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Ace-Garageguy

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  1. Thanks again. We managed to connect off-site, and I've received the files via electronic transfer.
  2. There's really no philosophy addressed here, other than the moral and ethical obligation of anyone who presents himself as an "expert" or "authority" to make damm sure he's regurgitating actual facts and truth, gleaned from primary sources, and not just mindlessly spreading manure he got from a "consensus" of the poorly-informed, the intellectually lazy, or the willfully-ignorant who really don't know what they're talking about but are content to rebleat what their peers say. Unfortunately, it's an idea whose time seems to have passed...particularly among those who style themselves as "journalists". EDIT: One more point...presenting false information or telling a lie, once or 10,000 times, does not make it true; billions of people believing a lie does not make it true either.
  3. Always enjoy seeing the effort you make to get the stance and everything else about a car's "look" right-on. Your work has been an inspiration to me from the first time I saw it here on this board.
  4. The old Riv still has to be one of the best looking cars ever built, and those wheels absolutely work on it.
  5. I like 'em all, but the Fiat really does it for me.
  6. Thank you, sir. That means a lot.
  7. Oh yeah. There's a car here in town that's almost a dead ringer for the proportions you have there. It's beautifully turned out and at first glance you think it's stock...but it just looks so much better you start looking closer until the AHA!!! moment, when you realize what's been done. Nice job capturing that in scale.
  8. Looks great...but please keep the camber at least somewhat rational-world. Wearing the edges of the treads down to the cords every 100 miles really isn't smart.
  9. It only takes one. There are no scuff marks on the envelope. The corners aren't damaged. There are no folds on the envelope. In short, there's zero indication of any trauma to the envelope whatsoever. Everything is consistent with someone maliciously snapping the disc with soft fingers. Maybe where you live, it's all puppies and unicorns. In the world I inhabit, there are people who get their pathetic little jollies by destroying things. Ever see a car left by the road, broken down, and a day later all the windows are smashed...not just one broken to get in to steal something, but ALL of 'em smashed for the giddy thrill some tiny pea-brains apparently get from mindless destruction? Or an old house, or one being built or remodeled trashed by chimps? Dumpsters set on fire? Same sub-human mindset...and not uncommon by any means. EDIT: And sure, it's entirely possible someone anywhere in the delivery chain could be the bozo. The USPS hardly has a monopoly on them.
  10. Thank you. Excellent idea if all else fails.
  11. This one...'cause it's the 1/8 scale mockup for the real one.
  12. Late '50s style slingshot dragster
  13. Possibly. The guy in England is trying to be helpful, offering to send the files directly to me...but feePay, in their desperate effort to wring every last penny out of every transaction, makes it almost impossible to give somebody an email address without getting harassed and WARNED!!! by the bots. I'm waiting to see if Mr. Man can figure out my anti-algorithm code.
  14. Nailhead powered '28 Ford on '32 rails
  15. Chopped '34 Ford 3-window, traditional and modern
  16. I really used to like fountain pens in days gone by, but after having one leak so I looked like I'd been shot in the heart and had black blood, I kinda moved away from them. But I've been collecting big bird feathers when I've been out West, thinking I might try my hand at making some quill pens.
  17. Some of the most realistic soft kit tires I've ever seen were simply glass-bead blasted.
  18. Gorgeous.
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