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love seeing the old survivors
Funny... I can remember when manufacturers were told to keep HP numbers down to keep the insurance companies happy.... now I see commercials for...
Also had a '65 F-100 with a 352 4v and cruise; blew it up on Christmas Day 1993. It never knocked or gave any warning, just gave up on me. Good...
Had a 352 in a '65 Country Sedan, single 4v, cruiseomatic; that sumbitch could definitely move! Keep your foot off the loud pedal and it might get...
That '34 Ford pickup kit has definitely stood the test of time. One of my favorites.
The A model community (the purists) are fading away. I'd love that '30 just finished up stock. If it was not sooo close to being done, I'd be okay...
Yeeeaaah... nope. Being me, I'd forget I had it on and try to walk across the room, end up in the ER
Wartime restrictions were on civilian purchases; the government still needed light vehicles. They were able to build continuations of 1941 models...
Hands still steady enough, but vision problems (despite cataract surgery) keep my detail work basic. Mostly doing alternate versions of kits I've...
Blame the "We'll take your case, you don't pay if we don't win" bunch. Doesn't matter what actually happens, someone will make a claim and take it...
I was gifted a terminally rusted out '60 Fairlane, had a friend who ran a rollback pick it up for me. The frame was literally all that was holding...
I love the Argentine Falcons...
Insurance. Liability. Even one small injury equals one lawsuit that can ruin you. Sanctioning bodies have their hands full.
Man that's a ton of creativity and research and hard work!
[ATTACH]Nigel looking more like a real car... the more stuff gets put back on, the better he looks.
A's are a tight fit for the Modern American... If I were to imagine the perfect A woodie, THAT one would fit the bill exactly.
Over Christmas holidays, I'd like to be 10 years old again. Just saying.
Had a couple of Nascar diecasts that virtually disappeared in a few months... gradually turned to dust. I'm glad I never bought more than a few,...
That's a shiny jewel right there! How many files did they use up smoothing that out? My hands ache just LOOKING at it
Hopefully they re-release the Boot Hill Express again... I have one built, stashed away, but I'd like another. It's one of the first model cars I...
Great information, I'd read somewhere years ago that they either never ran or only for short periods. They sure do look impressive, though.......
Nothing screams 1960's Custom or Show rods louder than a fully chromed engine IMHO... or maybe two, like the Mysterion... but how functional...
July 1955 and the writer is already lamenting the loss of good performance parts to scrappage!!
Hey my Central Florida peeps; who do you recommend for getting a door window copied in the Ocala area? Safelite can't do it.
YIKES. I got rear ended in the company truck a while back. Was sitting at a light and glanced in the rear view to see a big-ass Mercedes Sprinter...
I avoid later model Caddies because they have complicated systems, but I'd drive this one
Why can't people take decent full-view pictures? Almost as bad as the "modern-art" bunch who take them catty cornered, sideways, from a hundred...
The collars are the same for Falcons, Fairlanes, Comets and Rancheros. You might need to custom make a detent plate for the AOD pattern; not...
Looks like it was a good looking car; decent chop, but what the heck was everyone thinking when the "paint the chrome black!!" was the rage?
Dang shame about the roof. Vice Grip Derek could drive it out of there...
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