Ace-Garageguy

Cool project, and I always enjoy a good backstory.

^^^ All the above please.

I suspect it was moved simply to consolidate it into an existing thread on essentially the same subject. If there was an issue of it crossing any "political" boundaries, that would have been mentioned specifically. Several of us have been disgruntled with the USPS and other package handlers from time to time, some seem to get excellent service every time, and some just don't care either way. Bottom line is that they're all unreliable sometimes, and USPS is the lowest cost.

Here's a Hudson Terraplane sedan cut down with a pickup bed from something unknown.

How about a ute?

Desert living suits me, as the neighbors are far away and don't much care what you do as long as you're not a complete yahoo.

Yup. Injection molded styrene, possibly ABS (which is just a tougher grade of styrene)...but I'm pretty sure it's just garden-variety styrene.

Made around 1965, so about 59 years old.

A rough but fairly complete 1/24 Cox Cheetah slotcar. Not a too-bad price for what's there. The body will serve as the basis for a static build, assuming I don't have the HRM kit I think I have but can't remember for sure.

Even Duesenbergs got chopped down into trucks. Howard Hughes built the one below to tow a glider. Duesenberg J-model, converted from a limo, below Duesenberg Model A, 1924, below

Radiator Springs in the movie Cars was inspired by a real Az. town on Rt. 66.

When Testors dumped the Model Master line, I bought up every bottle and can of "buffing metalizers" I could find before the prices went insane. I'm pretty well set until the end of the world.

Waiting for the PO delivery and watching your tracked packages travel all over the country for no good reason (yeah, I know, it's complicated "logistics" I'm too stupid to understand) is a great way to train yourself not to let idiotic things you have zero control over ruin your day. I used to get incensed regularly watching the moron-moves via tracking, and it never made anything get here one minute quicker. A few things HAVE been mis-delivered locally by reading-challenged carriers who apparently aren't too good with numbers either, but if/when that has occurred, to date I've always found somebody reasonably competent at the local PO to sort it out. Yeah, it can be maddening...but only if you let it.

Crankcase oil will keep your spiffy Mr. Cool hair in place if you run out of gel.

Some people like cake, and some people like pie, and some people like limburger cheese milkshakes. https://www.dishgen.com/recipes/savory-limburger-cheese-milkshake-m0fopcup

OMG OMG OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice work, great project.

"Best by Test" was an advertising slogan used by Newhall Gasoline.

Into smithereens is what many models have been smashed by frustrated children.

I believe that was someone else, i pretty well remember who it was, and I'll refrain from announcing who it was just because I'm such a nice guy. EDIT: On another note, I have a package that's been "out for delivery" since 6 AM today, supposedly going to be here by 9 PM. They're kinda running out of time...but it's raining, and everyone knows distances between mailboxes expand dramatically when it rains. For what it's worth, the PO is only 2 miles away, and I would have been more than happy to go get it myself.

Days of Our Lives featured beautiful Coleen Gray back in the mid sixties.

Curse the darkness or set the world on fire; neither solution is really a good one.

Explore the fuzz in your navel for high-adventure without ever leaving the comfort of your living room.

Forehead o' mine seems to take up more surface area with age, so it's only logical to assume I'm becoming an alien.