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driver100

ab348 said:

Those early Comets actually were developed as a compact Edsel as I understand the story, and Mercury took it over after Edsel was discontinued.

You mean I almost had an Edsel

driver100

fintail said:

Best angle on a 60 Comet is the rear, with the amusing cats eye taillights - I can see this as an Edsel:

I like that model a lot more than the 62. That does look more Edselly. Another case of a good design getting worse...happens a lot.

sda

isellhondas said:

ab348 said:

berri said:

I'm not totally sure, but didn't somewhere around the mid 60's Mopar go to two Torqueflite options - the durable 727 I believe and a less robust, cheaper alternative on cars like Plymouth's?

The 727 was the original and "indestructible" one, while they came out with a 904 transmission for smaller, less powerful cars. Automatic transmission like the 727 and GM's TH400 can easily soak up 30hp at the flywheel, so one that had a smaller amount of loss was useful in lower-powered cars.

Torqueflights were near impossible to break! The C-4 and C-6 Ford transmissions were pretty good but not compared to a Torqueflight. The old cast iron Powerglides were better than the aluminum ones that came out in 1962. These would start to slip between first and second.

" Slip and slide with Powerglide"

GM had some good transmission and some bad ones including the HORRIBLE Turboglides the Roto hydramatics (Slim Jim) and the ill fated Buick Special Dual Paths. The Hydramatic 400's were the best of the GM's.

The slim Jim did not shift gears smoothly. Mom had it in her '63 Olds. IIRC it would drag out the 1-2 shift and then dump it into 3rd gear and the engine would lug briefly. It was as if a manual transmission had been shifted to a higher gear too soon.

oldfarmer50

imidazol97 said:

2123 Lindberg Ave, Atlanta, GA

In the cities around here there are parking lots under some of the overpasses. Wonder what a bunch of burning cars would do to the steel?

imidazol97

3 arrested for fire in "HotLanta." (HotLanta has been a nickname for Atlanta for decades.)

http://www.newser.com/story/comments/240652/3-arrested-after-atlanta-highway-fire.html

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

PF_Flyer said:

And while I'm stuck in the 60's, and to swing back to the cars, can we say George Barris??

Actually, Dean Jeffries.

I remember building the MPC model kit when I was 12 or so. I remember it was a bear to get the top to fit right.

That reminds me of the model cars I used to build. Mostly AMT 3 in one...came with decals and customizing stuff. After you could paint them. I must have made 100 of those.

This is the one I built. Dreamed of having a real one someday.

Too bad Stutz didn't stay in business into the 60s, that would have made quite the car.

Yeah you could trade your MB in for one of these:

jwm40517

With a little work Powerglides could become very strong and long lasting. I have not had a drag car since 1993 but for many years prior to that powerglides were the favorite auto trans for bracket race cars under 3000 pounds.

My 66 Chevy II weighed 2575 with me in it and ran 1/8 mile in 6.35 at 107 MPH. That is the 1/4 mile equivalent of about 9.80 at 138 or so. I did not go racing every week but over 4 years I had to have made 400+ starts at 5000 to 5500 rpm against the rev limiter. Let go of the trans brake button on the steering wheel, leave with the front tires 24 inches off the pavement limited by the wheelie bars and in a couple of seconds the air shifter would slap the trans into drive at 7800 rpm. When I was ready to move in late 93 I sold the engine and trans which still worked well but the torque converter was starting to wear out as the times had slowed to 6.5 and 60 foot times were slower.

This was the same car that ran 13.4 quarter miles at 109 mph on street tires in 1967. It was more fun then when you could run as many times as you wanted and then just drive home.

roadburner

oldfarmer50 said:

I don't know if I posted these pictures before, but I built this in 1991:

Mr_Shiftright

Had you built a real one, you'd be a rich man today

jmonroe

Mr_Shiftright said:

Had you built a real one, you'd be a rich man today

You'll have to ask him if he'd rather be rich or a Genius.

jmonroe

isellhondas

jmonroe said:

isellhondas said:

jmonroe said:

isellhondas said:

andres3 said:

driver100 said:

I was thinking about recalls and how that affects buyers.......does it affect them?

