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    Our hobby to our wife

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    13 hours ago, espo said:

    I'm fortunate that my wife has been very supportive with my model building. She has reminded me a few times when I show up with a new kit that I already have more than I can build with the time I may or may not have left. She also goes along to the annual local model show and swap meet. This allows me to go visit other vendors and look at the models on display while she stays with my table of models I'm selling. She likes to go and look at the models as well and comments on the ones she likes the most. She helps me load up everything at the end of the day and we go home and have a nice dinner and we talk about what we both liked and maybe didn't like. She suggests body and interior colors for models of cars she likes. She has a couple of models of cars she liked that I made for her that she has in plastic display cases on the bookshelves in her home office. 

    Yea see there ya go.Did anyone else suggest trying very hard to sharing our hobby with our wives?Thats what its all about.And hey,there’s hobbies i have that she’s never shared with me.And she has hobbies that I do not share with her.I mean I like cars,& fishing🎣,& she likes clothes shopping.So there you go.🤣Hey hang onto that gal sir.I think most of us know how difficult it is to find a gal like that.🤦‍♂️🥃.Isn't there a few woman on this site?If so,i wonder how they feel about things.🤔

    What an axle bearing on a railroad freight car does when it fails...

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    On 1/24/2024 at 10:02 AM, bobss396 said:

    My son works for the NYC MTA, in the Coney Island Brooklyn yard. He works on wheels and axles for passenger trains and subways, these axles are very heavy duty. They have something around a 6000-ton press they use all the time. It recently broke and his group had to be reassigned while it was under repair, waiting on parts.

    Wow,i seriously hope your son makes a really good living for himself and his family.Cause that has got to be one of the “toughest” jobs i can think of.Outside,freezing in the winter,boiling in the summer.Trains flying by,praying there not on the wrong line.I’ve been at that yard,it’s a pretty chaotic rough place to have to work in.Your kid deserves a medal,or a month off with pay.😄I mean almost every part of a train is heavy duty.

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    Buick Invicta via The French Connection

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    23 hours ago, TonyK said:

    Gene Hackman is good in every movie he's in. The French Connection was always a favorite of mine. They did a great job of immersing me into the movie and the characters of Hackman and Scheider. And they made me hate Frog 1.

    Ah see now you got me started.🤣Gotta be one of the BEST movies of all time.And my God if i had a nickel for every time i watched that chase,id be rich.And it just always gets better.Yea there was good old stunt driver,Mr.Wild Bill Hickman at the wheel.Gene Hackman did some of the driving too though,gotta give him credit..It got 5 Oscars.Not as many as the God father sagas,but that ain’t bad..And Ace,that’s like saying you never saw Godfather 1,&2.🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🥃.Yea,try to catch it,Imo,the second one fell a little short.Watch the 7Ups,It’s much better than the sequel.Sorry,I’m rambling.🤫
     

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    Buick Invicta via The French Connection

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    41 minutes ago, bobss396 said:

    The book did a great job of explaining the car, the movie, not even close since they used a Lincoln. AND the cops tore the car down to bare parts and got it back together in the movie. 

    In the book, they even had a jar of local French mud to disguise the hardware they had to access for the stash hidden in the car underside.

    I have to say that The French Connection is one of my favorite books,and films.Since I was always a huge fan of Roy Scheider,ever since seeing him in (The 7Ups).And yea,of course it was absolutely ridiculous that they completely tore down the Lincoln,and put it all back together so quickly.I mean they even drained the cars fluids.We are forced to kinda look the other way,because it was such a great film.After all,it Got best picture.But these photos are pretty cool.Thanks for the info.👍And anyway,IMO,the real “star” car has to be the 71 LeMans.lol..It’s weird,I always thought i knew everything about that famous chase scene,since I’ve watched it a million times.But the top picture is actually a real accident that happened during the filming of the chase,because a man was driving to work,and accidentally somehow drove onto the set,and happened to collide with the Lemans.After-all,the producers never got permission or the permits to film the chase,which was filmed under the EL in Brooklyn.No one was really injured,so they left it in the movie.Hmm🤔Anyway,stunt man,Bill Hickman(Bullitt,7Ups) did most of the driving.



     

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    A 4,500 Hp,Buick Roadmaster wagon.

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    Yea,station wagons are great,I don’t care what year,or make,always liked them,I grew up in the back of my parents,72 AMC Ambassador wagon,with a 390, faux wood,it was like a two tone brown sort of..Remember driving to Fl a million times.Stopping at South of the Border.Getting a ton of fireworks..Id love to find one of there old original South of the Border bumper stickers.Theres a ton of U tube videos on the Roadmaster.U have to love the swing away steering column to make it easier to climb into it.🥃Cheers to him.

    Ah dam,my dream car slips away.🤬

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    Hey it sucks,🤷‍♂️I can’t afford 95% of the cars that were auctioned off at BJ.🤑Who cares,i mean I don't give a sh#%.Just think it’s cool seeing some pretty cool cars.And it’s weird,I actually forgot,but they went on till about 10 mins ago.A ton of cheap Sunday rides,some real nice too..Hmm 🤔..And I just gotta say that maybe the baddest car that crossed the auction block,was a Jade black 69 Big block Boss 429 Mustang.💸💸💸👋.And I’m a Mopar guy.Just a really mean looking car.Think it went for around $550K.

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    Ah dam,my dream car slips away.🤬

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    21 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

     

    I totally agree with you both.  Wife and I watch the auctions also and just don't get the early Broncomania either.  Aside from that, I sure would love to add a bunch of the cars and sometimes pickups crossing the block, most for a lot less then the Broncos.

    While we are on the subject of auctions,I have to say that the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction was pretty crazy.Some wild cars,trucks,SUVs, a bunch of exotics, although there was only one red Lamborghini Countach (Did I spell that right?)🤔Anyway it only pulled in around $550k,others have gone well into the seven figures.Every boys dream car,of course.Imo the most ultimate exotic cars ever made,behind the Ferrari F40.And then rides,such as this Hummer,pretty cool,just not my cup of tea.And God I could throw up with all the Broncos,and Corvette resto-mods.And what the hell,6 figure Chevy Blazers,a few around $300K,💸💸Are you kidding me?Well anyway,I did see some really nice Mopars that I thought should’ve been sold for a lot more money,but whatever.🤷‍♂️Hey three white Superbirds,a couple of them were HEMIs,I believe.And Dam did Sammy Hagar get old,wow.I think my favorite part of the auction are the sold sticker girls,slapping the sold sticker onto each car,after car.😘Mmmmm.Alrighty.

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