Ace-Garageguy

Good luck (EDIT: in business) is 95% being in the right place at the right time, by working hard to get there.

I see pretty much the same thing from time to time, plus unexplained site-hanging and timeouts, posts that don't contain naughty words or the words that we're told trigger the dreaded 404 just not doing anything, all kinds of oddball stuff. All on the same machine, same browser, same ISP, same cable connection (so it's not a Wi-Fi fault), same everything...and a clear cache. But I've pretty much quit ragging about it. What's the use? EDIT: The facts that it's inconsistent/intermittent from my perspective and not experienced, apparently, by a majority of forum users, would seem to indicate the connection/timeout problem is NOT with this site, but somewhere between here and there.

I like pie.

Like man, don't harsh my high.

Looking good, a little at a time...just like real. Tucking the bumpers in helps a lot, and getting that big old 4-speed Hydramatic squeezed into an early chassis takes some real effort, just like real. But with a powerful Caddy OHV V8, a tasteful chop, and an automatic, this would be one sweet piece in reality.

The IMC/Union/Testors '48 Fords are definitely challenging "fiddly" kits because of the "multi-part" bodies and opening doors. They can look very good built, but do have a glaring error where the coupe roofline goes too high towards the rear, and a whole lot of boltheads on the frame rails that just aren't on the real car. BUT...I like the kit, especially as a basis for a custom. I bought 2 gloobombs in a box for $5 at the ACME show to do full customs on, and I bought them primarily because the overall proportions are quite good...except for the aforementioned roofline. There's also a resin panel-truck conversion body floating around that looks very good. This thread shows what you can do if you put some effort into the things, and what you get if you don't try very hard.

Times like these make some of us scratch our heads and ask "why did we even bother?"

^^^ That new oh so mo better Capri is just horrible. Another example of "everyone in the room got to mark up the drawing". I've never before seen a design that tried to make a visual virtue of unsprung weight.

Ummmmmmm...have you noticed how much of everything is new so mo better remakes of stuff done earlier? When the one on the right cost millions to develop and they think it's an improvement... waddya expeckt?

And by the by...plug "Beware the rise of AI generational one-upmanship..." into Googli's AI and it generally misses the point entirely, or spouts some irrelevant twaddle about the differences in how generations interact with 'machine intelligence'.

Pretty p-poor that somebody who can't drive a stick even has the job. Here the emissions exemption rolls over every year for cars 25 years old, so the PT is just about to get a free pass so I can tag it...which I haven't been able to do because it has a trans code I haven't fixed yet.

Johnnyrotten's racoon ate it.

Yup...best year IMHO, and every bit as good looking now as it was then... EDIT: I had a pace-car clone for a short time, and the only thing I didn't like about it was the automatic gearbox...and the big sign on the side.

"It may be that a free society as we have known it carries in itself the forces of its own destruction...that once freedom has been achieved, it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued." Friedrich Hayek A scary thought. A whole lot scarier than the rise of AI...for those who think, anyway. History is littered with the wreckage of civilizations that have collapsed from within, due to a combination of political, economic, and social failures. This suggests that the seeds of destruction flourish when people become complacent about their hard-won freedoms. Hayek also said "It is most important that a free society be based on strong moral convictions, and…if we want to preserve freedom…we should do all in our power to spread the appropriate moral convictions." Our 'founding fathers' said much the same thing. The position taken by the founders was that while a free society provides liberty, its stability is predicated on the internal moral compass of its citizens. Without that shared moral framework, freedom risks collapsing into chaos or requiring a more coercive form of government to maintain order. Think about it.

Yeah, right. Blame the cat...

I think it looks pretty good actually, but it's not what I'd ever associate with the original Camaro concept. But in a world of low-T consumers who want appliances, whaddya expeckt?

In the beginning, car companies built what they wanted to build, and people bought them or not. Car companies are now 'market driven', which means they all try to compete with each other for share of a market that knows pretty much nothing about anything, by all building essentially the same thing.

To be fair, the Mach E seems to be a decent transportation appliance if you can charge at home. This is a pretty balanced discussion. EDIT: It would seem like the new "Camaro" is the same "ME TOO!!!" reaction that the original was, but trying to emulate the Mach E this time. By the way...I like real Camaros just fine, thanks.

Because most new-truck buyers have no clue what to do with anything that needs to fit in a 4X8 bed.

The Mustang Mach-E was the best-selling Mustang variation for the entirety of 2024, but the gas-powered Mustang reclaimed the top spot by a slim margin in the first half of 2025. The golf-cart version has pulled ahead in the last half again, with something like 10,000 more battery-powered toys purchased. As noted by Ford officials and automotive "experts", sales for both models are subject to external market pressures. For example, the upcoming discontinuation of a $7,500 federal EV tax credit at the end of Q3 2025 caused a rush of electric vehicle purchases, boosting Mach-E sales. It's important to remember that the two models appeal to different buyers and are in different vehicle segments. The Mach-E, an electric crossover, competes with SUVs, while the gas-powered Mustang competes in the shrinking market for traditional muscle cars and sports coupes.

"The best revenge is to not be like your enemy" Seneca

"SACRALIGE !!!!!" Minus 10 points for spelling: sac·ri·lege