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It’s been a long time since my MtF profile of the only other AMX in the muscle car fleet, the bright blue one named “Sinner.” I mentioned at the time that it was a little surprising, even to your HB, that an AMC fan such as myself had never added another one, but this AutoContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: It was a dual-carbed four-speed flying purple Mustang eater….”

A while ago I got a pretty good deal on a lot of 3 unmounted Model Motoring bodies on the usual online marketplace. I don’t know if it qualifies as “pushing the envelope,” but I decided to try something different with this one, and I hope you’ll agree when seeing these pics that sometimes whenContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: Camaro Z/28 RS 302 – It’s All There In Black & White!”

Happy Blue Monday…because aren’t they always? I don’t usually post on Mondays anymore, but as I mentioned a few posts back, I have so many new cars to profile that I’m stepping up my posting for the next few days to try to get them all out there. There’s been some rumbling at the trackContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: Maverick Grabber – A Blue Meanie on a Blue Monday!”

After over 2 years of blogging, we’ve come to the final installment of “Meet The Fleet” for the Sportscar team! To clarify: all the “MtF” posts are cars that I had either already built by the time I started “Thunderjetheaven.com” or were added shortly after the blog started; all the cars I have added toContinue reading “Meet the Fleet – Sportscars: Corvette Grand Sport; the final MtF for the Sportscar Fleet!”

Up until now, the only Auto World versions of the 1968 Mercury Cougar in my ever-growing slot car collection raced with the Trans Am fleet. I’ve avoided this car for years because I’ve always thought the proportions of it looked wrong, just like they did on the original Aurora body its copied from; the wheelbaseContinue reading “NEW BUILDS: A Cougar Loses The Luxury”