Here is the conclusion I came to, what it really does is just confirms whatever view you had of that particular brand. For example, Andre hates the Big 3 so this gives him a reason not to like them even more. People who hate German cars will take a recall of a German make and confirm in their own mind....that is why I wouldn't buy one of those.

If it is a make you like, then you defend the car....well, the recall is a good thing, at least they fix their problems.

JM and CDs....that is funny. I wonder if he carries a load of CDs in the Gennie?

Well, to be fair, I at least have owned a big 3 car before. Also, I can't recall a single recall on the Dodge I owned, so it wasn't recalls that stirred up resentment of the brand.

In fact, I do remember the Honda Accord having 1 or 2 recalls too many (probably 3 or 4). Finally, I got irked they didn't take care of one recall while I had brought it in for another. I made them give me a rental car for that mistake. One of the recalls was for an ill-advised stop-gap transmission repair that was supposed to prevent catastrophic destruction I suppose. It didn't work in my car, as within a year they were replacing my transmission. So in my case, a wasted dealer visit, and Honda didn't give loaners (though they did when I had to do the transmission replacement).

I think it all has to do with how much inconvenience a car brand causes you. Whether it is just wasted time, time without a car (loaners help here), and/or wasted money. They all factor in, and usually coincide. I definitely need a car I can trust.

Back in the "old days" there was no such thing as recalls. If you had a problem, that's the way it was. Today is different. Everyone wants to sue everyone. The vast majority of recalls amount to very little and the chances of your car being recalled is slim.

Back in 1965, Chevrolet had a problem with motor mounts that was serious enough that they finally recalled their full sized Chevys with V-8 engines. The left mount would break and under some cases, the motor would raise up enough to jam the throttle linkage and the car would take off. Adding to the problem when the engine raised up it would sometimes yank the vacuum line out of the power brake booster. There you were, flying down the street with the gas jammed on and your power brake boost gone! Of course, turning off the ignition was the thing to do but not everyone was that smart!

Now, THAT is a recall!

The initial remedy was to cable the engine to the left side exhaust manifold so the engine couldn't lift up.

That "modification" made it a nasty job to replace spark plugs. Later the came out with bulky "safety mounts" tat solved the problem!

You are late to the party with this one @isellhondas. I mentioned this recall about a month ago. Even posted this pic.
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I'm sure you saw a few of these. IIRC the recall was for about 7 million cars with GM V8's. Even my '67 Impala, with the 283 engine had the "fix" for a broken left engine mount..

jmonroe

Sorry that was probably back when I couldn't get it. Good picture of that Mickey Mouse fix! I guess they HAD to come up with something in a hurry!

I knew you'd like the pic of that "fix".

When I saw it, a lot of memories came back for me and not the good kind, either.

I doubt that a car manufacture could get away with that type of "fix" today.

jmonroe.

I think they had to come up with something in a hurry and they did! The cable restraints worked but they made the cars nasty to work on. I know a lot of shops took them off and threw them away in frustration. Hopefully they replaced at least the left side mount with one of the newly designed "safety mounts". I'm not sure if it was GM that developed those mounts of they were aftermarket. They were a much cleaner install although they were big and bulky.

Chevys weren't the only cars that broke motor mounts in those days! Big Buicks were known for that and so were other cars. The collateral damages weren't as bad however. I saw a guy destroy a radiator shroud on a Buick Electra when he punched the gas too hard taking off. Unfortunately, he was an employee of mine and I got to eat the mount, the shroud and the labor. The customer (of course) had no idea they were driving with a completely sheared in half motor mount for who knows how long?

isellhondas

imidazol97 said:

3 arrested for fire in "HotLanta." (HotLanta has been a nickname for Atlanta for decades.)

http://www.newser.com/story/comments/240652/3-arrested-after-atlanta-highway-fire.html

If you ever go there in the summer you'll find out how they earned that nickname! The humidity is a killer!

graphicguy

roadburner said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I don't know if I posted these pictures before, but I built this in 1991:

Pretty darned cool!

Used to put together those plastic car models. Used to get frustrated because using a brush for painting them wasn't nearly as nice looking as using a spray can, which I resorted to one time putting a model together a model in my bedroom.

Who knew that the paint mist would stick to the wall. I only did that once.

The fun part was taking the same completed models into a field behind my parents' back yard and blowing the models up with M80s.

