TarheelRick

With Brittany stepping away from Top Fuel and John Force retiring it is going to be strange not having a Force on the dragstrip. Hope Prock can pull off the championship. Anyone heard of who may be filling Brittany's seat in the fueler?

Our local elementary school, West Yadkin Elementary, hosted a Veterans Appreciation Breakfast. Following the breakfast, we toured the school, and the kids gave us items they had made thanking the veterans. What made this so special is that I was in the last graduating class of West Yadkin High School, before the county schools consolidated into two high schools. Most of the older buildings have been replaced with more modern classrooms, but there are still some of the older buildings in use. A lot of good memories.

Going to be one fine looking Nova.

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Not trying to put words in Stitchdup's mouth. But, if you glue the trim into those indents to fill them, then just a skin of filler and some sanding and they will be gone.

Very nice build, clean and looks the part.

As the others have said this is one righteous build. Brings out all the best qualities of the 1:1. Back in my USAF days a good friend owned one of these. He came by the dorm one night wanting to borrow my Datsun pickup. I had a shell on the back and had built a bed in it; he had a hot date. When he got back he came by the room and asked where I had moved his Judge. Told him I had not left the room all night. About a month later the body shell was found on a back dirt-road two counties over, completely stripped. It was offered back to him by the sheriff's department for $180 tow fee and $150 storage fee, he told them to keep it.

One of my favorite "55 Chevy stock cars> The great Jack Ingram.

So they can keep the insurance companies, body shops, junkyards, and tow companies in business.

Went by WalMart for a completely different reason today, but somehow the '66 Mustang GT, the only one left, jumped into my shopping cart as I walked by. So now, that makes it an even dozen.

Beautiful paint job on a rather unique racer.

Someone please help me, my plastiholism (not mocking alcoholism) it out of hand. I have been going to shows and swap meets trying to downsize my stash, instead I have bought 11 kits over this past 7 days. Got these at a toy show last Saturday. Picked these up at Ollies on Tueday. Got these at WalMart on Thursday. Picked this up at Hobby Lobby Friday. I've never seen these paints before but thought I would get them and give them a try. Ok, I've got this off my chest, maybe I'll be able to continue on with no more downfalls.

I guess what's fair is fair. After all we now have a 4-door Charger and a 4-door Mustang, so why not a 4-door Camaro. What really boggles me is that the younger people turned up their noses against station wagons, back in the day (I hate using that phrase) but now they fall all over themselves for a SUV. Which is nothing more than a shorter station wagon on a slightly raised platform. Two or three seats with a storage area behind the rear under the lift up back panel sure sounds like a station wagon to me.

Sounds like they may have been talking with the folks in Gatlinburg. These towns that have family tourism as their mainstay of income do not really want a lot of disruption.

Stopped by WalMart today to pick up some printer ink. On the way out I walked through the toy department and they have a small display of AMT kits. They had: 53 Ford Pickup, 60 Chevrolet w/go-cart, Monte Carlo w/chopper & trailer, 63 Impala, 62 Impala convertible, 71 Duster, 68 Camaro, 69 Ford Galaxie, Charger, Firestone Pickup, and 92 Ford Flareside pickup. The Firestone and the 92 Flareside found their way into my shopping cart. Going to try to build a 4X4 92 Ford Flareside.

Going to the "Toy Show" I saw a modified school bus towing a late-model wedge style dirt-track racer. The bus had the forward half section of the roof raised for better headroom. They were headed north on I-77, not sure where they could be headed.

Stopped by a "Toy Show" just to see what they may have. A couple of the vendors had a sparse selection of models. Came home with a sealed '56 Nomad and an opened Revell standard '40 Ford coupe. $35 for both of them, not a bad deal.

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Very interesting build. Never considered a fastback version of this kit, but it almost looks factory. Great customizing job.

Mine was shot also from two prior surgeries, that's why I got the reverse replacement.

Hope all goes well with that, had my left one done this past June. Healed pretty quickly. Only issue I am having is raising my arm above the shoulder line which I can do with the unaffected one and reaching around behind my back; have to thread my belt before putting pants on. At last appointment doctor told me that would be normal and to get used to it. Sure wish he would have told me before the surgery.

For that "shipping" price you could go to wherever the kit is located, pick it up, and have some party time while there.

Ooh, where can I buy one?

Enlist them anyway, then let the drill instructors "teach" them. And get rid of these pantywaist DI's and replace them with some combat-hardened men.

It's a real beauty, super slick paint job.