Ace-Garageguy

A rod through the side of the block or out the bottom of the pan is often the ultimate result of prolonged knocking, and AAA just hates getting their rollback decks all oily.

Hmmmm...I kinda wooda thunk "sHrunk works" and the winky face wooda been the giveaway there... I actually know a fair bit about the aircraft, but if I went into how and why, I'd have to kill myself.

Woods are good places for disposing of pesky neighbors, and stocking up on your supply of ticks.

Do you be sure dat don be a cadillac converter?

Yeah...and another thing, once an engine has been through a bunch of heating and cooling cycles, it's may not be all that close to what the factory painted it anyway, especially the heads around the exhaust ports.

Not that it has anything to do with the OP's question...but later in a car's career, an engine could have been painted just about any color. For instance, Jasper used a light green on just about everything they rebuilt in the mid-late '70s IIRC (I put one of their 327/ 365horse SB Chebbies in a Stag in about '77). Many local rebuilders just painted everything black, many engines got painted light colors to make leak spotting easier, etc. Just a thought, in case you're building a non-creampuff.

Dash looks great.

There is wisdom in doing absolutely nothing from time to time, but I know lotsa folks who are incapable of just shutting down and relaxing totally.

Cool little model...but... I don't remember them as being that short. Musta got rained on and shrunk. Guess that's what they meant by "shrunk works". Seems about as logical as the typical internet "explanation", anyway.

Thanks for the emergency taillight lens repair idea. That's actually pretty clever...in a stupid sort of way.

On rainy days, rust gets up and goes to work early.

Holder down boys, afore she gits away!

Here's a start... https://www.tedsmodelingmarketplace.com/parts-by-parks/

Factors including a sedentary lifestyle, significant overweight, and overconsumption of sugar can lead to the onset of type-2 diabetes.

The story of my life...

It has to be true because it was posted several times on the internet...and be sure to notice how the shadows all go the same way, not like those faked photos of the "moon landing". Because remember, if it's repeated often enough by people who have no idea what they're talking about, it's science.