Ace-Garageguy

Yeah, we have coyotes around here too. I don't see them often (only 2 daytime sightings in the yard since 1999), but occasionally hear them communicating at night.. I'm on a wooded lot, so the cats can go up trees to get away from 'em, but raccoons can climb almost as well as cats, and though 'coons usually won't go after a full grown cat, they will take kittens. And we have several big raccoons. I heard one of my feral kits screaming one night, went out to see what the h. was going on, but by the time I found her and chased Rocky off, there was barely enough left to bury.

But...but...but what about ? Anybody who doesn't get all his automotive expertise from watching a buncha morons do everything wrong on the web and take their word as gospel is just a loser dinosaur stuck in the printed-page past.

How do you do that? Try to kiss the thing? Trip and fall face-first on it? Try to use it for a comb?

Congrats Bill. Exquisite model, deserving of every award there is.

Some time back, I watched a small hawk sitting on my mailbox, holding a squirrel in one calw while he ate it.

Control your weight with diet and exercise, and your blood pressure and sugar will often be just fine.

Chicks grow up to be roosters and hens, and some hens get to be egg factories, and some of each get to be dinner.

Any particular period? Street car? Drag car? Present day nostalgia build? There are as many flavors of flatheads as there are ice cream.

Colors that would belong on Easter eggs and itchy tweed interiors never did much for me on street rods when they were popular.

6AN or 8AN aluminum hard line would be correct, depending on carb size and engine output primarily. That equates to 3/8" OD or 1/2" OD. In 1/25 scale, the actual diameter of scale-correct 3/8" line would be .015", actual diameter of scale-correct 1/2" line would be .020". EDIT: Here's a hardware, fastener, and plumbing reference thread:

Twangin' on the ol' mouth harp after a hard workday shore makes me feel like chasin' down a purty little filly fer a long ride inta the sunset.

"World domination" always seemed to be the goal of villains in the Bond movies, but there are real megalomaniacs with a lot of entrenched power out there now who make Bond villains seem like naughty little kids...and I don't mean these guys.

Fly the Friendly Skies.

Woof.

Job satisfaction comes from doing challenging work you're good at and enjoy, to the best of your ability...and getting paid well for it helps.

SuperGnat. You don't wanna make 'em angry.

Amen to the idea that customizing "was supposed to look better " part. Far as "a menswear designer" goes (I don't recall which one, though I'm sure I can find it) one of the big names back in the late '60s or early '70s designed a "sports car" that looked for all the world like a shrunken mutant Wienermobile with a big toothy grille. I could never take his aesthetic judgement on anything seriously after seeing that.

I agree.

Ho man. How did I miss that? Smokin'. I'm stealing your idea.

Glad you mentioned that. There seem to be a fair few people who don't like Foose for some reason that I've never been able to understand. I've met the guy, and besides being as nice as he could be, he's a gifted and skilled artist / illustrator / designer, and knows his stuff doing the demanding and precise physical work that is custom-car building. The respectful treatment he gave this old Barris job makes me like and respect him that much more.

I'd also forgotten about the chopped Victoria roof in that kit. I have a Vic in progress using a roof from one of the Lindberg '53 kits.

I'd forgotten all about that. Good call.

Glue your fingers into your nostrils with CA, and the pretty nurses in the emergency room will know for sure you're not date-worthy.

Much to love right there, Very nice.

Foil the dastardly plans and machinations of those who would outlaw walking and chewing gum at the same time "for your safety".