I was really into slot car racing, too. Had a pretty elaborate set up at one time. Probably had a dozen cars, different wheels and set ups. Lots of track with chicanes, banked turns, pits, etc. It took up two ping pong tables in our basement. Wished my parents had kept it, but they sold it when I moved away to college.

berri

Believe it or not, I think St. Louis is even worse that way in the summer.

berri

Hey Aba, did Nurse Ratchet let you out of that place yet?

driver100

Hate to date myself but we had these too when I was a kid:


Now all they have a silly computer games.

driver100

roadburner said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I don't know if I posted these pictures before, but I built this in 1991:

Someone indoctrinated you at a very young age. That is quite the setup!

isellhondas

berri said:

Believe it or not, I think St. Louis is even worse that way in the summer.

Try going up into the Arch in the summer with the air conditioning broken! We were warned but we still did it!

Five minutes looking out those windows was enough!

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

ab348 said:

PF_Flyer said:

And while I'm stuck in the 60's, and to swing back to the cars, can we say George Barris??

Actually, Dean Jeffries.

I remember building the MPC model kit when I was 12 or so. I remember it was a bear to get the top to fit right.

That reminds me of the model cars I used to build. Mostly AMT 3 in one...came with decals and customizing stuff. After you could paint them. I must have made 100 of those.

This is the one I built. Dreamed of having a real one someday.

Too bad Stutz didn't stay in business into the 60s, that would have made quite the car.

Yeah you could trade your MB in for one of these:

All those makes must have used the same designer. I like them but, they are pretty similar. I forget what my new E400 is like...once i know I'll let you know if I would trade it.

driver100

berri said:

Hey Aba, did Nurse Ratchet let you out of that place yet?

+1...same question?

ab348

@roadburner - you've got it bad, man.

@driver100 - I had a bunch of Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox cars when I was a kid in the '60s. I remember going to the toy department at Eaton's or Simpson's with my mom and looking at them in the glass display case. They were relatively expensive for us so when I got one it was a real treat, and I treasured mine. No idea now whatever happened to them all.

My all-time favorite was this one, which I got for Christmas one year. It was really cool, with a working ejection seat and all.

oldfarmer50

The

roadburner said:

oldfarmer50 said:

I don't know if I posted these pictures before, but I built this in 1991:

Prophetic.

lawcar

Mike, I just went online and saw some of your posts about a GI issue. I couldn't find the original post so don't know what it was about. My son had undiagnosed recurring appendicitis for 5 years from 14 years old to 19. He would get attacks ever couple months, and they would go away in 24 hours. My wife pushed for an MRI at the ER, and the ER doctor said my son was in appendicitis demographic and it appeared to be appendicitis but normally it either bursts or gets removed. He suggested removing it, and that solved the issue.
Anyways, wishes for full recovery.

roadburner

driver100 said:

Someone indoctrinated you at a very young age. That is quite the setup!

Actually I was 34; I'll have to shoot a video- all of the buildings are illuminated and the turntables in the main showroom are motorized and rotate slowly.

jmonroe

isellhondas said:

jmonroe said:

isellhondas said:

jmonroe said:

isellhondas said:

andres3 said:

driver100 said:

I was thinking about recalls and how that affects buyers.......does it affect them?

Here is the conclusion I came to, what it really does is just confirms whatever view you had of that particular brand. For example, Andre hates the Big 3 so this gives him a reason not to like them even more. People who hate German cars will take a recall of a German make and confirm in their own mind....that is why I wouldn't buy one of those.

If it is a make you like, then you defend the car....well, the recall is a good thing, at least they fix their problems.

JM and CDs....that is funny. I wonder if he carries a load of CDs in the Gennie?

Well, to be fair, I at least have owned a big 3 car before. Also, I can't recall a single recall on the Dodge I owned, so it wasn't recalls that stirred up resentment of the brand.

In fact, I do remember the Honda Accord having 1 or 2 recalls too many (probably 3 or 4). Finally, I got irked they didn't take care of one recall while I had brought it in for another. I made them give me a rental car for that mistake. One of the recalls was for an ill-advised stop-gap transmission repair that was supposed to prevent catastrophic destruction I suppose. It didn't work in my car, as within a year they were replacing my transmission. So in my case, a wasted dealer visit, and Honda didn't give loaners (though they did when I had to do the transmission replacement).

