Ace-Garageguy

Great paint, probably one of the best colors for that generation Ford.

Talk doesn't mean much if you can't back it up.

I got this little badly injured Shark a while back. Almost unbelievably, its previous owner saved ALL the pieces. A little TLC, and she looks like this. You can still see some of the seams, but after she's stripped and repainted, she'll be good as new... She's slated to get modified into this, one of the last two of these on Earth, currently under restoration (maybe) after 40 years in hiding. I would have hidden too if all my siblings had been cut up for scrap.

Just finished the recent billing cycle on the '66 Chevelle...23 pages of text, over 150 supporting photos, all wending their merry way through the ether. Time to get back to work full time on the DeLorean project for a couple of weeks. EDIT: And I think I'll go to the sto and check out the chocolate bunny situation...

"Game" reminds me of an ancient joke that's probably not appropriate for family spaces.

Thank you all for the comments, and thanks to everyone who left a like too.

Thanks fer your interest and comments, gennelmen, and fer the likes too.

Fight for what you believe in.

I really like the stance on this...but I'd probably widen those rear fenders just a tad so the tires wouldn't get cut when she hits a bump...but that's just weird old me. Anyway...she looks GREAT lowered and with that just-right amount of rake.

Bridges sometimes fall down if you drive big heavy things into them.

"Think" is becoming a long-lost concept, much maligned.

Medal and metal are frequently used interchangeably by the spelling-challenged.

"Good dog" works just as well with cats, because their strong sense of identity doesn't depend on external validation.

"Direction in life" is something people should think long and hard about early on...but it's never too late.

Change is not always for the better, and change just for the sake of change is almost never better...though not-so-deep-thinkers equate it to "progress".

Yup, a big one. So people should expect to see an uptick in fraudulent emails coming from supposedly legit sources, trying to get you to divulge info like credit-card and SS numbers. Everybody...pay attention.

Best thing to do in a case like that is insist on the part number that's on the product you want. Devising workarounds to get past idiots is becoming increasingly necessary.

Oh boy...another easy one. PM'd

As you surely know, the optional engine in that kit is a DeSoto Firedome hemi, which fits just fine as-is. The engine bay in those trucks is pretty huge, and should be big enough for just about anything. The front engine mount in the AMT '53 Ford truck is under the lower front pulley, which would make the Cadillac engine in the AMT '49-'50 Ford kits probably the easiest swap from another kit, because it has a similar front mount. IIRC, most of the other engines in AMT kits of the period were designed to swap around with minimal difficulty, though you'd have to address the front mount with most, if not all...as they typically have engine mounts on the sides of the block you'll probably want to remove. There was a fairly famous (at the time) blown-Caddy-powered truck like this (owned by Bill Edwards) that set some records at Bonneville. The blower fits under the hood IIRC. EDIT: Yup. Sept. '55 151 MPH. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/looking-for-any-info-on-big-bill-edwards.576967/ https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Bill_Edwards'_1953_Ford Otherwise, the Dodge Red Ram hemi from the AMT '29 Fords would be a good choice, while the Chrysler Firepower hemi from the AMT '32 Ford kits, or the Cadillac from the '59 El Camino, or the Buick V8 or the Oldsmobile V8 from one of the AMT '40 Fords, or the Pontiac V8 from the AMT '36 Fords should be close to drop-ins...but I'm pretty sure all the above would need simple front mounts under the lower pulley. The Ford Y-blocks from AMT's '56 and '57 Ford kits would be cool too, or the 348/409 from AMT's '57 Chevy...and of course, any smallblock Chevy. EDIT: Because the engine bay is so big in this Ford truck, you shouldn't have to face much scratch-building. Most of the exhaust manifolds that come with any of those engines should fit easily. Radiator hoses, if you need new ones, can also be done easily by using some of the flexible black tube most craft stores carry for stringing beads. The trans just kinda sits on the crossmember in most of those, so that's not much of a hassle either. The only tricky bit is making up a front engine mount that's compatible with the Ford truck frame, and a couple of pieces of scrap shaped to copy the mount on the Ford pickup engine will get you there.

And the Lockheed Electra... https://medium.com/propliners/lockheed-electra-part-3-dfb2c21a007c

Chocolate bunnies and marshmallow eggs will all be 1/2 price tomorrow. Uh oh. Looks like they're massing for an attack.

Mark this: concept cars, one-offs, and prototypes really float my boat.

Builders of things often have a better grasp of cause-and-effect reality than many, because they inhabit a world where actions have immediate tangible consequences.

Facts, some would insist, have nothing to do with objective reality, but are whatever is believed and repeated the most by idiots.

Later than you think, it is.