Ace-Garageguy

You're one of the few builders whose work is regularly difficult to distinguish from the real thing, even when carefully examined. I never tire of seeing what you can achieve in this scale, and I'm always inspired. Congrats for your well deserved recognition.

Goods Things currently manufactured in some foreign countries often fail to measure up to US quality standards of times past.

"Away with you and your insistence on truth; accept what you're told by the bosses and shut your mouth!"

Yeah, I know. You just divide the real measurement by 24 or 25 to get the scale measurement.

Tombstone Az. has an interesting history, and attractions ranging from tacky kitsch to secluded but luxurious desert getaways.

Yup. And if you're building a real car, there's also the size of the radiator you can squeeze in whatever grille shell you want for aesthetic reasons...and that illustrates the reason why the best cars are the product of rather a lot of careful consideration of a wide variety of interrelated factors.

Broken brains seem to be becoming the dominant powers.

Exactly. Every car is a little different when it comes to what looks right. There's no formula. It's personal judgement as far as what "good proportion and line" dictates, and that's why some cars look dorky and unbalanced and some are sleek and attractive.

Rules schmoolze; we don' need no stinkin' rules!

Hot rod frames, particularly for T-buckets, are often built from 2" X 4" rectangular steel tube.

California used to be just about the coolest place on Earth and might be again someday, but I'm not holding my breath.

Mystery novels are among my favorite recreational reading.

"Said" is a name of Arabic origin.

I'm actually looking forward to this, and will most likely build it like I'd build a real one if I had the time and cash...gut it, and stuff a smallblock Ford V8 where it belongs.

Beautiful model, beautiful presentation, inspiring craftsmanship.

I really like that. If I didn't already have several lifetimes worth of projects to get to, I'd consider building one.

Warm, sticky, and slippery can be fun at the right time and place.

Looking really good, Ray.

Chocolate shorts could be the next big thing.

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away, but today I'm responsible for correcting a multitude of things that just shouldn't be my problems.

World domination is the goal of a certain Bond-style villain running the (censored).

Gofer Racing has several different sheets of contingency decals, available on eBay. Slixx has several too. Below is their Slixx 7036 Nostalgic Drag Contingency #3 Drag decal

Ultimately it'll go in the '32, but I'll probably put a slightly tired Chebby in it first to get it running quicker. I have almost nothing for Ford Windsor engines, but lots of parts for smallblock Chevrolets. However...that could change. I'm sniffing around on another cheap deal for a much later model 302/5.0 Ford engine. EDIT: For what it's worth, the '32 will go together first with a Ford 8" (not a 9"), 'cause I got a freebie not too long ago. After a while, it'll get a gen-u-ine quick-change. Thing is, I want to be driving the hot rod ASAP, instead of waiting forever while collecting parts and building the engine.

"Adnauseam" is correctly written as two words: ad nauseam.