I think it all has to do with how much inconvenience a car brand causes you. Whether it is just wasted time, time without a car (loaners help here), and/or wasted money. They all factor in, and usually coincide. I definitely need a car I can trust.

Back in the "old days" there was no such thing as recalls. If you had a problem, that's the way it was. Today is different. Everyone wants to sue everyone. The vast majority of recalls amount to very little and the chances of your car being recalled is slim.

Back in 1965, Chevrolet had a problem with motor mounts that was serious enough that they finally recalled their full sized Chevys with V-8 engines. The left mount would break and under some cases, the motor would raise up enough to jam the throttle linkage and the car would take off. Adding to the problem when the engine raised up it would sometimes yank the vacuum line out of the power brake booster. There you were, flying down the street with the gas jammed on and your power brake boost gone! Of course, turning off the ignition was the thing to do but not everyone was that smart!

Now, THAT is a recall!

The initial remedy was to cable the engine to the left side exhaust manifold so the engine couldn't lift up.

That "modification" made it a nasty job to replace spark plugs. Later the came out with bulky "safety mounts" tat solved the problem!

You are late to the party with this one @isellhondas. I mentioned this recall about a month ago. Even posted this pic.
.

I'm sure you saw a few of these. IIRC the recall was for about 7 million cars with GM V8's. Even my '67 Impala, with the 283 engine had the "fix" for a broken left engine mount..

jmonroe

Sorry that was probably back when I couldn't get it. Good picture of that Mickey Mouse fix! I guess they HAD to come up with something in a hurry!

I knew you'd like the pic of that "fix".

When I saw it, a lot of memories came back for me and not the good kind, either.

I doubt that a car manufacture could get away with that type of "fix" today.

jmonroe.

I think they had to come up with something in a hurry and they did! The cable restraints worked but they made the cars nasty to work on. I know a lot of shops took them off and threw them away in frustration. Hopefully they replaced at least the left side mount with one of the newly designed "safety mounts". I'm not sure if it was GM that developed those mounts of they were aftermarket. They were a much cleaner install although they were big and bulky.

Chevys weren't the only cars that broke motor mounts in those days! Big Buicks were known for that and so were other cars. The collateral damages weren't as bad however. I saw a guy destroy a radiator shroud on a Buick Electra when he punched the gas too hard taking off. Unfortunately, he was an employee of mine and I got to eat the mount, the shroud and the labor. The customer (of course) had no idea they were driving with a completely sheared in half motor mount for who knows how long?

I went back and looked up my post when we were talking about recalls and I said this:

This "fix" saved GM a bundle compared to replacing both engine mounts and the labor to do it. A Chevy mechanic told me the cost for the "fix" didn't even cost GM $5 for both sides and the labor took less than 45 minutes to do both sides. Compare that to 2 engine mounts at about $20 each and at least 2 hours to install both of them.

I have no reason to doubt what that Chevy mechanic said since he had to do this "fix" countless times. With all of the GM V8's that were affected, installing new motor mounts would have really messed up a bonus or two for some GM executives.

jmonroe

driver100

ab348 said:

@roadburner - you've got it bad, man.

@driver100 - I had a bunch of Dinky, Corgi and Matchbox cars when I was a kid in the '60s. I remember going to the toy department at Eaton's or Simpson's with my mom and looking at them in the glass display case. They were relatively expensive for us so when I got one it was a real treat, and I treasured mine. No idea now whatever happened to them all.

My all-time favorite was this one, which I got for Christmas one year. It was really cool, with a working ejection seat and all.

Ab, you can buy one today all in the original box and mint condition for about $160. If you don't care about the box or it being mint it is about $15.

roadburner

I also built models with/for my son when he was younger- here are a couple:

driver100

roadburner said:

I also built models with/for my son when he was younger- here are a couple:

Cool....is the bottom one lifesize...it looks like it could be?

imidazol97

isellhondas said:

berri said:

Believe it or not, I think St. Louis is even worse that way in the summer.

Try going up into the Arch in the summer with the air conditioning broken! We were warned but we still did it!

Five minutes looking out those windows was enough!

