Car Thread

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Beautiful, Roy.
What motivated you to make the rims red? I have not seen that previously. Of course my experience with that circa automobiles is through black-n-white photos, mostly.

[Roy]

Beautiful, Roy.
What motivated you to make the rims red? I have not seen that previously. Of course my experience with that circa automobiles is through black-n-white photos, mostly.

Thank you. It's not the rims that are red; it's the tires. Hot wheels cars of the '60s and some in the '70's had red lines on the tires, so I made a special stamp to paint the stripe on my tires.

The parts on this model came either from Hot Wheels cars(recent production), or were scratch built. For instance, I could've used the Model T wheels from certain Matchbox models, but instead I made my own.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

It's certainly an exceptional effort. You have much to be proud of there with that model, Roy. Congratulations on your success with it.
Murph

[Roy]

Well, you are so nice about it, you can have another couple of views:

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The rear view shows the column-mounted levers and the rear suspension a bit better. The top view shows the seats, top and glazing in the lower windshield. The windshields are made from the clear "bubble" plastic used in the Hot Wheels individual car packaging. The seats and top are made from the black plastic from the back of an audio cassette case.

[webenda]

When you need to be at work at 8:00
https://youtu.be/d4DluTGdocQ
and you see that it is 7:55

[healey36]

A whopping eight degrees this morning and nothing by sub-freezing temps as far out as I can see...I'm ready for spring and summer:



Not to mention the fact that I've packed on seven pounds over the last two weeks. Oy...

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

A whopping eight degrees this morning and nothing by sub-freezing temps as far out as I can see...I'm ready for spring and summer:

Not to mention the fact that I've packed on seven pounds over the last two weeks. Oy...

Poncing about in that little toy car isn't going to help with the excess poundage; pushing it home after it breaks down though might,

[healey36]

Last check-up was a disaster. Should get the results from a few further tests in the next week or so. I'm down nearly twenty pounds since I retired thirty months ago. No improvement in the numbers. Need to shed a further thirty-forty. I told the doc I'd do crackers and water to avoid the meds...he said to lay off the carbs, lol. Road-work starts tomorrow.

Hoping to get up into the top of the garage in the next 2-3 weeks...I figure I'll drop the gas-can off at Sarge's and you can pick it up on a pass-through.

Healey

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Last check-up was a disaster. Should get the results from a few further tests in the next week or so. I'm down nearly twenty pounds since I retired thirty months ago. No improvement in the numbers. Need to shed a further thirty-forty. I told the doc I'd do crackers and water to avoid the meds...he said to lay off the carbs, lol. Road-work starts tomorrow.

Get a semi load of logs to split; do 30 min a day. I will confess that I shirked following through on that when the temp dropped below 28 and there's snow on the ground. I don't mind the cold as much as possibly slipping.....

Hoping to get up into the top of the garage in the next 2-3 weeks...I figure I'll drop the gas-can off at Sarge's and you can pick it up on a pass-through.

Thanks! Sounds like a plan to me,

[robert.]

contraband gas can. Across state lines. Oh boy.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

contraband gas can. Across state lines. Oh boy.

1 - not contraband
2 - crossing what state lines?

[healey36]

did I say gas-can? i meant molasses-can...

[E7]

A whopping eight degrees this morning and nothing by sub-freezing temps as far out as I can see...I'm ready for spring and summer Healey

A hearty second to that one! Hate to even go outside!

Rich

[rogruth]

I'm always ready for spring and summer.
That is what we have most of the year.

[healey36]

Get a semi load of logs to split; do 30 min a day.

I've done a bit of that but the shoulder can't take more than fifteen minutes or so...continuing to work on my ambidextrous ax-handling. Like Mitch said, you need shin guards while raising your proficiency.