Ace-Garageguy

Cool cool cool. I'm trying to overcome my lust for a few of those. If I fail, I'll PM ya.

Two more recent acquisitions, a coupla Corvairs, one complete 2dr Styline kit assembled clean with minimal gloo, and a virgin 4dr.

"Right of way" and who has it is something a declining number of drivers seem to grasp.

Days are getting shorter.

I don't use it very often, but my Unimat lathe has become indispensable for making or modifying small parts, as it converts to a vertical mill too. It doesn't have much power, but with patience and care, its several speeds mean it can be used to create just about anything a modeler could want, in almost any material. Unimats of this design were made in Austria from the early 1950s through the '70s and sold by the thousands all over the wotld. The quality is excellent, there are still parts being made for it (like urethane drive belts), parts and accessories seem to be readily available, and there's a substantial global network of enthusiasts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Y1nkr6v2M&ab_channel=SteamerEdge

Tasty is as tasty does.

Them flyin' cats can be deadly, but not as bad as flyin' monkeys or flyin' elephants bombin' ya...if y'all get my drift...and don't even get me started on them flyin' pigs.

Fan-punkin'-tastic.

"Without sin, let he who is cast the first stone" or something like that.

Finally got around to seeing Battlefield Earth. More plot holes than a sieve, and technical gaffes most 5-year-olds would catch, but it has its moments. Travolta really should have busted a couple moves from Saturday Night Fever in his alien costume though. Then there would have been no doubt the whole thing was a joke.

VERY nice. Man, every time I think I have every kit I could ever want, along comes a beautiful build like this, and I just have to have one. Thanks for the inspiration.

Looks GREAT. Funny...I just read one of our resident whatevers calling everything MPC "trash". Looks like you've pretty well proven that to be horse exhaust.

Some time back I snagged a Modelhaus '57 Mercury Monterey hardtop... ...specifically to build the 180mph Mermaid: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/?p=6535

Stage a rebellion against stupid: join one of the online learning sites and take a course in something new.

Kewl build. One of my favorite cars from the era. Sorry to see the warp and divot. I have two kits from the dawn of time that aren't like that.

Read to your kids, and teach them to read on their own before the schools ruin them forever.

I pretty much like everything.

Land is sumpin they're not makin' any more of.

Oh, baby!

I would have put his lower half through a chipper first, maybe just to the knees, tourniquets. I have a really really bad attitude towards thieves.

That's about it, but I mentioned early in the thread "Six bolt wheels required because of the GM truck rear end swap, in the spirit of how it might have been built in the pre-Ford 9" days. Front hubs would be drilled to match so as to only carry one type of spare wheel". Just FYI, GM truck rear ends were used in lotsa stuff pre-'57 when the Ford 9" and the equally tough new Olds and Pontiac rear ends were introduced, where ultimate strength was more important than unsprung weight. The original SWC Willys coupe is the first example that comes to mind. While unsprung weight would be an important consideration for running on rough roads at 50MPH+, the ultimate strength of the axles themselves, and the wheels, might take precedence...depending on the preparation philosophy of the particular car builder. Race-car prep is always about compromise and tradeoffs.

Records are made to be broken, unless they're the vinyl or acetate or Bakelite kind.

Crosby, Stills and Nash (and Young later) were among my favorite groups way back when.

MythBusters managed to present real scientific investigation into the truth (and falsehood) of endlessly rebleated baloney in an entertaining format.