You were brave. When I heard the description of the little cars in which the tourists ride to go up and how they ratchet and change position with the pitch of the arch as they go up, I said, "No way." I put that in the same category as boats and ocean cruises. If I'm going to die, I want to do it on solid ground and not trapped in a little cabin car.

graphicguy

Wish I still had all the Matchbox cars I had bought/collected....probably 100 of them. Alas, all gone.

thebean

graphicguy said:

Wish I still had all the Matchbox cars I had bought/collected....probably 100 of them. Alas, all gone.

I've still got all my Matchbox cars I collected in the early 60's.  If I had kept the boxes and kept them really nice, they would have been worth a pretty penny.  But, no boxes and they were well played with, so only really valuable to me.  I'm glad I have them.

oldfarmer50

Lazy Scammer:

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069894233.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069893593.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069892634.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069882926.html

Many more but you get the idea.

roadburner

driver100 said:

Cool....is the bottom one lifesize...it looks like it could be?

Nope, only about 11" tall.

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

Lazy Scammer:

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069894233.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069893593.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069892634.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069882926.html

Many more but you get the idea.

Your investigative work is getting pretty good. How do you know they are scammers? They no doubt are...$1000 for a Toyota with 90k miles.

And this SafetyLock2@@5 Chevrolet Silverado = it is a 2@@5 model!

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

Lazy Scammer:

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069894233.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069893593.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069892634.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069882926.html

Many more but you get the idea.

Your investigative work is getting pretty good. How do you know they are scammers? They no doubt are...$1000 for a Toyota with 90k miles.

And this SafetyLock2@@5 Chevrolet Silverado = it is a 2@@5 model!

I think the ads speak for themselves but if you think they might be legit email them and get a virus loaded reply or a flood of spam. The real proof is that all those ads got flagged off since your reply.

The sad thing is that people continue to fall for this stuff. They just arrested a local woman who was part of a fake lottery scam based in Jamacia. "Just a small fee to claim your prize".

jmonroe

thebean said:

graphicguy said:

Wish I still had all the Matchbox cars I had bought/collected....probably 100 of them. Alas, all gone.

I've still got all my Matchbox cars I collected in the early 60's.  If I had kept the boxes and kept them really nice, they would have been worth a pretty penny.  But, no boxes and they were well played with, so only really valuable to me.  I'm glad I have them.

Son #1 still has all of his and he had to have around a 100 of them. I warned his mother not to throw them away like my Mother threw away ALL of my football and baseball cards. Two of the baseball cards were autographed by Roberto Clemente and one of those was his rookie card. I don't even want to think about how much my Mother cost me that day when she did her closet cleaning. :@

Son #1 has 2 boxes of about 20 each of his most cherished matchbox cars. Nary a scratch on any of them and his 3 son's grew up knowing not to play with them. Just hold them then back in the box they went. No running those around the floor. All of the others could be played with.

A few years ago I asked one of them what would happen if he scratched any of them? His answer, "I don't think I'd be here to tell you" !!

They are now drawing straws to see how they will be divvied up when it's their turn to get/save them.

jmonroe

isellhondas

imidazol97 said:

isellhondas said:

berri said:

Believe it or not, I think St. Louis is even worse that way in the summer.

Try going up into the Arch in the summer with the air conditioning broken! We were warned but we still did it!

Five minutes looking out those windows was enough!

You were brave. When I heard the description of the little cars in which the tourists ride to go up and how they ratchet and change position with the pitch of the arch as they go up, I said, "No way." I put that in the same category as boats and ocean cruises. If I'm going to die, I want to do it on solid ground and not trapped in a little cabin car.

Oh, c'mon...take a cruise! You'll be in zero danger and you'll love it!

You described those tiny, rotating seats quite well. One guy in our group took a different car than I did and it too was jammed with people. It was HOT! Let's just say someone in his group badly needed a shower. we heard about that throughout the evening!

driver100

oldfarmer50 said:

driver100 said:

oldfarmer50 said:

Lazy Scammer:

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069894233.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069893593.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069892634.html

https://albany.craigslist.org/cto/6069882926.html

Many more but you get the idea.

Your investigative work is getting pretty good. How do you know they are scammers? They no doubt are...$1000 for a Toyota with 90k miles.

And this SafetyLock2@@5 Chevrolet Silverado = it is a 2@@5 model!

I think the ads speak for themselves but if you think they might be legit email them and get a virus loaded reply or a flood of spam. The real proof is that all those ads got flagged off since your reply.

