Ace-Garageguy

With the number of ignorant fools in the way today, everything becomes unnecessarily difficult, but some folks chose to deny reality.

Yup. Even a custom or hot-rod built from the ground up, from junk, should have some kind of certificate-of-origin and an ID number that's traceable. And if the seller gets pissy, walk away.

That bites. I hate vandals even more than thieves. The wood chipper is too good for someone who destroys somebody else's property just out of malicious hate.

Wow. 1/87 and really nice detail and proportions on the cars. Great electronics to run the lights so believably too. Impressive.

Yesterday can't be changed, but looking back can help us have better tomorrows

What I don't understand is why AOL and Chrome becoming inop made you purchase a new computer. Search engines and web browsers are NOT integral parts of your computer. Did you try another free browser, like say, Firefox? Or possibly you have old versions of AOL and/or Chrome that just need to be updated. What operating system were you running on your old machine? I have a Win7 dinosaur that still functions fine as long as I keep my browsers up to date.

Teachers would do well to stick to the subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic.

Use the right tool for the job if you want superior results.

Un-wedged heads are not as much in evidence as they once were.

Today is a golden opportunity to get your head un-wedged.

Project your misunderstandings, failures and prejudices on your enemies, and you can be a "leader" too.

Very nice build. One of my favorite real-world cars, so small you pretty much wear it, but it practically responds to your thoughts.

Rhyme, crime, slime, time, climb, grime and mime do too.

Experience is the best teacher.

Quotations have been the enabler of many of the responses in this thread.

Good looking model. Some of those Spec Cast and Liberty Classics pieces are really pretty nice, especially for the price.

Car was insured in a state that takes a rather dim view of insurance fraud. It's a felony under the circumstances, with up to 5 years in prison and a $50,000 fine...but I wasn't in the prosecution loop after the car was recovered, so I don't know the outcome. EDIT: The fraudster, if found guilty, also has to make restitution to the insurer.

She's moving along and getting photographed as we go, but I'm running a series of adhesive tests to verify performance I need for the real-world projects...and real-car work takes priority. I typically load a batch of real and model photos from the same camera to the editing suite on another computer when enough has been accomplished on a real-car project to justify a billing cycle. We're not there yet. I used to run another camera for models only, but it needs one of the battery contacts repaired, which isn't a priority. Thanks for your interest.

Alone, I spend about $75 a week on groceries to eat very well, and that's about a 50% increase from two years ago.

I don't have your answer, 'cause I just don't know...but I sure applaud your dedication to getting the technical details right.

"Job 1" used to be "quality", according to old Ford ads.

Wedge brake air cylinder, like on your instructions: OPERATION: see page 17 of the manual for perpendicular orientation of the brake cylinder (AKA "chamber") to the wheel backing plate https://www.axletech.com/at-admin/resources/Manuals/bsm-0381ewedge-brakes.pdf PLUMBING: Dual lines to each rear air cylinder similar to what you're used to, below

To the best of my knowledge (from personal experience), there's no statute of limitations on a stolen vehicle. It's hot forever, until it's recovered by the police or insurance company, and given a "clean" identity. If an insurance company paid a claim on the car and it resurfaces, the insurance company owns it, and can take it...even if it's been entirely restored, rebuilt, or heavily modified. This sticky little fact stopped me from doing anything with an expensive car abandoned at my shop in the 1980s, and reported stolen (without my knowledge) so the owners could collect money for it, rather than paying me to repair damage from an engine compartment fire.

Words have meanings, but not so much these days.

Figure 1/2" U-bolts in reality. Divide by 24 or 25 for 1/24 or 1/25 scale. I know, math is hard. Use .5mm wire.