BIGTRUCK Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 A big thanks to Rob Rubinas [aka sot rodder on this forum] my friend and co-driver rec'd a bunch of rare kits yesterday when we came in from Texas , he spied me eye ballin' the "BIG DEUCE" at a hobby shop so he gave me the original issue complete and unbuilt...thanks again bud... The box top is a little rough , but its all there decals, lights,all Monogram ads and booklets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcolt Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonoPed Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 man, I'd kill for a set of those tires! Lucky dog!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 Wow! Some guys have all the luck! That kit is one of those all time classics no matter how many times it's been reissued! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Kingsley Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 That's an awesome gift!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyYates Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 That's something you don't see anymore.Photos of real people on the box admiring a model. If you don't mind me asking, where and how did your friend end up with such rare kits? RowdyYates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatRedmond Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 That's a great friend :shock: :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipMahoney Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 With friends like that... oh man, to have friends like that would be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 That's something you don't see anymore.Photos of real people on the box admiring a model. If you don't mind me asking, where and how did your friend end up with such rare kits? RowdyYates Rob lives in a little farm town in Illinois near Missouri and rents a house, the landlord seen he was a modeler and said somewhere he had some old kits , some of the ones he was givin were the AMT willys/'32 vicky combo kit sealed inside ...AURORA/ Dracula driving a coffin rod ...REVELL/'29 Ford pickup ,some ERTL tractor attachment kit all original releases plus the BIG DEUCE. The price tag is still on the Deuce it sold for $11.57 in 1963. There might have been a couple more but I had tunnel vision while I was holding this huge old kit........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipMahoney Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 some of the ones he was givin were the AMT willys/'32 vicky combo kit Second row, first and third from the left. That was a nice kit, wish they still made it. These were all built back in the 60s. None have survived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted June 25, 2006 Author Share Posted June 25, 2006 Those are all cool Rick, I love lookin' at older builds from back in the day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 As others have said, I need a friend like that!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrglubaum Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 That could have been me on the cover of that box. My wife still looks at me that way when I finish a model car! That look of awe in her eyes! It was so much easier to impress the girls back then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 would that be belleville or o'fallon illinois? i lived there as a kid. when we moved to california my mom gave away all my models and other stuff; i didnt realize it until we were in marin county! so does that guy have my baseball cards too? thanks mom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGTRUCK Posted July 13, 2006 Author Share Posted July 13, 2006 Mascoutah Illinois ...no cards for me but every kid on a bike had about 20 on each wheel............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 i forgot about mascoutah! i went to later elementary school there. and explored a lot of corn fields. and spent a summer building a hill to sled down in the winter. then the authorities showed up and leveled it sometime before october. i never put baseball cards on my bike though, loved them too much for that. thanks again mom...im sure that babe ruth rookie card isnt worth anything now. nor the roger marris or mickey mantle. actually mom you made up for it in so many other ways so youre forgiven...but not forgotten! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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