The sad thing is that people continue to fall for this stuff. They just arrested a local woman who was part of a fake lottery scam based in Jamacia. "Just a small fee to claim your prize".

OF Sounds like CL is just too risky for buying a car. If someone could devise a system so it could be kept honest then it would be worthwhile...no bargain is worth that kind of risk.

JMonroe: Wish I had kept all my old MAD magazines. I have just had too many moves in my life. I kept them for a long time, then they just got lost in the shuffle...or maybe Mrs D had something to do with that.

isellhondas

We used to spend many a summer day building models. Sometimes cars, boats or airplanes.

After awhile we would get bored with them and out would come the firecrackers.

It took a large M-80 to blow up a nice model tank I once built. Wish I hadn't done that now!

ab348

Back in the late '60s/early '70s I built a lot of car models. Got pretty good at it by the end. Learned what manufacturers made good models and what ones were clearly designed never to actually go together. I liked AMT, MPC and Jo-Han. Hated Monogram, Revell, and Aurora. I remember getting the big "Visible V-8 Engine" model kit one year for Christmas and was looking forward to it. The thing was nightmarish to try to assemble. Hated it by the time it was done. It did eventually work though. The last few I built were big truck tractors, which gave the opportunity to show off your painting skills. By the end I had a large cardboard box set up with one side and part of the top cut out of it that I used as my spray booth. I would even mask sections of the models off and do multi-tone spraying.

houdini1

roadburner said:

driver100 said:

Cool....is the bottom one lifesize...it looks like it could be?

Nope, only about 11" tall.

Creature from the Black Lagoon !! My FIL used to call our son the Creature from the Back Bedroom !!

fintail

Pretty cool, I spot Herpa and Wiking HO vehicles. E32 with its hood up, talk about accuracy!

I have a large collection of vintage diecast - probably over 200 boxed Matchbox, many Corgi/Dinky, a decent collection of Japanese material, and some others. Many collectibles have not fared well in the new economy, but vintage toys have held their own.

roadburner said:

I don't know if I posted these pictures before, but I built this in 1991:

carnaught

I know it's not the same, but have any of the enthusiasts here collected diecast cars in recent years?

roadburner

carnaught said:

I know it's not the same, but have any of the enthusiasts here collected diecast cars in recent years?

Oh yes...

fintail

I still collect, but mostly vintage material.

venture

The wife and I were at Lowes earlier this evening. When we left and were walking to my car, I suddenly realized I was by myself. She is not in to cars at all. She was standing next to a grey Q50 waiting for me to unlock the door.

venture

A week or so ago we were talking about Best Buy and someone said they had a good experience there. I need to buy some tablets and was going to stop at Best Buy.

A few days ago a friend mentioned that he recently bought his mother-in-law a computer there that they were having trouble with. Best Buy is giving him a lot of grief about it.

They are back on my "Don't even look" list.

thebean

carnaught said:

I know it's not the same, but have any of the enthusiasts here collected diecast cars in recent years?

I have a friend in Germany that collects 1/64 scale Indy & Formula 1 diecast cars.  He tells me what he wants and transfers money to me and I order them and send them all to him once a year (if he ordered himself, the individual shipping cost to Germany would be really expensive).  We have been doing this for over 20 years and he has right at 500 cars.  I can imagine how excited he is when he gets the box and starts opening the cars.  Like a kid at Christmas.

jmonroe

venture said:

The wife and I were at Lowes earlier this evening. When we left and were walking to my car, I suddenly realized I was by myself. She is not in to cars at all. She was standing next to a grey Q50 waiting for me to unlock the door.

So you think. That was a hint.

jmonroe

driver100

isellhondas said:

We used to spend many a summer day building models. Sometimes cars, boats or airplanes.

After awhile we would get bored with them and out would come the firecrackers.

It took a large M-80 to blow up a nice model tank I once built. Wish I hadn't done that now!

lol....and I tried melting some of my plastic models to try and customize them. I wanted to modify the designs. I am sorry I did that now too, but, at least it showed I was creative!

Ab: . By the end I had a large cardboard box set up with one side and part of the top cut out of it that I used as my spray booth. I would even mask sections of the models off and do multi-tone spraying.

RFLMAO at using the cardboard box as a spray booth........talk about creative!