The model-building hobby has lost another of its forefathers. Robert Reder, co-creator of Monogram Models, has died. He was 93. Starting in 1935, Reder was a designer and draftsman at Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. in Chicago. During World War II, he worked with the Navy to develop a national program for building identification […]
Ford’s GPA might have done well in the Detroit River, but when it went into service during World War II, it proved less than capable in the field. Cumbersome and unwieldy on both land and water, the so-called Seep’s production run ended early, after just 12,778 of them emerged from River Rouge. Those that didn’t […]
Word has come to us at Hemmings that Barry Grant Inc. has ceased operations as of last Friday. The company included BG Fuel Systems, Demon Carburetion, Nitrous Works, Rush Performance Filters and Triple D Induction. The following statement was issued on the Barry Grant Inc. Facebook page: Working with all of you has been the […]