WillyBilly

I would say mine is the 1984 Corvette. I spent all of 82, and a bit of 83 waiting on the 30th anniversary 1983 Corvette to debut. I even purchased a magazine in early 1983 devoted to the all-new 1983 Corvette. Unfortunately, GM had enough setbacks to push the release date too close to the 1984 order window, the 1983 Corvette would not be a thing. This also gave GM a chance to decide to scratch the base 15" wheel before the all-new Corvette hit showrooms. 40ish cars were built for 1983 but never sold to the public. Only one 1983 Corvette still exists and is on display at the Corvette Museum. 1984 marked the only year Cross Fire Injection would exist in a C4 Corvette. It was a lousy system that needed to die a horrible death, but the air intake on the C4 was well engineered. It took fresh air from duct work molded into the clamshell hood. Today I have a few 84-85 C4 model kits in various sizes, and the same magazine devoted to the all-new 1983 Corvette. I have owned many fast American and Australian cars, but never a C4 Corvette. I test drove one once and hated how low the seating position and the entering and exiting thing was a pain. But I still love the cars for what they were.

Outstanding build.

Another two adopted. That make 5 ST Blazers.

Outstanding. I like the back story too.

Not too sure year. I know what I know, and I don't know no more. LOL

After picking up the 2022 Corvette yesterday, I found myself adopting another one to give a warm safe home today. Don't ask me why I like these cars. I would need another thread, a shot, and some time on a couch to explain it.

Actually, they are 5.7 AWD. I was never sure why some got one wheel, and others got a different wheel. Now I know Thanks for the info.

The last of my holy grails, and you have one still sealed. Outstanding!

I almost bought those wheels, but here in NH, the ones that come with the kit are the ones on our state cruisers. Unmarked use the same, or the full hubcap. I am not sure if it based on year or option package.

Zora Duntov would approve.

I am not a fan of bright bulbs. I am also not a fan of LED bulbs that do not produce heat for so many reasons. One being that if it is snowing, and the taillights do not produce heat, the snow will pack up on the back of a vehicle, including the taillights. I almost plowed into a person during a snowstorm because while it was at night, the taillights were covered by snow. Luckily, they stepped on the brake, and enough light got through so I could see them. I purchased LEDs for my jeep, and one morning I could not see. I stopped and discovered the headlights were covered with snow. Now that I know more about them, I have learned they make LEDs with heaters built in, but I decided that it is just another thing to fail, so I went back to Halogen bulbs. I run Silver Stars in all my vehicles that I can now with no issue, and plenty of light.

Key Dodge/Ram/Jeep is not too far from where I live. Nice looking Dakota.

I drive a 2021 Jeep Gladiator Willys.

I wonder if it is a RWD LS, or a LS4 which is designed for FWD duty. Cool car. I prefer Fiero's to be stock in appearance, but I like the Zimmer better than those fake Lamborghini kit cars.

1/16 scale 1984 Corvette. The only scale I did not have. The engine is started, but I will disassemble it. and build it correctly. The rest of my models are 85s with TPI. This will be the only one with Cross Fire Injection.

I hate fakebook. Took me 6 years to finally sign up, and now I refuse to use that platform.

This will be a nice kit to have. The old mpc versions are getting crazy in price as does most 80s cars in scale form. It will be nice to buy them at a more reasonable price as a 1/24 Revell kit.

Knowing the limits of your car, tires, or brakes is where inexperienced drivers get in trouble. Tires and brakes are everything. I cringe when someone says they put whatever or, whatever was cheapest for tires or brakes.

Hollywood is in the same boat. Commercials, and even tv shows blur out, or cover the emblems for the same reason. We live in an upside-down world.

Hi performance cars in the hands of low performance drivers. Car brand is not important. There just seems to be more videos of Mustangs hitting curbs, and pedestrians than any other car. Does it mean Mustang is the official car of the low performance driver? No! I have owned my fair share of 5.0 mustangs. My first new car was an 85 5.0/5 speed convertible. I can say they were cheaper, and I did all my stupid stuff in them. 40 years later I drive a 4-door sedan capable of running circles around my first 5.0. I drive it differently and I can say I no longer seek out pedestrians or curbs as prey. LOL

Great build. I remember wondering if Ford would eventually drop the 5.0 in the XR4TI. I am glad someone is doing it even if it is in scale. Does this mean the pace car decals from the mustang kit are up for trade?

The world needs more CUCVs. I prefer at least 1/25 scale, so with that said, I am gathering parts to build both a M1008 from the MPC Deserter kit with extended bed, and an M1009 from the Revell k5. I have most everything to get started. I am just waiting on a 1/25 6.2 N/A Diesel, and 6.5 TD later this summer. After looking at that 1/35 kit, I must have one. The tires are wrong. They used Goodyear tires. Not BFGs

This excites me. If I owned a real one, a 3.6 FLX high feature V6 would be the swap of choice. 321-335 HP, 275 ft lb torque, light weight, and should easily fit where the 2.8 sits. Or a gen 3 supercharged 3.8 v6 L32 which has 260HP 280 ft lbs of torque. Maybe even the last variation of the 4.3 v6 that was LS based called the LV3. It produced 285 hp, and 305 ft lbs. torque In scale maybe just the 2.8 with twin turbos

That F250 looks great.

Actually, the white wheels look good. Maybe with white rally stripes. On the other hand, gold, or hyper silver for the rims would look great too.