Ever had a "new" idea "stolen"?

[Tom Geiger]

Studestang!

That sounds like one of the Russian States!

[lordairgtar]

Mustabaker!!!

[zenrat]

Studebang?

[Danno]

I'm pretty sure nobody else has come up with this one:

VASTLY improved the looks of that Mustang!!

[highway]

Oh what a disgrace to a Mustang! I think I just threw up a little! Harry, at least if you're going to make a Mustang ugly, do it to the 71-78 body styles, they are ugly to begin with!

Oh, and now you must donate your 1:1 to a Mustang lover (preferably me) for this!

[Art Anderson]

I'm pretty sure nobody else has come up with this one:

Now, that's too cool for school!!! I like!!

Art

[Art Anderson]

Back in 1969, as I was setting up what was an annual window display in the local hobby shop where I worked to pay my way through college, a teenaged builder, who'd participated in the two previous window displays of 1/24-1/25 scale model Indy cars brought in an absolutely beautifully done model of Bobby Unser's Indy-winning 1968 Rislone Eagle from 1968. He'd started with the IMC Lotus Ford kit, and with putty, bits of scrap plastic, wheels from here, tires from there, the Offy engine from the AMT 1963 Agajanian Willard Battery Watson roadster with scratchbuilt turbocharger setup--down to one of the most masterful paint jobs I've EVER seen (all the way out to today!), complete with hand painted graphics that would still rival the finest decal sheet.

Art DeCamp (that was his name) was proud to show off that Gurney Eagle, until he spotted a freshly opened case of the just released MPC 1968 Rislone Eagle! To be sure, his model was so well done, we used it in our 500 Mile Race window display every year thereafter, the MPC kit being relegated to the AAR Eagles, Bardahl, etc.--and that wasn't just to assuage Art's feelings--his model WAS that good.

Art Anderson