ChrisBcritter

My Yucca Valley Walmart not having kits has been sort of a running gag here, but as I passed by the crafts section (nowhere near the toys) the other day:

and half not

and a kaboodle

Another childhood memory popped up: Topps discount department store in Niles, IL in '66 or so had a big tray full of unboxed '65 AMT promotionals. I got a turquoise Galaxie 500 hardtop and a white Falcon convertible (both played with to death long ago, although I've replaced the Galaxie).

...or at Lucerne Valley Market and Hardware? The hobby aisle has a little model section with some Tamiya armor/aircraft and Atlantis kits, plus a rack of Testors enamels. Little town way out in the CA high desert about 35 miles NW of Yucca Valley and about 15 miles SE of Victorville.

That's not the half of it - found out yesterday the buyer flipped it to somebody in England for $40k!

How about a lint roller?

customed, or competitioned

Hi, Okey! Welcome to the forum!

salute your shorts?

to the aquarium

wonderland of snow

tossing bedpans around

All I have to say is - that's one funny-looking Batmobile!

Not bad! Will there be whitewall tires?

What? Speak up!

Double your pleasure

The day started well, but... Went to a car club event at Heritage Square in L.A. yesterday and had a good time with my friends. My drive back in my rusty '98 Buick Century was not without adventure... On the 210 freeway heading east, I hear a banging under the right rear of the car; I was in slow traffic and couldn't get off to look under. Thought it might be a loose e-brake cable or some piece of freeway debris. The noise stopped before I pulled off and took a quick look underneath; saw nothing hanging so I crossed my fingers and drove the next 90 miles home. Crawled under it this morning and found that the rear trailing arm was broken and missing several inches out of the middle... What's the old phrase, "God watches over children and fools"? Ironically I'd just ordered all new struts for it (they were on the porch when I got home), so I put in another order to Rock Auto for trailing arms. My mechanic will be busy this week...

Something very different. Went to an estate auction preview in Barstow, CA and checked out this very very rare Jeep FC van: Built for the Marine Corps around '64-'65, it originally had a three-cylinder diesel engine - replaced by a Jeep (or Buick?) V6. The Military Jeep FC Registry lists only three others existing. Word got out about it - bids are up to $12,000 at the moment . Rest of the auction - with a lot more Jeeps - here: https://bid.bidfastandlast.com/ui/auctions/69703 UPDATE: $old for 19,250.

Doctors smoke Camels!

Very attractive! Not the first '60 hardtop wagon model, though - way back when an Argentinan toy company called "Bichi" cobbled a couple AMT promos together, copied them and created this:

Very cool! A friend of mine sold his rare US-market '60 Datsun Bluebird to Chico many years ago; wonder what he did with it.

Fried Geico gecko!