Billy Kingsley

Cruise in season starts May 1st here in the Hudson Valley. I can't make the first one since it conflicts with my scale model club meeting but I will be at as many as my health allows me to make. Last year I only got to three all year due to my health and other factors and I will be increasing that number this year for sure, even if my health doesn't play along so well, I'm going to force it. I miss it too much not to.

Thinking way outside the box here, but Tamiya gray primer is the right color and will bond with rubber/synthetic rubber without getting sticky. It also has the mostly flat with just a touch of glossiness mentioned above. I use it in my model building all the time...pretty much every single model I build. I have not tried driving on it, however, and I don't know how it would hold up to that usage.

Seeing the back makes me think this was "new old stock" and never actually used for what it was created for.

Looking again at the damage under the KL in Brooklyn, I wonder if there was a pin or attachment soldered on there that has since been removed. I've seen similar damage on coins that had once been turned into jewelry.

That style of enameling dates back to ancient times, and is still made today. The Chevrolet logo looks older...what time periods had the bars above and below the name? Is it possible the badge was adhesive and the adhesive backing has been removed so it doesn't stick to everything? I know current cars nameplates are just held on with adhesive, but I don't know when that started. Is it possible it was never attached to a car and instead used as, say, a paperweight on the salesman's desk? There are many variables that I simply don't have the knowledge to piece together or rule out.

It's a 1965 Pontiac Bonneville, not a GTO. Not Hot Wheels, it's the no name store brand and it's the only way to get the Bonneville in close to 1/64...although like most of the generic cars in the sets, it's undersized.

I like it! Wonder if it exists in model kit form?

Rob Ida is still in business as far as I know. He had both the green and black custom and the blue one at Rhinebeck at various years when the Goodguys East Coast Nationals was held there. The blue one is the first Tucker I ever saw in person, original or recreation. I've seen 5 originals now.

Thank you for the further info. That grill really threw me off.

I photographed this today, but I'm not entirely sure what it is. It looks like a Jeep, but not like a Jeep at the same time. Sorry for the filthy window, roads were wet today. It was actually snowing when I took this.

Although it rarely has uses in automotive, I absolutely hated the table saw. I know how to use it, I know the proper safety procedures, and I did use it successfully...I just hated it.

Will do, it has not appeared since. I'm sure it's this phone I'm using, it seems to have a mind of it's own sometimes.

I have visited 35 states since the start of 2022. Only place I saw 25 year old vehicles as more than a rarity was in Roswell NM where I was for one day, but saw a handful of 70s trucks, all Chevrolet, and most modified. It was enough that I wondered if there was a show and I just didn't know about it, since I was only there for a day and a half.

We just sold our 1994 Grand Cherokee last week. Last ran in 2015. I'm impressed you've been able to keep a 90s Jeep running.