Hey, way to go, Whitney! We have a celebrity now on our Web List, her super-clean looking '55 1st series Panel is on page 72 of the February 2004 issue of Collective Automobile. There's one large pic
I found 3 new paint schemes in the Jada Suburbans while looking this week for AMC diecast cars. Found a maroon and black Sub in the OldSkool series, and also a light blue fairly stock paint scheme an
I was busy this weekend, and hit a few stores. Found some "new" Jada '57 Chevy Suburbans, 1/64th scale, shiny paint, still customized. Called Low Ride series. Got them at the K&B Toys discount outlet
I was there Friday, awesome day! No rain, partly sunny, crisp 60's temp, VERY unusual for Hershey this time of year ! NO rain! LOL. I spent most of the day looking for AMC Gremlin, Hornet, Pacer, and
And SOCIETY has a responsibility to allow INDIVIDUALs to exercise their Constitutional rights, which INCLUDES the freedom to own property...NO WHERE in the Big C does it state that the CONDITION of
I went in Total Crafts store tonight ( in Virginia ) to look for some stuff, and stopped by the card rack on the way out, as they had AMC Rambler cards awhile back. Found one of them, and got it. THE
I was in Waldenbooks tonight, checking out Sci-Fi books for a change, haven't bought one recently, and noticed one by Eric Flint. Title was " 1632 ", in American Flag design, it was about a group of
Hi, Jerry in Virginia here. There's supposed to be a VERY nice Transportation museum in Charlottesville, VA ( I-64 runs right thru Charlottesville, about 80 miles west of Richmond, VA ) with trains,
I visited a "local" Model Railroading show yesterday, and I usually look for the diecast cars and trucks as much as I look for train stuff, LOL! Anyway, I was in the middle of the show, when I spotte
I was at a <new to me > Hobby Works store in Virginia, and while checking all the neat stuff out in the store, I ran across a big 1/12th scale body ( I think that's right ) of an AD Chevy Suburban. C
I got a supply of the huge oversized cooking sheets at an auction, they're about 18 x 30 inches. Put two together,and you have a nice engine/trans drip pan combo for cheap. :) I'm using one under my
there are currently two Pacer wagons available for parts, both '78 models, one in northern VA in Woodbridge, the other in Richmond, VA on the south side at CAP salvage yard. I know some guys have dro
Many newer cars, foreign it seems, have a dual-wire horn. One is hot, the other ground. The ground of the horn is isolated from the horn body, so the only way to make a single-wire horn work is to us
Ok, even though I'm an electronic repair tech, even I don't know what everything does! :) I'm not sure what the function of the little relay is, I know horns will blow with straight voltage, so my qu
I've been thinking about replacing my '74 Chevy 3/4 ton truck with a cross-purpose vehicle, the wife needs a medium-sized reliable Van or something similar for her craft show use, and I want a vehicl
I was browsing the used book store in my area last night, and found a '58 Chevy TSM, which has preliminary printed on the front cover. I got it pretty reasonable. It covers all series from the 3000 t
The Jada brand is sold "exclusively" at Wal-mart stores, I believe. At least, I see a tiny Wal-mart sticker INSIDE the blister-pack material on the rear, so I assume they have a lock on the distribut
I was visiting the Kay-Bee toy outlet in my local mall, and noticed they had a '50's Chevy AD Panel truck in military paint scheme with a realistic "mud" haze on the lower half. This was in 1/18th sc
I have a Truck "tech" page with the '50's artwork of 55-59 TF dash, and a '54 dash , if you wish to see what I copied out of an old Parts Interchange style book. Here's the link : <A HREF="http://www