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That is one great looking wreckerized truck!! Even if Ford assemblers lost track and couldn't count how many low-bridge lamps they put on the roof!
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Fire investigation unit
Danno replied to Firebuilder's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Big Rigs and Heavy Equipment
Hey, Charlie! I also have one of the original Eisbrenner fiberglass "bucks" - as I recall the story, he fabbed up 8 or 10 of the windowless, featureless fiberglass bodies then built one -- the one that was featured in Scale Auto Enthusiast (Issue 21, Sept/Oct 1982). I also scored two of the Uptown Auto resin castings - one is a work in progress. I love the Seagrave Anniversary Series trucks - especially the Sedan Pumpers - which the Eisbrenner fiberglass units and the subsequent Uptown resin castings represent. If you have pics of the two you've built, I for one would love to see them! -
Absolutely STUNNING!!
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Anyone going to the So Cal Open Model Car Show?
Danno replied to Duddly01's topic in Contests and Shows
Excellent show! Great swap meet! ALL the model car magazines were on hand, including the brand, new soon-to-be-published Auto Modeler Magazine!! Art and his crew did a great job of producing a super fun event! Glad I made the trip and it was good to see many builders from the Phoenix area as well as all the Cali modelers. Congrats to Chris Sobak for his Best of Show win! -
Many thanks to Cactus Car Modelers member Raoul Coulombe.
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Broderick Crawford went drag racing after he retired from Highway Patrol.
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Change changes everything.
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THAT is some seriously hysterical satire, there, Kurt! Fortunately, that snowflake can't possibly believe that tripe-trope. 😵🤮
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I've heard of two-doors and four-doors, even occasionally a "five-door," but this is the first time I've ever seen a "No-doors!"
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What did you see on the road today?
Danno replied to Harry P.'s topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Yes, but they very often provide extensive training and practice for paramedics! -
Late uncle's last statement was, 'Ah, Schiff, I don't feel very good.'
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'Consequences' is a lost concept.
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Greg made long sentence.
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Another note: Chrysler also bows to "He Who Writes the Check." Large fleets can get just about anything they want. It could be as simple as the check writer at AZDPS liked the look of the drilled wheels better than the big flat blade spoke wheels and specified the AWD wheels on their purchase order. The older AZDPS Chargers have the older spoke wheels (like Jonathan's example of the swap from the older generation kit), but not the new Chargers. AZDPS may have had experiences with the flat-spoke wheels they didn't enjoy. I don't know, but I'll ask around. Back to my mention of the ventilated hub caps, we had serious brake fade problems and Chrysler rushed the ventilated caps to us as a fix. They later incorporated them into police-spec production.
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In Steve's defense - and his employer's - AZ DPS runs a bunch of new Chargers and they all have those drilled wheels with the baby 'baby' center caps. I sincerely doubt Arizona purchased all All-Wheel-Drive Chargers for freeway use; they have a huge fleet of Tahoes, Durangos, and F150 pickups for any off-roading. Chrysler has always been notorious for using unpublished or unadvertised combinations for their law enforcement fleets. The agency I worked for in 1977 had the ventilated hubcaps that Chrysler denied existed but later introduced in 1978. A period-correct replica would have been called unauthentic at the time. Just one little example.