguy

Most recent oopsie: a package showing "DELIVERED" on the USPS website...but it's in Conway, Arkansas. I'm in the outskirts of Atlanta, Ga. I've already been in touch with the shipper, as there's nothing my local PO is willing (or able??) to do on this end. Another package has been resting at the local PO since Wednesday, no movement since. And a shipment yesterday was left ON TOP of the mailbox, where anyone passing could easily grab it. I'm more impressed every single day.

Ether is where they gets them ethernets from.

Orange Crush probably isn't made from crushed oranges, either.

"Location is everything" insists the real-estate agent.

Starting to hang again this AM...8:31 EDT

"Many is the time I've been mistaken" is the opening line of Paul Simon's American Tune.

Looking great so far. The '64 is my favorite year GTO, except for all the others. Not really a bad kit for its age, but IIRC the engine has some issues. Keep on keepin' on.

Power-lifting grannies aren't real common.

Yup. Yup, yup, yup. Love it.

Very very nice, and a great reminder of what a truly outstanding kit this old dinosaur STILL is.

Favorite things o' mine include cherry pie, dark chocolate, and hot strong black coffee.

Cool project. I love seeing work like this, 'cause it's all the same challenges and changes as building a real one...just a little smaller and not quite as expensive. PS: Your Coyote-powered post really has me jonesing for a real one. Looks great from the rear with the fat meats, and the stance is absolutely spot-on. EDIT: There's a coupla guys around here with hotted-up Falcons, but nobody's really got it right.

Man, that is nice. I'm in love.

Had to buy an old-school Chinesium HSS boring bar to make a part for the '66 Chevelle on the lathe in the other shop. Last time I had my own big machine tools set up was over 10 years ago now, and everything small, like indexable carbide cutters, is still packed from the last move. The part I need to make is too large for my little Unimat, the Sherline would do it but it's still packed too, so the el-cheapo cutter ought to get the one part done on the shop lathe...which unfortunately needs some work before it will ever make anything nice again. It's not good for machine tools to let non-machinists use them.

"Hassled" is something that would be nice to live without, but there's little chance of that if you try to accomplish anything outside of the norm.

Do you run chains or studded tires on that, or are the grippy M&S tires enough?

I bought a Pocher 1/8 scale Ferrari engine/gearbox, as usual well under list and online asking prices. Cool (unexpected) thing is that it came with the sprues having TR suspension control arms, uprights, and axles. So If I can snag some 1/8 brake calipers and rotors, I've got just about enough 1/8 stuff to get a good start on scratch-bashing this 1/25 scale mockup I did years ago, but in 1/8 scale.

"Hands" are a matched pair of interface devices allowing your mind to connect to the physical world.

Duh. Me not reed so gud.

Looks good. What scale (or did I overlook it) ? EDIT: Never mind. You say you used a tag from the Galaxie Chevy, so it must be 1/24-1/25.

Great concept, fine execution. Very nice indeed.

Arizona, along with several states with deserts, is subject to flash-flooding in some areas when rain in high country accumulates rapidly in gullies and washes, which can inundate short sections of roadway with little warning. The flooding can be deep, fast-moving, and powerful enough to knock over something as large and heavy as a bus, or carry it away in the stream. Traditionally, desert dwellers were familiar with the danger of trying to cross flooded areas. Unfortunately, not all humans have the common sense of a coyote. So in 1995, Az. passed a "stupid motorist law" that holds drivers financially responsible for the cost of their own rescue if they drive into a flooded area.

Simple pleasures don't necessarily appeal to simple minds.

Pretty simple. Big ol' bowl of homemade cheese/chorizo/black bean dip, hot corn tortillas, salsa, guac, and a Yuengling. Fresh raspberries for dessert. Now for a cup of strong black coffee and an old film noir.