Miatatom

Miata and beetle, apples and oranges. They were designed and marketed to entirely different demographics.

OK, well let's go with the most glaring figures. Solstice total US sales = 114,773 (production discontinued due to poor sales). Miata total US sales = nearing 500,000, with over 1,000,000 sold world wide. It's still being produced and sold and going into it's 4th redesign. It's the largest selling 2 seat roadster in world history.

Truck bed? Yeah, paint it black and use it as a bed liner.

Nice build! Your friend should be very happy.

I still like the 58 Chevy, if we've got to talk Chevys. The Solstice, I wouldn't trade my 12 year old Miata for one.

Maybe it's more popular than I thought. A local friend watched the first 4 seasons in less than a week to get caught up. I too like the 150 more than the "tarted up" Bel Air.

That is just the coolest thing. It's something she will remember from now on. Bet it makes you smile big time. 8^)

That's not Florida orange, is it? 8^)

Beautiful build! I love the pic of the kid standing next to the rail looking into the cockpit. It's as bad as heroin cause he's addicted. I sure can't get cars out of my blood. 8^)

Love the 57! I commented on someone elses thread that I almost bought a 1:1 57 150 just before I got out of the Navy in 66 but spent the money on an engagement ring. I told my son that story as we stood in front of one at a car show and concluded it with "and you know the rest of the story because here you stand". He just laughed and grinned.

Nice colors, but I would say that since I'm a University of Tennessee alum and fan.

Actually, I've got a bag of incandescent bulbs that we saved when we switched the house over to fluorescent so I've got quite a stash.

"Mike controls the business, but I control him". 8^)

That is a beautiful replica, Steve.

I still think Heisenberg is the name. I doubt few here know what we're talking about.

That is so sweet! I almost bought one of those when I got out of the Navy in 1966. Wound up spending the money on an engagement ring. I told that story to my son as we stood looking at one of these. I smiled and said, you know the rest of the story and here you are. 8^)

Why is the model so hard. I've been wanting one.

Nice start.

Heisenberg!

Thanks for making it sound like I really thought this out and it was a very scientific approach but the truth is that's the amount of plywood I had. I also wanted it to be tall enough so that I could add some shelves for more space if I needed it. I would use some sort of rack like in an oven if I made a shelf. Don't know if I will ever need it though. Yes, the material is Dynamat, I think. It was left over from the Factory Five Cobra I built. I guess that's what FF uses.

Stunning! If you'd said what colors you were going to paint it, I would probably have had a negative reaction. I would have been totally wrong.

Nice color combo. I really like it!

So very sorry for your loss.

WOW!!!!!

A really nice looking Ford. Surprisingly, many folks don't know that Ford outsold Chevy in 1957. Wouldn't know it if you attended a car show nowadays. http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/revisiting-the-1957-sales-numbers/